Villa Lobos: Do Brasil Wilhem Latchoumia

• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959): Chôro No. 5, W205:
• 1 Villa-Lobos: Chôro No. 5, W205: Alma brasileira 04:41
• Chôro No. 2, W198:
• 2 Villa-Lobos: Chôro No. 2, W198 02:53
• Ondulando, estudio, Op. 31, W082:
• 3 Villa-Lobos: Ondulando, estudio, Op. 31, W082 04:12
• Cirandas, W220:
• 4 Villa-Lobos: Cirandas, W220: No. 3, Senhora dona Sancha 01:43
• 5 Villa-Lobos: Cirandas, W220: No. 6, Passa passa gavião 01:21
• 6 Villa-Lobos: Cirandas, W220: No. 15, Que lindos olhos 04:30
• 7 Villa-Lobos: Cirandas, W220: No. 10, O pintor de Cannahy 01:56
• 8 Villa-Lobos: Cirandas, W220: No. 9, Fui no Tororó 02:08
• 9 Villa-Lobos: Cirandas, W220: No. 4, O cravo brigou com a rosa 01:46
• 10 Villa-Lobos: Cirandas, W220: No.2, A condessa 03:02
• 11 Villa-Lobos: Cirandas, W220: No. 8, Vamos atrás da serra, Calunga 03:01
• 12 Villa-Lobos: Cirandas, W220: No. 5, Pobre cega 01:24
• 13 Villa-Lobos: Cirandas, W220: No. 16, Có-Có-Có 02:12
• La caixinha de música quebrada, W256:
• 14 Villa-Lobos: La caixinha de música quebrada, W256 02:45
• Suite infantil No. 1, W 053:
• 15 Villa-Lobos: Suite infantil No. 1, W 053: No. 2, Nenê vai dormir 02:45
• New York Skyline Melody, W 407:
• 16 Villa-Lobos: New York Skyline Melody, W 407 02:25
• Rudepoêma, W184:
• 17 Villa-Lobos: Rudepoêma, W184 20:40
• Total Runtime 01:03:24

Info for Villa Lobos: Do Brasil

Heitor Villa-Lobos was a key figure in twentieth-century Brazilian music, an instinctive creator with a luxuriant imagination, at once provocative and conformist. He forged a personal style by founding his idiom on the melodic and rhythmic traditions of his country and enriching it with all the innovations he found among his contemporaries. His protean music captivates the listener with the diversity of it's aesthetic orientations, which exalt his ardent patriotism and find expression in vast epic scores or, on the contrary, in delicious, piquant miniatures. A champion of contrast and surprise, Villa-Lobos looks equally to the spirits of his ancestors and the primeval forces of nature in his native Brazil, a penchant that earned him the sobriquet 'White Indian'. Deeply committed to the musical education of young people, he introduced into his piano works many folksongs, often collected by himself, to serve as a support for three cycles that are veritable keyboard encyclopaedias: Guia prático (Practical guide), A próle do bébé (The baby's family) and Cirandas (Round dances). Among his other works for piano solo are Bachianas brasileiras no.4, Chôro no.5, and the magnificent Ciclo brasileiro, the last-named of which Wilhem Latchoumia recorded in 2008 in a program entitled Impressões that also included works by Guastavino and Ginastera.

Wilhem Latchoumia, piano

Wilhem Latchoumia
Began piano with Rose Marie Cabestany, then entered the C.N.R of Lyon where he studied with Anne Marie Lamy. He left with the gold medal and the felicitations of the jury. He joined the C.N.S.M.D of Lyon where he studied with E. Heidsieck, D.Renault-Fasquelle and G. Moutier and obtained the prize with more congratulations from the jury.

Continuing his training with G.Moutier always seeking perfection. Elsewhere he took a university course and obtained his Licence of Musicology at the “Lumière” University Lyon 2. He has his DE and C.A of piano and is a specialist of contemporary music at the teaching centre of C.E.F.E.D.E.M in the Rhône-Alpes. In 2004 he was Lauréat of the HP Foundation and took 2nd prize in the Xavier Montsalvatge competition in Girona – Spain. In 2006 he gained 1st prize “Blanche Selva” at the International Piano XXth Century Competition of Orléans as well as 5 other prizes (Prix Spedidam,Hiachi,Beaux-Arts,Caisse de Dépots et Consignations and a prize to record a c.d).

He performs all over France as well as abroad. Salle Cortot-Musée D’Orsay-Invalides-Cité de la Musique (Paris)-Festival La Roque d’Anthéron-L’Emperi-Piano en Vallois-Besançon-Whynote (Dijon)-“Retour au Pays Natal” en Martinique-Gubbio (Italy)-Festival Encuentros (Argentina)-Mannes College (New York) also tours of Lebanon – South America –Estonia-Lithuania-Poland-China…The first performance of the Piano Concerto by Unsuk Chin in France with the National Orchestra of Lille under the direction of Jean Deroyer.

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