Symphonic, solo, choral, chamber, theater and electronic music composer Carlos Vázquez is one of the most outstanding Latin American contemporary composers coming from the Caribbean basin. Ha has composed and presented ambitious works such as the opera "La Mina de Oro" and the "Requiem domesticus." Born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Vázquez studied music at the University of Puerto Rico, University of Pittsburgh, New York University and La Sorbonne in Paris, where he earned a Doctoral degree. His composition teachers have been Rafael Aponte Ledée, Frank MacCarty and Bruce Saylor. Under the sponsorship of the Rockefeller Foundation, he attended a seminar on new computer music techniques at Stanford University in 1995.

Celebrate with us his 70 years.

PROGRAM

Maurice Ravel, Alborada del Gracioso

Carlos A. Vázquez, Concert Comtal

I.           Espirit Gotic

II.          Grandes Gaudiana

III.         Ramblas

Claude Debussy, Preludio a la siesta de un fauno

Carlos A. Vázquez, Sinfonietta: trópico añorado

I.           Verde Intenso besando al azul transparante junto a una brisa juguetona con aromas florales

II.          Sueño de una noche estrellada

III.         Aquella única isla (la mía)