Brazil mourns leading composer
mainGilberto Mendes passed away on January 1 morning in Santos at the age of 93.
A pioneer of Bossa Nova, he founded the Musica Nova Festival.
As a young man he studied in Darmstadt with Boulez and Stockhausen.
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Just for the record, Norman: this is the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra Choir (Coro da Osesp), conducted by Naomi Munakata, at Sala São Paulo.
A brilliant example of Latin America’s special brand of experimental modernism…a genuine Brazilian voice!
Proof that its quite possible to recover from the creative stupefaction of the Darmstadt hellhole 🙂