Les années folles Pedro Aguiar

• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946): Homenaje:
• 1 Falla: Homenaje (Hommage à Debussy) 03:13
• Gustave Samazeuilh (1877 - 1967): Sérénade:
• 2 Samazeuilh: Sérénade 04:59
• Manuel María Ponce (1882 - 1948): Suite in A Minor:
• 3 Ponce: Suite in A Minor: I. Prélude 02:49
• 4 Ponce: Suite in A Minor: II. Allemande 03:58
• 5 Ponce: Suite in A Minor: III. Sarabande 05:46
• 6 Ponce: Suite in A Minor: IV. Gavotte 03:11
• 7 Ponce: Suite in A Minor: V. Gigue 05:14
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983): Guitare:
• 8 Tailleferre: Guitare 03:31
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959): 12 Etudes, W235:
• 9 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 1 in E Minor, Allegro non troppo 02:01
• 10 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 2 in A Major, Allegro 01:24
• 11 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 3 in D Major, Allegro moderato 01:23
• 12 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 4 in G Major, Un peu modéré 03:33
• 13 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 5 in C Major, Andantino 02:49
• 14 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 6 in E Minor, Poco allegro 01:46
• 15 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 7 in E Major, Très animé 02:24
• 16 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 8 in C-Sharp Minor, Modéré 03:35
• 17 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 9 in F-Sharp Minor, Très peu animé 03:58
• 18 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 10 in B Minor, Très animé 02:14
• 19 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 11 in E Minor, Lent 04:17
• 20 Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W235: No. 12 in A Minor, Animé 02:15
• Total Runtime 01:04:20

Info for Les années folles

During the années folles, Paris was both a temporary home base for many artists and a formidable creative laboratory, mixing jazz, Latin music and neo-classicism. The guitar benefited from this effervescence, expanding its repertoire and winning its place in the concert hall.

For this album, Brazilian guitarist Pedro Aguiar brings together the figures of this artistic revival: Villa-Lobos and his indispensable 12 Études, the cornerstone of the repertoire, with its multiple influences, De Falla, Germaine Tailleferre, but also the Mexican composer Manuel Ponce, with a clin d’oeil to Bach, and Gustave Samazeuilh. Pedro Aguiar delivers a precise, spirited reading of this programme, from which the shadow of the legendary Andrés Segovia is not absent, combining virtuosity and interiority.

Pedro Aguiar, classical guitar

Pedro Aguiar
was born in Brasília, Brazil in 1990. In 2011 he received his Bachelor of Music at the Goiás Federal University, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Eduardo Meirinhos. During that time he was granted a scholarship from CAPES/FIPSE to take part in an exchange program for six months at the Marshall University, in Huntington, West Virginia (USA), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Julio Alves. In 2012, Pedro Aguiar studied in Paris at the Conservatoire de Musique à Rayonnement d Aulnay-sous-Bois, being part of the prestigious class from Judicaël Perroy. In the same year, he won a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD) to complete his Master of Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, under the guidance of Prof. Franz Halasz. After finishing his Master of Music in Guitar with distinction, he received a scholarship from the Orlandus Lassus Foundation (Rotary Club Munich) and completed a Master of Music in Contemporary Music, working as the Assistent Teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich during that time.

Pedro Aguiar currently teaches at the Grünwald Music School (Musikschule Grünwald), with students from his class competing at a national level in the prestigious Young Musician competition.

Pedro Aguiar has won fifteen Guitar Competition Prizes, including; Salzburg Guitar Fest (Mozarteum University, Austria, 2017), XXXIX Gargnano International Guitar Competition (Italy, 2014), Andrés Segovia International Guitar Competition (La Herradura, Spain, 2014), Dr. Luis Sigall International Guitar Competition (Chile, 2017), Aachener Preis (Germany, 2015), Vital Medeiros International Guitar Competition (Brazil, 2012), Punta del Leste International Guitar Competition (Uruguay, 2011), Amarante International Guitar Competition (Portugal, 2015).

He has played with renowned international musicians, amongst them; Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Débora Hálasz (piano), Phillip Stubenrauch (doublebass) and Rudens Turku (violin). In 2018 he will be recording his first CD for NAXOS, the largest classical music label in the world.

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