Luis Garcia-Renart
Luis Garcia-Renart is a Mexican cellist.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Born is Barcelona, Garcia first studied at the National Conservatory of Music (Mexico) and then at the conservatories of Bern and Basel in Switzerland with Sándor Veress and Sándor Végh. Between 1956 and 1960 he studied directly under Pablo Casals in France and Puerto Rico. In 1959 he won the Harriet Cohen International Music Award.[5] In 1960 he won a scholarship to study at the Moscow Conservatory with Mstislav Rostropovich and Aram Khachaturian. In 1963 he won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions which led to his New York City recital debut at Carnegie Hall. Since then he has performed as a soloist with orchestras and music ensembles throughout Europe, the Soviet Union, Israel, North America, and South America. He is currently part of the cello faculty at both Bard College Conservatory of Music and Vassar College.[6] Several of his students, such as Tom Cora,[7] have gone on to have successful careers of their own.
References
- ^ Cuadernos de bellas artes - Page 66 Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (Mexico) 1962
- ^ Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Volume 122 By Arbeitskreis für Schulmusik und Allgemeine Musikpädagogik, Verband der Lehrer für Musik an den Höheren Schulen Bayerns, Robert-Schumann-Gesellschaft (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Verband Deutscher Oratorien
- ^ La Nación by Partido Acción Nacional 1962 (Mexico)
- ^ Cuadernos de bellas artes, Volume 3 By Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (Mexico) (notable inclusion in this works)
- ^ Bard College Press Release (3.8.01) Woodstock Chamber Orchestra concert at Bard College features world premiere of work by Jonathan Russell and Works by Rameau and Saint-Saens
- ^ Luis Garcia-Renart Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor of Music Bard College
- ^ Todd S. Jenkins (2004). Free jazz and free improvisation: an encyclopedia, Volume 1
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