Los Cinco
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Los Cinco is an unofficial collective of Latin American composers living and working in Los Angeles. These composers include: Daniel Catán
, Miguel del Águila
, Aurelio de la Vega, Enrique González-Medina, and Carlos Rodríquez.
Meant to draw a comparison between this collective and a group of avant-garde Parisian composers active in the 1920s known as "Les Six", the term "Los Cinco" was originally coined by Sean Bradley
, an American conductor. Bradley first presented these composers as a collective in public performance, and the label Los Cinco first appeared in print in a Los Angeles Times review dated August 3, 2004.
The music by these composers shares "...certain common features, including a vibrancy of ideas, no fear of sensuality or humor, and an infectious passion." (Josef Woodward, Los Angeles Times)
Daniel Catán
Daniel Catán was a Mexican composer of Russian Sephardic Jewish descent known particularly for his operas and his creative friendship with the tenor Plácido Domingo.-Career:...
, Miguel del Águila
Miguel del Aguila
Miguel del Águila is an Uruguayan-born American composer of contemporary classical music.-Life:After studies in his native Montevideo, Águila moved to the United States in 1978, where he graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music...
, Aurelio de la Vega, Enrique González-Medina, and Carlos Rodríquez.
Meant to draw a comparison between this collective and a group of avant-garde Parisian composers active in the 1920s known as "Les Six", the term "Los Cinco" was originally coined by Sean Bradley
Sean Bradley
Sean Bradley is an American conductor, composer, violinist, music theorist, educator, and impresario of large scale symphonic and operatic events...
, an American conductor. Bradley first presented these composers as a collective in public performance, and the label Los Cinco first appeared in print in a Los Angeles Times review dated August 3, 2004.
The music by these composers shares "...certain common features, including a vibrancy of ideas, no fear of sensuality or humor, and an infectious passion." (Josef Woodward, Los Angeles Times)
External links
- L.A. Times article where the term "Los Cinco" first appears in print
- More on the web about Sean BradleySean BradleySean Bradley is an American conductor, composer, violinist, music theorist, educator, and impresario of large scale symphonic and operatic events...
- More on the web about Daniel CatánDaniel CatánDaniel Catán was a Mexican composer of Russian Sephardic Jewish descent known particularly for his operas and his creative friendship with the tenor Plácido Domingo.-Career:...
- More on the web about Miguel del ÁguilaMiguel del AguilaMiguel del Águila is an Uruguayan-born American composer of contemporary classical music.-Life:After studies in his native Montevideo, Águila moved to the United States in 1978, where he graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music...
- More on the web about Aurelio de la Vega
- More on the web about Enrique González-Medina
- More on the web about Carlos Rodriguez