Ahmed Alom | Calvo: Intermezzo No. 2 "Lejano Azul"

In a very unique way, Alom [The minimalist (not mannerist) interpretation of Calvo's four Intermezzos, stands out - Susan Campos, PhD ] and [Alom plays Calvo’s four Intermezzos, arguably the composer’s finest work, with warmth and care, channeling the uncanny combination of charm and emotional distance in the music - George Grella] explores that spirit of resilience that shaped a large part of the work of Colombian composer, whom lived and die in the isolated Colombian town of Agua de Dios, a mass leprosarium-concentration camp style, run by the Colombian government during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In the recent novel God’s Punishment, Colombian composer Julián De La Chica, highlights the human rights abuses of this dark chapter in Colombia’s history.