Ernesto Lecuona - Mazurka en Glissando - Ashley Ball - 2011

Playing as a "special guest" to ThePIanoStudio, Ashley Ball is performing Mazurka en Glissando, a selection for piano - composed by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona. This video is included at this channel, with full permissions. "Cuban Passion" - is the 2 CD set of Ashley Ball - and his dedicated work of Lecuona selections can be purchased by visiting his website at: Or, by visiting the following Amazon link: This collection can also be downloaded on Itunes. Biography: (source - Wikipedia) Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963) started early studying piano under his sister Ernestina Lecuona, a famed composer in her own right. He later studied at the Peyrellade Conservatoire under Antonio Saavedra and the famous Joaquin Nin. Lecuona graduated from the National Conservatory of Havana with a Gold Medal for interpretation when he was sixteen. And he performed outside of Cuba at the Aeolian Hall (New York) in 1916. He first travelled to Spain in 1924 on a concert tour with violinist Maria de la Torre; his successful piano recitals in 1928 at Paris coincided with a rise in interest in Cuban music. He was a prolific composer of songs and music for stage and film. His works consisted of zarzuela, Afro-Cuban and Cuban rhythms, suites and many songs which are still very famous. They include Siboney (Canto Siboney), Malagueña and The Breeze And I (Andalucía). In 1942, his great hit, Always in my heart (Siempre en mi Corazon) was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song; however, it lost to...