Van Lester

VAN LESTER

COMPOSER

WELCOME TO MY WORLD... MY MUSIC.

MY NAME IS LESTER ORENGO OLAVARRIA (BETTER KNOW AS VAN LESTER - THE COMPOSER ) I WAS BORN IN RIO PIEDRAS, PUERTO RICO USA I BEGAN COMPOSING POPULAR MUSIC IN 1978. IN THE SUMMER OF 1993, I WAS ON TOUR IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA WHEN I  FOUND MYSELF LISTENING TO BEETHOVEN SONATA NO. 8 "PATHETIQUE" OPUS 13 - 2ND MOVEMENT WHILE LOOKING OUT OF MY HOTEL WINDOW. BETWEEN THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND THE WONDERFUL PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ALASKAN MOUNTAINS, I WAS DEEPLY CAPTIVATED.  I SAID TO MYSELF, "THIS IS MUSIC!".  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POPULAR MUSIC AND CLASSICAL MUSIC BECAME EVIDENT TO ME: I WANTED TO LEARN MORE.  WHEN I RETURNED BACK HOME TO BROOKLYN, NEW YORK I FOUND MYSELF RESEARCHING AS MANY BOOKS ON CLASSICAL COMPOSERS AND THEIR MUSIC AS I COULD.  THEN I CAME ACROSS THE PRINCIPLES OF ORCHESTRATION BY NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV.  THIS IS WHEN STARTED TO INTENSELY STUDY HIS SCORES.  I WAS CAPTIVATED ALL OVER AGAIN, THIS TIME BY THIS COMPOSERS MUSIC AND STYLE OF WRITING.  INSPIRED I COMPOSED MY FIRST STRING QUARTET.  I HOPE THAT MY MUSIC WILL INSPIRE OTHER COMPOSERS TO WRITE MUSIC AND NOT TO BE AFRAID TO TRUST THEIR INSTINCTS.  I WOULD LIKE FOR MY MUSIC TO REACH AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE AND TO BE ONE OF THE COMPOSERS THAT SERIOUS MUSIC LISTENERS WILL STUDY AND APPRECIATE.  I'M PROUD TO PRESENT ONE OF MY WORKS CHARISMA, SONG NO.1, OPUS 4 - FIRST MOVEMENT; IN FEBRUARY 2009, THE EDITION OF VIBRATO FROM THE NOTION MUSIC COMPANY IN NORTH CAROLINA USA, GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A FEATURED COMPOSER OF THE MONTH WITH MY WORK CHARISMA (CHARISMA MEANING "A GIFT OF GOD").  WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL OF GOD HIMSELF FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL GIFTS HE HAS GIVEN TO EACH ONE OF US.  IN MY CASE IT IS THE GIFT OF BEING ABLE TO WRITE MUSIC AND TRANSMIT A MESSAGE TO AN AUDIENCE. www.lomusicworks.com


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