Claudia Montero (1962 - 2021)
The Argentinean composer Claudia Montero emerged as one of the most outstanding and acclaimed composers in Latin America. She was born in Buenos Aires in 1962 and later settled in Valencia, Spain until her passing in January 2021.
Montero was frequently invited as a composer and lecturer to festivals such as the Cagliari International Music Festival in Italy, the Festival A Orillas del Guadalquivir and the Ayamonte Music Festival in Spain, the Gitarreland Festival in Germany and France, the Encuentro Latinoamericano en las Artes in Alcalá and the Festival Internacional de la Habana in Cuba. She has participated as a composer in conferences at the Universities of Valencia, Niš in Serbia, Jaum I, Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna, Cagliari and Undine in Italy.
Montero won four Latin GRAMMY Awards in the category of Best Contemporary Classical Composition, in 2014 for her Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra and in 2016 for her string quartet Cuarteto para Buenos Aires. In 2023, her work Suite de los Buenos Aires for piano and flute was nominated for the Latin GRAMMY Awards in the category Best Contemporary Classical Music Composition.
Her works have been performed and recorded by many soloists and orchestras worldwide.
Discography
Grand Piano has gained a reputation for producing high quality recordings of rare keyboard gems. Dedicated to the exploration of undiscovered piano repertoire, the label specialises in complete cycles of piano works by many lesser-known composers, whose output might otherwise have remained unknown and unrecorded.
- info@grandpianorecords.com
