He died on May 12, 1896, just short of his 39th birthday. On April 26, 1896, while conducting a concert in Ponce, Juan Morel Campos suffered a massive stroke. She also conducted insular bands in San Germán and Mayagüez.” According to her grandnephew Robur Otero, “Juan Morel Campos gave her the baton in Ponce and Julio Andino handed her the baton in San Juan. It’s worth noting Campos made history when he passed the baton to Ana (Anita) Otero, who holds the distinction of being the first woman to direct an orchestra in Puerto Rico. “Although he was from a very poor family,” she emphasizes, “he ended up being more renowned than many who studied abroad.” According to his granddaughter, Morel Campos’s sadness stemmed from his inability to study abroad. Similarly, the actors dramatize how Mercedes’ father opposes their union, how the couple conspires to meet secretly, and how love prevails. The script recreates how the teacher Juan Morel met his disciple Mercedes Arias, how he falls madly in love with her, and how influential he was in her compositions. In the play Torbellino: A Story of Unrequited Love, written and directed by Adriana Pantoja, the melodramatic montage flows between stories and legends about Juan Morel Campos and his alleged forbidden love.
Many of the themes revolve around unrequited love. Some of his best-known compositions include Felices Días (Happy Days), No Me Toques (Do Not Touch Me), Idilio (Idyll), and Maldito Amor (Damned Love). In total, he composed approximately 500 works. In addition, he arranged operas and zarzuelas and toured South America as the director and conductor of the Compañía de Zarzuela Española Bernard y Arabella. Also, he was a conductor of dance music and the founder of the municipal orchestra, La Lira Ponceña. When he returned to Ponce in 1882, he organized the Fireman’s Band, which he conducted until his death. In 1877 Morel Campos was the principal baritone player in the San Juan Battalion in Madrid, Spain. Morel Campos played the cello, flute, bombardino (bass trombone), the euphonium (a 3 or 4 valve tenor-voice brass instrument resembling a tuba), and the organ. He began his studies at eight, under the watchful eye of Professor Antonio Egipciaco, and was the protegé of “The Father of the Danza,” Manuel Gregorio Tavarez. Juan Morel Campos was born in Ponce on to Manuel Araujo from the Dominican Republic and Juana de Dios Campos Collazo, from Venezuela. His successor, Domingo Cruz “Cocolía” is lesser-known but equally important. Click here for video of the performance.Ĭlick here to read a fantastic review of a recent CD release by Naxos.Juan Morel Campos is one of the most significant exponents of Puerto Rican Danza in the island’s history. JPremiere in Denmark of Prelude, Habanera and Perpetual Motion for recorder and orchestra with Michala Petri as soloist. Read a great review of Fuego de á ngel at Chamber Music Northwest. This award is the highest honor coferred in Spain to a composer of Spanish or Latin American origin Roberto Sierra has been awarded the prestigious Tomás Luis de Victoria Prize 2017. Click here to read the Boston Globe review. Click here to listen to the premiere in Liverpool.Ĭoncerto for Saxophones and Orchestra with the Boston Symphony Orchestra-March 23, 2019. "And the slow movement, in particular, struck me as being a little jewell: a long rhapsody, again with flugelhorn, with the free-wheeling unexpectedness of a jazz improvisaition"-Richard Morrison The Times (London). Huge succes of Salseando, premiered on Januby Pacho Flores (solo trumpet) and The Royal Liverpool Philhamonic Orchestra conducted by Domingo Hindoyan. Roberto Sierra elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2021). Click here to read a wonderful review of the premiere. 6 premiered at the inaugural concert of the 2021-22 concert season of The Royal Liverpool Philhamonic Orchestra conducted conducted by Domingo Hindoyan.
Sierra's Sonata para guitarra wins the 2021 Latin Grammy for best classical contemporary composition.
The BBC's Classical Music Magazing put out a list of the "Best Latin American composers of all time". For the navigation menu click on the three bars at the upper righthand side of the photograph.
0 kommentar(er)
