Dr. Dario Sotelo
South American Repertoire : Variety in Structure, Colours and Accents

 

Dario Sotelo graduated with degrees in Piano, Violin, Viola and Fine Arts and in 1983 joined the Conservatory of Tatuí - Brazil In 1991 he received a scholarship from British Council to complete a the Master Degree in Conducting at "City University" of London, where he studied with Ezra Rachlin, disciple of the great conductor Fritz Reiner. Since 1995 Sotelo has recorded six CDs on Brazilian Composers with the Brazilian Wind Orchestra, and Paulista Symphonic Orchestra.
In 2002, along with these other positions, he became the General Coordinator of the “I South-America Regional Conference of Wind Band Composers, Arrangers and Conductors” - Tatuí. Mr. Sotelo has premiered more than 40 Brazilian new compositions, commissioned by the Conservatoire of Tatui for the Brazilian Wind Orchestra, and in 2003 was elected for the WASBE Council for 5 years.


South American Repertoire : Variety in Structure, Colours and Accents
16th July 2005 (9:00am to 10:15am)

South American Repertoire is the result of diverse history of its colonization - having the Spanish and Portuguese as their main colonizers, and receiving the very strong influence of the African culture that was brought about by slavery more than 350 years ago in Brazil. The combination of the European culture and the native Indians from different tribes had succeeded to develop an enormous variety of styles, rhythms and forms. The African influence in Brazil can be seen in more than 2,000 documented dances and styles. This brings us to the main objective of this lecture that is to clearly illustrate and acknowledge this beautiful variety by emphasizing the diversity of forms, colors and accents of the music manifestation of the South American countries.