Alberto Ginastera, classical music composer

Alberto Ginastera

Biography

Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983) was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.

Ginastera was born in Buenos Aires to a Catalan father and an Italian mother. He preferred to pronounce his surname in its Catalan pronunciation, with a soft 'G' as in 'George' (IPA: [dʒinaˈsteɾa]) rather than a Spanish J sound (IPA: [xinaˈsteɾa]).

He studied at the conservatory in Buenos Aires, graduating in 1938. After a visit to the United States in 1945–47, where he studied with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood, he returned to Buenos Aires and co-founded the League of Composers. He held a number of teaching posts. He moved back to the United States in 1968 and from 1970 lived in Europe. He died in Geneva at the age of 67.

Among his notable students were Ástor Piazzolla (who studied with him in 1941), Alcides Lanza, Waldo de los Ríos, Jacqueline Nova and Rafael Aponte-Ledée.

(from Wikipedia)

Composer	Title	Date
Alberto Ginastera	Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22	04/22/2009
Alberto Ginastera	Pampeana No. 1: Rhapsodie for Violin and Piano	08/05/2009
Alberto Ginastera	Malambo	01/24/2009
Alberto Ginastera	Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2	01/14/2009
Alberto Ginastera	Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2	01/18/2009
Alberto Ginastera	Pampeana No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 21	07/07/2010
Alberto Ginastera	Pampeana No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 21	07/20/2010
Alberto Ginastera	Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2	11/27/2010
Alberto Ginastera	Para los acentos (n.1 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Triste (n. 2 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Danza Criolla (n. 3 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Vidala (n. 4 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	En el primero modo pentafono menor (n. 5 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Homenaje a Roberto Garcia Morillo (n. 6 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Para las octavas (n. 7 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Homenaje a Juan José Castro (n. 8 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Homenaje a Aaron Copland (n. 9 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Pastoral (n. 10 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Homenaje a Heitor Villa-Lobos (n. 11 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	En el primero modo pentafono mayor (n. 12 of 12 Preludios Americanos)	03/25/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Danza Argentina n.1	06/12/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Danza Argentina n.2	06/12/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Danza Argentina n.3	06/12/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22	08/13/2011
Alberto Ginastera	El alba, from Las horas de una estancia	11/05/2011
Alberto Ginastera	La mañana, from Las horas de una estancia	11/05/2011
Alberto Ginastera	El mediodia, from Las horas de una estancia	11/05/2011
Alberto Ginastera	La tarde, from Las horas de una estancia	11/05/2011
Alberto Ginastera	La noche, from Las horas de una estancia	11/05/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Danzas Argentinas op.2	12/10/2011
Alberto Ginastera	Chacarera	05/02/2012
Alberto Ginastera	Triste	05/02/2012
Alberto Ginastera	Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2	07/08/2013
Alberto Ginastera	Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2	06/03/2014
Alberto Ginastera	Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22	08/19/2015
Alberto Ginastera	Pampeana No. 1: Rhapsodie for Violin and Piano	01/05/2017
Alberto Ginastera	Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2	05/10/2017
Alberto Ginastera	Danza de la Moza Donosa	03/11/2018
Alberto Ginastera	Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22	10/25/2019