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The Villa-Lobos Magazine
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News about Heitor Villa-Lobos on the web and in the Real World.
Recent Posts
More about John Neschling\'s Música Mundana
This interview by John Neschling by João Luiz Sampaio, following the recent publication of Neschling's book Música Mundana, includes some fascinating insights into the classical music world in Brazil and around the world. Neschling mentions i...
Homenaje a Villa-Lobos in Mexico
It's hard to keep track of the many major Villa-Lobos projects taking place this week around the world. Here's one from Mexico: Homenaje a Villa-Lobos at the Casa do Brasil, which takes place from November 13-20....
Sonia Rubinsky wins Latin Grammy
At last night's Latin Grammy awards ceremony, Sonia Rubinsky won a well-deserved award for Best Classical Recording for the 8th and last volume of her Complete Villa-Lobos Piano Music recordings for Naxos.Here were the other nominated recordings:Bach...
John Neschling\'s Música Mundana
The Brazilian conductor John Neschling's new book Música Mundana is sure to make a stir when it's released next week. His dismissal from the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) in January was highly controversial - I blogged about ...
Le Week-end Villa-Lobos
"Le Week-end Villa-Lobos" is project of Radio France: three concerts in mid-December 2009 which feature the music of Villa-Lobos.Le Week-end begins on Friday, Dec. 12, with a concert of the Orchestre National de France. Featured works include the fi...
Latin American Cultural Week \'09 in NYC
The 2009 version of NYC's Latin American Cultural Week includes two important all Villa-Lobos concerts. On November 8th, soprano Stela Brandao and pianist Max Lifchitz will perform the complete cycle of Modinhas & Canções. Then, on Nov. 10th,...

