Concert

Hoacio Lavandera

“Sounds of Eternity”: Ludwig van Beethoven – Gustav Mahler – The Beatles – Gustavo Cerati

Next August 8th at 9:00 PM at the Teatro Lírico in Posadas

The concert begins with Ludwig van Beethoven’s work on two of England’s most popular melodies, transformed into anthems: “God Save the King” and “Rule Britannia.”

The 33 Diabelli Variations, Op. 120 in C major, were composed between 1819 and 1823. Musicologist Sir Donald Tovey considered them “the finest set of variations ever written.”

The second part of this concert will feature the original player piano roll versions recorded by Gustav Mahler himself. Paul McCartney: “We have always admired Mahler, and he was a great influence on the music of The Beatles.”

Finally, these compositions will be combined with Horacio Lavandera’s versions of iconic songs by members of The Beatles and Gustavo Cerati.

**Part One**

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

– Variations on “God Save the King,” WoO 78

– Variations on “Rule Britannia,” WoO 79

– Variations on “Diabelli,” Op. 120

**Part Two**

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Ich ging mit Lust (Songs and Lyrics)
Ging heut Morgen übers Feld (from the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)
Das himmlische Leben (from the fourth movement of the Fourth Symphony)
Funeral March (from the first movement of the Fifth Symphony)
Adagietto (from the Fifth Symphony)

Horacio Lavandera (1984*)

-The Beatles Suite (1960-1970)

Allegretto. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (by George Harrison).
Andante. Imagine (by John Lennon).

III. Allegro. Eleanor Rigby (by Paul McCartney)

Moderato. Yesterday (by Paul McCartney)
Presto. I Saw Her Standing There (by Paul McCartney)

– Sonata “Soda Stereo” (1983-1997)

Moderato (From Light Music)
Andante (Tea for Three)

III. Allegro (In the City of Fury)

“Lavandera’s numerous pedal effects surprised and delighted; his enormous virtuosity was impressive, reminiscent of Maurizio Pollini (and he was at least as virtuosic as the revered Vladimir Horowitz).” This is how German critic Thomas Ziegner wrote in the Schwäbisches Tageblatt about the performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Hammerklavier Sonata, Op. 106, and Klavierstück XI at a concert in Rottenburg am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg.

Lavandera won the third Umberto Micheli International Piano Competition, held at La Scala in Milan, at the age of 16, and received a prize from the La Scala Orchestra. Since then, she has toured some of the most important stages in America, Europe, and Japan, both in recitals and as a soloist with prestigious orchestras. He has performed in venues such as the Herkulessaal (Munich), the Berlin Philharmonic (Berlin), Radio France (Paris), Wigmore Hall (London), Jordan Hall (Boston), Carnegie Hall (New York), the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), the Musikverein (Vienna), the Hamarikyu Asahi Hall (Tokyo), the Teatro Real (Madrid), and the Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), alongside prestigious orchestras such as the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg, the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, the London Chamber Players, and the Orchestra of the Teatro Real, conducted by Antonio Pappano, Benjamin Zander, and Franz-Paul Decker, among others.

He has received numerous awards, including three times as “Best Instrumental Soloist” from the Argentine Association of Music Critics, presented by Karlheinz Stockhausen, and the “Primer Palau” award in Barcelona.

Among his most notable albums as a solo pianist are: Spanish Composers of the Generation of ’51, sponsored by the Community of Madrid; the CD+DVD Argentine Composers, recorded by Sony Music; Chopin (EPSA Music); In London, recorded live at Wigmore Hall in London, which received the 2016 Gardel Award for Best Classical Music Album; and Imágenes – Dino Saluzzi (ECM Records). In 2016, the NIBIUS label released his CD Horacio Lavandera Plays Astor Piazzolla, winner of the Melómano de Oro Award in October 2016. His CD Ludwig van Beethoven received the Gardel Award for Best Classical Music Album in 2019.

He is the fifth generation of a family of distinguished professional musicians. He began his studies at the age of two with his father, José María Lavandera. At seven, he continued his musical training with his great-aunt, Marta Freigido, a graduate with honors from the Vicente Scaramuzza Conservatory. Later, he pursued further studies with Antonio De Raco and, at sixteen, received a scholarship from CIDIM (Center for Musical Studies) to work with Maurizio Pollini at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena (Italy). At eighteen, he obtained a scholarship from the Carolina Foundation to work with Josep Colom at the University of Alcalá de Henares (Spain). He complemented his piano training with private orchestral conducting lessons from Jorge Rotter, professor at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, and composition classes with Alberto Posadas (IRCAM).