Composer Roberto Sierra is leading a Latino invasion of the classical world
Tagged: Argentina, Brazil, MexicoPosted on: September 30th, 2007“Composers from Central and South America have long been a part of our music, from Brazil’s Hector Villa-Lobos and Argentina’s Alberto Ginastera to Mexico’s Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez.
But these days a new generation of Latinos in the United States is transforming high-end music with an explosion of styles, colors, rhythms and symphonic textures that are appealing and proving durable.
“We are no longer an accessory,” said Roberto Sierra, whose own artistic persona includes the salsa and bomba rhythms of his childhood.”
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