When Heitor Villa-Lobos first showed up in Paris in 1923, he was more than happy to indulge the locals’ desire for racy tales from the deepest, darkest jungles of his native Brazil, as Martin Buzacott ...

Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was in his late teens when he began traveling through his native country in search of Indian and slave folktunes. His discoveries influenced his later ...

Heitor Villa-Lobos eschewed the use of folkloric effects to lend a national flavour to his symphonic works. He did, however, employ a weird system, "Millimeterization", to determine pitch, duration ...

Most composers spend the early part of their lives in conservatories of music, where they learn to write potted fugues and hothouse symphonies. But no conservatory ever held Brazil’s bouncing, fiery ...

Do these symphonies belong to North or South America? In a strange way both: Heitor Villa-Lobos may have been the most celebrated Brazilian composer of his day, by the late 1940s he was seeking fame ...

String Quartet No. 1 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Latin American Quartet String Quartet No. 2 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Latin American Quartet String Quartet No. 3 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer ...

Brazil might not be the first place to come to mind when you think of classical music. Oh yes, there's the samba and its derivative, the bossa nova, but Bach? Appearances can be deceptive. After all, ...

In conversation with Brazilian musicologist Manoel Correa do Lago, Donald Macleod explores the music and life of Brazil's greatest composer, the mercurial Heitor Villa-Lobos ...

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis will be joined onstage by conductor Gil Jardim and Philarmonia Brasileira for a special performance, featuring the work of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, as well ...

April 4, 2012 • From the war-torn Montenegro of his youth to London's Royal Academy of Music, the 28-year-old has made a splash in the guitar world. Hear him in recital at the Savannah Music Festival.