{"id":12417,"date":"2019-03-01T14:21:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T22:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=12417"},"modified":"2019-03-01T14:24:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T22:24:16","slug":"happy-80th-birthday-leo-brouwer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/happy-80th-birthday-leo-brouwer\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 80th Birthday, Leo Brouwer!"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, it’s true that we’ve posted a lot about Cuban maestro Leo Brouwer in the last year, between our Summer 2018 CG<\/em> cover story<\/a>, our coverage of him at the GFA in Louisville, Kentucky<\/a>, sharing a fascinating onstage interview<\/a> with him by Stephen Goss and John Williams, publishing a Method column<\/a> with tips on playing Brouwer’s Danza Caracteristica<\/em>, and reprising a great 2008 interview<\/a> from\u00a0 the pages of Classical Guitar<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But turning 80 is an important milestone we need to celebrate, so join us as we all say: Feliz cumplea\u00f1os, maestro! <\/em>He is SO young at heart, and still creating vital and passionate music!\u00a0\u2014Blair Jackson\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tengyue ‘TY’ Zhang in a master class with Brouwer at the 2018 GFA. Photo: BJ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are performances of four of his works we’d like to share:<\/em>
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