Trester Festival for Latin American Music
April 16-18, 2021
Guest artists: Daniela Salinas, Glenda Courtois, Oscar Macchioni
Festival co-directors: Daniel Linder, Fanya Lin, Meily Mendez
Co-sponsored by the University of Arizona Center for Latin American Studies
For more information:
https://keyboard.music.arizona.edu/trester
http://music.arizona.edu/live
The first annual Trester Festival for Latin American music will include lectures, master classes, and concerts centered around Latin American piano music by guest artists including outstanding University of Arizona alumni and internationally renowned concert pianists. The 2021 festival will highlight work by Juan José Castro, Alberto Ginastera, Carlos Guastavino, Ernesto Nazareth, Astor Piazzolla, Manuel Ponce, Lilián Saba, Heitor Villa-Lobos, among others.
The core event of the Trester Festival is a solo piano competition for current UA Fred Fox School of Music students. Students will perform one or more Latin American piano works as part of their program in 2021.
All events will be online, free admission, and open to the public.
This project has been made possible by grants from the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts Bank One Visiting Artist Professorship Awards, the Fred Fox School of Music Endowed Chair for Music Studies, and the American Culture and Ideas Initiative.
Schedule:
Lecture Recital and Q & A:
Friday, April 16, 5:00-7:00 p.m. (MST)
Piano Music of Living Mexican Composers
Glenda Courtois, pianist and lecturer
Lecture Recital: http://music.arizona.edu/live
Competition:
Friday, April 16, 7:30 p.m. (MST)
Final Round and Winners Recital of the Eleventh Annual Lois Trester Piano Competition
YouTube Livestream, Friday Nights @ Fred Fox
Lecture:
Saturday, April 17, 5:00-6:00 p.m. (MST)
More than folk music: Approaches to the study of Latin American academic music for piano
Daniela Salinas, lecturer
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Concert I:
Saturday, April 17, 7:30 p.m. (MST)
Sounds of South America
Daniela Salinas, piano
Master Class
Sunday, April 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (MST)
Oscar Macchioni, piano
Selected UA FFSoM piano performance majors
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Concert II:
Sunday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. (MST)
Recital: works by works by Juan José Castro, Alberto Ginastera, Carlos Guastavino, Manuel Ponce, Heitor Villa-Lobos
Oscar Macchioni, piano
About the Guest Artists:
Glenda Courtois
(Facultad de Música, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, México)
A native of Chiapas Mexico, Glenda Courtois began piano studies at age nine, and made her debut with the UNAM Youth Symphony Orchestra at age fifteen in Mexico City. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music from University of Chiapas (UNICACH), a Master of Music degree and a Performer’s Certificate from Northern Illinois University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Arizona. Dr. Courtois has been recipient of academic awards and scholarships, such as the Chiapas Medal from University of Chiapas, The Best Mexican Student Medal by “El Diario de México” newspaper, and the Outstanding Woman Award and Graduate Fellowship Award by Northern Illinois University. Dr. Courtois received her doctorate from the University of Arizona in 2017, where she studied piano under the tutelage of Dr. John Milbauer and Dr. Rex Woods, as well as conducting with Dr. Thomas Cockrell. As a composer, her works have been performed in Mexico, Guatemala, the United States, France and Germany. Her teaching experience includes working as piano instructor in UNICACH, NIU Community School of the Arts and as teaching assistant in class piano at UA. Dr. Courtois served as music director at Dios con Nosotros Presbyterian Church in Chiapas for almost twelve years, and as accompanist of the Choraliers at Northminster Presbyterian Church from August 2015 to May 2017. Currently, Dr. Courtois is full-time faculty and coordinator of the graduate music program at UNICACH.
Oscar Macchioni
(University of Texas El Paso, USA)
Oscar Macchioni, a native of Argentina, is an accomplished solo and collaborative pianist, professor, lecturer, author and adjudicator. He has been praised by critics for his expressive phrasing and the amiable way in which he presents his programs. Dr. Macchioni has performed extensively in his native Argentina, Italy, England, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand and the USA, at notable locations such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Teacher’s College at Columbia University and Steinway Hall in New York City; St-Martin-in-the-Fields and St James’s Piccadilly in London; the Querceto International Piano Festival in Italy, and the National Conservatory in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an assiduous performer of classical Latin American repertoire. His book, The Tango in American Piano Music, was published in 2010 by the College Music Society series, Cultural Expressions in Music. His debut CD Mostly Tangos: Piano Music from the Americas, has been released with favorable reviews by Eroica Classical Records. His newest CD Latin American Duos with violinist Mark Schuppener was released by Centaur Records in 2015. Dr. Macchioni is a Professor of Piano and Assistant Chair at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Daniela Salinas
(Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Argentinian pianist Daniela Salinas is distinguished by her musical personality. As a soloist and chamber musician, she regularly performs in main stages from Argentina and in halls from countries in America and Europe. She has performed the first Deutsche Grammophon’s Yellow Lounge in Latin America. With a vast repertoire, Ms. Salinas has sustained a keen interest in Latin American music. Ms. Salinas is a guest artist for master classes and concerts in several universities and schools of music in America. She currently holds the position of professor of piano at the National Superior Conservatory of Buenos Aires. Ms. Salinas recently published her new solo album, featuring Villa-Lobos’ piano pieces.