Miguel Esebilio Senior (Curaçao, 1877 - Dominican Republic, 1947) is one of the most talented pianists that Curaçao has ever produced. After his education at the conservatory, he performed on all the well-known concert stages in Latin America, and also in Paris, playing works by Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Gottschalk, Debussy, Mozkowski and Cervantes. Besides being a gifted pianist, Miguel Senior also distinguished himself as a talented composer. A music collection with eighteen of his elegant and original compositions was printed in Paris by the firm G. Mergault et Cie. The well-known virtuoso Curaçaoan pianist Professor Harold Martina (1935) characterized Miguel Senior's compositions as follows:
‘Senior writes in uncommon keys and modes and employs tight periods and structures. His dynamic notation reveals genuine expression. In multiple instances he develops an elaborated Left Hand. In short, this is pianistic writing of high level’.
Pianist Ketevan Sharumashvili plays three of Miguel Senior’s compositions: Lottie (valse), Grecia y Luz Maria (schottische) and Bambán Curiel (valse).
Links:
www.palmmusicfoundation.com
www.ketisharu.com/