Roberto McCausland Dieppa

Roberto McCausland-Dieppa (born July 6, 1959), also known as Dieppe, is a Colombian pianist, composer, and conductor, specializing in classical, jazz, and Hungarian music. His performances at various venues across the United States, Asia, Australia, and Europe, are noted such as Carnegie Hall, Ostrogskich-Chopin Hall, and the United Nations.

Roberto became well known after composing and conducting Sinfonia Latina at age seventeen in 1976. Following Sinfonia Latina event, he moved on to classical performances, composing and conducting becoming a critical figure in music education for children, disseminating Caribbean music using folk idioms and dance rhythm, espousing Hungarian music and culture, particularly the music of Franz Liszt, Béla Bartók which he is most passionately interested.

Biography Dieppa was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. He gained prominence at the age of 17 when he composed and led the "Sinfonía Latina" with the Barranquilla Philharmonic.

In 1976, Dieppa blended rock, jazz, salsa, Spanish, and Caribbean music into a symphony, performed at the Municipal Theater to an audience of around 3,000.

Conducting style A noted feature of the conductor's style is his ability to conduct without a baton. This eccentricity was observed by Juan B. Fernandez author and editor of El Heraldo comparing him to a young Arturo Toscanini. It is generally considered of great importance to a conductor's ability to communicate with the orchestra.

As Igor Stravinsky "Dieppa's" conducting style came about as a necessity to disseminate the music and expand the Orchestra beyond traditional boundaries.