LA MUSICA COLOMBIANA
FRA TRADIZIONE E MODERNITÀ
CARTAGENA FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MÚSICA presenta
DÚO DE MÚSICA CLÁSICA COLOMBIANA
The musical proposal of the Cartagena Festival Internacional de Música at the Spoleto Festival declines with two Colombian groups presenting different musical genres. The first, composed of cellist Santiago Canyon and pianist Luis Andrés Castellanos, bases its roots in traditional Colombian classical music. The second, Cuarteto Agile, formed from Elvis Diaz on llanera harp, Zahira Nogueira on cuatro, Mario Criales on double bass and Antonio Arredo on instruments to wind, is more related to the country's traditional folk music.
The duo offers music for cello and piano by Colombian composers, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries, who played a key role in the construction of musical culture in Colombia. Their training, in most cases, was influenced by European currents, albeit mediated by the link to the country's cultural traditions. This is the case of Guillermo Uribe Holguin, Antonio Maria Valencia, José María Ponce de León, among others.
DÚO DE MÚSICA CLÁSICA COLOMBIANA
Santiago Cañón cello
**Luis Andrés Castellanos **pianoforte
_program _
**Gentil Montaña **(1942-2011)
_Porro de la Suite Colombiana n.º 2 _
**L. to. Bald **(1882-1945)
_Lejano azul _
(Santiago Cañón transcript)
cello Santiago Cañón
**L. to. Bald **(1882-1945)
Intermezzo No. 1
Intermezzo No. 3
piano Luis Andrés Castellanos
Guillermo Uribe Holguín (1880-1971)
Sonata para piano y chelo Op. 61
**Carlos René Ordoñez **(1880-1971)
Corcheitas
cello Santiago Cañón
piano Luis Andrés Castellanos
Cellist, born to Bogota in 1995, is known for his excellent virtuosity and gift of extraordinary touch. He made his debut as a soloist to only six years old with the Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra in Vivaldi's Concerto in A minor. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand in December 2012, with Maestro James Tennant, and in May 2015 he graduated in performance from SMU Dallas, Texas, with Maestro Andrés Díaz. He was one of eight cellists selected to participate in the Verbier Festival Academy (2016) and received the 2016 MPower Artists Grants from the Sphinx Organization.
Pianist, born to Bogotá, received music lessons from his father, who for many years was a saxophonist and clarinetist in Lucho Bermúdez's famous orchestra. to 11 years old, he began piano studies at the Conservatory of the National University of Colombia in the class of Professor María Burgos Goubert. In 2004 he moved to Germany to study at the Cologne School of Music with Professor Ilja Scheps, and graduated with highest honors. Later, also to Cologne, he successfully completed his master's degree with J. Leuschner. In 2014 he won first prize in the Chopin Competition in Bogota.