2014-05-28_Ahmed_Anzaldua_Musica_Callada.mp3
Pianist Ahmed Anzaldua plays Book I of 'Musica Callada' by Federico Mompou. Audio engineer: Martin Klemm.
Ahmed Anzaldúa recently joined Cara Lieurance at WMUK in the Takeda performance studio to play music of one of his favorite composers: Federico Mompou.
Before becoming a pianist, Mr. Anzaldúa was a trumpet player enrolled in medical school in Mexico. He relates the story of how he began to play piano and eventually became a graduate student at Western Michigan University, where he studies piano with Silvia Roederer and conducting with Kimberly Dunn Adams.