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| Viva la Musica presents acclaimed pianist Alejandro Cremaschi in a benefit concert for the Auditorium Improvement project on Thursday, March 31 at 6.0 |
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Alejandro Cremaschi received a Licenciatura degree in his native Argentina, and Master and Doctorate degrees from the University of Minnesota.
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He studied with Dora De Marinis, Nancy Roldan and Lydia Artymiw. An active performer of works by Latin American composers, his playing has been praised as an intelligent and sensitive. He was a prize-winner at the International Beethoven Sonata Piano Competition in Memphis, Tennessee in 2001. Cremaschi has recorded music by Guastavino and Gianneo for the labels IRCO, Marco Polo and Ostinato. His latest CD with music by CU Prof. Emeritus Luis Jorge Gonzalez, which includes a trio with Beth Kipper and Thomas Heinrich, was released by Meridian Records in 2009, and has received high praise from the specialized press. Dr. Cremaschi teaches piano, and is the head of the piano pedagogy area at CU. He was a recipient of a Provost Faculty Achievement Award at the University of Colorado in 2009.
Alejandro Cremaschi
Program for VIVA LA MUSICA!
March 31, 2011
From Diez Cantilenas Argentinas: Carlos Guastavino
Santa Fe para llorar… 1912-2000
El ceibo
Las niñas
Sonatina
Allegretto
Lento muy expresivo
Presto
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Selection of salon pieces, tangos and milongas:
Intermezzo no. 1 Manuel M. Ponce (1882-1948)
La cumparsita (1910s) G. Matos Rodriguez
La comparsa Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963)
Cafetín Luis Jorge González (b. 1936)
Milonga Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Odeon Ernesto Nazareth
Milonga sureña Juan José Ramos
Remando Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934)
Milonga del angel Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Verano Porteño
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Danzas Argentinas Alberto Ginastera
Danza del viejo boyero (Dance of the old cow keeper)
Danza de la moza donosa (Dance of the beautiful girl)
Danza del gaucho matrero (Dance of the rustler gaucho)
'Pristine piano technique [...] Passionate performance.'
-Washington Post
'Cremaschi’s pianism is polished and his complete identification with [Gonzalez’s] muse is evident […] The performance is exemplary'
-Fanfare Magazine, review of Cremaschi's CD 'Las Puertas del Tiempo
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Posted on Mar 16, 2011 10:37am by admin
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