Martín Palmeri

Argentinian composer and conductor (born 1965) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Martín Palmeri (born 1965) is an Argentine composer and conductor.

Head and shoulders photographic portrait of a white man with greying hair and a short beard and moustache in an open-necked dark blue shirt and grey jacket
Palmeri in 2018

Early life and education

Palmeri was born in 1965 in Buenos Aires.[1] He has trained in orchestral conducting, choral direction, composition, piano, and singing.[1]

Work

His 1996 Misa a Buenos Aires, known as Misatango, combines the Roman Catholic Latin mass with music of the tango, in the nuevo tango genre.[2] It was first performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba,[1] and was the opening piece for the 2013 International Festival of Sacred Music and Art in Rome, featuring Argentine singer Bernarda Fink, three bandoneons and the choir of Cologne Cathedral.[3][4]

His other works include:[1]

  • Tango del Bicentenario (Bicentenary Tango)
  • Canto de la lejanía (Song of Distance) (2010)
  • Oratorio de Navidad (Christmas Oratorio), (2003)
  • Mateo, an opera (1999)
  • Fantasía tanguera (Tango fantasy) (2000)
  • Presagios (Portents) (2001)
  • Concierto para bandoneón (Bandoneon concerto) (2004)
  • Concierto de danzas (Dance concerto)
  • Negro y negro (Black and black)
  • Sobre las cuatro estaciones (On the four seasons) (2004/2012)
  • Magnificat (2012)
  • Tango Gloria (2014)
  • Amor América (2014)
  • La Creación (2016)
  • Tango Credo (2017)
  • Laudate Pueri (2017)
  • La Pasión según Astor (2021)

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