Roberto McCausland Dieppa
Roberto McCausland-Dieppa, also known as "Dieppa", is a Colombian pianist, composer, and conductor, specializing in classical, jazz and Hungarian music. "Dieppa" is the first Colombian born pianist to have performed successfully in world wide venues.[1] "Dieppa" is the conductor of Sinfonia Latina. and helped start the Santa Fe-Barlovento Orchestra.[2] His performances at various venues across the United States, Asia, Australia, and Europe, are noted such as Carnegie Hall, Ostrogskich-Chopin Hall, and the United Nations.[3][4][5][2][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Roberto McCausland Dieppa | |
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Born | July 6, 1959 Barranquilla, Colombia |
Alma mater | Berry College |
Occupation | Pianist, composer, conductor, author |
Years active | 1997-present |
Style | Classical, Contemporary |
Awards | Pro arte Hungarica prize 2006 |
Musical career | |
Labels | eOne Music International Classics, Scruffy, Roberto McCausland-Dieppa |
"Dieppa" became known after composing and conducting ‘'Sinfonia Latina’' at age seventeen in1976, the composition fused Rock, Jazz, Salsa and Spanish music into a symphonic format.[2][19][20][21][22] The event "Sinfonía Latina" denominated ‘Super Show’ over-exceeded expected attendance,[6][4][2] Noted as ‘avant-guarde’ and ‘revolutionary’, it pushed the boundaries of popular salsa, autochthonous dance rhythms, rock, and jazz with a classical frame work into the modern concert hall, with poetic (protest) lyrics in Spanish.[2][6]
Following the Sinfonia Latina event he moved on to classical performances, composing and conducting becoming a critical figure in music education for children, disseminating caribbean music using ‘folk idioms’ and "dance" rhythm, espousing Hungarian music and culture particularly the music of Franz Liszt , Béla Bartók which he is most passionately interested.[8][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Awards and honors
In 2002, "Dieppa" was awarded the Merrill Lynch Prize for teaching piano while instructing at the School of Fine Arts in Cleveland.[11][7]
In 2006, he was awarded the Pro-Arte Hungarica prize by the Hungarian government's Ministry of Culture for his work and performances of Hungarian composers Franz Liszt and Bela Bartok.[11][12][23][24][19][25][26][20][21][22]
In 2006, "Dieppa" was invited by the United Nations to perform at commemorative event marking the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.[11][13][27][28][1]
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