Gerardo Gandini

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Gerardo Gandini (born October 16, 1936 in Buenos Aires ; † March 22, 2013 there ) was an Argentine composer .

Life

Gerardo Gandini studied in Buenos Aires with Pía Sebastiani , Roberto Caamaño and Alberto Ginastera and in Rome with Goffredo Petrassi . He taught in Buenos Aires at the Catholic University, the Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales (CLAEM) and at the Conservatory. In addition to other awards, Gerardo Gandini received the prestigious international composer prize Tomás Luis de Victoria in 2008 .

In addition to operas , songs and choirs based on texts by Salvatore Quasimodo , Gandini composed instrumental music for various line-ups. He was the pianist in Astor Piazzolla's sexteto and his recording of his own piano improvisations on classic Argentine tangos , which he called postangos , won the Grammy for best tango CD of the year in 2004.

In addition, he composed the music for various documentaries and cinema films, such as the drama The Last Curtain for director Fernando E. Solanas in 1998 .

Works

  • Concertino I for clarinet , string trio and percussion
  • Concertino II for flute and instruments
  • Concertino III for harpsichord and instruments
  • Farewell for piano , instruments and drums
  • Música nocturna I and II for chamber orchestra
  • Cadencia I for violin and chamber orchestra
  • Cadencia II for chamber orchestra
  • Contrastes for two pianos and orchestra
  • Phases for clarinet and orchestra
  • Fantasy for piano and orchestra
  • Honeyrom for viola and piano, 1973
  • La pasión de Buster Keaton Chamber Opera, 1970–1978
  • Don Juan , incidental music, 1978
  • Oneiron for viola and piano, 1978
  • Trioneiron for clarinet, viola and piano, 1978/1980
  • Concerto for viola and orchestra, 1979
  • Espejismos II ( La muerte y la doncella ), Chamber Opera, 1987
  • La casa sin sosiego , 1992
  • La ciudad ausente opera, 1995
  • Liederkreis , 2000
  • Soundtrack for the documentary Memoria del Saqueo - Story of a Looting by Fernando E. Solanas , 2004

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personal data
SURNAME Gandini, Gerardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH 22th of March 2013
Place of death Buenos Aires , Argentina