- Leo Maslíah
Leo Maslíah is an
Uruguay an musician, humorist and writer.Born in
1954 inMontevideo , started writing and composing in1978 , usually with a touch of humour.After a considerable success in the Uruguayan "underground" movement, he successfully disembarked in
Buenos Aires ,Argentina in1982 . He slowly gained popularity, had concerts inChile ,Peru ,Cuba ,Brazil ,Paraguay andSpain among others.His music resists classification. It results from an original mix of personal experiments, popular music, classical composition - including electroacustic materials - and jazz. He often bases his pieces on the minimalistic repetition of short elements. His lyrics include frequent puns. Overally, his production adopts a tone both ironic and critical, always intelligent and witty, sometimes nihilistic. He recorded more than 20 albums, most of them released in Uruguay and Argentina. In
2003 hisOpera "Maldoror" was performed in theTeatro Colón .He also wrote over 20 books with novels, short stories and plays. 10 of his plays where taken to theater. The
Konex Foundation of Argentina awarded him "Merit for humour in literature" in1994 .External links
* [http://www.leomasliah.com/ Leo Masliah - Official page] (Spanish)
* [http://prairial.free.fr/Masliah/masliah.html Leo Maslíah - Biography] (Spanish and French)
* [http://www.fundacionkonex.org/premios/curriculum.asp?ID=891 Maslíah's Konex] (Spanish)
* [http://www.worldmusicba.com/leo_opiniones.HTML Newspaper comments on Maslíah, biography] (Spanish)
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