Ginastera

[ hee-nahs-te-rah ]

noun

1. Al·ber·to [ahl-, ber, -taw], 1916–83, Argentine composer.

Example Sentences

The program paired Lang Lang as soloist in Rachmaninoff’s potboiler Second Piano Concerto with the full score to Ginastera’s ballet “Estancia,” a Dudamel favorite that he has performed complete in Walt Disney Concert Hall and in excerpts at the Hollywood Bowl over the last two years.

From Los Angeles Times

That might seem more daring for a big fundraiser in a town where Ginastera’s wonderful ballet is little known.

From Los Angeles Times

Pieces by Ravel and Pablo de Sarasate shone as they should, and the evening’s unlikely centerpiece, Ginastera’s Violin Concerto, was a 30-minute fever dream of serialist fancies and ferocities.

From New York Times

A musician of poise and rounded tone, Hahn proved in the Ginastera that she can make just about anything sound beautiful.

From New York Times

This year, he will be on hand only for the first few weeks of the Philharmonic’s summer season, but they are weeks packed with Dudamel specialties, one being his electrifying treatment of Alberto Ginastera’s 1941 gaucho ballet, “Estancia.”

From Los Angeles Times