Leonardo Le San, New Music of the Americas

Celebrated composer and pianist Leonardo Le San has had a distinguished career of premiers, performances, awards, and citations in newspapers, magazines, and television as well as artist recordings.Leonardo Le San made his Carnegie Hall debut in New York City in 2010. There he performed the world premiere of his Suite for Piano, The Voices of My Town, as well as interpreted works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Prokofiev. The Epoch Times recommended Le San's concert as one of the newspaper's "NYC Event Picks." In the same year, Leonardo was awarded the "EL Award" for his contributions to arts and culture in the New York Tri-state area. Le San has performed as composer and pianist at The White House, The Harvard Musical Association, The Merkin Hall, The Gershwin Theater in NYC.

New Music of the Americas Album 

With works by Mauricio Charbonnier, Leonardo Le San, Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Guastavino, and Alberto Ginastera, the album proposes a description of the aesthetics, languages , and rhythms of the American Region, especially Argentina.

This album frames the first record release of the New Music of the Americas project, titled with the same name. It includes a repertoire of chamber and vocal works created by renowned Argentine composers of the 20th century and also with new works by living composers.

In its content, the album proposes a series of pieces whose musical writing has a marked romantic content, simplicity, clarity in the formal, and a particular interest in melodic beauty. The CD is available in digital format and free on all online platforms.