Leonardo Balada
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Within Vinony's link graph, Leonardo Balada is referenced by 72 other articles, and connects out to Spain, Barcelona and Pennsylvania.
It is catalogued under topics including 1933 births, 20th-century American classical composers and 20th-century American male composers.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1933
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Hangman, hangman
- María Sabina
- Cuatris, for 4 instruments
- Cumbres
- Geometrias, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet & percussion
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Spain
- Active from
- 1933-09-22
Discography
- Piano Concerto no. 3 / Concierto mágico1992
- Violin Concerto no. 1 / Folk Dreams / Sardana / Fantasías sonoras2000
- Guernica / Symphony no. 4 / Zapata2003
- Cello Concerto no. 2 "New Orleans" / Concerto for Four Guitars2003
- No-res (Nothing) (An Agnostic Requiem) / Ebony Fantasies2005
- Symphony no. 5 "American" / Prague Sinfonietta2006
- María Sabina / Dionisio: In Memoriam2008
- Cristóbal Colón2009
- La Muerte de Colon2009
- Caprichos Nos. 2, 3 And 42011
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 763
- Total plays
- 5,649
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Leonardo Balada (born September 22, 1933 in Barcelona, Catalonia), Spain, is a Spanish Catalan composer and naturalized American citizen. He graduated from Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona and in 1956 emigrated to the United States, where in 1960, he graduated from the Juilliard School in New York. He studied composition with Vincent Persichetti and Aaron Copland, and studied conducting with Igor Markevitch. In 1981, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Barcelona
- Occupation
- librettist
- Educated at
- Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu
- Employer
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Student of
- Vincent Persichetti
- Genre
- sardana
- Publisher
- G. Schirmer Inc.
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/balada/index.htm
- Image
- Lleonard Balada 3-6-2018.jpg
- Work location
- Pittsburgh
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1933-00-00
- birth name
- Leonardo Balada Ibáñez
- member of
- Generación del 51
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