Otero returns to music festival Wednesday

Sunday, July 19, 2015
Fernando Otero

Soulful Grammy-winning pianist and composer Fernando Otero, hailed by the New York Times for his "brilliant playing" that fuses tango, jazz and classical music, returns to the Greencastle Summer Music Festival at 7:30 p.m. this Wednesday, performing in Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church.

Otero will be joined by the festival's founder, the critically-acclaimed cellist Eric Edberg. No tickets are required for the concert; free will offerings are accepted and the festival is supported by donations from individuals, an endowment at the Putnam County Community Foundation and the Inn at DePauw.

Otero, who has a major international career, first gained prominence in 2000 with his debut and eponymous album, a collection of pieces recorded in Buenos Aires in the early '90s, before moving his residence to New York. Afterward he released "Chamber Music", "Siderata", "Plan", "Revision", "Expansion" and in 2008 his acclaimed debut album on Nonesuch Records: "Pagina de Buenos Aires" . After the release of "Material" in 2009 by Warner Music, with his new album titled "Vital" (Harmonia Mundi), he won the Latin Grammy for Best Classical album in 2010.

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