Homero Francesch (born 6 December 1947,
Montevideo,
Uruguay
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) is a Uruguay-born
Swiss pianist.
Biography
Francesch took piano lessons with
Santiago Baranda Reyes in Uruguay. In 1967, he was awarded a scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and went on to study in
Munich
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under
Hugo Steurer and
Ludwig Hoffmann Ludwig Hoffmann or Hofmann may refer to:
* Ludwig Hoffmann (architect) (1852–1932), German architect
* Ludwig Hoffmann (Waffen-SS) (1908–1945), Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Waffen-SS
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.
He has premiered the works of several contemporary composers, including
Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as ...
's ''
Tristan
Tristan (Latin/ Brythonic: ''Drustanus''; cy, Trystan), also known as Tristram or Tristain and similar names, is the hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. In the legend, he is tasked with escorting the Irish princess Iseult to we ...
''. His recordings include a complete survey of
Bartók's ''
Mikrokosmos'' and
Stravinsky's ''
Les Noces
''Les Noces'' (French for The Wedding; russian: Свадебка, ''Svadebka'') is a ballet and orchestral concert work composed by Igor Stravinsky for percussion, pianists, chorus, and vocal soloists. The composer gave it the descriptive title " ...
'' under
Leonard Bernstein alongside
Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich (; Eastern Catalan: ™É¾Ê’əˈɾik born 5 June 1941) is an Argentine classical concert pianist. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest pianists of all time.
Early life and education
Argerich was born in Buenos A ...
,
Cyprien Katsaris and
Krystian Zimerman
Krystian Zimerman (born 5 December 1956) is a Polish-Swiss concert pianist, conductor and pedagogue who has been described as one of the greatest pianists of his generation. In 1975, he won the IX International Chopin Piano Competition.
Follo ...
.
External links
Personal WebsiteProfile on the Swiss Music Database
1947 births
Living people
Musicians from Montevideo
Swiss classical pianists
Swiss people of Uruguayan descent
21st-century classical pianists
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