Commentaries
LUIS SAGLIE / SAMUEL ADLER (2013)
Samuel Adler
Composer
Professor Emeritus at the
Juilliard School and Eastman School of Music
2013 / 2016
"Luis Saglie is one of the most respected composers, pianists and pedagogues on the musical scene today."
"Mr. Saglie has earned an enviable reputation in South America and North America as well as in Europe. His works have been successfully performed through out the world and he has taught and performed as pianist as well as conductor in a great variety of venues. I know him best as a composer since I have heard many of his works and I consider him a very original and powerful musical voice who combines his South American background with many North American and European techniques to create very unique and individual musical works."
"A terrific piece (El dia de la liberación), musically as well as dramatically exciting. Beautifully orchestrated and vocally most moving. You really know how to create the most effective mood and present every situation to its fullest."
"Bravo! A terrific piece in the grand old Strauss tradition (Evocación) This is I am sure a hit with all good horn players and shows your real command of the compositional technique. I love the piece”
"I recommend Luis Saglie enthusiastically and know that any institution fortunate enough to obtain his services will indeed be exceptionally well served."
Composer
Professor Emeritus at the
Juilliard School and Eastman School of Music
2013 / 2016
"Luis Saglie is one of the most respected composers, pianists and pedagogues on the musical scene today."
"Mr. Saglie has earned an enviable reputation in South America and North America as well as in Europe. His works have been successfully performed through out the world and he has taught and performed as pianist as well as conductor in a great variety of venues. I know him best as a composer since I have heard many of his works and I consider him a very original and powerful musical voice who combines his South American background with many North American and European techniques to create very unique and individual musical works."
"A terrific piece (El dia de la liberación), musically as well as dramatically exciting. Beautifully orchestrated and vocally most moving. You really know how to create the most effective mood and present every situation to its fullest."
"Bravo! A terrific piece in the grand old Strauss tradition (Evocación) This is I am sure a hit with all good horn players and shows your real command of the compositional technique. I love the piece”
"I recommend Luis Saglie enthusiastically and know that any institution fortunate enough to obtain his services will indeed be exceptionally well served."
Jake Heggie
Composer / Pianist
May, 2008 / 2016
"Luis Saglie has a genuine sense of drama and theatre in his work and I look forward to a large-scale opera from him one day soon. He will surprise us all."
"He is an individual profile in the concert world with a vast musical vocabulary and his own sense of invention. At the foundation of his music is Saglie´s Chilean heritage, which informs his work rhythmically and melodically, and gives it a brilliant individual profile in the concert world. But make no mistake, he is a man of the world with a vast musical vocabulary and his own sense of invention."
"(El día de la liberación) ... You have a wonderful gift... There is a real sense of gesture, motion, character, line, architecture and shape... I understood the emotions very clearly... I love the orchestration and the way you handle the voices - alternating between sung and spoken lines and the use of the voices. It is very smart, powerful and theatrical... The development of musical gestures is very clear...”
"It is a pleasure and privilege to recommend Luis Saglie as a fine composer, conductor and pianist .... a serious, ambitious, deeply talented artist with a unique voice."
Composer / Pianist
May, 2008 / 2016
"Luis Saglie has a genuine sense of drama and theatre in his work and I look forward to a large-scale opera from him one day soon. He will surprise us all."
"He is an individual profile in the concert world with a vast musical vocabulary and his own sense of invention. At the foundation of his music is Saglie´s Chilean heritage, which informs his work rhythmically and melodically, and gives it a brilliant individual profile in the concert world. But make no mistake, he is a man of the world with a vast musical vocabulary and his own sense of invention."
"(El día de la liberación) ... You have a wonderful gift... There is a real sense of gesture, motion, character, line, architecture and shape... I understood the emotions very clearly... I love the orchestration and the way you handle the voices - alternating between sung and spoken lines and the use of the voices. It is very smart, powerful and theatrical... The development of musical gestures is very clear...”
"It is a pleasure and privilege to recommend Luis Saglie as a fine composer, conductor and pianist .... a serious, ambitious, deeply talented artist with a unique voice."
Heinz Sichrovsky
News Magazine Austria
May 4, 2006
“Today, it is a rare thing for opera premiers to be remembered. El día de la liberación by the Chilean composer Luis Saglie is in all ways memorable ... It manages decisively to tell a story through a vivid melodic sense.”
News Magazine Austria
May 4, 2006
“Today, it is a rare thing for opera premiers to be remembered. El día de la liberación by the Chilean composer Luis Saglie is in all ways memorable ... It manages decisively to tell a story through a vivid melodic sense.”
LUIS SAGLIE / FERNANDO GARCIA (2017)
Fernando García
Composer / Professor Emeritus at Universidad de Chile / Official Member of the Chilean Academy of Fine Arts / National Prize of Musical Arts 2002
January 17, 2017
“It is an honor to recommend with enthusiasm the distinguished composer and pianist LUIS SAGLIE, who's artistic abilities have earned him an indisputable prestige amongst his peers.
His magnificent artistic-professional upbringing, in institutions of the highest level of Europe and the United States, has allowed him to develop his creative talent in an impressive manner, resulting in his musical works to be vastly well known, respected and applauded by specialists and the general public in the most diverse countries.”
Composer / Professor Emeritus at Universidad de Chile / Official Member of the Chilean Academy of Fine Arts / National Prize of Musical Arts 2002
January 17, 2017
“It is an honor to recommend with enthusiasm the distinguished composer and pianist LUIS SAGLIE, who's artistic abilities have earned him an indisputable prestige amongst his peers.
His magnificent artistic-professional upbringing, in institutions of the highest level of Europe and the United States, has allowed him to develop his creative talent in an impressive manner, resulting in his musical works to be vastly well known, respected and applauded by specialists and the general public in the most diverse countries.”
LUIS SAGLIE / ENRICO PACE (2015)
Enrico Pace
Concert Pianist
December, 2015
"I have read through your compositions, which I find beautiful and full of poetic atmosphere."
Concert Pianist
December, 2015
"I have read through your compositions, which I find beautiful and full of poetic atmosphere."
LUIS SAGLIE / PAOLO BORTOLAMEOLLI (2017)
Paolo Bortolameolli
Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
September, 2017
"Premiering his music, I was able to learn of Maestro Saglie´s serious work of great value and full of brilliant ideas.
As an orchestral conductor, it has been a privilege to discover his music so rich in material. In it, one sees a strong tie to our cultural heritage and evidence of a unique language full of identity.
His deep knowledge of varied musical disciplines - from his theoretical vision, as well as one of an instrumentalist and conductor - portrays itself in the excellent proposal and materialization of his ideas.
You can continue to expect great offerings to the musical world from Luis Saglie"
Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
September, 2017
"Premiering his music, I was able to learn of Maestro Saglie´s serious work of great value and full of brilliant ideas.
As an orchestral conductor, it has been a privilege to discover his music so rich in material. In it, one sees a strong tie to our cultural heritage and evidence of a unique language full of identity.
His deep knowledge of varied musical disciplines - from his theoretical vision, as well as one of an instrumentalist and conductor - portrays itself in the excellent proposal and materialization of his ideas.
You can continue to expect great offerings to the musical world from Luis Saglie"
LUIS SAGLIE / JAN JANKOVIC (2014)
Jan Jankovic
Horn - Vienna Philharmonic
December, 2006
“Luis Saglie has shown through courageous strides, how musically and technically virtuosic horn literature can be, yet at the same time pleasant and understandable for audiences today. Most of all, he acquires this with much respect of the instrument’s natural physical potentials... Through my experience of premiering all the horn repertoire of Luis Saglie, I feel that the roots of his musical ideas would compliment as well as enrich the world of film music... Whether through his solo repertoire, chamber works or larger scale compositions with horn, Mr. Saglie is establishing himself as a pioneer of his time, standing side by side with the most respected composers such as W.A. Mozart, G. Mahler, and R. Strauss.”
Horn - Vienna Philharmonic
December, 2006
“Luis Saglie has shown through courageous strides, how musically and technically virtuosic horn literature can be, yet at the same time pleasant and understandable for audiences today. Most of all, he acquires this with much respect of the instrument’s natural physical potentials... Through my experience of premiering all the horn repertoire of Luis Saglie, I feel that the roots of his musical ideas would compliment as well as enrich the world of film music... Whether through his solo repertoire, chamber works or larger scale compositions with horn, Mr. Saglie is establishing himself as a pioneer of his time, standing side by side with the most respected composers such as W.A. Mozart, G. Mahler, and R. Strauss.”
Graciela Araya
International Opera Singer
November, 2016
"Luis Saglie is the most important Chilean Composer".
International Opera Singer
November, 2016
"Luis Saglie is the most important Chilean Composer".
Christoph Norton-Welsh
"Opera" - The world´s leading opera magazine
August, 2006
"... a promising young Chilean composer ... Saglie himself conducted El Día de la Liebración (´Liberation Day´), his first opera ... He has found his own transparent language."
"Opera" - The world´s leading opera magazine
August, 2006
"... a promising young Chilean composer ... Saglie himself conducted El Día de la Liebración (´Liberation Day´), his first opera ... He has found his own transparent language."
HUW RHYS JAMES / LUIS SAGLIE (2006)
Huw Rhys James
Conductor / Pianist
Artistic Director of the Musikwerkstatt Wien - Vienna
August 24, 2006
“The performance of his opera, El día de la liberación was an enormous success... he composed a score that was full of contrasts and never lacked tension. He has a strong sense of rhythmic structure as well as being able to compose lyrical lines which express the different personalities of the characters on stage... He is an extremely good conductor, with a clear beat and a secure baton technique.”
Conductor / Pianist
Artistic Director of the Musikwerkstatt Wien - Vienna
August 24, 2006
“The performance of his opera, El día de la liberación was an enormous success... he composed a score that was full of contrasts and never lacked tension. He has a strong sense of rhythmic structure as well as being able to compose lyrical lines which express the different personalities of the characters on stage... He is an extremely good conductor, with a clear beat and a secure baton technique.”
Alonso Llosa
Writer/Director for the feature film, "The Lucids"
March, 2011
"The music, as it is, can definitely stand as a masterful work all on its own. I believe it (The Lucids Soundtrack) already belongs to the very short list of great soundtracks that transcend the images to which they were originally attached and gain a life of their own. The type of music that you can carry in your heart and is ready to be played in times when one is in need of beauty."
Writer/Director for the feature film, "The Lucids"
March, 2011
"The music, as it is, can definitely stand as a masterful work all on its own. I believe it (The Lucids Soundtrack) already belongs to the very short list of great soundtracks that transcend the images to which they were originally attached and gain a life of their own. The type of music that you can carry in your heart and is ready to be played in times when one is in need of beauty."
William Kraft
Composer
2009
“It is obvious from the first measures [Concierto Fantástico / El día de la liberación] that you are a mature composer."
Composer
2009
“It is obvious from the first measures [Concierto Fantástico / El día de la liberación] that you are a mature composer."
Peter Damm
Former Principal Horn of the Staatskapelle Dresden
Former Principal Horn of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Professor at the Hochschule fur Musik "Carl Maria von Weber" in Dresden
October, 2003
"Mr. Saglie... your Sonata for Horn and Piano... The work, with its romantic feel, belongs with the highly technically demanding compositions for horn. Much to my liking, the instrument is not forced into experimentation against its character. You achieved to take advantage of the adequate musical possibilities of expression. The horn presents itself both as an instrument of Espressivo with delicate singing leading lines as well as powerful strength and rhythmic energy, sometimes with jaunty playfulness. The second movement moved me deeply with its deep elegy-dreamy feel... I congratulate you on this work.”
Former Principal Horn of the Staatskapelle Dresden
Former Principal Horn of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Professor at the Hochschule fur Musik "Carl Maria von Weber" in Dresden
October, 2003
"Mr. Saglie... your Sonata for Horn and Piano... The work, with its romantic feel, belongs with the highly technically demanding compositions for horn. Much to my liking, the instrument is not forced into experimentation against its character. You achieved to take advantage of the adequate musical possibilities of expression. The horn presents itself both as an instrument of Espressivo with delicate singing leading lines as well as powerful strength and rhythmic energy, sometimes with jaunty playfulness. The second movement moved me deeply with its deep elegy-dreamy feel... I congratulate you on this work.”
Erwin Acel
Conductor
Professor at the University of Music on Vienna
March 25, 2000
“A well developed conductor... Mr. Saglie possesses an efficient conducting technique, effective rehearsing technique with orchestra and excellent musicality. He is capable of extraordinary achievements with orchestras.”
Conductor
Professor at the University of Music on Vienna
March 25, 2000
“A well developed conductor... Mr. Saglie possesses an efficient conducting technique, effective rehearsing technique with orchestra and excellent musicality. He is capable of extraordinary achievements with orchestras.”
Vitaly Margulis
Concert Pianist
Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
January 2 8, 199 7
“...as for his musicality, it is something that didn’t have to be taught... He has very interesting ideas of interpretation... I have been impressed by the enthusiastic response his compositions have received from audiences... His conducting portrays great communication with every player and remarkable understanding of an orchestral piece as a whole... Whether he is conducting an orchestra or collaborating with a soloist in a concerto, Luis transmits a deep sense of musicianship.”
Concert Pianist
Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
January 2 8, 199 7
“...as for his musicality, it is something that didn’t have to be taught... He has very interesting ideas of interpretation... I have been impressed by the enthusiastic response his compositions have received from audiences... His conducting portrays great communication with every player and remarkable understanding of an orchestral piece as a whole... Whether he is conducting an orchestra or collaborating with a soloist in a concerto, Luis transmits a deep sense of musicianship.”
Kronen Zeitung, Austria
April 29, 2006
“The musical language of Luis Saglie in the Chamber Opera El día de la liberación encorporates impacting forms of expression... Saglie portrays the emotional atmosphere clear and straight forward. He manages through good effects of sound to create an atomsphere, while sudden projecting lyricism break the situation... The orchestra ambitiously producing their sound under the direction of the composer...”
April 29, 2006
“The musical language of Luis Saglie in the Chamber Opera El día de la liberación encorporates impacting forms of expression... Saglie portrays the emotional atmosphere clear and straight forward. He manages through good effects of sound to create an atomsphere, while sudden projecting lyricism break the situation... The orchestra ambitiously producing their sound under the direction of the composer...”
Ingrid Haimböck
Director of the Herbert von Karajan Centrum in Vienna
2001
“Luis Saglie (Conductor-Composer-Pianist)... it was undoubtedly his musical versatility with which he was able to convince audiences in numerous evening performances. Luis Saglie was commissioned a musical work... Labyrinth for trumpet and organ was created, built predominantly upon ostinato, impressing by transparent simplicity and producing an exciting contrast to existing compositions for trumpet and organ.”
Director of the Herbert von Karajan Centrum in Vienna
2001
“Luis Saglie (Conductor-Composer-Pianist)... it was undoubtedly his musical versatility with which he was able to convince audiences in numerous evening performances. Luis Saglie was commissioned a musical work... Labyrinth for trumpet and organ was created, built predominantly upon ostinato, impressing by transparent simplicity and producing an exciting contrast to existing compositions for trumpet and organ.”
Wiener Zeitung
April 29, 2006
“What the composer embodies is a amiability for a moderate Modernism... colorful effects and rough rhythms assure tension. As conductor at the performance in the Penzinger Studiobühne, the Chilean composer was able to portray his composition as a success.”
April 29, 2006
“What the composer embodies is a amiability for a moderate Modernism... colorful effects and rough rhythms assure tension. As conductor at the performance in the Penzinger Studiobühne, the Chilean composer was able to portray his composition as a success.”
Carole Dawn Reinhart
Solo Trumpet
Professor at the University of Music in Vienna
October 28, 2004
“Labyrinth for trumpet and organ... Pulsating rhythm drives the work forward to its brilliant climax. The harmonic progressions and melodic lines serve the concept of the work well... These same basic elements are found in his Overture for eight trumpets... It's refreshing to have a contemporary composer using the specific trumpet techniques, double and triple tonguing, most effectively... a worthy addition to trumpet ensemble repertoire... In Sonatina (Reminiscence from Childhood) for trumpet and piano, Luis Saglie has produced another interesting work for the trumpet literature.Again, rhythm is one of the most important elements and it lends itself perfectly to the trumpet... Trumpeters are fortunate to have such a young, talented composer setting his exceptionally interesting musical ideas into trumpet tones.”
Solo Trumpet
Professor at the University of Music in Vienna
October 28, 2004
“Labyrinth for trumpet and organ... Pulsating rhythm drives the work forward to its brilliant climax. The harmonic progressions and melodic lines serve the concept of the work well... These same basic elements are found in his Overture for eight trumpets... It's refreshing to have a contemporary composer using the specific trumpet techniques, double and triple tonguing, most effectively... a worthy addition to trumpet ensemble repertoire... In Sonatina (Reminiscence from Childhood) for trumpet and piano, Luis Saglie has produced another interesting work for the trumpet literature.Again, rhythm is one of the most important elements and it lends itself perfectly to the trumpet... Trumpeters are fortunate to have such a young, talented composer setting his exceptionally interesting musical ideas into trumpet tones.”
Reinhard Schwarz
Music Director and Principal Conductor at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich
Professor at the Vienna Conservatory of Music
10 November, 1998
“Mr. Saglie is an extremely talented musician whom besides his pianistic potentials is already portraying himself as a fruitful rising conductor. He acquires a sensitive and widely knowledgable feel for the contents of a score.”
Music Director and Principal Conductor at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich
Professor at the Vienna Conservatory of Music
10 November, 1998
“Mr. Saglie is an extremely talented musician whom besides his pianistic potentials is already portraying himself as a fruitful rising conductor. He acquires a sensitive and widely knowledgable feel for the contents of a score.”
Österreichische Musikzeitschrift
Juni, 2006
“El día de la liberación... his score is put together through a brilliant technique lying somewhere between moderate serialism and a free-tonality. He convicingly portrayed this as the conductor of the opera’s premier.”
Juni, 2006
“El día de la liberación... his score is put together through a brilliant technique lying somewhere between moderate serialism and a free-tonality. He convicingly portrayed this as the conductor of the opera’s premier.”
Friedrich Gabler
Former Solo Horn of the Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Professor at the University of Music in Vienna
April 8, 2003
“Through the preparation and eventual premier of the Sonata For Horn and Piano by Mr. Luis Saglie, I was able to be awed by the exceptional abilities of the composer... Mr. Saglie has managed very effectively to present the horn as a solo instrument, referring to the optimal usage of the special expressive options – be it virtuosic or elegic.”
Former Solo Horn of the Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Professor at the University of Music in Vienna
April 8, 2003
“Through the preparation and eventual premier of the Sonata For Horn and Piano by Mr. Luis Saglie, I was able to be awed by the exceptional abilities of the composer... Mr. Saglie has managed very effectively to present the horn as a solo instrument, referring to the optimal usage of the special expressive options – be it virtuosic or elegic.”
Furugh Karimi Djafar-Zadeh
Solo Flutist
Professor at the University of Music in Vienna
September 26, 2003
“I have listened to and performed very much contemporary music and therefore can say to you that what you compose is unordinarily good... With the color of your music one can fly and with the power, one can conquer mountains!”
Solo Flutist
Professor at the University of Music in Vienna
September 26, 2003
“I have listened to and performed very much contemporary music and therefore can say to you that what you compose is unordinarily good... With the color of your music one can fly and with the power, one can conquer mountains!”
©Luis Saglie 2019