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History

After attending a workshop with the students of the Russia

Russia

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n pianist

Pianist

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, Alexandr Sklioutovski, in San José, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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, Dieter Lehnhoff

Dieter Lehnhoff

Dieter Lehnhoff is a composer, conductor, and musicologist.-Life:Born in Guatemala City to German settlers, 1955, Dieter Lehnhoff has been a pupil of Klaus Ager, Gerhard Wimberger, Josef Maria Horváth, and Dr. Friedrich C. Heller in Salzburg...

was so impressed with the virtuoso level of the young Costa Rican pianist

Pianist

s that he immediately sketched out the first movement of the concerto

Concerto

A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...

. He completed it in Heredia

Heredia, Costa Rica

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, where he was guest professor at the National University, in July, 2005. The second movement was written in a few days and completed in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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, where the composer

Composer

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was a keynote speaker at the First World Music Forum of the Unesco

UNESCO

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International Music Council

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early in October. The third movement was completed in November in Guatemala

Guatemala

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. Each movement was composed in full score, of which the composer immediately made a reduction for two pianos. The concerto had its premiere at the Great Hall of the National Theatre in Guatemala City

Guatemala City

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, on 17 June, 2006. The soloist was the young Costa Rican pianist, José Pablo Quesada, with the Millennium Orchestra and the composer conducting. It was first performed in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

at the National Theatre in San José

San José, Costa Rica

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on 10 May, 2007, with José Pablo Quesada as soloist, and the newly established Symphony Orchestra of the National University conducted by Dieter Lehnhoff

Dieter Lehnhoff

Orchestration

2 Flute

Flute

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2 Oboe

Oboe

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2 Clarinet

Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...

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Bass Clarinet

Bass clarinet

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2 Bassoon

Bassoon

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2 French horns,
2 Trumpet

Trumpet

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Timpani

Timpani

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Xylophone

Xylophone

The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets...

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Percussion: triangle, suspended cymbal, cymbals;
First violin

Violin

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Second violin

Violin

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Viola

Viola

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Violoncellos,
Double Bass

Double bass

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