Roberto García Morillo

Roberto García Morillo (January 22, 1911 – October 26, 2003) was an Argentine composer, musicologist, music professor and music critic. Biography García Morillo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música “Carlos López Buchardo” (with José André, Floro M. Ugarte, José Gil, and Constantino Gaito), and in Paris studied piano with Yves Nat . Morillo died on October 26, 2003. He worked as a music critic for the newspaper La Nación starting in 1938, and subsequently published in many Argentine and North American periodicals. He was appointed to joint positions as professor of composition in both the national and the municipal conservatories in Buenos Aires in 1942 . Curriculum: *Director of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música “Carlos López Buchardo” (1972–79) *Professor of Composition at the Conservatorio Municipal de Música and at the Antiguo Conservatorio “Beethoven” *Music critic of the newspaper La Nación (1938–79) *Member of the Comisión de Música Sinfónica y de Cámara de SADAIC *Vicepresident of the Asociación Argentina de Compositores (AAC) *President of the Unión Compositores de la Argentina (CUDA) *Member of the Senato Académic