æz ɐ pˈiənɪst hiː ɪmpˈoʊzd ɐ bɹˈɪliənt stˈaɪl ðæt wʌz ɛkspɹˈɛst nˌɑːt ˈoʊnli ɪn mˈoːɹ ðɐn fˈoːɹɾi jˈɪɹz ʌv kˈɑːnsɚts bˌʌt ˈɔːlsoʊ ɪn hɪz kˌɑːmpɪlˈeɪʃənz ænd hˌɑːɹmənᵻzˈeɪʃənz ʌvðə vˌɛnɪzwˈeɪlæn dˈænsᵻz ænd wˈɔltsᵻz ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnθsˈɛntʃɚɹi ænd ðə ɹᵻkˈoːɹdɪŋ ɐn ɪmpˈoːɹtənt nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv ˈælbəmz.
As a pianist he imposed a brilliant style that was expressed not only in more than 40 years of concerts but also in his compilations and harmonizations of the Venezuelan dances and waltzes of the nineteenth-century and the recording an important number of albums.