POST 4: MUSICIAN

 

Don Shirley was a pianist and composer from the United States who was born in 1927 and died in 2013, he began his piano studies at 2 or 3 years old, and was the first black person to enter the conservatory of the Catholic University of America, he also had a doctorate in psychology.

The truth is that I have liked it since a couple of years ago, since I saw a movie about him, called "Green book" and to be honest I am not a big fan of jazz music but I'm a fan of classical music, since that's what I'm currently studying, and this character draws my attention a lot because of the music he played and composed, it was an hybrid between classical music and jazz. The reason of the mixtures of styles is because he had a conservatory training, but in those times black people were not allowed to play classical music, This is why his record label recommended him to compose music with African American roots.

 his most important work is the "orpheus in the underworld" variations and it is personally the album that I like the most, along with his works for piano, cello and double bass trio.

He had a somewhat suffering life, since being black and gay in an era where racism dominated the thinking of the vast majority of people in the United States.