Efraín Amador

Efraín Amador Piñeiro (born June 15, 1947 in Chambas ) is a Cuban lutenist, composer and music teacher.

Amador was a student of Isaac Nicola at the Conservatorio Amadeo Roldán and at the Escuela Nacional de Arte . With his wife, the pianist Doris Oropesa , he founded the Dúo Amanecer in 1970 . He worked as a tres and lute player, composer and music teacher in Camagüey and then took over the chair for guitar at the Escuela Nacional de Arte in Havana.

From 1978 to 1981 he completed postgraduate studies with Leo Brouwer at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) . He then attended courses in composition with Antonio Lauro and Alirio Díaz , orchestration and contemporary music with José Ardévol and music analysis with José Loyola and Roberto Valera . He took part in all of the contemporary music festivals of the Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba and began his international career as a soloist in 1981 with performances in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Since 1983, Amador and his wife have been doing music-ethnological research in Cuba. From 1989 both organized lute and tres lessons in Cuba at middle and university level. In 1999 Amador took on a teaching position at the Centro Nacional de Música de Conciertos . With his daughters Ariadna and Amanecer Amador he recorded the album Cubanías in 1990 . Amador also published a guitar school and a book on the lute and tres in Cuba.

Works

En un rincón de Viet Nam for children's choir, 1968
He recorrido for children's choir, 1969
Cuatro comentarios sobre Leo Brouwer for guitar, 1970
Suite para un cacique for guitar, 1972
Un río es un niño for children's choir, 1973
Contrapuntos cubanos for guitar, 1975
Guajira for guitar, 1975
Estudio para la mano izquierda for guitar, 1976
Dos estudios con el dedo quinto y Preludio con tumbao for guitar, 1976
Para la palma una nave for voice and piano, 1976
Diferencias sobre tres temas cubanos for guitar, 1977
Tríptico for choir and orchestra, 1978
Canto a Fidel for voice and guitar (Text: Ernesto Che Guevara ), 1978
Y las palabras for guitar and piano (text: Alex Fleites ), 1980
Celia for voice and guitar after a violin <-! Or suitable? -> text, 1980
Poema para dos for voice and guitar (Text: Álex Fleites), 1981
Días de Etiopía for voice and guitar (Text: Nelson Herrera Ysla ), 1981
Fantasía del son for guitar, 1981
Fantasía for guitar, 1981
Son de la mano diestra for guitar, 1981
Escuela del laúd campesino , 1983
Fantasía guajira for lute, guitar and piano, 1984
Suite campesina n.º 1 for lute and piano, 1985
Son para un amigo for lute, 1985
Cuatro preludios for lute, 1986
Escuela del tres cubano , 1986
Regreso a mi tres , 1986
Rondó campesino for Tres, 1986
Guanabaquiste for tres and piano, 1986
Sonata amanecer for violin and piano, 1986
Preludio espirituano núms. I y II for guitar, 1987
De lo real maravilloso (homenaje a José Manuel Rodríguez ) for lute and piano, 1987
Estudio en mi menor for guitar, 1988
Concierto for tres and symphony orchestra, 1988,
Concierto, para laúd y orquesta de guitarra , 1989
Primavera en Estocolmo for Tres, 1991
Concierto para amanecer for tres and guitar orchestra, 1991
Variaciones sobre aires sureños for Tres, 1992
Estudio en estilo barroco for Tres, 1998

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personal data
SURNAME	Amador, Efraín
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Amador Piñeiro, Efraín
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cuban lutenist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	June 15, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chambas (Cuba)