Lopes-Graça: Piano Works

"•There are three great Portuguese Modernist master composers, one being Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906-94).
• Lopes-Graça integrated Portuguese folklore in his oeuvre, combining it with atonal, dissonance-spiced harmonies like other modern national composers such as Bartók or Ginastera.
• He was a fervent opponent of the Portuguese fascist Prime Minister Salazar, leading to career obstacles and imprisonment.
• As one hears in his idiomatic and effective piano music, he was a subtle and independent master."