Maximo Diego PUJOL

Born in 1957

Biography

Maximo Diego Pujol was born on December 7th 1957, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His instrumental studies were primarily with Gaspar Navarro, Alfredo Vincente, Gascon & Horacio Ceballos, though he also took part in courses with Eduardo Castanera, Abel Carlevaro, Miguel Angel Girollet, Lilian Ardissone. At various time lie also studied also harmony, composition and interpretation with the likes of Wolf Scheib, Leonidas Arnedo, Antonio De raco & Leo Brouwer. He graduated from Juan Jose Castro Provincial Conservatory with degree in "Professor Superior de Guitar" (Senior Prof. Of Guitar). "His guitar compositions have won awards at competitions in Columbia, France and the World Festival in Martinique and in 1989 he was awarded the Argentine Composers' Union prize as Best Composer of Classical Music. His work is strongly influenced by the great Argentine musician Astor Piazzolla. Like Piazzolla, Maximo Pujol uses the tango as a basic style in wonderfully colourful, melodically rich works that make full use of the expressive powers of the guitar"

Discography

Guitar & Chamber Music (2004)
Suite Buenos Aires - Sonatina - Cinco Preludios - Elegia por la muerte de un Tanguero - Tangata de Agosto
Maria Isabel Siewers (guitar) - Vladimir Leixner (cello) - Jan Peruska (viola) - Amiram Ganz, Josef Kekula, Vitezslav Cernoch (violins)
ASV : CDDCA970

Latin American Guitar Music
Stella australis - Elegia por la muerte de un tanguero
Ricardo Cobo (guitar)
Naxos : 8.557329

Elégie pour la mort d'un tanguero
Elégie pour la mort d'un tanguero - Imagenes de abril - Trilogia del brujo - 14 Etudes
Mandala : B0007Z47ZM