Leo Brouwer On His Life With Music & The Classical Guitar (Full Interview)

[@courtcomposer]

Met him at West Dean College in Chichester, England. He was very friendly and approachable. One of the finest guitar composers ever.

[@rikjamesguitare]

The greatest composer we have whos still alive today!

[@btanonymous]

He’s full of zest for approaching 80. Thank you for sharing this interview!

[@jcpractices]

Indeed, what a well-rounded artist - not just a musician, but also a poet, and philosopher

[@Boukouvalas1979]

I hope we are blessed by his presence for many years to come!

[@dartharaneus67]

Wow! I did not know that Leo Brouwer was related to Ernesto Lecuona! Two of my favorite Cuban composers!

[@tonylogan4092]

I love his music and for me, he ranks at the top of all the composers from Latin America of classical music. HIs works should be played more often.

[@edwinsamuel7625]

What an amazing interview with the Maestro...Such a great living legend...thank you so much... Great conversations. 🙏🙏🙏🌹

[@masakithai]

Long time no see you, Leo. I saw you at your concert in Osaka 40 years ago. It was an amazing concert.

[@thomasfellow6082]

A great interview with an amazing composer! Many thanks! I assume, that around 5.15 he was probably talking about Dvorak Symphony No. 8 (not Vorisek as written)...

Great ! Guitar and music heritage.

[@burningguitarsoul]

no words can express how excited i am to find this. been playing his stuff for years!

[@RafaelAguirreGuitar]

Great interview! Bravo Igor!

[@Mrpauli56]

Very interesting and informative!

[@jcpractices]

What an insightful interview! I love the comments near the end on how he disagrees with how rhythm is traditionally seen as “serving melody, the queen of music”. Thank you for sharing this - it encouraged me to sign up for a lifetime account.

[@virtualpilgrim8645]

44:22 Leo gives a shout out to Michael Lorimer. I saw Lorimer play guitar and baroque guitar in the 1970s in Oregon. While playing baroque guitar, his mind went blank and he paused for 10 seconds. He had no sheet music.

[@oscaracosta5048]

One of my favorite composers, I only play two of his composings. Thanks for share.

[@johnniebasch8660]

Wonderful interview with an amazing composer!

[@miguellazaroibarguren3726]

Bravo!!! Maestro.

[@unahijadeyemaya]

My parents worked with him at the ICAIC (the Cuban institute of cinema) and know him well. I would love to show them this interview. Is there any plan to release this with Spanish subtitles? Thanks in advance.

[@drRGCRock]

Leo...the Giant...the Patriot....

[@guitaropro]

Please tell us how the song is called that climbed the hit parade after Michael Jackson in the 80s.

[@JohnHenrySheridan]

Awesome interview!! Much appreciated!!

[@nebovas9432]

Just curious, I was in Cuba many times and I asked people have they ever heard for the last name of Brower. The answer was always no. I wonder what is Leo's origin?

[@gardnep]

Wiki gives us his full name of which the Leo brower is only a small part. Great interview. Ommagio de brower

[@NewYork2Havana]

If you listen to the video you will see he is Cuban. So am I and I learned he was Cuban not long ago. He doesn’t partake in “popular” music. But he may be the greatest Cuban musician ever.

[@L.Kujari]

Not to flex but Leo Brouwer has personally complimented my style and given me a pat on the shoulder

[@L.Kujari]

@Max Planque Yes

[@L.Kujari]

@@guitar-jo It was in 2018 when maestro Brouwer visited Finland and I had the honour to join his international guitar orchestra. We practiced together for a week and played Concerto de Tricastin and Concerto Grosso to a full house. It was the European premiere for Concerto Grosso (which was completed in 2017, I suppose). Unfortunately the concert itself wasn't recorded. But both concertos, as well as Brouwer's other pieces for guitar ensemble, have since been recorded by Camerata Argentina de Guitarras. It's a brilliant performance, I highly recommend giving it a listen!

[@unahijadeyemaya]

I found the Camerata Argentina recording in Amazon Music Unlimited. Thank you for recommending it!

[@L.Kujari]

@@unahijadeyemaya You're very welcome, I'm happy to hear that!

[@officinabotanicahc494]

@Max Planque, well I kinda am. Why not? If Leo Brower had complimented me I would be unbearably happy and proud of my self and I would have also told the story at any possible occasion. I mean, it’s a great anecdote.

[@axleblaze123]

49:40 how is this man able to write a hit pop song one day, is this song available to listen to ?

[@Cubannerd]

Holy shit, I didn't know he was a relative of Lecuona.

[@dalianareyes9072]

me neither, crazy.

[@Cubannerd]

@@dalianareyes9072 musical genius runs in the family

[@eduardobenassi3072]

Dude was trying to be nice way too hard. I've been there.. lol. When you don't wanna sound so harsh but in reality you despise certain stuff.

[@alexstewart8097]

This man has always been an apologist , often playing the race card, for a cruel dictatorship, who himself lived in the freedom and better life Spain provided him , while Cubans had to suffer great hardship and abject poverty , mostly due to the communist take over of all aspects of life in that once prosperous island, which per capita income was greater than that of Italy, Spain and was richer that even some southern states in the US, before communism almost destroyed it all. The sad reality is that many of the cultural and sports elites, like Brouwer cowered to the Castro regime , and used their talents to propagandize in favor of communism , all over Latin America and Europe , but also getting rewarded for their allegiance to the evil regime from Habana . Three things he so disingenuously omitted in this most likely scripted but for sure edited interview were: 1- That his grandmother Ernestina, like his more famous grand uncle Ernesto Lecuona , composer ''of the most famous Malaguena , who wasn't a Spaniard but a Cuban'' , had themselves Spaniard parentage like did Fidel Castro , the chess champion Capablanca , the greatest Cuban Jose Marti , as did 6 out of 10 families in the island according to the data from a census gathered by the UNESCO, right before 1959, when the afore mentioned commie dictator Castro usurped power from the people, and things got only worse to this day. 2- Very conveniently he also omitted that the same uncle , and great composer Lecuona before dying made his wish be known that he wanted to be buried in Cuba , but only after communism was gone from his island nation . Still he is buried in a New York cemetery, where Celia Cruz , who never returned to the communist island proper, is also at. 3- Cuba's industries, land and resources right before the 1959 socialism debacle, brought only by the Castro ROBolution and his band of ROBbers , was at least 90% Cuban owned for ; that was good for Cubans, most of all , unlike his lie , still towing the commie line and spewing the same false talking points , he was fed to say...or else.I T IS SHAMEFUL WHEN ARTISTS OF RENOWN LET THEMSELVES BE USED AS APOLOGISTS FOR EVIL MURDEROUS REGIMES... Brouwer is for sure more like a Wagner, Strauss, Von Karajan type of a character than a Pablo Casals, or a Rostropovich by any definition...Shame on him that at almost 80 is still acting so complicit with an evil regime, like the one making slaves of Cubans OF ALL THE RACES...Shame on him...Que se vaya con su musica tan discordante a otro lado!!!

[@jesuscamejorodriguez1845]

I disagree with your approach. Certainly numerous mistakes have been made, but the Cuban revolution emerged as a necessity and triumphed in a country with many more problems than virtues. If it hadn't been like that, believe me, I wouldn't have succeeded. But beyond politics, we are in the presence of a great musician, who has left his mark for future generations, like Celia Cruz or Lecuona himself. We should be grateful for his talent and his composition, and for representing Cuba, regardless of the system or government that prevails on the island.

[@l.a.s8274]

​@@jesuscamejorodriguez1845 Yes, Cuba revolution had heally improved the lives of people there. Unfortunately, there is US blocking the economy of the island and other stuffs going on that damages Cuban economy. But what i think is really nice is that even in the worst socialism you have home and free health care. Things that most of the US's cittizens can not have now. This is the reason i think all this capitalist propaganda about "dictatorship" is pure bullshit. Dictatorship is what i see in most of capitalist countries where if you are against a gen@cid3, you can lose you job.

[@lufelufe8192]

I love how he never answered the last question. LoL