Gustavo Corrales Romero

Classical and contemporary Latin American music and art
Latin American showcase
Latin American showcase
Compilation of articles by Gustavo Corrales Romero
on Latin American classical and contemporary music
first featured in the newsletter since July 2014.
Argentina
Argentina
Carlos Guastavino 1912 – 2000
The prolific 'Schubert of the Pampas' • Nov-Dec 2014
Brazil
Brazil
Ernesto Nazareth 1863 – 1934
The ‘belle époque’ composer from Brazil • Sep 2014
Cuba
Cuba
Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh 1847 – 1905
Cuban musical romanticism incarnate • Oct 2014
English translation also published by ILAMS in December 2018.
Danzón 1879
Cuba's versatile national dance • Apr 2015
Ernesto Lecuona 1896 – 1963
The most played Cuban composer of all time • Sep 2015
César López Zarragoitía 1944 - 1996
Great Cuban educator, mentor GCR • Feb 2019
Keyla Orozco Alemán 1969
Unstoppable contemporary composer • Feb 2015
La trova
Deeply rooted Cubanness • Apr 2016
Mexico
Mexico
Manuel Ponce 1882 – 1948
The father of Mexican musical nationalism • Jul 2015
Paraguay
Paraguay
Agustín Barrios Mangoré 1885 – 1944
The guitar wizard • Dec 2015
Worldwide
Worldwide
The eternal waltz
From Europe to Latin America • Sep 2016
More Latin American composers to be added as we go along.