Berlin 23-04-2010
Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, Marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez, (Sagunto (Spain) November 22, 1901 – Madrid (Spain) July 6, 1999), was a composer of classical music and a virtuoso pianist. Despite being nearly blind from an early age, he achieved great success. Rodrigo’s music counts among some of the most popular of the 20th century, particularly his Concierto de Aranjuez,
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Berlin 21-04-2010
‘Pau Casals i Defilló’ –better known throughout the world as ‘Pablo Casals’, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor born on the 29th December 1876 in Tarragona, Catalonia Spain.
Casals was initially taught by his stern father, a local parish organist and choirmaster who taught him in piano, song, violin, and organ – this he had in common with JS Bach.
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Berlin 20-04-2010
“]Federico Mompou [www.foto-face.com
Federico Mompou was born in Barcelona in 1893 and lived a long and successful life as a Spanish Catalan composer and pianist - his best known works are for solo piano and his songs.
Mompou studied piano at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona before going to Paris in 1911 as a student to Ferdinand Motte-Lacroix .
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