Name Leonardo Balada | Role Composer | |
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Compositions Steel symphony, Steel symphony, Hangman - hangman!, Hangman - hangman!, The town of greed, The town of greed, Sinfonia en Negro, Sinfonia en Negro, Dionisio: In memoriam, Dionisio: In memoriam, Folk dreams, Folk dreams, Prague sinfonietta, Prague sinfonietta, Maria Sabina, Maria Sabina, Guernica, Guernica, Ebony fantasies, Ebony fantasies, Fantasias sonoras, Fantasias sonoras, A little night music in Harlem, A little night music in Harlem, Colon: Imagenes para orquesta, Colon: Imagenes para orquesta, Divertimentos, Divertimentos, Sardana, Sardana, Persistencias, Persistencias, Vioolconcert, Vioolconcert, Zapata: Imagenes para orquesta, Zapata: Imagenes para orquesta, Quasi un pasodoble, Quasi un pasodoble, Homenaje a Sarasate, Homenaje a Sarasate, Capriccio nr 1, Capriccio nr 1, Celloconcert nr 2, Celloconcert nr 2, Symfonie nr 4, Symfonie nr 4, Celebracion, Celebracion, Capriccio nr 5, Capriccio nr 5, Reflejos, Reflejos, Concert voor vier gitaren en orkest, Concert voor vier gitaren en orkest, Cumbres, Cumbres, Dubbelconcert voor hobo - klarinet en orkest, Dubbelconcert voor hobo - klarinet en orkest, Symfonie nr 5, Symfonie nr 5, Passacaglia, Passacaglia Similar People Jesus Lopez‑Cobos, Narciso Yepes, Richard Strange | ||
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Leonardo Balada Ibáñez (born September 22, 1933, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish American composer, now teaching and composing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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- Leonardo balada mini miniatures 2010 pablo amor s piano
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- Life
- Music
- Opera
- Orchestral
- Concertante
- Vocalchoral
- References
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Life
After studying piano at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona, Balada emigrated to the United States in 1956 to study at the New York College of Music on scholarship. He left that institution for the Juilliard School in New York, from which he graduated in 1960. He studied composition with Vincent Persichetti, Alexandre Tansman and Aaron Copland, and conducting with Igor Markevitch. In 1981, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Since 1970 he has been teaching at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Music
Balada's works from the early 1960s display some of the characteristics of Neoclassicism, but the composer was ultimately dissatisfied with his technique, and in 1966 began to move towards a more avant-garde style, producing works such as Guernica. Balada felt a need for a change again in 1975, his work from then onward being characterized by the combination of folk dance rhythms with the avant-garde techniques of the previous period. Harmonically, Balada's mature period work displays a combination of the tonality of folk music with atonality. Compositions representative of this period include Homage to Sarasate and Homage to Casals. No matter the stylistic phase, Balada's music features extensive rhythmic variance and unique orchestration, often in service of a haunting atmosphere.
Some of Balada's works have been recorded by Naxos Records.