For his contributions as composer and creator of sound tracks of the most important Cuban films. ">For his contributions as composer and creator of sound tracks of the most important Cuban films. ">

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The 2009 National Cinema Prize, which the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) awards yearly since 2003, went to maestro, composer, performer and orchestra director, Leo Brouwer.

 

Perhaps one of the most important Cuban musicians of all time, Brouwer founded and led for several years ICAIC’s famous Sound Experimentation Group (GES), that represented a landmark in our country, and that created original pieces.

 

The prizewinner is the author of numerous scores for memorable works of Cuban cinema: Death of a Bureaucrat, Lucía, Memories of Underdevelopment, The First Charge of the Machete, Un día de noviembre, The Man from Maisinicú, The Last Supper, Cecilia and Amada, among others.

 

The panel of judges which decided the Prize was made up of personalities from film, the media and art in Cuba such as Sergio Vitier (musician, performer and president of the jury), José Manuel Riera (photography director), Jorge Luis Sánchez (filmmaker), Aramís Acosta (production director), José Manuel Villa (art director), Daisy Granados (actress) and Joel del Río (journalist and critic).

 

The National Cinema Prize has been awarded previously to: Alfredo Guevara, who founded ICAIC and was its first director during several decades, Julio García Espinosa, filmmaker and who also headed the institution, film directors Humberto Solás, Enrique Pineda Barnet, Fernando Pérez, actress Daisy Granados, editor Nelson Rodríguez and cartoon director Juan Padrón.

Source: Cubanow.net


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