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Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer, born Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mesquida on March 1, 1939, in Havana,
Cuba, is a Cuban conductor, guitarist, and composer. He began playing guitar at
age 13 under the instruction of his father and later studied with Isaac Nicola,
a pupil of Emilio Pujol. Brouwer gave his first public performance at 17 and
began composing in 1954, writing early pieces including Suite no. 1 Antigua
(1955), Preludio (1956), Fuga No. 1 (1959), and Tres apuntes (1959). He studied
composition in the United States at the Juilliard School and the Hartt School.
Brouwer served as music director o...
