Piano Forte Cuban Masterworks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781981621491)

Reynaldo Fernandez Pavon is a Cuban-American composer, pianist, professor, songwriter and author. Born in Havana, Cuba, the relationship between art and literature in his works started in 1962 when he began his music studies with a specialization in Classical Piano at Cuba's National School of Art. While there he had the privilege to study composition with American professor Federico Smith. After completing his initial studies, he enrolled in the Art History program at the University of Havana. He was awarded the "13th of March" music award in 1975 from the University of Havana for his compositions. His symphonic works and those for chamber orchestra have been interpreted by prestigious ensembles, such as, the Symphony Orchestra of Matanzas, the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, the Havana Chamber Orchestra, The Brindis de Salas Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Russian Federal Republic, and the Symphony Orchestra of Michoacan, Mexico, among others. In 1982-83 he received the EGREM music label "Best Musical Producer" Award for his discography work with the band Irakere and the Latin Jazz Quartet led by Chucho Vald駸 (Grammy winners). He has written music for documentaries of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) and the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) some of those films won Prizes in international competitions. The CD Piano Forte- Cuban Master Works includes a selection of his works for piano. His first book of poems, Presagios (Predictions), received the First Mention award in the David Poetry Competition of the National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) in 1979. In 1980 he garnered First Prize in the same competition with the book Cruzando Mares (Crossing Oceans), published in 1981 by UNEAC Press. Between 1981 and 2014 he published other literary works and essays in Caim疣 Barbudo, Casa de las Am駻icas, Palabra Abierta and News Papers and magazines of the City of Philadelphia. Composer of the music of the play Black Tales by Lydia Cabrera at Spanish Repertoire Theater (1995). ACE Award for Best Hispanic Musical Production in New York City (1997). His novel El Lirio del Prado was published in the year 2011, his book The Verses of Memory (English - Spanish edition) was published in the year 2016, and the novel El Repatriado in the year 2017 by Eniola Publishing.