gonzalez

I met Mr. Gonzalez in person in 2004 when I was hired to teach piano and pedagogy at CU Boulder. We had much in common – expatriates born in the same region of Argentina, educated in the same music school there, and a passion for everything Argentine. I had heard about his illustrious career when I was in Ohio at my previous teaching job. So it was a pleasure to finally meet him. For my first recital at CU, I asked Luis Jorge if he had any music that I could include in the program. I visited him at home, and he had me listen to his recently composed Midnight Lights suite, a set of 3 nocturnes. I was immediately struck by the huge range of emotions and drama of these works, and the unmistakable tango flavor. I premiered the suite in March 2005. Since then I have performed his music in several venues, and have premiered several other works for piano solo and piano trio.