Instituto de Cultura de Corrientes. Horacio Lavandera arrives at the Vera Theater with Sounds of the Eternal and a tribute to chamamé.
As part of a tour of the Litoral region, the prestigious pianist will perform on Saturday, August 9th, starting at 9:30 p.m. at the Teatro Oficial Juan de Vera, with a repertoire that includes classical music, The Beatles, Cerati, and a special tribute to chamamé. Tickets are now on sale at weepas.ar.
The great Argentine pianist Horacio Lavandera presents a show that combines classics from all eras. The show, titled “Sounds of the Eternal,” ranges from Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Mahler to works by Gustavo Ceratti and classics by Lennon and McCartney of The Beatles, concluding with a special tribute to Mario del Tránsito Cocomarola. Tickets can be purchased at https://tinyurl.com/2ntyn5ez
Sounds of Eternal Life
The 33 Diabelli Variations, Op. 120 in C major, were composed between 1819 and 1823 based on a waltz by the Austrian composer and music publisher Anton Diabelli. It was Diabelli who, in 1819, commissioned variations from Vienna’s leading composers for a charity album to help widows and orphans of the Napoleonic Wars. British musicologist Sir Donald Tovey considered them “the greatest set of variations ever written.”
The second part of this concert will take us through the original piano roll versions recorded by Gustav Mahler himself of his most iconic songs and passages from his symphonies, including the “Adagietto,” immortalized in Luchino Visconti’s film Death in Venice.
These compositions will be combined with Horacio Lavandera’s versions of iconic songs by members of The Beatles, such as “Imagine,” “Yesterday,” and “Eleanor Rigby.” Finally, a selection of original versions by Gustavo Cerati, one of the greatest exponents of Argentine rock, will be presented.
Finally, the great Argentine classical pianist will pay a special tribute to chamamé, performing significant works by Mario del Tránsito Cocomarola, translated into his brilliant piano performance. The concert will conclude with him sharing the stage with the grandson of the great chamamé composer, Gabriel Cocomarola, playing the bandoneon to recreate a classic by his grandfather.
After his last tour of northeastern Argentina in August 2024, produced by “Música Sin Etiquetas,” Lavandera developed a strong connection with chamamé. So much so that this great classical pianist dedicated himself to studying and covering some classics of our music, which he will now present to the regional public for the first time.
A Brief History of Horacio Lavandera
A student of Marta Freigido and Antonio de Raco—both disciples of the Italian-Argentine Vicente Scaramuzza (1885-1968)—in 2001, he received a scholarship to the Chigiana Academy (in Siena) on the recommendation of Argentine pianist Marta Argerich, where he studied with Maurizio Pollini. He continued his studies with Josep Colom in Madrid. He currently resides in Buenos Aires.
In October 2001, he won the 3rd Umberto Micheli International Piano Competition in Milan, Italy. He has performed in Barcelona (Spain), Boston (United States), Lucerne (Switzerland), Munich (Germany), Paris (France), Rome (Italy), Tokyo (Japan), La Scala in Milan, and the Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires). On the evening of Saturday, January 21, 2023, he was the opening artist at the Cosquín Festival.
A performer of Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Alban Berg, he focuses on the dissemination and composition of contemporary music and has worked with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mauricio Kagel, Esteban Benzecry, Pierre Boulez, and Luis de Pablo, among others.
He was awarded Best Argentine Instrumental Soloist in 2006 and 2008 by the Argentine Music Critics Association and received the Diploma of Merit from the Konex Foundation.
