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Female composers from down under, flute works, 1960s – 2000s

by Laura Chislett Australians love to move. Many of us spend weekends in The Great Outdoors participating in sport or simply experiencing the beauty of the natural world. The aural representation of landscape became a central theme of Australian composition from the mid 20th century onwards; likewise, the incorporation of elements from the cultures to our north. Toru Takemitsu…

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Armando Guevara Ochoa, Neo-Indigenismo musical Peruano en la flauta (II)

Por Manuel Carranza Cueto Al hablar sobre el Indigenismo en la música peruana nos podemos referir prácticamente al mismo movimiento cultural que se dió en muchos países del mundo desde mediados del siglo XIX hasta mediados del siglo XX aproximadamente: El Nacionalismo musical.   En los múltiples libros que hablan sobre la historia de la música encontramos grandes coincidencias en…

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Alejandro Núñez Allauca, Neo-Indigenismo musical Peruano en la flauta (I)

One of the composers of our time who has been – within all his extraordinary musical heritage – one of the most important musical representatives who has made a great diffusion of this nationalist current with a very personal style is, without a doubt, the maestro Alejandro Núñez Allauca (Moquegua, 1943) and his contribution to the world of the…

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