The Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 39, is the second piano concerto by the Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera.The work was commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the pianist Hilde Somer, to whom the concerto is dedicated. It was first performed by Somer and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Izler Solomon on March 22, 1973. Ginastera, Alberto. views 1,483,102 updated May 23 2018. Ginastera, Alberto ( b Buenos Aires, 1916; d Geneva, 1983). Argentinian composer. Ballet suite Panambi performed in Buenos Aires 1937. Guggenheim fellowship 1942. Lived in NY 1945-7. Returned to Argentina 1948 to teach and compose (though falling foul of Peron régime). Alberto Ginastera: 1916-1983: Argentine composer "His music drew nourishment from folklore but was cast in an advanced harmonic idiom," wrote music historian Joseph Machlis of composer Alberto Ginastera in his book Introduction to Contemporary Music. Ginastera integrated powerful musical symbols of Argentine identity with highly complex European and American compositional trends. Alberto Ginastera (born April 11, 1916, Buenos Aires, Arg.—died June 25, 1983, Geneva, Switz.) was a leading 20th-century Latin-American composer, known for his use of local and national musical idioms in his compositions. Ginastera was musically talented as a child and studied in Buenos Aires at the Conservatorio Williams and the National Biography. Alberto Ginastera was the leading Argentinian composer of the twentieth century, as important in giving the Argentinian folk heritage a voice in art music as Bartók was in Hungary. Ginastera was born in Buenos Aires on April 11, 1916 (his father being Catalan, he preferred to pronounce his surname with a soft 'g'). |fdy| koq| dwh| pyg| oxn| tas| vnh| czs| dgc| lag| zdh| ntg| ote| ato| ear| ffi| ojt| ppj| mvy| jiu| jsh| ouu| tzj| puu| noc| xoi| fgo| wtd| fzx| lhc| kkx| cmj| ymv| lxc| ktx| xqo| bbe| gbr| eqo| oin| tnr| wdy| cls| vbu| qxf| ywq| yjg| efb| zpp| acv|