Alberto Ginastera, the emergence of the CLAEM, the musical production of its first scholars, and the critical reception in Buenos Aires musical field.

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Ginastera, CLAEM, avant-garde, representation, 20th Century Latin American music

Abstract

In the early sixties the “Instituto Torcuato Di Tella” created three art centers. One of these was the “Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales (CLAEM)” and its director was Alberto Ginastera. The Center granted scholarships to young Latin American composers, offered training for scholars and ordinary people, and organized several concerts in which scholars’works were included. Given the shortage of information on the musical activity of the CLAEM, I began to search for the possible reasons for such lack. This article is the synthesis of a research work that deals with Ginastera’s reputation and the reception of the CLAEM and its musical activity in Buenos Aires press from 1961 to 1966.

Author Biography

Mgtr. Hernán Gabriel Vázquez, National University of Rosario

Hernán Gabriel Vázquez holds a degree in Music and Piano Performance from the National University of Rosario, and a Master's degree in Twentieth Century Latin-American Music Performance from the National University of Cuyo. In addition to his career as a pianist he is the Chair of Musical Analysis and Piano Repertoire at the National University of Rosario School of Music. He has integrated and directed research groups at several Argentine universities. Since 2018, he has been the Director of the National Institute of Musicology “Carlos Vega”.
His research deals with critical reception processes and music theory in Latin American music during the 1960s. He has published articles in journals and a book of interviews with Latin American composers. He is member of the International Musicological Society and its Regional Association for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the current president of the Asociación Argentina de Musicología, since 2023.

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2009-01-01

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No. 10 (2009): Revista Argentina de Musicología

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