Cuban & German Nights

About the Concert

Leonel Morales presents a demanding piano programme. The first part features Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101, and Samuel Barber’s Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 26. Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 101 was composed in 1816 and published in 1817. Barber’s sonata was written between 1947 and 1949 and consists of four movements. After the interval, the second part turns to Cuban music with five Danzas Cubanas by Ignacio Cervantes, including “Ilusiones perdidas”, “Tres golpes”, “Improvisada”, “Adiós a Cuba” and “Picotazos”. Cervantes’ Danzas Cubanas are an important part of Latin American piano music. The evening concludes with Igor Stravinsky’s “Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka” (Three Movements from Petrushka), a solo-piano arrangement of the ballet. The movements are “Danza rusa”

About the Artist

Leonel Morales

Leonel Morales, a Cuban-Spanish pianist, has lived in Spain since 1991 and established himself as an outstanding artist. He studied at the University of Havana in the Russian piano tradition and won numerous international competitions, including the Guerrero Foundation International Piano Competition. Morales is a professor at the Salzburg Summer Academy and Alfonso X el Sabio University in Madrid. He is the artistic director and founder of several competitions and festivals in Spain, including the María Herrero International Piano Competition in Granada and the International Piano Composers Competition of Spain in

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