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BROUWER, Leo

Leo Brouwer
Photo of Leo Brouwer by Gabriel Guerra Biancini. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Born in Havana, March 1, 1939 

  • Leo Brouwer is a Cuban composer, conductor, and guitarist, who is especially significant as a composer of music for guitar. 
  • Brouwer studied composition at the Julliard School and his teachers included Vincent Persichetti.  
  • Brouwer is also a film composer. In 1960 he became head of the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos. He has scored more than 60 films. 
  • Brouwer has served as principal conductor of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as a guest conductor around the world.1

Short biography from the Sphinx Organization 

Sources

  1. Victoria Eli Rodríguez, “Brouwer (Mezquida), Leo,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed February 11, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000004092.

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