IDAGIO | Violin Music In Brazil - Villa-Lobos, Krieger, Oswaldo, Miranda 8007144603540

Featuring

Cláudio Cruz
Nahim Marun
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Edino Krieger
Henrique Oswald
Ronaldo Miranda

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Compositional Technique

Edino Krieger's Sonâncias II uses the traditional B-A-C-H cell (B flat, A, C, B natural) in various transformations, combined with a brief consonant sequence.

Critical Reception

Henrique Oswald's piano piece 'Il neige' won a composition competition organized by the French newspaper Le Figaro in 1902, judged by a jury including Saint-Saëns and Fauré.

Composer Biography

Heitor Villa-Lobos, a Brazilian composer, initially focused on French music, taking Vincent D'Indy as a model and feeling close to Saint-Saëns and Debussy.

Notable Performances

In 1871, Henrique Oswald gave a recital in Florence for the visiting Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro II, who then granted him a study scholarship for over 15 years.

Composer Biography

Henrique Oswald, a Brazilian composer, was born in Rio de Janeiro to a Swiss father and an Italian mother, both musicians, and began to show musical talent at age seven.

Composer Biography

Edino Krieger, a Brazilian composer, became an influential figure in Brazilian musical life through his compositions and his role as an organizer and director of contemporary music festivals.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Villa-Lobos later constructed an image of himself as a Brazilian composer, attributing 'genuinely' Brazilian folk roots to his youth, which were more fabricated than real.