Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio de Música de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Cuarteto Q-Arte
Luis Carlos Figueroa
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Composer Biography
Figueroa studied in Paris at the Conservatoire National, the École César Franck, and the École Normale de Musique, where he was accepted into the piano classes of Alfred Cortot and Magda Tagliaferro.
Performer Biography
The Cuarteto Q-Arte, a string quartet on this album, focuses on exploring and disseminating music by Latin American composers, particularly contemporary Colombians.
Performer Biography
Wilson Casallas, a pianist on this album, won first prize in the Third Luis Carlos Figueroa Competition in Cali in 2012.
Performer Biography
Mac McClure, the album's producer and essayist, is a concert pianist specializing in Spanish and Latin American repertoire and studied with Alicia de Larrocha for nine years.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in August 2012 at the Auditorio Leon de Greiff of the National University of Colombia in Bogotá.
Composer Biography
Luis Carlos Figueroa Sierra, the composer featured on this album, was born in Cali, Colombia, in 1923 and was playing piano by ear at age four.
Performer Biography
Guerassim Voronkov, the conductor on this album, was an actor in historical and action films as a child, even playing the young Tchaikovsky in a Soviet film biography.
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