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J. R. MONROY |
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ARTICLES & BIBLIOGRAPHY
A comprehensive listing of all articles, reviews, features and other writing about the work of LACCS-UK since its foundation will appear over the coming weeks.
1984 - 2004
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These articles and other writings are useful for students and scholars in Latin American contemporary music. |
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1984 |
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1984 Maurice Rosenbaum, Exotic mix a treat for London, Stage, Sept.,20,1984. |
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| 1984 Maurice Rosenbaum, Tribute to Pablo Neruda, Stage, October 25,1984. | |||||||||
1985 |
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| 1985 Prof. J.R.Monroy LACCS-UK Hon. Director, Uruguayan Concert, An Speech given on the occasion of the first Uruguayan Concert, St. John's Smith Square, London,1985 (Archive). | |||||||||
| 1985 Prof. J. R. Monroy LACCS-UK Hon. Director, Speech given at St. John's Smith Square on the occasion of the Chilean Concert, 1st November,1985. (Archive Manuscript). | |||||||||
| 1985 Gordon Philips, Music from Chile, Musical Opinion, December, 1985. | |||||||||
1986 |
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| 1986 LACCS-UK-Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, Concert of Contemporary Chilean Music, Chilean News, London, April, 1986. | |||||||||
| 1986 Charles Myers, Operatic Music by Carlos Gomes, Musical Opinion, June, 1986. | |||||||||
| 1986 Gordon Philips, Venezuelan Composers of the 20th Century, Musical Opinion, August,1986. | |||||||||
| 1986 La Estrella de Panama, Crean en Londres Sociedad Cultural Latinoamericana, 13 de Noviembre de 1986. | |||||||||
1987 |
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| 1987 This is London, An Evening of Colombian Music, Francisco Zumaque, February,1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 Gra-Bretanha Hoje, F.C.O.,Compositor em resumo, March-April, 1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 The Times Diary, Court and Social, 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Heitor Villa-Lobos, April 29,1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 This is London, LACCS-UK presents The Lontano Chamber Orchestra to celebrate 100th anniversary of the Birth of Heitor Villa-Lobos, Friday 24, April 1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 Classical Music, 100th Anniversary Birth of Heitor Villa-Lobos, 23-30 April 1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 The Diplomat, Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society at St. John's Smith Square, May/June, 1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 Gran Bretana Hoy, F.C.O., Conciertos de Musica Latinoamericana, London,1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 Classical Guitar, LACCS-UK, September, 1987 | |||||||||
| 1987 Gran Bretana Hoy, F.C.O. Resumen de Noticias, LACCS-UK Concierto de Despedida a Mr John Heath, Director Canning House, September-October 1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 The Diplomat, Farewell at Canning House, September/October, 1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 The Times, Court and Social, Concert: Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, October 23, 1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 This is London, Music by Mexican Composers, Conchita Antunano, Soprano and Jorge Federico Osorio, piano, Friday 16th October 1987. | |||||||||
| 1987 Colin Cooper, Marco de Santi, Classical Guitar, December, 1987. | |||||||||
1988 |
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1988 Gran Bretana
Hoy. F.C.O. Conciertos de Musica Latinoamericana,
Londres,1988.
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| 1988 David Allenby, Mexican Musicians, January, 1988. | |||||||||
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1988 Gran
Bretana Hoy, F.C.O.Conciertos de Musica Mexicana, Enero/Febrero
1988.
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1988 The
Times, Court and Social, Concert -Latin American and Caribbean
Cultural Society,
Martha Senn, Soprano and Helvia Mendoza, piano at St.John's Smith
Square, London February,1988.
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1988 Concert
of Martha Senn at St.John's Smith Square, The Diplomat,
March/April,1988.
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1988 Brazilian
Music by Marlos Nobre, Martina Tafur, Soprano and Orchestra St.
John's Smith Square, Opera Magazine, Vol 39, No 4, April,
1988.
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1988 Denby
Richards, Marlos Nobre, preview the concert on 28th April in St.John's
Smith Square when the leading Brazilian composer will conduct his
own works,
Musical Opinion, April, 1988.
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1988 Robert
Mathew-Walker, Marlos Nobre, Music and Musicians International,
Vol.36,
No. 8, April,1988.
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| 1988 Denby Richards, Marlos Nobre Review, Musical Opinion, July,1988. | |||||||||
| 1988 Brazilian Music by Composer Marlos Nobre, This is London, Friday 22 April,1988. | |||||||||
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1988 The
Times Court and Social, Concert-Latin American and Caribbean
Cultural Society
(LACCS-UK), Marlos Nobre and Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square,
April 29,1988.
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| 1988 Classical Guitar, Duo Montes-Kircher, April, 1988. | |||||||||
| 1988 Alirio Diaz and LACCS-UK, Musical Opinion, June,1988. | |||||||||
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1988
Concert of Maestro Alirio Diaz to the Diplomatic Corps at Painters
Hall,
The City of London, The Diplomat, May/June,1988.
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| 1988 R.H., Duo Puleio Deschamps, Musical Opinion, December,1988. | |||||||||
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1988
Primera Audicion en Gran Bretana, Carlos Chavez y Silvestre Revueltas,
Gran Bretana Hoy, F.C.O., Noviembre/Diciembre,1988.
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1989 |
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1989 J.
R .Monroy Man with a Mission, Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar,
Vol.7, No 5, January,1989.
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| 1989 LACCS-UK MAKES PLAN FOR 1989, Musical Opinion, January,1989. | |||||||||
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1989 Conciertos
Latinoamericanos: Mezzo-Soprano Martha Senn, Courtney Kenny, piano
at St.John's Smith Square and Isabel Siewers with
Delos Quartet,
Argentine Music by Carlos Guastavino, Wigmore Hall, Gran Bretana
Hoy, F.C.O. May/June,1989.
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1989
Musica para celebrar centenario brasileiro, Gran-Bretanha Hoje,
Julho-Agosto,1989.
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| 1989 Operas from Mexico Contrasted with Bel Canto Tradition, Conchita Antunano, Soprano, Geoff Davidson, Baritone, John York, accompanist, Opera Magazine, Vol.,40, No 49, September,1989. | |||||||||
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1989
Arias de la Opera Mexicana, Gran Bretana Hoy, F.C.O.,
Noviembre-Diciembre,1989.
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| 1989 Maria Isabel Siewers, Classical Guitar, Vol.,7, No. 7, March, 1989. | |||||||||
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1989
Irina Kircher and Alfonso Montes, Wigmore Hall and Alirio Diaz at
the Painter
Hall,
Gran Bretana Hoy, F.C.O.,1989.
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1989
Beatriz Parra, Soprano (Ecuador) Courtney Kenny, accompanist, Opera
magazine,
May, 1989.
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1989 LACCS-UK CONCERT
The Embassy of Ecuador and the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK), organised a concert at St. John's Smith Square. Soprano Beatriz Parra, former Vice Minister of Culture in Quito, was accompanied on the piano by Courtney Kenny. The event was sponsored by Kappa Maritime, the Commonwealth Corporation and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. THE DIPLOMAT, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1989. |
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1989 Talent
from Italy, Marco de Santi, Guitar International, October,
1989.
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| 1989 Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar, October, 1989. | |||||||||
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1989 Carlos
Barbosa-Lima, George Clinton, Guitar International, December,1989.
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| 1989 Eduardo Fernandez, Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar, November,1989. | |||||||||
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1989
Good News for the Chilean Guitar, Classical Guitar, November, 1989.
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1989
EUROPEAN PREMIER OF CANTATA - ORATORIO COLOMBO by
ANTONIO CARLOS GOMES (1836-1896)
Antonio Carlos
Gomes wrote six operas:
"Fosca"(1873), "Salvator Rosa" (1874), "Maria Tudor" (1889), based on a book by Victor Hugo; "Lo Schiavo:(1889), on a theme suggested by the Viscount de Taunay, and with libretto by Camilo Paravicini; "Condor" (1891), and "Colombo" (1892). Opera-oratorio, based on the discovery of America. European Premier of Cantata - Oratorio Colombo, Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, 12 December, 1988. In the presence of Their Excellencies Celso de Souza e Silva, Brazilian Ambassador and Signor Boris Biancheri, Italian Ambassador. INTRODUCTION
by JEREMY WILKIN, Actor. OPERA SINGERS: Colombo, Oratorio in four parts by Carlos Gomes was first performed at the Teatro Lyrico de Rio de Janeiro on 12th October 1892, Fourth Centenary of the discovery of America. The Oratorio ends in great style with a magnificent hymn in praise of the New World. LACCS-UK's contribution in England to celebrate the 500th Years of the Discovery of America. |
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1990 |
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1990
Beatriz Figares, (Uruguay), Soprano en Leighton House de Londres
invitada por LACCS-UK,
Sociedad uruguaya, Pro Opera, Ano V, No., V, Octubre/Noviembre,
1990.
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1990 Musica
Latinoamericana en Londres, Gran Bretana Hoy, Enero-Febrero,1990.
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1990 J.
R. Monroy and the New LACCS-UK by George Clinton, Guitar
International, June,1990.
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| 1990 LACCS-UK NEW SERIES, Classical Guitar, January, 1990. | |||||||||
| 1990 LACCS-UK 1990 Series, Classical Guitar, February, 1990. | |||||||||
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1990 Musica
Brasileira em Londres, Gran-Bretanha Hoje, F.C.)., Janeiro-Bevreiro,1990.
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1990 Anna
Loro, Italian and South American Music Harp Music, Classical
Music, February,
1990.
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1990 Naggi
El Habashy, Music for Cello from Europe and Egypt, Patricia
Romero (Mexico),piano,
Classical Music, February, 1990.
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1990 Marcelo
Kayath, Brazil, Eliot Fisk , USA, Guitar International, April,
1990.
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| 1990 Eliot Fisk, Musical Opinion, April, 1990. | |||||||||
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1990 Oscar
Olhsen (Chile), Actuara en el Wigmore Hall, El Mercurio, Martes
8 de Mayo de 1990.
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| 1990 Oscar Olhsen, Classical Guitar, May, 1990. | |||||||||
| 1990 Oscar Ohlsen, Guitar International, May,1990. | |||||||||
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1990 Exitoso
Debut en Londres de Guitarrista O.Ohlsen, El Mercurio,
Santiago, 9 de Junio,
1990.
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| 1990 Christian Chanel, Musical Opinion, July, 1990. | |||||||||
| 1990 Oscar Ohlsen Chilean Guitarist, Musical Opinion, July,1990. | |||||||||
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1990 Recital
de violao, Gra-Bretanha Hoje,F.C.O.,London, Julho-Agosto, 1990.
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1990 Oscar
Ohlsen at the Wigmore Hall, H de C., Guitar International,
August, 1990.
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| 1990 Oscar Ohlsen by Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar, Sept., 1990. | |||||||||
| 1990 LACCS-UK CONCERTS, The Diplomat, September/October, 1990. | |||||||||
| 1990 Roberto Aussel, Guitar International, October, 1990. | |||||||||
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1990 Roberto
Aussel makes return visit, Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar,
October, 1990.
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| 1990 Jorge Federico Osorio, Musical Opinion, Noviembre, 1990. | |||||||||
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1990 Andean
and Argentinian Music by Eduardo Falu/Jaime Torres, Classical
Guitar, Nov., 1990.
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| 1990 Eduardo Falu by Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar, November, 1990. | |||||||||
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1990
COLUMBUS
LACCS-UK
TOWARDS 1992
THE QUINCENTENARY
OF CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS APERTURE
OF THE SINGLE EUROPEAN MARKET
ANNUAL HEADS OF MISSION GALA CONCERT LE MERIDIEN, LONDON 3rd DECEMBER 1990 AT 6.30 PM. THE HOSTS
FOR THE EVENING:
HE The Ambassador of the Argentine Republic and Senora Magdalena de Campora HE the High Commissioner for Guyana and Mrs Cita Pilgrin The Gala Concert
Luis Rizzo Trio
Musique de Buenos
Aires
TANGOS D'HIER
ET D'AUJOURD'HUI
The trio's repertoire
includes music by Greco,
Piazzolla, Troilo, Berlingheri, Juan Carlos
Cobian and Luis Rizzo himself.
THE DIPLOMAT,
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1990.
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1991 |
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| 1991 LACCS-UK'S NEW SEASON STARS, Classical Guitar, January, 1990. | |||||||||
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1991 Jorge
Federico Osorio, Mexican Pianist, Gran Bretana Hoy, F.C.O. London,
Enero-Febrero,1990.
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| 1991 Trieste Harp Ensamble, Musical Opinion, January, 1991. | |||||||||
| 1991 Assieme Chitarristico Italiano, Musical Opinion, April, 1991. | |||||||||
| 1991 Trieste Harp Ensamble Concert Review, Musical Opinion, April, 1990. | |||||||||
| 1991 Four Harpist. The Times, Monday 14, January 1991. | |||||||||
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1991 Roberto
Aussel, Eduardo Falu, Jaime Torres and His Folk Group,
Classical Guitar,
February, 1991.
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| 1991 Arnaud Dumond, Classical Guitar, March 1991. | |||||||||
| 1991
HACIA EL REESTABLECIMIENTO DE ESTRECHOS LAZOS. Con
la reanudacion de las relaciones diplomaticas entre
Gran Bretana
y Argentina en 1990, la Embajada de Argentina en
Londres inmediatamente comenzo a tomar parte en la
presentacion
de acontecimientos culturales, con el fin de apoyar
la reintroduccion de musica y artes Argentinas dentro
del ambiente
Britanico. En
asociacion con la Embajada, la Sociedad Cultural Latino-
americana y Caribena
(Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society
-LACCS-UK), organizo un festival de musica Argentina en
Londres. Dicho
festival comenzo en Octubre con el recital a cargo
del destacado guitarrista Argentino Roberto Aussel en
el Wigmore Hall.
En presencia del Embajador argentino en Gran
Bretana, S.E. Dr Mario Campora, el Sr Aussel interpreto
musica de compositores
Europeos, incluyendo el compositor Britanico
Sir William Walton. Su repertorio tambien incluyo
"Tres Valses"
de Antonio Lauro y la primera interpretacion de
"Nexus 83" pieza que el compositor Franco-Argentino Jose
Luis Campana
dedico al Sr Aussel. El
Dr Campora actuo como anfitrion en la recepcion que
tuvo lugar despues
del recital, del mismo modo que hizo durante
el intervalo de otro concierto celebrado a primeros
de Noviembre
en el Purcell Room, uno de los salones en el centro
artistico de South Bank. Este acontecimiento propor-ciono la oportunidad
unica de escuchar al guitarista EDUARDO FALU
y al grupo de Jaime Torres tocando juntos, todos los
asientos en el
recinto fueron vendidos. En la primera parte del
programa el Sr Falu canto y toco canciones populares
argentinas. A
continuacion Jaime Torres y su grupo folklorico
realizaron una
magnifica interpretacion de musica compuesta por
el mismo, Jose Ramirez y Julio A. Perez, finalizando con la
"Peregrinacion"
. Por ultimo el Sr Falu y el grupo de Jaime Torres
interpretaron juntos. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. GRAN BRETANA HOY, MARZO- ABRIL, 1991. |
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1991 From
Bach to Bonfa and Back. A Profile of Carlos Barbosa-Lima by Colin
Cooper,
Classical Guitar, April, 1991.
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1991 Carlos
Barbosa-Lima, Guitar News Compiled by Colin Cooper, April,
1991.
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1991 Fascinating
programme of Music from the Brazilian Amazon, Musical
Opinion, April,
1991.
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| 1991 LACCS-UK commissions new work, Classical Guitar, April, 1991. | |||||||||
| 1991 Music of the Amazon, London Information, April, 1991. | |||||||||
| 1991 Luis Orlandini, Classical Guitar, June, 1991. | |||||||||
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1991 Luis
Orlandini Actuara en el Wigmore Hall, El Mercurio, Santiago,
Jueves 23 de Mayo,
1991.
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1991 Luis
Orlandini Obtuvo un gran Exito en Londres, El Mercurio, Viernes
12 de Julio,1991.
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| 1991 Busy Month for LACCS-UK, Musical Opinion, June, 1991. | |||||||||
| 1991 Marlos Nobre on the South Bank, Musical Opinion, May, 1991. | |||||||||
| 1991 Arnaud Dumond, Musical Opinion, July 1991. | |||||||||
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1991 Guitar
Duo Garau-Millet, Purcell Room, London Information, August,
1991.
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1991 Carlos
Barbosa-Lima with Thiago de Mello by Therese Vassily Saba,
Classical Guitar,
September, 1991.
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| 1991 Luis Orlandini by GC, Musical Opinion, September, 1991. | |||||||||
| 1991 Luis Orlandini at the Wigmore Hall, Classical Guitar, October, 1991. | |||||||||
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1991 Jacqueline
Puleio and Pierre Deschamps, Four Hands Piano Recital,
Musical Opinion,
October, 1991.
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| 1991 Garau Millet by Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar, December, 1991. | |||||||||
1992 |
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1992 THE
LATIN AMERICAN GUITAR IN LONDON, JUAN MONROY TALK TO COLIN COOPER,
Classical Guitar, January 1992.
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1992 LACCS-UK
IN 1992. Geoffrey Crankshaw talk to Juan Monroy, the moving
spirit behind the
Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, Musical Opinion,
February, 1992.
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1992 Berta
Rojas -Guitar from Paraguay - Musical Opinion, London, February,
1992.
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| 1992 Laurindo Almeida in London, Classical Guitar, London, March, 1992. | |||||||||
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1992
Barrios and Berta Rojas by Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar, London,
March, 1992.
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1992
Berta Rojas, Purcell Room, Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar, London,
June, 1992.
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1992
Hassan Kamy, Tenor and Iman Moustafa, Soprano, Arias and Songs on
the Bel
Canto Tradition, The Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt/LACCS-UK
Quincentenary
of Christopher Columbus, Opera Magazine, London, May, 1992.
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| 1992 Berta Rojas On the South Bank, Musical Opinion, London, May, 1992. | |||||||||
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1992
Italian Guitars, Percussion and Voice, Musical Opinion, London,
May 1992.
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1992
Carlos Barbosa-Lima and the Wren Orchestra of London, Conductor
Martyn Brabbins,
Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar, London, June, 1992.
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| 1992 Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Musical Opinion, London, June, 1992. | |||||||||
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1992
Egyptian Opera Stars in London, Egyptian Embassy and LACCS-UK, Musical
Opinion, London,
July,1992.
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1992
Octavio Lafourcade in LACCS-UK Series, Classical Guitar, London,
July,1992.
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1992
Exito en Londres para Musico Chileno, Octavio Lafourcade, El
Mercurio, Santiago,
Agosto, 1992.
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| 1992 Assieme Chitarristico Italiano, GC, Musical Opinion, August, 1992. | |||||||||
| 1992 Laurindo Almeida, Classical Guitar, London,October, 1992. | |||||||||
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1992
Symphonic Music from Mexico with the Wren Orchestra of London,
Conductor, Enrique
Diemecke and piano Jorge Federico Osorio, Musical Opinion,
London, November,
1992.
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| 1992 LACCS-UK SEASON, Classical Guitar, London, November, 1992. | |||||||||
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1992
Assieme Chitarristico Italiano at St. John's Smith Square,
Classical Guitar
London, November, 1992.
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1992 CONCIERTO
DE DESPEDIDA A 1992: El ultimo concierto organizado por la
Latin American and
Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK) en este ano repleto
de actividades - celebratorias o anti-celebratorias - tuvo lugar
a mediados
de Noviembre en St. John's Smith Square de Londres. Alli, donde
gracias
a LACCS-UK escucharamos en otras oportunidades a Eduardo Falu y a
Laurindo
Almeida (solo para nombrar un par de musicos), se dieron cita
mexicanos
conocedores de la musica sinfonica de ese pais en una velada llena
de
compensaciones. Virginia Shoppee converso con Enrique Diemecke,
director
artistico de la Orquesta Sinfonica de Mexico, antes del concierto.
Latin
American CHASQUI, London, December 1992-January 1993.
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1993 |
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1993 Mexican
Music at St. John's, BH., Musical Opinion, London, January.1993.
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1993 CONCERTISTA
EN GUITARRA VIAJA OTRA VEZ A LONDRES, La Tercera, Santiago de Chile,
Lunes 22 de Febrero de 1993. " Todo un honor constituye
para el
Profesor del Instituto de Musica de la Universidad Catolica, Oscar
Ohlsen, la
invitacion que por segundo ano le realiza la organizacion Britanica
"Latin
American and Caribbean Cultural Society", dirigida por el Chileno
Juan R. Monroy
donde cada ano se presentan los mas importantes guitarristas del
mundo..."
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1993 The
Chilean guitarist OSCAR OHLSEN is returning to London to give a
recital at the Wigmore Hall on 26th February at 7.30 pm. Musical
Opinion, London, February, 1993.
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1993 EMPRESARIO
CHILENO ORGANIZA CONCIERTOS EN SALAS IMPORTANTES DE LONDRES, Juan
Monroy posee una destacada organizacion
artistica, Diario "La Epoca", Santiago de Chile, 3 de
Marzo, 1993.
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1993
BOLIVIAN QUECHUA SINGER Luzmila Carpio comes to the South
Bank on 18th March, Musical Opinion, London, March, 1993.
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1993
SONGS OF THE INDIAN LAND, music & spiritual songs of the indians
of Bolivia & festival rituals by Luzmira Carpio and Heriberto
Santiago
Murillo. First Concert in Aymara-Quechua language from the Andes,
The Daily Telegraph, Saturday, March 13,1993.
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1993
MUSICO CHILENO EN INGLATERRA: Elguitarrista Oscar Ohlsen ofrecio
el 26 de Febrero un concierto en el Wigmore Hall de Londres. Su
presentacion
estuvo enmarcada en las actividades que lleva a cabo la Sociedad
Cultural
Latinoamericana y Caribe (LACCS-UK en su sigla Inglesa). Patrocinaron
el evento
S.E. Sr. German Riesco, Embajador de Chile en Londres y el
Ministerio de Relaciones
Exteriores de Chile. Diario EL Mercurio, Santiago de Chile, Jueves
11 de Marzo de 1993.
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1993 LACCS-UK'S
LATEST PLAN. GEOFFREY CRANKSHAW TALK TO JUAN MONROY,
Musical Opinion, London, April,1993.
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1993
LAURINDO ALMEIDA AND DELTRA EAMON : ROMANTIC SONGS FROM BRAZIL
Wigmore Hall, 28th May, 1993, Classical Guitar, London, May, 1993.
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1993
Oscar Ohlsen at the Wigmore Hall, Musical Opinion, London, April,
1993.
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1993
ENSAMBLE LATINO - Tangos and Songs from Latin America, St. John's
Smith
Square, Tuesday 18th May at 7.30 pm., Musical Opinion, London,
May,1993.
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1993
ENSAMBLE LATINO, a trio of voice and guitars, will give a recital
entitled Tango and Latin American Songs on Tuesday 18 May, 7.30
pm., at St John's
Smith Square. The trio was formed in 1992 by three Argentine
musicians from
Buenos Aires who were living in Madrid: vocalist, Veronica Lepori,
Mario
Soriano on Keyboard and guitar and Ezequiel Lezama Camili on
guitar, oboe,
and alto sax. Classical Guitar, London, May 1993.
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1993
MUSIC FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND THE AMERICAS by CHERRY MENDEZ, soprano,
Nicholas Bosworth, piano, Purcell Room, Monday 28th June 1993,
7.30 pm.,
Musical Opinion, London, June, 1993.
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1993
Ensamble Latino, St. John's Smith Square, Therese Wassily Saba,
Classical Guitar,
July 1993.
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| 1993 Sharon Isbin, HIGH NOTES, Musical Opinion, London, June, 1993. | |||||||||
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1993
ISBIN IN LONDON, Classical Guitar News compiled by Therese Wassily
Saba, Classical Guitar,
London, June, 1993.
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1993 The
Chilean guitarist OSCAR OHLSEN is returning to London
to give a recital in the Wigmore Hall on the 26th February at 7.30
pm. His programme includes John Duarte's Birds and work by Barrios,
Joplin, Leo Brouwer, Pujol, Dyens and music by two Chilean composers:
The First Sonata by Pablo Delano and Creole et Fontaine by Edmundo
Vasquez. Musical Opinion, February, 1993.
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1993 Symphonic
Music from Mexico with Enrique Diemecke, Guest Conductor, Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Prieto, Cellist. LACCS-UK in Association
with the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA) and the Mexican
Embassy. Independent, London, Friday 17 September 1994.
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1993 Latin
American Tangos in St. John's ..."One of the great pleasures
of attending any performance mounted by the Latin American and Caribbean
Cultural Society is the unexpected delights it provide for those
of us unfamiliar with Latin American music"... Musical
Opinion,
BH, July, 1993.
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1993 Symphonic
Music from Mexico, The Sunday Times, The Culture, 12
September,
1993.
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1993 Symphonic
Music from Mexico, The Daily Telegraph, Weekend, Saturday
September 18, 1993.
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1993 LUZMILA
CARPIO, Purcell Room, London, 18th March, 1993. "The Latin
American and Caribbean Cultural Society often brings guitarists
to England to perform and we are very lucky for the perseverance
and hard work of its director Juan Monroy. Based on the success
of his classical music series which promoted performers
and music from South America he has commenced to presenting South
American folk music. Luzmila Carpio made her first London
appearance
at the Purcell Room as part of this series..." Therese
Wassily Saba,
Classical Guitar, July, 1993.
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| 1993 Mexican Music at the Barbican, Musical Opinion, November, 1993. | |||||||||
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1994
Guitarista Luis Orlandini Actuara en Inglaterra. El concertista
Chileno
se presentara en el Purcell Room de Londres, en el marco del
decimo
aniversario de la organizacion cultural LACCS-UK... El Presidente de
LACCS-UK,
el Chileno Juan Monroy, ha desarrollado por anos una extensa
labor en
pro de la difusion de la musica clasica de Latinoamerica en
Europa..."
El Mercurio, Santiago de Chile, 16 de Febrero de 1964.
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1994 Therese
Wassily Saba: REVIEW, Luis Orlandini, Purcell Room, London,
28 February 1994. Classical Guitar, London, March 1994.
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1994
Musical Opinion: The Chilean guitarist Luis Orlandini gives a
recital
in the Purcell Room on 28th February, organised by Juan Monroy of
LACCS-UK in association with the Chilean Embassy, in the presence of
H. E. Senor Hernan Errazuriz, the Chilean Ambassador..."
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| 1994 Orlandini at the Purcell Room, Classical Guitar, February, 1994. | |||||||||
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1994
Luis Orlandini Guitar at the Purcell Room, Chilean Embassy in association
with LACCS-UK, The Sunday Times, The Culture, 27 February,
1994.
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1994
Luis Orlandini, Chilean and European Music, The Daily Telegraph,
Saturday, February 26, 1994.
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1994
Luis Orlandini, The Times, Today's Events, Monday 28 February 1994.
" A rare opportunity to listen this Chilean guitarist give
a recital
of music from Latin America, Britain and Europe..."
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| 1994 LACCS-UK - A TENTH ANNIVERSARY by COLIN COOPER. ..." Juan Monroy has built LACCS-UK into the leading UK organisation promoting Latin American classical music. The musical scene in London would be very much poorer without his organisation, and we can only hope that its operations will long continue." Classical Guitar, April, 1994. | |||||||||
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1994
10 YEARS OF LACCS-UK. GEOFFREY CRANKSHAW LOOKS BACK AND FORWARD ON
A REMARKABLE SUCCESS STORY. ..." last month Brian Hick reviewed
a number of Latin American recordings
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something which would have been virtually impossible before the
arrival
of LACCS-UK. This month we look forward to hearing the Garau-Millet
Guitar
Duo at St. John's Smith Square on 15 April. We wish LACCS-UK a very
happy Tenth Birthday. May there be many more.
Musical Opinion, April, 1994
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1994 Enrique
Diemecke dirigira a la Royal Philharmonic Orchestra de Londres,
el 15 de Septiembre proximo durante el segundo concierto de
musica Mexicana en el Royal Festival Hall de la capital Inglesa.
Con Huapango de Moncayo, y el estreno en GB de La noche de los Mayas
de Revueltas. J.R. Monroy, Presidente de LACCS-UK (Latin American and
Caribbean Cultural Society), llegara hoy a Mexico para entrevistarse
manana con el titular del CNCA, Rafael Tovar, y explicarle el proyecto...
CANASTA CULTURAL, Eduardo Camacho Suarez, El EXCELSIOR, EL
PERIODICO DE LA VIDA NACIONAL, Seccion Cultural, 10 de Mayo de 1994.
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| 1994 PROMUEVEN EN INGLATERRA MUSICA LATINOAMERICANA. Diemecke dirigira a la Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, dirigida por Juan R Monroy permite que se interpreten las obras de CARLOS CHAVEZ Y SILVESTRE REVUELTAS en las Islas Britanicas. REFORMA, Mexico, D.F., Viernes 13 de Mayo de 1994. | |||||||||
| 1994 CONCIERTO MEXICANO EN EL ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, "Como abrir una caja de sorpresas, " cuyo contenido encanta, llega, definio J. R. Monroy la reacion que en miles de espectadores ha despertado la realizacion a lo largo de 10 anos de recitales y conciertos de musica de America Latina, que el a traves de su grupo Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK) ha llevado a Londres" ... " J. R. Monroy recordo que aunque otros Directores como Batiz y Mata han dirigido y/o grabado musica con la RPO, en esta ocasion el proyecto de LACCS-UK es dedicar el programa completo a nuestro pais., "con lo que seguramente habra retroalimentacion porque a traves de la musica no solo damos el mensaje, sino que llevamos la imagen de Mexico que mas tarde dara respuestas que se expresaran a traves del comercio, las relaciones politicas y el intercambio cultural"...... J. R. Monroy considera deque a traves del trabajo de LACCS-UK, "la gente se relaciona con otras culturas, a veces muy lejanas aellos, y se familiarizan con otras formas de vida"..., EXCELSIOR, Patricia Rosales y Zamora, Mexico , D.F. , Jueves 12 de Mayo de 1994. | |||||||||
| 1994 Garau-Millet, The Garau-Millet Duo were melodious with the English Chamber Orchestra, most ably conducted by Charles Peebles in St. John's Smith Square, GC., Musical Opinion, July-August 1994. | |||||||||
| 1994
BALLET FOLKLORICO DE CHILE. BAFOCHI. " What a show though and given the boundaries of folk dancing, one that entertained riotously"..., Emma Manning, The Stage, 30th June, 1994. |
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| 1994 BAFOCHI ON THE SOUTH BANK " On the 25 May the humdrum atmosphere of the South Bank was lit with South American sunshine when the gifted and extremely lively dance and song company BAFOCHI from Chile presented a superb programme of national songs and dances. "... Every seat was sold, and the audience applauded vociferously - with ample justice, for this was a triumphant evening, given under the patronage of the Chilean Ministry of External Relations, not forgetting the benign supervision of LACCS-UK. All I can say is "come again - soon". GC., MUSICAL OPINION, Summer, 1994. | |||||||||
| 1994 TRADITIONAL SONGS AND MUSIC FROM VIETNAM Purcell Room, The Daily Telegraph, Saturday, July 16, 1994. | |||||||||
| 1994 VIETNAMESE ON THE SOUTH BANK, Musical Opinion, Autumn, 1994. | |||||||||
| 1994 Vietnamese Traditional Song and Dance Group, Purcell Room, London, FOLK ROOTS, November, 1994. | |||||||||
| 1994 CELIA LINDE ON THE SOUTH BANK MUSICAL OPINION, Autumn, 1994. | |||||||||
| 1994 Uruguayan Bandoneon virtuoso, Rene Marino Rivero, plays Latin-American Tangos and Bach in the Purcell Room on the 1 August. The ever enterprising Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, who have recently celebrated their Tenth Anniversary, have an exiting series of concerts over the Summer. On the 16 June they present the GUATEMALA ENSAMBLE at the Purcell Room, who bring a fresh approach to guitar playing. They follow the style created by Jorge Martinez Zarate with his own Guitar Quartet, and have adapted and developed it to fit their own cultural context. The Ensemble uses a marimba in addition to the guitars, creating a unique blend of sound which reflects the meeting of indigenous and Spanish elements in much of their work. Musical Opinion, Summer,1994. | |||||||||
| 1994 GUATEMALA ENSAMBLE. " A combination of three guitars and marimba, which makes up William Orbaugh and The Guatemalan Ensemble, might seem an exotic group for the Purcell Room, but the recital there on the 16th June turned out, on a hot Summer evening, to be a welcome and by no means inappropriate change for the large and enthusiastic LACCS-UK audience. This was a very enjoyable concert, and a return engagement should ensure a warm welcome for these talented players", RM-W., Musical Opinion, 1994. RENE MARINO RIVERO ON THE SOUTH BANK. Rene Marino Rivero gave a fascinating recital at the Purcell Room on 1 August. This was another well organised event under the tireless auspices of LACCS-UK and Juan R. Monroy. He was playing a Bandoneon a kind of accordion, invented in Germany in 1840 and strongly taken up in Latin America. G.C., Musical Opinion, Autumn, 1994. | |||||||||
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| 1995 LACCS-UK IN 1995, BRIAN HICK ANTICIPATE A STIMULATING SEASON. " In little more than a decade Juan R. Monroy has made the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society- known to its many friends as LACCS-UK - one of the most exiting and innovative music promoters in the country. His disarmingly polite and charming manner, responsive of each individual as if a personal friend regardless of whether this was a first meeting with a new member of the audience or a visiting ambassador, has enable him to establish a secure audience for concerts, which, given the current dearth of novelty within the serious music market, in many ways should only attract a smattering of interest, but which in the event command attention. Much of this is down to the constant high quality of the performers he brings to this country and the superb level of enjoyment all of us get from them. It is obvious both from what I am writing here and from my reviews of earlier performances that I am an enthusiastic follower of LACCS-UK programmes. This should not imply that I enjoy them all equally but that they are never less than stimulating and always leave me wondering what on earth Juan is going to come up with next...", Musical Opinion, Winter,1994. | |||||||||
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1995
CON LA MUSICA EN EL CORAZON COMPOSITOR Y MUSICO ARGENTINO PREPARA SU PRESENTACION EN LONDRES. "Todos los que tocan instrumentos populares no saben musica, esta es una de las osadas afirmaciones que hizo Ariel Ramirez, musico Argentino cuando presento ante la prensa sus planes para el proximo concierto de su "Misa Criolla" en Londres. Proyecto musical bajo el auspicio de Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society y la Embajada Argentina en Londres. MUNDO LATINO, Edicion Quincenal, Londres, ano 1, No 2 - 28 de Febrero de 1995. |
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1995. ALIRIO
DIAZ, GUITARISTA VENEZOLANO
RINDIO HOMENAJE EN LONDRES A ANTONIO LAURO. CRONICA POR LEO PAREJAS
El guitarista clasico Alirio Diaz, considerado como el maximo exponente musical Venezolano en el exterior, rindio el pasado 23 de Febrero en el Purcell Room del South Bank de Londres, un extraordinario homenaje al musico y compositor tambien Venezolano, Antonio Lauro (1917-1986), El guitarista fue ovacionado con los aplausos del publico por varios minutos y se vio obligado a salir del camerino en varias oportunidades y complacer con varias piezas mas. Durante el concierto, Alirio Diaz interpreto magistralmente piezas musicales no solo del folklore venezolano sino de otros paises Latinoamericanos. La presentacion en Londres del guitarista venezolano se dio gracias a la promocion de Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society que dirige Juan R Monroy y a la colaboracion de la Embajada de Venezolana por intermedio del Senor Alfonso Montes, director del Bolivar Hall. PROMOVIENDO LA MUSICA Latin American
and Caribbean Cultural Society es una entidad que desde hace
10 anos he venido haciendo un trabajo de promocion de la musica
latinoamericana en el Reino Unido. "Esta labor ha sido muy
silenciosa pero fructifera; esta dirigida mas que todo hacia el
publico Britanico y durante el desarrollo de las actividades artisticas,
hemos hecho un recorrido por casi todos los paises latinoamericanos"
senalo Juan R Monroy, chileno, director de la institucion. "Nuestro
proposito ha sido difundir la musica clasica principalmente,
porque siempre ha estado ahi enterrada. No se sabia nada de ella
en Europa. Nuestra organizacion lo que ha buscado siempre es crear
un espacio, abrir una ventana para que nuestros artistas vengan
a Londres y a Europa".
CRONICA LATINA,
PERIODICO INDEPENDIENTE LATINOAMERICANO, MARZO 1995, LONDRES, INGLATERRA.
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1995
BERTA ROJAS IN LONDON. Berta Rojas will be returning to London this
month to give a recital at the Purcell Room on Monday 27 March.
Her programme includes Sonatina Meridional by Ponce, El Decameron
Negro by Brouwer, Sonata Op. 47 by Ginastera and a numbers
of works by Barrios: Mazurca Apasionata Cueca, Las Abejas and Maxixe.
Classical Guitar, March 1995.
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1995
Berta Rojas plays in the Purcell Room on 27th March, Duo Montes
Kircher plays Venezuelan and other music on the South Bank on 8
June.
WINTER 1994, MUSICAL OPINION. |
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1995 BERTA
ROJAS PROMOVIENDO LA GUITARRA CLASICA EN EUROPA. POR LEO PAREJAS
"LONDRES ABRIO LAS PUERTAS A MI CARRERA ARTISTICA"
Ademas, senalo
a este periodico que precisamente en este mismo recinto Purcell
Room del South Bank inicio su carrera internacional en 1992. "Fue
una linda y muy comprometedora experiencia lo que vivi en ese recital",
dijo. "Ese concierto fue el primero que ofreci en el extranjero
y el que me abrio las puertas de mi carrera. En aquella ocasion
estaba muy nerviosa, el vestido que use lo sentia muy incomodo,
temia cometer errores, pero al final, todo salio bien. Claro
que hoy, tres anos despues, he madurado mucho mas como artista incluso
puedo decir que ya tengo mi propia personalidad, mi propio estilo,
enfatizo Berta Rojas. Por ultimo Berta Rojas se mostro muy
agradecida de Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK),
en Londres, organizacion ha hecho posible sus dos conciertos
en esta cuidad. Igualmente recalco el apoyo que ha tenido por parte
de la Embajada de Paraguay en el Reino Unido.
CRONICA LATINA, PERIODICO INDEPENDIENTE LATINOAMERICANO, LONDRES INGLATERRA, EDICION NUMERO 96, ABRIL DE 1995. |
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1995 MISA
CRIOLLA - PRIMERA
PRESENTACION EN GRAN BRETANA POR SU AUTOR ARIEL RAMIREZ.
Domingo Cura
(Percusion)
Zamba Quipildor
(Tenor)
Facundo Ramirez
(Piano)
Jorge Rojas (Baritono)
Cuarteto de los
Andes (Andean Instruments)
JUEVES 1 DE JUNIO
1995 A LAS 7.30 PM.
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL - LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CULTURAL EN ASOCIACION CON LA EMBAJADA DE ARGENTINA. CRONICA LATINA,
PERIODICO INDEPENDIENTE LATINOAMERICANO LONDRES, INGLATERRA, EDICION
96, ABRIL DE 1995.
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1995
RAMIREZ' MISA CRIOLLA IN THE RFH
Many of us have lived with the original recording of Ariel Ramirez' MISA CRIOLLA since its release in the sixties, but until now we have had no opportunity to experience it live. On 1 June the ever enterprising LACCS-UK brought the composer himself and in a highly enthusiastic and talented group of soloists together with the Royal Choral Society for its first British performance at the Royal Festival Hall... There were a number of encores which were clearly well known to the majority of the audience, beautifully performed and ecstatically received even if unfamiliar to the writer who was simply grateful to be there. I understand that Juan R Monroy is thinking of mounting a similar evening of Andean music. I can't wait! BH. MUSICAL OPINION, VOL.118, AUTUMN 1995. |
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THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND OPERA FROM VIETNAM Music from the
North, Central and South Vietnam & three styles of Vietnamese
opera: Cheo (Popular), Tuong (Traditional) and Cai Luong (Renovated). The Sunday Times, The Culture, 21 May,1995. |
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1995 VIETNAMESE
TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND OPERA, Queen
Elizabeth Hall. From Argentina "MISA CRIOLLA",
by Ariel Ramirez with the Royal Choral Society and Cuarteto de los
Andes. Royal Festival Hall.
THIS IS LONDON, 19 May, 1995. |
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1995 RAMIREZ,
MISA CRIOLLA. CUARTETO DE LOS ANDES, ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY.
Ariel Ramirez (cond) with Ramirez "Nacimiento del Charango";
Melo, "Desde el Alma; Ramirez/Luna, "Navidad Nuestra".
The Daily Telegraph, 27 May, 1995 |
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1995 MISA
CRIOLLA FROM ARGENTINA. BRITISH PREMIER BY THE COMPOSER. COMPOSER/DIRECTOR
ARIEL RAMIREZ. Thursday 1st June at 7.30 p.m. Royal Festival Hall,
with the Royal Choral Society, Wynne-Griffiths, conductor. KIRIE,
vidala-baguala, GLORIA, carnavalito-yaravi, CREDO, Chacarera-trunca,
SANCTUS, carnaval-cochabambino, ANGUS DEI, estilo pampeano. Domingo
Cura, percussion, Zamba Quipildor, tenor, Facundo Ramirez, piano,
Jorge Rojas, baritono, Cuarteto de los Andes, Andean Instruments,
Embassy of the Argentine Republic in association with the Latin
American and Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK), The Daily Telegraph,
Saturday, 27 May, 1995.
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1995 MISA
CRIOLLA FROM ARGENTINA. BRITISH PREMIER ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL. THE
EMBASSY OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN ASSOCIATION WITH LACCS-UK, The
Guardian, Saturday 27 May 1995.
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| 1995 LACCS-UK CONCERT The 7th Annual Heads of Mission Gala Concert and Dinner held by the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society took place in Le Meridien Hotel, Piccadilly. The evening was co-hosted by the Ambassador of Angola Senhor Antonio da Costa Fernandes and Senhora da Costa Fernandes, the High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda, HE Mr James Thomas, the Ambassador of Ukraine Professor Sergui Komissarenko and Mrs Komissarenko and the President of LACCS-UK Professor J R Monroy, DIPLOMAT, May/June 1995. | |||||||||
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1995 GUITARISTA
FROM ECUADOR. TERRY PAZMINO, a guitarist
of some reputation from Ecuador, will be given his London debut
recital at the Purcell Room on the 31 July in the presence of the
Ambassador of Ecuador Senor Patricio Maldonado. Pazmino will perform
a programme of music from Ecuador including the British premier
of his own work SUITE ECUATORIANA, Terry Pazmino comes from Quito
in Ecuador and studied with Antonio Lauro, Alirio Diaz and Alberto
Ponce. This concert had been organised by the Latin American and
Caribbean Cultural Society which is directed by J R Monroy, Classical
Guitar, July, 1995.
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JAM QUARTET. Purcell Room, South Bank Centre 18th
April 1995. THE JAM QUARTET from Finland who
are named after their teacher Juan Antonio Muro,
played a programme of South American music with
one Finnish interleaving, as part of the LACCS-UK Series.
They are an extremely musical ensemble and this
shown in everything they touched. CLASSICAL GUITAR, JULY, 1995. |
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| 1995
JAM ON THE SOUTH BANK In
association with LACCS-UK the Finnish Embassy presented
a concert at the Purcell Room on 18th
April featuring the JAM GUITAR QUARTET. This ensemble
took shape at the Helsinki Conservatory in
1988' all its members were students there. They
have become a
most impressive group, all four musicians being
first class guitarists. MUSICAL OPINION, SUMMER,1995. |
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BERTA ROJAS ON THE SOUTH BANK The
Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas launched a new
series of recitals promoted by the Latin American
and Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK), at
the Purcell Room on 27 March with a programme of
highly attractive works, most of which were unknown
to the British
audience. MUSICAL OPINION, SUMMER, 1995. |
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| 1995
ECUADOR. GUITARRISTA ECUATORIANO SE PRESENTA EN
EL SOUTH BANK
CENTRE. TERRY
PAZMINO es original de Quito (Ecuador), pero paso
gran parte de
su juventud en Venezuela donde tuvo la oportunidad
de estudiar guitarra. Terry corrio con la suerte
de tener como maestros a dos grandes interpretes
del instrumento
como fueron Antonio Lauro y Alirio Diaz. Luego
de 11 anos de preparacion se graduo en Caracas y
obtuvo el primer premio por la interpretacion del
"Concierto
para Guitarra y Orquesta" de Antonio Lauro.
Mas adelante
recibio una beca de la UNESCO para estudiar con
el Maestro Espanol Alberto Ponce en el "Conservatoire de
la Courneuve"
en Paris. Como compositor, escribe encantadoras
piezas propias
de la musica Sudamericana, que se derivan de formas
de musica del folklore Andino de origen Hispano-Quechua,
incluyendo ritmos
como el "pasillo", "San Juanito" y la "Danza".
Sus trabajos
mas notables son la "Suite Ecuatoriana No 1 para
Guitarra"
y "Sones Transhumantes para violin y guitarra" Su
concierto es
auspiciado por la Embajada de Ecuador en conjunto
con Latin American
and Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK). MUNDO LATINO, LONDRES, JULIO, 1995. |
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| 1995. NOTABLE ARTISTA ECUATORIANO EN LONDRES. MAESTRO TERRY PAZMINO DEBUTARA EN EL PURCELL ROOM DEL SOUTH BANK CENTRE. El Maestro Terry Pazmino estrenara en Londres su obra titulada 'SUITE ECUATORIANA' tan elogiada por la critica en Estados Unidos, Canada, Alemania y Francia. Este es un trabajo serio de investigacion y estudios musicales que realizo en Venezuela con el Maestro Antonio Lauro. Esta suite se basa en las cuatro regiones de Ecuador, la Costa, La Sierra, Oriente y Region Insular, utilizando los giros caracteristicos de las diferentes zonas anteriormente mencionadas. Su ultimo disco compacto grabado en 1994 "Guitarra Ecuador", ha sido elogiado en Canada y Estados Unidos como un nuevo aporte a la musica de la guitarra Latinoamericana. El concierto forma parte de la Serie Internacional de Guitarra de LACCS-UK, que dirige J. R. Monroy desde 1984 y en la cual han participado exponentes como Alirio Diaz (Venezuela), Carlos Barbosa-Lima (Brasil), Eduardo Falu (Argentina) y otros nombres de fama internacional. CRONICA LATINA, PERIODICO INDEPENDIENTE LATINOAMERICANO, LONDRES, INGLATERRA, JULIO, 1995. | |||||||||
| 1995 TERRY PAZMINO GUITAR MUSIC FROM ECUADOR. THE GUARDIAN GUIDE, JULY, 1995 | |||||||||
| 1995
MARIMBA NACIONAL DE CONCIERTO IN THE PRESENCE OF
THE AMBASSADOR OF GUATEMALA AND SRA ELLA DE NANE.
PURCELL ROOM, WEDNESDAY 2nd AUGUST 1995 EL MUNDO LATINO, LONDON, JULY, 1995. |
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| 1995 BERTA ROJAS PURCELL ROOM, SOUTH BANK CENTRE, LONDON MARCH 1995, CLASSICAL GUITAR, JULY, 1995. | |||||||||
| 1995 THE REGO QUINTET ON THE SOUTH BANK MUSICAL OPINION, SUMMER, 1995. | |||||||||
| 1995
LACCS-UK's 1996 PROGRAMME "
The Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society
(LACCS-UK), has
been promoting the classical guitar in London
for twelve years. To our knowledge, no one else
has kept a guitar series for so long and unbroken
a period, and
it says a lot for the determination, patience and
ingenuity of Juan R. Monroy, Director of LACCS-UK, that so
many guitarists
of the highest rank have been brought to London.
..." An innovation is LACCS-UK presentation of awards
to guitarists
who have made a special contribution in bringing
the cultures of the eastern and western hemispheres
together, thus leading to a greater understanding
of Latin American music in Britain..." CLASSICAL GUITAR, DECEMBER, 1995. |
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| 1996
LACCS-UK INTERNATIONAL GUITAR SERIES Juan
R. Monroy, the energetic and enterprising Director
of the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural
Society (LACCS-UK), created the INTERNATIONAL GUITAR
SERIES in 1984 and since then guitarists from all
over the world have performed in combination of
European and
Latin American works by composers from both
continents. Soloist who have performed in the series
so far have included
Argentinians Eduardo Falu, Roberto Aussel
an Isabel Siewers, Brazilian, Laurindo Almeida,
Carlos Barbosa-Lima
and Marcelo Kayath, Chileans Octavio Lafourcade,
Oscar Ohlsen and Luis Orlandini, Venezuelan, Alirio
Diaz and Duo Montes-Kircher, Terry Pazmino from
Ecuador, Eduardo
Fernandez from Uruguay, Berta Rojas from
Paraguay..." MUSICAL OPINION, HIGH NOTES, SPRING 1996. |
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| 1996
TIMO KORHONEN. Purcell Room, London, 22 February
1996.
'This concert
marked the London debut of the young
Finnish guitarist Timo Korhonen. ...
His programme set the old alongside the new, but
he has a traditional look with the inclusion of
pieces by Sor
and Villa-Lobos... Timo
Korhonen is a guitarist who can rightfully take his
place in the
world class category". Peter Rueffer, Classical Guitar, July 1996. |
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| 1996
CON BOLETOS A INGLATERRA "
Llevan nueve anos actuando juntos. ya sea en Chile
o en Europa y America Latina. Y ahora, por primera
vez, el duo de guitarristas compuesto por Oscar
Ohlsen y Luis Orlandini viajara a Inglaterra para
actuar en el Purcell Room, una de las salas mas
prestigiosas de Londres... Y
lo haran el proximo 22 de Julio con un concierto
auspiciado por
Latinamerican and Caribbean Cultural
Society (LACCS-UK), que dirige Juan R. Monroy, y
que este ano desarrolla su 12 temporada... Es
que J R Monroy ha desarrollado por anos, con la
colaboracion de las Embajadas o el Ministerio de
Relaciones del
pais correspondiente de cada artista, una
extensa labor en pro de la difusion de la musica
clasica de America
Latina en Europa... EL MERCURIO, CHILE, MIERCOLES 10 DE JULIO DE 1996. |
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| 1996
EDUARDO FALU. A musician born in the province of
Salta which border
Chile and Bolivia, he is difficult to categorised.
Although he considers himself a guitarist who
sings, he has a rich baritone voice of rare quality.
Queen Elizabeth
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A TRIBUTE TO LAURINDO
ALMEIDA
"LACCS-UK'S tribute to the Brazilian guitarist and composer Laurindo Almeida at the Purcell Room on 28 May turned out to be a delight for all concerned. Charlie Byrd's
first solo was Alfredo Vianna's Carinhoso which Laurindo
Almeida had sketched out for him on a paper napkin! The
soloist then joined forces to play Ernesto Nazareth's
Carioca and Famoso
with its 2 step rhythm, followed by Vianna's Naguele
Tempo and Cochichando which gave them a
chance to show their respective strengths, Carlos
Barbosa-Lima was more agile and steely while Charlie
Byrd was warmer and
more relaxed. ...
Laurindo Almeida's own arrangement of "Adios" was played
as an encore and
a more fitting end could hardly have been found
with its gentle, reflective simplicity in many ways encapsulating
the strengths of
this well loved and greatly missed virtuoso and composer.
BH MUSICAL OPINION, SUMMER 1996.
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CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
CHARLIE BYRD PURCELL
ROOM, LONDON, 28 MAY 1996.
Unfortunately,
it doesn't happen often, a full house at
a guitar concert. Anything less, for this unique occasion
which brought together one of Brazil's finest
musical ambassadors and a living legend from
then world of jazz, would have been unthinkable. Billed
as a tribute to Laurindo Almeida, and featuring his
compositions and arrangements, it would be hard to
imagine a player more suited to the genre than Carlos
Barbosa-Lima. Any slight concern that one might
have had with a lack of projection were soon completely
obviated by the sheer technical brilliance of
his playing. Two items from the opening group, Choro
e Batuque and Baa-too-kee
(both Barbosa-Lima arrangements from
Almeida's flute/voice and guitar originals) were especially
memorable and gave
some indication of what lay in store.
...The programme
stated that the guitars were to be joined by
a bass and drums for the second half. I was looking forward
to what promised to be a recreation of the Charlie Byrd
trio that held a
unique place in the jazz scene some thirty years
ago. It was a considerable disappointment, therefore,
when it was announced
that they were not to be. "You won't miss
em" said Byrd, he was quite right, they were not missed
at all in a group
of superbly played and arranged Jobim classics, "Agua
de Beber" getting one of the biggest claps of the night.
The programme ended
with three more duos, Byrd jazz ballad, For
Jeff, Vianna's Passatempo and jobim's beautiful Triste. A
warm reception brought
an encore, Adios by Madriguera was
a fitting end to this delightful concert and tribute to
Laurindo Almeida,
one of the greatest of Brazilian music. Peter
Rueffer.
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THE LACCS-UK
1997 SEASON
Its hard to believe that ten years have alapsed since Juan R. Monroy began his successful guitar series. The Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, of which Juan R. Monroy is the President, began in 1984 as an independent organisation promoting classical and traditional music from the Americas; as such it has maintained its unique position in Britain. ... No one else
is mounting a regular guitar series in London.
The LACCS-UK enterprise deserves to be supported."
CLASSICAL GUITAR,
MARCH 1997.
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1997
KAARE NORGE RECITAL
The Danish guitarist Kaare Norge will give a recital at the Purcell Room, London on 22 April as part of the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society Guitar Series, in association with the Royal Danish Embassy. The recital will be given in the presence of H.E. the Ambassador of Norway and Mrs Zareen Lonsmann Poulsen. CLASSICAL GUITAR, APRIL 1997. |
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100 YEARS OF THE
TANGO - THIS
YEAR WE CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR DANCES EVER CONCEIVED. THE OCCASION IS MARKET
IN THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL ON 24 JULY. DENBY
RICHARDS SETS THE SCENE.
I still possesses a plum labelled HMV 78rpm recording by the wonderful Boston Pops under Arthur Fiedler of JEALOUSY, one of the most exciting, colourful and tuneful records I have ever heard. It cost me four shillings and I must have had thousands of pounds worth of pleasure from it over more than half a century. I remember Tango asking Arthur Fiedler about it when we first met and he grinned from ear to ear before telling me that he knew when he first saw the arrangement that it would "knock'em in the aisles!" How right he was. That was my introduction to the Tango, although I must have watched Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers demonstrate at least one on screen. On the 24 July I am looking forward to hearing and seeing on the world's greatest exponents of the famous Latin-American dance form on the stage of the Royal Festival Hall, celebrating its Centenary. Mariano Mores brings a complete Orquesta Tipica playing Argentine Tangos for the first time in London. ... Tango Teas
at which they danced and the tango's popularity increased
between the wars when it was universally danced at
major competition.
Carlos Gardel, who was born in 1887 and died in
1935, grew up with the tango and helped to popularise it through
out Europe, using
his fame to transform it from a strictly dance form to
a unique song genre through which it became a cultural musical
personality in its
own right which brought a special sense of identity
to Argentineans of all backgrounds and social classes.
It is no surprise
that the Festival Hall presentation should have been
masterminded by Juan R. Monroy, the President of LACCS-UK,
who has done so much
to bring Latin-American musical culture to
our shores, in association with the Embassy of the Argentine
Republic which is
represented by their Ambassador Senor Rogelio Pfirter
and his wife. It promised to be one of the most exhilarating
happenings during
the Capital's Summer Season. MUSICAL
OPINION, SPRING 1997.
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CIEN ANOS DEL TANGO
Nacio en las barricadas de Buenos Aires y ahora es conocido en el mundo entero. El tango celebra su primer centenario. El publico de Londres se prepara la recibir a la Orquesta del Maestro Mariano Mores y el Tango Ballet de Buenos Aire, dos de las mas completas delegaciones de artistas suramericanos. Se trata de un espectaculo de musica, danza y canto de los clasicos del tango de este siglo. Su motivo es la celebracion del primer centenario de la existencia del tango que se realizara en Londres, considerada una de las capitales artisticas y musicales mas importantes del mundo. CRONICA LATINA.PERIODICO INDEPENDIENTE, JUNIO 1997, LONDRES. |
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MARIANO MORES Argentinian
tango composer makes UK debut
with huge orchestra and six dancing couples. Royal
Festival Hall, London
SE1. ISMENE BROWN, DANCE THE
DAILY TELEGRAPH, JULY 1997.
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YOU'VE BEEN TANGOED
If you saw Al Pacino perform this sexy South American dance in the Scent of a Woman, you'll know how attention-grabbing it can be. The tango is one of the world's most famously seductive dances and now, with the arrival of the prestigious Buenos Aires Tango Ballet in the UK, British audiences will have the opportunity to see the real thing being performed by the pros. In celebration of the Centenary of the Argentine Tango (1897-1997), Mariano Mores and his orchestra will be accompanying the professional dancers of BA Tango Ballet for one night only on Tuesday July 24 at the Royal Festival Hall. FOOTLOOSE MAGAZINE, JULY 1997. |
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1997 LACCS-UK
CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF THE TANGO
The tango seems to have come back into fashion recently so it was probably inevitable that the Royal Festival Hall would be comfortably full on 24 July when LACCS-UK celebrated the CENTENARY OF THE TANGO with Mariano Mores and his Orchestra. Better known in Latin America than in Europe, Mariano Mores as been a leading light in the development of the Tango, writing many of the most popular examples and widening the scope of the dance to bring it fully within the realm of popular music. This probably accounts for th ver mixed audience on the South Bank. Those who knew his work well and knew to expect were highly enthusiastic but for outsiders, among which I must count myself, much of the evening, while enjoyable proved impenetrable. Subtle distinctions between styles and types of Tango were impossible for the non-aficionado to distinguish. By far the most exciting part of the evening and the one which appealed equally to everybody in the hall was the dancing. It is said of Valentino that women fainted when he danced the Tango and the opening dances by the Buenos Aires Ballet had a sexual frisson that was dangerously electric. That they danced to much of the music as a great boon and raised the atmosphere to a genuine artistic pleasure. There was also dance from Ballet Folklorico Brandsen which brought us the folk background to the dance-step of the Tango through Gaucho dances. A group of young male dancers strove to out-do each other with their rapid footwork in high-heeled soft leather boots, unique in the use of steps which require the ankle to be turned sideways on the the ground. Exhilarating and highly entertaining. I never know quite what to expect from a LACCS-UK concert and yet once again Juan R. Monroy has managed to challenge, please and delight. MUSICAL OPINION, AUTUMN 1997. |
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WHAT 'S ON IN LONDON DEC
3 - DEC 10 1997
FRIDAY, DECEMBER
: ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA,
COND. NELSON NIREMBERG WITH
CARLOS BARBOSA LIMA, GUITAR, MUSIC
BY JOSE MAURICIO, FRANCISCO MIGNONE, VILLA-LOBOS.
LACCS-UK/BRAZILIAN EMBASSY.
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CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA
- ST JOHN'S SMITH
SQUARE, LONDON 5
DECEMBER 1997.
The English
Chamber Orchestra performed a
programme lavished with the heady exuberance
of an entirely Brazilian piquancy.
Organised by LACCS-UK (Latin American
and Caribbean Cultural Society), it was
also commemorating the Centennial of Francisco
Mignone, whose concerto for Guitar and
Orchestra Barbosa-Lima was to play.
This magnificent group of professional struck out with 18th century composer Jose Mauricio's Overture in D. You could imagine the echoes of Haydn and Mozart trilling through the jacarandas as royalty rubbed shoulders with the sugar barons and their cronies sipping French cognac. The faint rumble of surf from Copacabana added the teasing rhythms that would eventually flower into a truly nationalistic identity, making Brazilian music one of the most diverse and colourful of the 20th century. With the Concerto the audience was plunged into a warm and inviting sound-scape: a palette laden without the conventional legacy of most works of this genre. Playing from the score spread on the platform before him. Barbosa-Lima worked with the conductor Nelson Nirenberg to shape the piece in an absorbing totality. The main theme of this piece is quite delicious: throughout the spiky arches of rhythm that permeate almost its entirely the traces of Wagner's surging mania can distinctly be heard. It is a piece that must require repeated listening so that the journey into the forest of the imagination can return bestowed with the gleaming fruits of discovery. As an encore Barbosa-Lima played Brazil's second national anthem: Ary Barroso's Brazil. This is the best version, next to the truly swinging version by Sebastiao Tapajos.I have heard. As an arranger Barbosa-Lima contructs layers and touches that sparkle with the wit and consummate skill of a sincere entertainer. The Preludes from Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 followed and prepared the gathered dignitaries (were there any guitarists in the audience?) for the premier of the last major composition of Villa-Lobos. The SUITE No 2 FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA is a piece that should probably have a descriptive title concerning the history or landscape of Brazil. Like so many other major orchestral works by this composer full of landmark swells and brass fanfares the music vividly cast Villa-Lobos's vibrant spell over all those fortunate souls able to attend this special occasion. Tim Panting, CLASSICAL GUITAR , MARCH 1998. |
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The first concert in LACCS-UK always interesting Series
for 1998 will be held in the Purcell Room on
the 25th May when CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA will
play Guitar works in a programme entitled "The
Magical Music of Brazil and the Caribbean". There
will be music by Ernesto Lecuona, Gabriel Ruiz, Enrique
Madriguera and Rafael Hernandes, and Brazilian
music by Ary Barroso, Carlos Jobim, Leo Brouwer
and Radames Gnatali.
Mezzo-Soprano MARTHA SENN, who has been making a considerable reputation in the major opera Houses around the world, will be partnered at the piano by PABLO AREVALO, with whom she recently recorded Poets and Composers from Colombia, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the 13th July in songs from Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Guatemala, when the whole of the second half is dedicated to music from Colombia. The Young Chilean pianist Michio Nishihara Toro will appear at the Purcell Room on 27 July. His programme includes Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata and a group of works by Chopin including the First and Fourth Ballades. MUSICAL OPINION, SPRING 1998. |
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EDUARDO FALU
AND JUAN JOSE FALU
THE ART OF THE
GUITAR
QUEEN ELIZABETH
HALL, WEDNESDAY
3er JUNE 1998
AT 7.30 P.M.
TIME OUT MAY
27- JUNE 31 1998.
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1998
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
El joven pianista Michio Nishihara se presento con gran exito en la sala Purcell Room de Londres el dia 27 de Julio. El concierto fue organizado por la Sociedad Latinoamericana y Caribena de Cultura (LACCS-UK), Presidida por el Chileno residente en Gran Bretana Juan R. Monroy. Esta presentacion artistica conto ademas con el apoyo de la Embajada de Chile en Londres y el patrocinio de la Direccion de Asuntos Culturales del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile. .... Sin lugar a dudas, que este concierto del joven pianista Michio Nishihara trajo el nostagico recuerdo al publico Britanico de los grandiosos conciertos de Claudio Arrau, quien tambien inicio su carrera internacional en el Royal Festival Hall de Londres en la decada de los anos 1950. En resumen, una tarde maravillosa de musica romantica muy bien recibida por una sala repleta de publico. Los conciertos presentados por la LACCS-UK en sus 14 anos de actividad han llegado convertirse en preciosas joyas en el escenario musical de Londres. JIM SKINGER, EL MERCURIO DE ANTOFAGASTA, NOV, 11 1998. |
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MICHIO NISHIHARA
IN THE PURCELL ROOM
On the 26 July the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, in association with the Embassy of Chile, presented the Chilean pianist Michio Nishihara in his debut in London. ... The second half was devoted to Chopin consisting of the Polonaise-Fantasy, the G. minor Ballade, the D. flat Nocturne and the Second Scherzo. It was this works that Nishihara communicated deepest affection for the period, sculpturing each phrase with their interior echoes and variations along with well defined dynamics, while at he same time allowing the music to move forward with an uncanny sense of rhythmic freedom. Having receiving thunderous Michio Nishihara delighted his audience with Scriabin's Eighth Etude. JIN SKINGER. MUSICAL OPINION, AUTUMN 1998. |
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CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA
PURCELL ROOM,
LONDON
25 MAY 1998
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Barbosa-Lima's
renowned arrangements were given
a welcome a airing and the concert through devoid
of large scale pieces, was an evening of delightfully
surprises. Starting with Pernambuco's Sons
De Carillhoes the layered texture of Barbosa- Lima's
harmonic vision soon took hold.
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Barbosa-Lima
has an affinity with Jobim. His
arrangement of Stone Flower is a classic and
almost worth the concert on its own. Hearing
these short but intricate pieces was a
welcome change from the formularised concerts
that pervade the occasionally unimaginative stage
today. There is only one Barbosa-Lima. Catch
him when you can. TIM
PANTING, CLASSICAL GUITAR, OCTOBER 1998
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1998
THE NICHI-EI
TIMES SERVING THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY IN
THE U.K.
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ALFAR DUO
ALICIA GONZALEZ,
Soprano has several music degrees from
the University Conservatory of Music in Montevideo
(Uruguay). She has obtained prizes in
several singing competitions national and international.
LUIS MORALES, guitarist,
the Spanish composer and
guitarist born in Bolivia is recognised in Europe
and America by several prizes. As a composer he
centres his creations on the combination of guitar and
voice. He is also a poet and his works have been published
periodically. LAIGHTON
HOUSE MUSEUM 19th
OCTOBER 1998 LATIN
AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CULTURAL
SOCIETY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THE EMBASSY
OF BOLIVIA.
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CONCERT CARLOS
BARBOSA-LIMA TONIGHT,
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, SOUTH BANK,
SE1, 7.45pm.
The guitar has had relatively few champions in the classical guitar music world. Berlioz was denied piano lessons and critics have suggested that his enforced choice of the guitar and flute as his first instruments accounts in large part for his eccentric approach to harmony (soon to be given a through airing in the exiting LSO Berlioz season). Beethoven understood that the colours this quiet instrument is capable of producing can appear all the more vivid because the listener has to work harder to hear them. He called the guitar "a miniature orchestra" but didn't write much for it that is lay today. There is only one famous concerto, the Concierto de Aranguez, whose ubiquitousness has had the unfortunate effect if desensitising may people to the charm of the instrument. Carlos Barbosa-Lima (pictured) one of the great contemporary virtuosi, aims to challenge that disaffection tonight with a concert in guitar music in many musical styles -from Spanish standards to the Beatles and incorporating some technically dazzling show-stoppers, including his own arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue. Warwick Thompson, METRO NEWSPAPER, LONDON. 1999 |
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If is fifteen
years since Juan R Monroy created the
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CULTURAL SOCIETY,
better known as LACCS-UK, in order to secur better
cultural ties and appreciation between European and
Latin American countries. Since LACCS-UK has organised
regular concerts
which have introduced Londoners to contemporary
music and more than 200 musicians from South
America. A particularly effective event was the
Royal Festival Hall celebration of The Creation of the
Tango in 1997. By involving international diplomats of
the London scene LACCS-UK has been useful in helping promote
trade and other relations between organisations in
Europe, Scandinavia and the Americas.
Their next presentation is in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 6 September when the brilliant Brazilian guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima will help celebrate his country's 177th Years of Independence. HIGH NOTES, MUSICAL OPINION, SUMMER 1999. |
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LACCS-UK FIFTEEN
YEARS
by Danton
H. from Canada.
... That half
notable millenium (Discover of Brazil by
Pedro Cabral in April 1500), is celebrating by the
Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK),
whose base is London, an I should say that few
organisations could be in a better position to do so.
Founded in 1884 its
purposes is to create new opportunities
for stimulating interest in a better European
understanding of all aspects of Latin
American and Caribbean Culture. LACCS-UK is steadily
achieving its aims through an impressive programme
of concerts, festivals and other forms of
cultural expressions. .........................................................................
More than 200
Latin American and artists have been presented
by LACCS-UK over fifteen years of continued activities
in the London cultural scenario. LACCS-UK's Director,
Juan R. Monroy believe that as the final years
of he twentieth century - and of the millennium-
draw to a close,
new ways must be found to stimulate co-operation
between rich nd poor countries. As the globe
shrinks in real terms, so the necessity for a true partnership
increase. The exploitative attitude of the conquistador
is not the answer to the problems of a developing
country, and thankfully such antiquated philosophies
are disappearing. There has to be a unity of
aims and aspirations, not only between Latin America
and Caribbean countries
themselves, but also with all nations
of the world.
Strong cultural links help to provide a firm base for such spirit of international co-operation, and the Latin American and Cultural Society is doing its share by pursuing its policy of making worthwhile art and music available to the audience in London. |
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ADRIAN VARELA
A VIOLINIST OF SUPERIOR TALENT.
ARTISTRY AND ELEGANCE LEIGHTON
HOUSE MUSEUM LACCS-UK/EMBASSY
OF URUGUAY 15TH
INTERNATIONAL SEASON WEDNESDAY
3er MARCH 1999
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1999
LACCS-UK - 15 ANOS DE
HISTORIA COMO
A MUSICA LATIN TEM CONQUISTADO
O MERCADO EUROPEU
"A musica
sempre fez parte da minha vida", diz o chileno
Juan R Monroy, presidente da LACCS-UK (The Latin
American and Caribbean Cultural Society). LACCS-UK
e uma organizacao independente, que normalmente conta
com a apoio da Embaixada Brasileira para suas programacoes
e especializada em divulgar a musica latinoamericana
em Londres. O objetivo e de promover nomes
de compositores e violonistas latino-americanos e
assim estimular o interesse pela cultura atraves da musica.
Foi com muito
trabalho e dedicacao que a LACCS-UK completou 15 anos
em setembro. Ela comencou juntamente com o aumento
de emigracao latinoamericana em Londres, sendo este
um dos motivos que levaram Monroy a promover aqui
a musica latina. .................................................................................. O primero evento
da LACCS-UK foi reallizado no dia 6
Setembro 1984 no South Bank Centre. Foram 6 dias
de musica classica,folklorica, dancas, literatura, poesia
e filmes. A participacao do Brasil foi com o filme
"Sao Bernardo", poemas de Jorge Lima, Vinicius
de Morais e Carlos
Drummond de Andrade e mais o nascimento da
escola de samba de London School of Samba, que continua
ate hoje.
Depois do primeiro
sucesso, e entao com mais experiencia,
Monroy escolheu divulgar a cultura latina atraves
da musica popular, a qual procurou sempre dar
uma roupagem classica. Comencou a atrair e descobrir
talentos e fez
um projecto para a igreja St. John's Smith Square,
com apresentacoes de musicas classicas mensais e
de livre acesso ao publico. A LACCS-UK tambem realizou um concerto em comemoracao aos 100 anos do nacimento do compositor brasileiro Villa-Lobos em 1987 tambem de Carlos Gomes. De quando comecou ate hoje, a LACCS-UK ja apresentou obras de Francisco Mignone, Radames Gnatali, Marlos Nobre, etc. Pode-se dizer que hoje a musica latina ja conquistou um grande espaco na Europa, com o crescente interesse de violonistas europeus em interpretar pecas latinas. O interessante no trabalho da LACCS-UK e a leitura classica que da as musicas popular e folclorica, tornando- as mais faceis ao ouvido do europeu. A divulgacao dos compositores e violonistas e feita atraves de projetos e programas sempre ligados a cultura latina. Varias orchestras e grupos de camara ja se apresentaram tocando musica brasileira sob a tutelagem da LACCS-UK, entre elas a Lontano Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra St. John's Smith Square, Wren Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra e Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, entre outras. Fernanda Galvao, brasil.net, numero 3, Londres, Outubro,1999. |
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GALINA VALE GUITAR
FROM UKRAINE 15TH
INTERNATIONAL SEASON LEIGHTON
HOUSE MUSEUM LACCS-UK/EMBASSY
OF UKRAINE 14TH
DECEMBER 1999
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SILVINA LOPEZ
SE PRESENTA HOY EN GRAN BRETANA UNA
GUITARISTA ENTRERRIANA EN PLENO CORAZON DE
LONDRES. LA
GUITARISTA PARANAENSE SILVINA LOPEZ SE PRESENTARA
ESTA NOCHE EN EL ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
DE LONDRES. LA INTERPRETE SERA PROTAGONISTA ABSOLUTA
DE UN CONCIERTO QUE BRINDARA EN UNA DE
LAS PRINCIPALES SALAS DE LA CAPITAL INGLESA: EL
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL.
La instrumentista
se presentara en la sala "Purcell Room" del
Royal Festival Hall por invitacion especial de la LACCS-UK,
una sociedad independiente
que se funda en 1984, con el proposito
de difundir a la audiencia britanica la musica clasica
y folklorica de America Latina.
El presidente de la entidad J R Monroy ha logrado que esta institucion sea reconocida como una de las lideres en la promocion de sonidos e interpretes de todos los paises Latinoamericanos en Gran Bretana. Mas de 300 artistas de casi todos los paises del continente han sido presentados por esta sociedad sin fines de lucro. En 1990, con motivo del restablecimiento de las relaciones diplomaticas entre Argentina y el Reino Unido, LACCS-UK inicio un programa artistico cultural para Argentina, que ya lleva diez anos y es coordinado con la Embajada en Londres. En este marco -que es el que comprende la actuacion de la guitarista paranaense en Londres... EL DIARIO DE PARANA, 17 FEBRERO, 2000 |
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SILVINA LOPEZ ACTUO
EN LONDRES
LONDRES (por Marco Marini):- El 17 de febrero se presento en el Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall de esta capital, la guitarista entrerriana Silvina Lopez bajo los auspicios de la Embajada Argentina y LACCS-UK. La concertista interpreto temas del cancionero popular argentino, entre otros, "Preludio" y "Tiempo de Milonga" de Eduardo Falu, "Ritmo Trunco de Atahualpa Yupanqui y temas de aire litoraleno como "De mi guitarra de Miguel Martinez. El publico disfruto de la velada, dando lugar a varios bises por parte de la guitarrista argentina. La proxima escala en la tournee europea de Silvina Lopez sera Bruselas. LA OPINION ON LINE, RAFAELA- SANTA FE ARGENTINA. JUEVES 2 DE MARZO DE 2000. |
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SILVINA LOPEZ ON
THE SOUTH BANK
Thanks are again due to LACCS-UK, the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, masterminded by Juan R Monroy, for bringing to London another very worthwhile artist on the 17 February in their series of South Bank concerts which make up their 16th International Season. This was the gifted Argentinean Guitarist Silvina Lopez, who at the Purcell Room was able to project a wide-ranging and exceptionally interesting programme with compelling style and musicianship. Perhaps the most interesting aspect to her recital was the programme itself, for it included composers not entirely unknown to British concert-goers: Manuel Ponce, Leo Brouwer and Astor Piazzolla, in particular, alongside less familiar figures whose music was, in the main, eminently worthwhile. Silvina Lopez's playing was excellent throughout. She is clearly an admirably guitarist of notable gifts and musicality. The recital ranged from Ponce's Sonata Clasica, which opened her programme, to the virtuosic and atmospheric VIDALA and BAIAO by the young Carlos Aguirre, who was born in 1965. The result, as may be imagined, did this artist proud and her attractive stage presence matched her playing with admirable musical character. A very enjoyable and successful event. Robert Matthew-Walker, MUSICAL OPINION, SPRING 2000 |
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SILVINA LOPEZ
Purcell Room, 17
February 2000
"...She played Piazzolla as I expect he would have like to hear on the classical guitar. Two excellent arrangements of OTONO PORTENO AND INVIERNO PORTENO. Composers who I had not heard of were Miguel Martinez, Walter Heinze and Carlos Aguirre: all skilled artists of the zamba and chamame, etc. Aguirre's pieces, notably the beautiful VIDALA ended the programme and they were fresh and exciting with influences of Chick Corea and perhaps Egberto Gismonti, fusing diverse elements to produce new classic music..." Tim Panting, CLASSICAL GUITAR, APRIL, 2000 |
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2000
EMBAJADORA DEL RIO
LA GUITARISTA PARANAENSE SILVINA LOPEZ ESTA DENTRO DE LA LISTA DE ARGENTINOS DE PRESTIGIO QUE REPRESENTAN AL PAIS EN EL MUNDO. GRACIAS A UNA SOCIEDAD INDEPENDIENTE LLAMADA LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CULTURAL SOCIETY,QUE LA SELECCIONO, PUDO REPRESENTAR EN LONDRES Y PROLONGAR SU GIRA EN GALES Y BELGICA. Nada mas apropiado para comenzar a recorrer este testimonio que recordar que se suele decir que la figura de la guitarra simboliza la silueta de una mujer. SILVINA LOPEZ es una joven pelirroja y guitarista, concertista de una vasta trayectoria. La combinacion entre ellas dos, en todo caso, encarna plenamente el sentido delicado que se le quiere otorgar al sonido de una guitarra, o al reves, a la increible musicalidad que puede imprimirle a las cosas la percepcion y el sentimiento de una mujer. En 1998, participo de un importante concurso en Mexico y alli uno de los jurados, el brasileno Carlos Barbosa-Lima, contento con la performance de Lopez, la conecto y recomendo a una productora en Londres: la Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, presidida por el music chileno Juan R Monroy. Este es el comienzo de la historia que concluyo hace muy poco, cuando Lopez retorno a Parana, despues de haber tocado en Gran Bretana y en Belgica, gracias a la posibilidad que finalmente le brindo Monroy. "Di un concierto en uno de los lugares mas importantes de Londres, el Royal Festival Hall. Fue a sala llena, con buena promocion, incluso quedo gente afuera, hacia dos meses que se estaban vendiendo los tickets. Me encontre con que todo estaba perfectamente organizado", explico la guitarista. Es que hace un tiempo, Monroy agoto todas las posibilidades comunicativas con Argentina para coordinar muy bien la presentacion de la paranaense en la cuidad del Big Ben. "Me interesa destacar la obra que realiza Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, porque es una organizacion que Monroy fundo en 1984 y sus objetivos son promover la cultura de America Latina y el Caribe en Londres. Si no fuese como una entidad como esta, y con el prestigio que posee, seria imposible que una argentina como yo accediera a una sala de ese nivel en Londres" afirmo Lopez. El chileno la llevo a la famosa estacion BBC y tambien se preocupo de que cadena Televisa estuviera presente cubriendo instancias de su presentacion. El propio nivel de Lopez la hizo entrar por la puerta grande: ahora forma parte de esa lista que Monroy va haciendo crecer poco a poco, en el marco de un programa artistico cultural para la Argentina que comenzo a dedicarle a partir de la recomposicion de las relaciones diplomaticas con el Reino Unido, en 1990. Ya ha llevado a Eduardo Falu, Jaime Torres, Ariel Ramirez, Cuarteto de los Andes, Duo Garau-Millet, Roberto Aussel, Zamba Quipildor y Nan Group, Mariano Mores y su Orquesta, el Ballet Brandsen y el Buenos Aires Tango Ballet entre otros. Lo cierto es que aproximadamente 130 artistas argentinos ya accedieron, gracias a esta sociedad, a las princiales salas publicas de Londres. ........................................................................... Bueno, vos me preguntas como vi Londres, es una sociedad que invierte mucho en cultura... por ejemplo cuando fuimos con Monroy a la BBC, antes de entrar al aire, ensayamos tres veces el programa. Nos senalaban el momento en que tenia que entrar a tocar y el instante en que tenia que cortar. Alli no existe la improvizacion, cada persona cupa su sitio, los operadores en lo suyo, el conductor y el que me recibio, cada uno tenia una tarea asignada" destaco. SAMANARIO "ANALISIS" DE PARANA, REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, ABRIL, 2000. |
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IQUIQUENO PROMUEVE
ARTISTAS EN LONDRES
" Como una
forma de llevar consigo el recuerdo de
su tierra natal, Iquique, y a la vez desarrollar una
de las pasiones de su vida, la guitarra clasica. Juan
R. Monroy creo hace quince anos la Sociedad Latinoamericana
y Caribena de Cultura (LACCS-UK, en Ingles),
con el fin de promocionar los talentos musicales de
esta parte del planeta en el Reino Unido y Europa en
general.
Recuerdos: Juan R Monroy toca la guitarra desde los nueve anos de edad, en que recibio sus primeras lecciones de parte ddel virtuoso MANUEL BERRIOS, amigo de su padre Juan Ramon Monroy Cortez. J.R. Monroy recuerda que su casa " fue un lugar privilegiado, abierto, donde toda una generacion de aquella epoca discutia de futbol, atletismo y escucho a los mejores guitaristas populares de Iquique, en mi casa llegamos a tener 16 de estos instrumentos". Ritmos como el bolero, la guaracha, el tango, la cueca y el vals peruano, dice, "se tocaban y cantaban por los trios locales, como el "El Trio Iquique", compuesto por Manuel Berrios, Carlos Henriquez y Adolfo Tapia y los "Mineros", que formaban los hermanos Antonio y Luis "Checho"Gonzalez y Rubi Jauregui". Mientras estudiaba Historia y Sociologia en la Universidad de Chile en Santiago, Juan Monroy recibio la influencia de Humberto Campos, una de las figuras mas grandes del folklore chileno... El entusiasmo de este Iquiqueno por la guitarra tiene sus raices en su propia experiencia, segun cuenta, pues "creo que es particularmente a traves de la difusion de la guitarra clasica, que la rica herencia musical de America Latina y del Caribe sera preservada y asimilada por el resto del mundo". LA ESTRELLA DE IQUIQUE, CHILE, IQUIQUE, JUEVES 6 DE ENERO DE 2000. |
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2000
Javier Lanis
on the South Bank
The young Chilean
pianist Javier Lanis gave an
impressive debut recital at the Purcell Room on
3rd January, displaying an individual personality and
technical facility,
particularly in the highlights of a demanding
programme, the Third Suite Brasileira by Oscar
Fernandez and Prokofiev's Seven Sonata. The...event
was the first event of the Millennium organised by the
Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, in association
with the Chilean Embassy.
Particularly
intriguing for the British audience was the
colourful Third Brazilian Suite by Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez,
who founded the Brazilian Conservatory in
the first half of the 20th-Century. Latin-American additive
rhythms, propulsive ostinato textures and richly
tinted harmonies in each of the three contrasted movements
were projected with sonorous detail and
power, especially the splendid climatic repetitions of
the main themes. The fierce, raw energy of the final
piece was almost
mesmeric, its initially slow and quiet ostinato
building to a tidal wave of sound, all the while syncopated
with jazzy insistence. Its riveting power made
it an ideal encore piece following the final works, Chopin's
F sharp minor Polonaise and Prokofiev's Seven Sonata.
Though well studied, I found Lanis's Chopin Over-intense
and Over-pedalled, the ostinato elements favoured
above the lyrical interludes, in which phrasing was
unclear. By contrast Lanis came into his own in the
Prokofiev's Sonata, a real tour de force. The balance
between coherent
and impressionistic tendencies infused
the first movement with drama, while the beguiling
slow movement displayed well judged textural
layering which was beguiling in effect before
the power packed finale.
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2000
ELEVENTH HEADS OF
MISSION ASSEMBLY LE
MERIDIEN, LONDON W1 8TH
NOVEMBER, 2000 Co-hosted
by The
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China and Madame
Chen Xiaodong, The High Commissioner for the Republic
of Trinidad and Tobago Mrs Shelagh M.de Osuna,
The Ambassador of
Ukraine and Mrs Liudmyla Vassylenko, and
Prof. J. R. Monroy, Managing Director of LACCS-UK, "To
promote better understanding
and dialogue of cultures among
nations"
Chairman
Ambassador Dr Mohamed
I. Shaker Chairman
of the Board Egyptian Council for Foreign
Affairs (ECFA),Cairo. Diplomat/September/October
2000, London.
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IQUIQUENOS DISTINGUIDOS EN LONDRESLos Iquiquenos Juan Rolando Monroy y Juana Luisa Silvestre, profesor y sicologo respectivamente, fueron reconocidos en Inglaterra por sus aportes a la difusion de la cultura chilena y latinoamericana en ese pais. Ambos profesionales trabajan con el Cuerpo Diplomatico de Londres y son los responsables de la fundacion, en esa nacion, de la Sociedad Latinoamericana y Caribena de Cultura, organizacion reconocida en Inglaterra por dar a conocer la musica clasica y tradicional de Chile y America Latina. La entidad, creada por los dos profesionales ex-profesores de la Universidad de Chile - tiene una existencia de 16 anos y con el apoyp del sector empresarial britanico ha presentado en ese pais a mas de 300 artistas latinos en las principales salas de conciertos de Londres como el Royal Festival Hall, Barbican entre otros. MISIONESPero Juan R Monroy ademas de crear la Latin American & Caribbean Society (LACCS-UK), fundo la Asamblea de Jefes de Misiones en Gran Bretana, esta instancia durante sus doce anos de funcionamiento reune y es reconcida por las principales autoridades britanicas, a ellas asisten los Embajadores acreditados ante la Reina Isabel II/ En la ultima Asamblea realizada en Noviembre en el Meridien Hotel de Londresm recibio Monroy un estimulo por su participacion como editor de la publicacion "NUEVO NUNDO 2000". aporte que se suma a la afamada trayectoria del profesional junto a la sicologa Juan Luisa Silvestre a quien tambien se destaco por su aporte a la cultura. El Iquiqueno Juan R Monroy fue distinguido por el cuerpo diplomatico de Inglaterra por su aporte a la cultura. Diario La Estrela de Iquique Jueves 4 de Enero de 2001. |
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CECILIA
SIQUEIRA, Purcell Room, London - 28th May 2002 I first
heard of Leandro Carvalho from a recording "Pernambuco, the
Poet of the Guitar". This recording had the compositions of
Pernambuco put in the setting of a full choro band. i.e. with percussion,
seven - strings guitar, cavaquinho, etc. This
evening has a string quintet instead of the more raucous ensemble
of traditional Brazilian accompaniment but able musicians they all
were. All played impressively in tune. Tim
Panting, Classical Guitar, September 2002 LACCS-UK
will be celebrating its own 20 years of existence next year, and
is already preparing a special celebration programme, to begin in
February 2003 and continuing until September 2004. Several important
guitarist will be appearing, and the details will be announced in
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2003
2003 October
LACCS-UK 20th Anniversary continues with two more
interesting recitals at the Purcell Room. On the
4th September Bulgarian guitarist George Vassilev
will play a programme of works ranging from Bach's
Suite pour lute BWV 996 to Henze's Drei Tientos.
On the 20th October Austrian guitarist Alexander
Swete compares Austrian compositions with their
counterparts from the Americas. BUE TRIO AT THE PURCELL ROOM
... In recent years non-latin musicians have taken
up the Tango and, albeit in honest reverence, have
stiffened its structure and censored its choreography
to suit it for the concert hall. But BUE TRIO adapted
the concert hall for the tango as they turned the
Purcell Room into a smoky Buenos Aires dance hall,
the beat irresistible and the guitarrist on fire,
with imaginary tangoistas strutting and gliding
across the parquet. The Guitarist Alexander Swete presents a remarkable
strange but oddly fascinating programme comparing
musical traditions in Austria and the Americas. Its
includes the British premier of Alfred Uhl's SONATA
CLASICA, which was composed for Andres Segovia
but quite likely never played by him... LONDRES UN TRIBUTO RECIBIRA OSCAR GACITUA LO OFRECERA SU DISCIPULO, EL PIANISTA MICHIO NISHIHARA TOROEl interprete chileno Michio Nishihara Toro rendira el Jueves, en la Capital Inglesa, un homenaje a su fallecido Maestro, Oscar Gacitua Weston, en la sala Leighton House con un programa que incluira obras de Bach-Busonu, Schumann, Chopin, Pedro Humberto Allende, Debussy y Franz Liszt. El musico ( quien ya actuo en el Purcell Room del Royal Festival Hall) se presentara por iniciativca e invitacion de Juan R Monroy, director have veinte anos de una insntitucion cultural inglesa dedicada a la promocion de la musica de America Latina en el Reino Unido. Precisamente esa institucion promovio las presentaciones de Oscar Gacitua en Inglaterra en 1996. Nishihara Toro fue uno de los ultimos discipulos de Gacitua, inolvidable artista y musico chileno. El Mercurio, Lunes 10 Noviembre de 2003. GEORGE VASSILEV
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2003 ROMILIO ORELLANA DEBUTA COMO SOLISTA EN LA ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA DE LONDRESTocara en Febrero en el Purcell Room del Royal Festival Hall. Invitado por la Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK), fundacion Inglesa que preside desde hace 20 anos el Chileno, Profesor Juan R Monroy, quien se encuentra en el pais ultimando los detalles de este concierto. Cronica de NURY CONSTENLA, Santiago, Chile, Diciembre 2003. * IQUIQUENO PRESIDE FUNDACION MUSICAL EN LONDRES, DIARIO LA ESTRELLA DE IQUIQUE, CHILE, 12 Diciembre de 2003* IQUIQUENO APOYA EL ARTE Y LA MUSICA EN LONDRES, ARTICULO, DIARIO LA ESTRELLA DE IQUIQUE, CHILE. 27 Diciembre de 2003.MUSICA CHILENO APPOYA A TALENTO LATINOAMERICANO EN LONDRES JUAN MONROY YA CUENTA CON UNA TEMPORADA ESPECIAL PARA CELEBRAR LOS 20 ANOS DE LACCS-UK Articulo por Victor Mandujano. EL MERCURIO, Jueves 25 de Diciembre de 2003Nacido en Iquique, el Profesor Juan R Monroy reside en Londres hace dos decadas. En este lapso se ha convertido en un verdedero mecenas de la musica clasica latinoamericana en la capital europea. Como Presidente de la Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK), insntitucion con 20 anos de labor ininterrumpida, ha montado espectaculos en historicos escenarios de Londres, como el Royal Festival Hall o el St. John's Smith Square. De visita en Chile, Monroy explica que ya cuenta con una temporada especial para celebrar, en 2004 las dos decadas de su institucion. "Abrir esa puerta significo que unos 300 musicos y compositores de nuestro continente hayan participado en nuestros programas organizados en Londres". De Chile han estado los guitarristas, Eulogio Davalos, Luis Orlandini y Oscar Ohlsen, y los pianistas Oscar Gacitua, Roberto Bravo, Javier Lanis y Michio Nishihara Toro. Tambien Ariel Ramirez y Eduardo Falu, de Argentina, Alirio Diaz de Venezuela, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Laurindo Ameida y Marlos Nobre de Brasil, Enrique Diemecke de Mexico, Abel Carlevaro y Eduardo Fernandez de Uruguay, entre otros... |
| 2003 EN EL ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL DE LA CAPITAL INGLESA PIANISTA CHILENO OSCAR GACITUA RECIBIRA HOMENAJE POSTUMO EN LONDRES Oscar Gacitua fue uno de esos artistas que poco empeno puso en propagar su talento por el mundo. El mismo decia no querer " estar inserto entre guerras de vanidades del ambiente musical", y a pesar de recibir premios y elogios por la critica europea y norteamericana, el pianista talquino prefirio quedarse en Chile, sin dejar de protestar contra la forma en que se desarrollaba en el pais la educacion musical y sembrando en MICHIO NISHIHARA - su unico discipulo la fascinacion por CHOPIN a quien interpretaba con un talento incomparable. A un ano de su tragica y voluntaria muerte en diciembre de 2001, el Royal Festival Hall de Londres, uno de los mas importantes escenarios que tuvo el pianista chileno como invitadi - a tablero vuelto el 21 de junio de 1996- rendura homenaje a su destacada figura, justamente en manos del joven Nishihara. El concierto, que se realiza el 30 de Julio proximo en la sala Purcell Room, ubicada a orillas del rio Thames, incluira piezas d Bach, Schumann, Debussy y del chileno Humberto Allende con su obra : "Dos Tonadas". Ademas contempla el Nocturno opus 48 numero 1 y Polonesa en Fa menor opus 44, de Frederic Chopin. La fecha forma parte de una programacion aniversario de la Latin American & Caribbean Cultural Society (LACCS-UK), entidad presidida por otro chileno, Juan R. Monroy, que lleva 20 anos difundiendo la musica de autores clasicos y contemporaneos en escenarios londinenses. Esta misma organzacion fue la que invito a Gacitua a Londres en 1996, cuando deslumbro a la critica Britanica. Monroy
explica que el plan inicial era que el pianista estuviera esa noche
celebrando. "Nosotros lo queriamos traer a tocar, para hacer
un concierto especial con el y rendirle un homenaje. De hecho, yo
hable de esto dos dias antes de su muerte con el guitarista Oscar
Ohlsen, para contactarlo y traerlo, Fue impactante saber que a pocas
horas de eso el ya se habia ido" recuerda Monroy. |
| 2003 GALINA VALE AT THE PURCELL ROOM The
Ukrainian-born guitarist GALINA VALE matched the flamboyance of
her playing to her own striking looks and dramatically theatrical
dresses at her Purcell Room recital on the 17th September. Organised
by the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, it was part
of the yearlong Festival of Ukrainian Arts held throughout the UK,
though the only Ukrainian guitar music on the programme was an extract
from CARPATHIAN RHAPSODY, a work dedicated to Galina by Anatoly
Shevchenko and influenced by the folk music of his country, which
created an atmospheric sound picture of its inland scenery. MARGARET DAVIES, MUSICAL OPINION, February 2003. |
| 2003 LACCS-UK 20 YEARS ON THE YEAR 2003 MARKS THE TWENTIETH CONSECUTIVE SEASON OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CULTURAL SOCIETY. ROBERT MATTHEW-WALKER SURVEY THE SOCIETY'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO A SPECIAL SERIES OF COMMEMORATIVE CONCERTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In his native Chile Juan R. Monroy was fortunate to have been encourage by his father, a keen musician. The family was also very keen on sport, especially football. which is another of Juan R. Monroy's personal passions, alongside the guitar, which instrument he feels is nor only the most traditional in Latin America but also the one through which the musical tradition of the continent will ultimately be preserved. There
is always something unusual and intriguing about LACCS-UK event: not
just the relative unfamiliar of the music but the excellence of
the artists whom Juan Monroy brought to the attention of British
audiences principally on the South Bank. Indeed, for two-fifths
of the South Bank's first half century, LACCS-UK can claim to have
presented some of the most innovative and important concerts in
Britain's premier venues. MUSICAL OPINION, January - February 2003. |
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2003 Londres,
21 May (EFE),- El reputado guitarrista El
excelente concierto de Fabio Zanon, que conmemoraba |
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2003 The
Saulius Lipcius Duo (with Saulius Lipcius junior on guitar and Saulius
Lipcius senior on cello) will perform at the Purcell Room as part
of the LACCS-UK 20th Anniversary Series. |
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2003 Londres,
2 Jul (EFE).- El conjunto musical El
publico londinense, visdiblemente emocionado, El
debut londinense de Bue trio - que recientemente |
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2003 Life
would be very dull, especially for a reviewer if there were few
but familiar faces endlessly parading their wares until that inevitable
familiarity bred contempt. A LACCS-UK concert, usually at the Purcell
Room is always guarantee to alleviate the gloom. Tansman,
in this special tribute is a composer whose music for the guitar
(much new material being recently unearthed ) has a dignity held
in place by a very disciplined writing skill and desire to keep
things simple. CAVATINA has some lovely moments and Mokry's performance
was captivating and full of compassionate gestures. The generous
measures of musical imagination in this little suite were given
full flight by Mokry's unassuming yet committed performance. |
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2003 LACCS-UK, again bringing the world of the guitar to the South Bank. Juan R Monroy delights in ever-expanding rota of artists that are gathering under the umbrella of his organisation, which has now diversified was beyond its Latin American and Caribbean borders. KORHONEN
a Finn, has a formidable reputation. The Brouwer HELSINKI CONCERTO
was dedicated to him and he has worked with all the major Finnish
orchestras and conductors. He is also a champion of new music and
has premiered many new works. Tim Panting, CLASSICAL GUITAR, May 2003 |
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2003 Fabio
Zanon's concert are always special and reporting on them is a privilege.
Under the auspicious of Juan R Monroy's LACCS-UK (Latin American and
Caribbean Cultural Society), celebrating its 20 anniversary, Zanon
had put together an entirely Brazilian programme. |
2004
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Twenty years of the Latin American and Caribbean cultural Society by Tim Panting, an two pages article, in Classical Guitar Magazine, January 2004 MUSICAL OPINION, FEBRUARY 2004The concert on the 25th February at the Purcell Room explores the techniques and musical language of one of the most important living Italian composers for the modern guitar. Angelo Gilardino - 1941 works are an obligatory reference and study material for new generations of musicians and classical guitar players in Europe and around the world. The concert, part of LACCS-UK 21st Season is focused in Gilardino's three master pieces for solo and two guitars. Sante Tursi and Romilio Orellana are twp young guitarist with the responsibility to bring to the audience the colour and harmonic language of Gilardino' s premieres. Conducted by Robin O'Neill they are partnered by members of the English Chamber Orchestra. Tickets cost £12.00 The concert starts at 7.30pm. MUSICAL OPINION, FEBRUARY 2004LACCS-UK AT LEIGHTON HOUSE by Margaret Davies The Latin American & Caribbean Cultural Society, this year celebrating its 20th Anniversary, presented the Chilean pianist Michio Nishihara Toro in a recital at Leighton House on 13 November. The occasion was dedicated to the memory of two eminent Chilean musicians, the composer Pedro Humberto Allende, who was born in 1885 and died in 1959, and the pianist Oscar Gacitua Weston, who lived from 1924 to 2001. Malcolm Trup, a long time admirer of the pianist, paid tribute to Oscar Gacitua and his achievements in developing the musical life of Chile and introducing the music of Chilean composers to the outside world in his own concerts in Europe. Among these composers was Pedro Humberto Allende. Michio Nishihara Toro, whose studies were for a time supervised by Gacitua Weston, played the Fifth, Eight and Ninth of Allende' s twelve Tonadas. Composed between 1918 and 1922 the Tonadas are simply structured, light romantic pieces based on popular Chilean melodies and dance rhythms, but the pianist also made the listener aware of Debussy's influence on the composer' s use of impressionistic effects. Michio Toro' s performance of L'Isle joyeuse demonstrated Debussy' s mastery of the technique and his own skill in interpreting it. In his brilliantly executed account of Liszt's Tenth Transcendental Etude the pianist confirmed his security in the most demanding music. Even more impressive was his searching exploration ofSchumann' s C major Fanfasie where his outstanding technique was equal to the many facets of this complex work. CLASSICAL GUITAR FEBRUARY 2004 VOL 22 No 6TURSI AND ORELLANA PREMIER GILARDINOThe Italian guitarist Sante Tursi and Romilio Orellana will give the premiere of Angelo Gilardino' s LIEDERKONZERT for two guitars and chamber orchestra with members of the English Chamber orchestra conducted by Robin O'Neill at the Purcell Room on Wednesday 25th February at 7.30 pm. The work is n four movements: Abendlied- Andante calmo, Erikonig - un pco agitado, An die Entfernte - Adagio, and Hartfenspieler - Allegro vivo e fluente. Sante Tursi will also give the U.K. premier of Angelo Gilardino' s three movements SONATA No 2 'Hivern Florit" for solo guitar and 3 Studi di Virtuosita e di Transcendenza: Studio No 13 Cancion Triste (omaggio14 a Pablo Neruda), Studio No 35 (omaggio a Manuel Maria Ponce), and Studio No 40 (omaggio a Joao Guimaraes Rosa). The guitarist, composer and musicologist, Angelo Gilrdino has devoted much of his time recently to the publications of works from Segovia Archive. The concert is presented by the Italian Embassy in association with the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, directed by Juan R Monroy, as part of LACCS-UK 20th Anniversary Series. CLASSICAL GUITAR, APRIL 2004, VOL 22, No 9 BARBOSA-LIMA AND ECOCarlos Barbosa-Lima will be in London on 11 May to givr a performance with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Simon Wright. They will give the U.K. premieres of some works by Antonio Carlos Jobim: Saudade do Brasil and Meu Amigo Radames both arranged by his son Paulo Jobim and O'Boto arranged by Byron Yasui. Carlos Barbosa-Lima' s arrangement of Amazonia by Laurindo Almeida will also receive its UK premier. This exiting programme is completed with the three movement CONCERTO DO COPACABANA by Radames Gnatali. The concert is being presented by the Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society, directed by Juan R Monroy, Brasil Mayfair and the Brazilian Embassy. CLASSICAL GUITAR, MAY 2004, VOL 22 No 9CARLOS BARBOSA -LIMA IN LONDON On Tuesday 11 May Carlos Barbosa-Lima will perform with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Simon Wright, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7 45 pm. The concert features the work of Antonio Carlos Jobim, including Meu Amigo Radames, a work recently completed by Jobim' s son Paulo, who is also a composer and arranger. In dedication to 4 his father, the UK premiere of Jobim' s O' Boto arranged by Byron Yasui, the UK premiere of Amazonia by Laurindo Almeida, and Radame Gnatali' s concerto de Copacabana. The concert is presented by LACCS-UK directed by Juan R Monroy and by Brasilian Mayfair and the Brazilian Embassy. LACCS-UK will present another concert later this month of the Estonian Trio: ARVO LEIBUR - violin, TERJE TERASMAA - Vibrafon, and HEIKE MATLIK- guitar, on Thursday 27 May 2004. |