Astor Piazzolla, the great reformer of tango, was advised by renowned composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger that his true musical future lay with tango.
Recording & Production
The album's concept was developed by Lilian Farahani, the soprano on this recording.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lilian Farahani, the soprano on this album, believes folk music is the purest expression of human emotion and the beginning of all music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lilian Farahani feels a strong personal connection to the music of Persian composer Reza Vali, seeing it as an embodiment of her own mixed background.
Composition History
Maurice Ravel's song cycle Shéhérazade, created around 1903, uses three prose poems by Tristan Klingsor (Arthur Léon Leclère) with oriental themes.
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