Portrait du compositeur

For half a century Juan Carlos Paz, unlike any other, has had an aesthetical impact on the avant-garde in Argentina and Latin America as a composer and concert organizer, musicologist and educator, author and film actor: There is hardly a Latin-American composer today who has not been influenced by Paz. This immense influence is based not only on his varied work, ranging from twelve-tone technique via metrical experiments and jazz influences to physical compositions and free concepts, but also on the extensive contacts between the highly cultivated composer and artists, painters and writers of his day. As a highlight of his decades of commitment to Latin American contemporary music, the Ensemble Aventure dedicates this portrait CD to the Argentinian composer and artist Juan Carlos Paz. This CD contains the recordings of four exemplary works, among them two that had never before been recorded.