Guiomar novaes female pianist lawrence

  • Known throughout four continents as one of the foremost women pianists of our time, Guiomar Novaes is a native of Brazil.
  • Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Hungarian Rhapsody no.
  • She has established herself as one of this country's premiere artists and one of the few women to receive such international prominence.

    • •


    Willem Boone (WB): Was Villa Lobos a good pianist?

     Arnhem, 24 September 2005


    Cristina Ortiz is a very temperamental lady at the keyboard, and she is almost as lively during an interview. She is not afraid of challenges; in September 2005, she played the 2nd Piano Concerto by Brahms five times with the Gelders Orkest (The Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra).

    The day of the interview, 24 September, she comes from a rehearsal and puts the score of Chôros 11 by Villa Lobos on the table, “It’s so complex.. It’s a huge piece for orchestra with a little part for the piano (smiles). I will play this three times in São Paulo in November and in February 2006, I will make a recording of it”. She shows the score, it was dedicated to Artur Rubinstein. “Do you think he played it? I don’t think so”.  


    Cristina Ortiz (CO): I have no idea, I don’t think so, although he wrote very well for piano. I haven’t heard much about his piano playing, he was a cellist. I made a recording for Intrada France,

    •

    La Sonora Matancera 65th Anniversary Celebration

    June 1, 1989

    Yayo El Indio, Welfo, Albertico Perez, Jorge Maldonado, Roberto Torres, Vicentico Valdés, Carlos Argentino, Celio González, Alberto Beltrán, Nelson Pinedo, Leo Marini, Daniel Santos, Celia Cruz, and other Latin performers celebrated the band La Sonora Matancera’s 65th anniversary, resulting in the double-album recording Live! From Carnegie Hall.

    American Composers Orchestra’s Sonidos de las Americas: Mexico

    February 6, 1994

    As part of the American Composers Orchestra’s Sonidos de las Americas: Mexico festival, this concert featured US premieres by composers Federico Ibarra, Mario Lavista, and Marcela Rodríguez. The festival series, which took place at the Hall through 1999, placed the spotlight on important Latin composers and performers each year, also including those from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.

    Gilberto Santa Rosa

    March 23, 1995

    Pue

  • guiomar novaes female pianist lawrence

    • •

    Natalie Townsend

    American composer

    Natalie Hannau Townsend (1866 – July 26, 1962)[1] was an American composer[2] who was also known for organizing musicales in Washington, D.C.. She is listed in some sources as Pearl Dea Etta Townsend, and sometimes published her music as Madame Lawrence Townsend.[3][4][5][6]

    Townsend was born in France to American parents. She came to the United States in 1881. On March 8, 1886, she married Lawrence Townsend, who served as an American minister to Belgium from 1899 to 1905. They had three children, Yvonne,[7] Lawrence Jr.,[8] and Reginald.[1] She studied röst with jean de Reszke[9] and Burton Thatcher.[10]

    After returning from Belgium, the Townsends lived at 1416 20th Street NW, Washington, D.C. Townsend organized at least 123 musicales over 19 years at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., and in private homes. The musicales