The work of Luis Humberto Salgado in the UDA

The December 6 was held at the General Auditorium of the UDA the presentation Salgado Lírico, a show composed of several works by Ecuadorian composer Luis Humberto Salgado.  

The event was attended by the UDA Symphonic Choir and the José María Rodríguez Conservatory Choir.

Javier Andrade, stage director and student of the life of the Ecuadorian composer, was in charge throughout the night to present Salgado's work and the meaning of his artistic expressions.

Luis Humberto Salgado was a renowned Ecuadorian composer who was born in the December 10 of 1903 in Cayambe, Ecuador and died at his 74 years, the December 12 of 1977, in the capital.

Salgado composed nine symphonies, four operas, an opera-ballet, eight concerts, operettas and several pieces of Ecuadorian popular music, especially sanjuanitos and parades, some with notable innovations such as the Second Symphony (Synthetic No. 1), the Sixth Symphony ( for strings and timpani), the 2 and 3 Sonatas for piano and the Futuristic Sanjuanito.

From traditional Ecuadorian music he drew motives for his operas, as well as rhythms and harmonies for his symphonies. Despite the efforts of the Ecuadorian Symphony Orchestra and the director Álvaro Manzano, much of his music is still to be performed and almost all of it is recorded.

"This version that we represent today, a fundamentally musical version, with certain elements of the scene, allows us to intuit the grandeur, depth and richness of Luis Humberto Salgado's proposal," said Andrade.

Salgado proposed 70 years ago, an idea of ​​what Ecuadorian opera can be. “This opera can have a universal projection, an opera that does not shrink in front of anything and that shows all the strength of the equatorial, the strength of the volcanic, the strength of the jungle that makes our Ecuadorian, plurinational being,” added the teacher.

UDA Correspondent