Juan Orrego-Salas

Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas (January 18, 1919 – November 24, 2019 ) was a Chilean composer, musicologist, music critic, and academic. Life and career Born Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas in Santiago on January 18, 1919, Orrego-Salas studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (Chile), the music school of the University of Chile, in his native city where he was a pupil of Pedro Humberto Allende (composition) and Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson (composition). He also earned of Bachelor of Arts in architecture in addition to earning his diploma in music composition from the University of Chile. In 1961, Orrego-Salas permanently relocated to the United States to work at Indiana University Bloomington, where he co-founded the Latin American Music Center (LAMC). One of his students at IU’s Jacobs School of Music was composer Ricardo Lorenz who succeeded him as director of the LAMC. In 1992, he was the inaugural winner of Chile’s National Prize for Musical Arts. He died in Bloomington, Indiana, on November 24, 2019. References External links * (accessed 1 October 2013). * La Ciudad Celeste, conducted by Carmen-Helena Téllez * A conversation with Juan Orrego-Salas, recorded March 1, 2014 * Interview