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Amalia Larraín y Vicuña

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Amalia Larraín y Vicuña (married name Amalia Larraín de Armstrong; 16 June 1832 – 14 July 1928) was a Chilean composer, socialite and philanthropist. Biography Larraín was born on 16 June 1832 in Santiago to and María de las Mercedes Vicuña. Larraín’s 1922 composition was based on the work of , and was created to benefit the victims of the Vallenar earthquake. Larraín and Armstrong had three children. On 14 July 1928 Larraín died in Santiago, aged 96. References

Carmela Mackenna

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Carmela Mackenna Subercaseaux (31 July 1879 – 30 January 1962) was a Chilean pianist and composer. She was successful as both a pianist and composer in Europe, and is identified with the expressionist and neo-classism style. Early and personal life Carmela Mackenna Subercaseaux was born in Santiago on 31 July 1879, As a child, Mackenna was educated at home, like most Chilean women at the time, and showed an aptitude for creative subjects including music, painting and writing. She studied music theory with Bindo Paoli in Santiago, who saw her talent for music and encouraged her to continue her musical studies. Mackenna received critical acclaim during a piano recital presented by Paoli’s students in 1917 and was described in the press as having the “soul of an artist”. Mackenna married diplomat Enrique Cuevas and together they relocated to Germany in 1926, where they lived for the next ten years and was Mackenna’s most active period as a composer. However, her Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, which was first played in Berlin on 21 May 1933, was performed in Chile. References

Chañaral Ortega-Miranda

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Chañaral Ortega-Miranda (born 1973) is a Chilean composer of classical music. Born in Arica, Chile, in 1973, Ortega-Miranda was exiled in France for the first six years of his life. After studying musical theory and composition in Buenos Aires from 1989 to 1993, he attended Sergio Ortega’s composition classes at the École Normale de Musique de Paris until 2000. He then attended the Conservatoire de Strasbourg where he studied with Ivan Fedele. He participated in the annual Musiques à l’encre fraîche festivals from 1993 to 2000. He has also worked with Jonathan Harvey, Michael Jarrell, Zoltán Jeney and Péter Eötvös at the Acanthes Centre and participated in the composition session at the Fondation Royaumont: Voix Nouvelles with Brian Ferneyhough and Stefano Gervasoni. Ortega-Miranda is a cofounder of the Association Syntono, Boulogne-Billancourt, which supports the composition and promotion of contemporary music. Q’inti, his award-winning composition for orchestral ensemble, is inspired by an Inca legend. Works *Q’inti, orchestral ensemble (2004) *Oba ’loube oba ‘ye, guitar and live electronics (2002) *Kelleñutún, cello solo (2001) *Tzinin-oc, soprano, mezzo=soprano, tenor, baritone

Claudio Spies

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Carlos Claudio Spies (March 26, 1925 – April 2, 2020) was a Chilean American composer. Biography Early life Born in Santiago, Chile, of German Jewish parents, Spies completed primary and secondary education in Santiago in 1941, when he passed the Bachillerato. Erich Kleiber and Fritz Busch were mentors to Spies at an early age. Spies came to the United States in August 1942 to study music at New England Conservatory and Longy School of Music, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger and, after her departure for California, with Harold Shapero. He entered Harvard College in February 1947. One of his most influential teachers at Harvard was Irving Fine, and another was Otto Gombosi. He wrote his dissertation on “The concept of form in the symphonies and concertos of Strawinsky.” He graduated in June 1950, and received the John K. Paine Traveling Fellowship, which took him to Paris, where he spent a year composing. He returned to Harvard as a graduate student and received his MA degree in composition in 1954. Career Spies has taught music at many institutions: * Harvard University (1953–1957) * Vassar College (1957–1958) * Swarthmore College (1958–1970) * Princeton University (Professor

Delfina de la Cruz

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Delfina de la Cruz Zañartu (24 February 1837 – 8 May 1905), also known as Delfina Pérez, was a Chilean pianist, composer and First Lady of Chile during 1876 to 1881. De la Cruz was the first female composer of choral music in Chile. De la Cruz was the paternal granddaughter of Luis de la Cruz, and the cousin of Manuel Bulnes. On 24 November 1855 De la Cruz married Aníbal Pinto, a lawyer, politician and future 9th President of Chile. Through marriage De la Cruz was related to two other First Ladies of Chile, her sister-in-law of Enriqueta Pinto, and her mother-in-law of Luisa Garmendia. Career De la Cruz was an accomplished pianist and composer. Under the pseudonym Delfina Perez, de la Cruz published 12 works throughout the 19th century, surpassed in volume only by Isidora Zegers. Her work was praised by local press in Valparaíso and Santiago, where she sometimes performed benefit concerts. Several of her pieces also attained international recognition, including “The Star of Night” (""), a polka for piano which was played in Paris, as well as “Armando the Gondolier” (""), a waltz for piano later performed in Germany. She is also the first Chilean woman to venture into the compositio

Fernando García (composer)

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Fernando García (born July 4, 1930) is a Chilean composer. Active since 1956 he has done orchestral music, chamber music, etc. He studied with Juan Orrego-Salas and Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, among others. His style is influenced by serialism and aleatoric procedures. He also played a role in the beginnings of electroacoustic music in Chile, after a trip he made to France in the early 1950s where he heard musique concrete. He was born in Santiago, Chile. He worked for the Instituto de Extensión Musical of the University of Chile, and in 1962 he premiered the cantata América Insurrecta, which won an award at the Chilean Music Festival. After the Chilean coup-d’état, he was forced into exile, first in Perú (1973-1979), and then in Cuba (1979-1990). He returned to his country in 1989 and joined the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile where he taught musicology until 2009. In 2002, he received the National Prize for Musical Arts. In 2013 he was recognized by the Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de Autor (SCD) as one of the Fundamental figures of Chilean music. Selected works *Variaciones for orchestra, 1959 *Sinfonía, 1960 *América Insurrecta, for speaker, chorus and orchestra, text b

Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt

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Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (August 26, 1925 – January 3, 2010) was a Chilean composer. Biography and career Becerra-Schmidt was born in Temuco, Chile. He studied at The Chilean National Conservatory, and was taught by Pedro Humberto Allende. During this time and after, Becerra-Schmidt was a teacher in the Chilean National Conservatory, he held this position until 1971 when he became a Cultural attaché between Chile and Bonn. 2 years later, Becerra-Schmidt moved to Germany due to the 1973 Chilean coup d’état, in Germany, Becerra-Schmidt taught at the University of Oldenburg beginning in 1974. Becerra was also an important teacher. Some of his pupils are among the most important composers of Chile, these include Luis Advis, Sergio Ortega, Fernando García and Cirilo Vila. Becerra-Schmidt died on January 3, 2010, at his home in Oldenburg. Compositions Becerra was a prolific Chilean composer, his catalogue includes hundreds of compositions that goes from traditional to avant-garde to Aleatoric music, and from popular songs to large-scale cantatas, symphonies and oratorios. However, a large part of his musical career was politically involved, some of his cantatas included verses that were r

Ida Vivado

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Ida Vivado Orsini (1913–1989) was a Chilean pianist and composer. Biography Ida Vivado was born in Tacna, Peru. She graduated from the National Conservatory of Music in Chile with a degree in Interpretation in 1941 and took a position on the faculty at the National Conservatory. She continued her studies in composition with Domingo Santa Cruz and Free Focke. She received a scholarship to study in Italy in 1958 and studied instrumentation with Salvador Candianni. After completing her studies, Vivado worked as a composer, and served as president of the National Association of Composers of Chile (ANC) from 1971-73. Vivado married Don Marco Bontá, who died in 1974. She published the article “Alberto Spikin” in Reviste Musical Chilena (April–June 1972). Works Selected works include: *Estudios for piano (1966) *Ocho Trozos, piano for four hands (1974) *Tres Poemsa y una Canzion for voice and piano (1949) *Tres Preludios y Tema con Variaciones for piano (1952) *Suite for piano (1955) *Seis Danzas Antiguas for piano (1955) *Picaresca for voice and orchestra (1977) *Series Alternadas for piano (1986) Her music has been recorded and issued on CD: *Chilean music of the twentieth century, vol.

Iris Sanguesa

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Iris Sanguesa de Ichasso (née Sanguesa Hinostroza) (born March 3, 1933), known as Iris Sangüesa, is a Chilean composer, pianist and percussionist defined as the first composer in electronic music in her country. Biography Sanguesa was born in Osorno, Chile. She graduated from the Chilean National Conservatory in Santiago in 1959 and received a fellowship to study at the Torcuato Di Tella Institute’s CLAEM (Centro Latinamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales) in Buenos Aires from 1967 to 1968, becoming one of the first women to study at the prestigious institution. At CLAEM, she composed several multimedia pieces and her teachers included Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, German Berner, Jorge Canelo, Augustin Cullel, Alberto Ginastera, Flora Guerra, and Herminia Raccagni. In 2024, the Department of Music at the University of Chile paid tribute to her as “the first Chilean composer in electronic music.” *Sonata (double bass and piano) *El Pianista Chileno (for children) *Mariposas *Pieces for Children *Variations Vocal *“Hymn for Liceo Gabriela Mistral" *“Hymn for Liceo Manuel de Salas” *“Hymn for the Swiss College” References External links *Listen to works by Iris Sanguesa

Isidora Zegers

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Isidora Zegers Montenegro (also known as Isidora Zegers de Huneeus or Isidora Zegers; 1 January 1803 – 14 July 1869) was a Spanish musician and composer. She is known for her contributions to Chilean culture during the 19th century. She co-founded a weekly musical publication, and the Philharmonic Society of Santiago. She was honorary president of the National Academy of Music, and co-founded the Philharmonic Society of Santiago. Biography Isidora Zegers was born in Madrid, Spain on 1 January 1803, and was of Flemish origin. She studied voice under Federico Massimino, composition under Paer, and harp, guitar, piano in Paris, France. In 1852, Zegers was named honorary president of the National Academy of Music. In 1826, she co-founded the Philharmonic Society of Santiago with Carlos Drewetcke. In addition, she contributed to charities as a singer and organizer of musical events. Zegers died on 14 July 1869 in Santiago. The University of Chile has a performance space named in Zeger’s honour, the Sala Isidora Zegers. Works Isidora Zegers’s compositions are for voice and piano or piano solo, mostly dating from her years in Paris and some written in French. She completed five compositio

Jorge Arriagada

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Jorge Arriagada (20 August 1943 – 8 October 2024) was a French-Chilean composer residing in France. Specializing in film music, he is best known for his longstanding collaboration with director Raúl Ruiz. Life and career Arriagada studied composition and orchestral conducting at the National Conservatory of Music in Santiago. Later, he received a four-year scholarship from the French government, allowing him to study in Paris with Max Deutsch, a student and friend of the Austrian composer and theorist Arnold Schönberg. He also studied with Pierre Schaeffer, Olivier Messiaen, and Pierre Boulez. In 1972, the Guggenheim Foundation in New York awarded Arriagada a scholarship for his contributions to the field of electronic music at Stanford University in California, USA. During the same period, he served as a professor of music composition for French government scholarship recipients. From 1977, he worked primarily in the film industry, composing music for over 160 films for about thirty directors, including Olivier Assayas, Patricio Guzmán, Benoît Jacquot, Orson Welles, and Barbet Schroeder, as well as 46 films directed by Ruiz. His film scores often encompass symphonic music, as well

Jorge Peña Hen

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Jorge Washington Peña Hen (January 16, 1928 – October 16, 1973) was a Chilean composer and musician, founder of the first children’s symphony orchestra in Latin America. Due to his militancy in the Socialist Party, he was shot by the Chilean Army during the passage of the Caravan of Death in the Coquimbo Region. Works His children’s opera La Cenicienta was composed in 1966. It was restaged in 2004 by Fondazione Teatro La Fenice, and in 2005 by University of Chile’s Theatre in Santiago Chile. Early life He was the son of Tomás Peña Fernández, doctor, mayor, councilor, socialist social actor and politician, and Vitalia Hen Muñoz. On his paternal side, he was a descendant of Tomás Peña, a hero of the La Serena Artisan Society and of revolutionary regionalism, and of José Antonio Peña, commander of the Huasquina Legion who fought in the army of Pedro León Gallo and died in the Battle of The Parrots during 1859 revolution. He was the eldest of three brothers made up of Silvia and Rubén. From an early age he demonstrated leadership qualities, as a student leader, as well as his talent as a born composer and creator, writing his first piece of music at the age of fourteen. At the age of 1

Juan Orrego-Salas

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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

Leni Alexander

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Helene Sara Alexander Pollack (; 8 June 1924 – 7 August 2005) was a German-Chilean modernist composer who was among the first to experiment with electronic music in Chile. She fled to Chile in 1939 to escape the Nazi regime in Germany and eventually became a naturalised Chilean citizen in 1951. Alexander was also known for her efforts to promote Chilean and Latin American music across Europe, in addition to her musical educational schemes in Chile. Early life and education Helene Sara Alexander was born on 8 June 1924 in Breslau, Province of Lower Silesia (present-day Wrocław, Poland) to a Jewish family. Alexander’s father, Max Alexander (1898–1962), was a publishing executive and her mother, Ilse Pollack (1894–1964), was an opera singer. Alexander grew up in Hamburg where she first studied piano. In April 1939, Alexander, her mother and step-father fled Nazi Germany on one of the last German ships destined to Santiago. On 28 October 1940, Nazi regime stripped Alexander of her German citizenship. Alexander later studied psychology at the University of Chile, where she specialized Montessori method of teaching for children with disabilities. During this period Alexander developed he

Leon Schidlowsky

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Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete (; 21 July 1931 – 10 October 2022) was a Chilean and Israeli composer and painter. He wrote music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, and instruments including the piano, violin, cello, flute, mandolin, guitar, harp, organ. About 65 pieces were written in graphic notation. His compositions have been performed in numerous countries, with orchestra conductors including Aldo Ceccato, Clytus Gottwald, Erhard Karkoschka, Herbert Kegel, Lukas Foss, Zubin Mehta and Hermann Scherchen. The scores of his graphic music have been shown in exhibitions such as Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen. Schidlowsky worked as a professor of composition both in Chile and Israel, influencing many students. Life and career León Schidlowsky was born in Santiago on 21 July 1931. * Caupolicán, text by Pablo Neruda, for speaker, mixed chorus, 2 pianos, 6 percussionists * Tríptico for orchestra * Kristallnacht, text: fragment from a traditional Jewish prayer, for tenor, male chorus, orchestra * Invocation, text by the composer, for soprano, speaker, orchestra * Llaqui, text by Javier Heraud, for speaker and orchestra * New York for orchestra * Epi

Luis Advis

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Luis Advis Vitaglich (10 February 1935 – 9 September 2004) was a Chilean professor of philosophy, and a noted composer of traditional and New Chilean music. He was officially recognized as a fundamental figures of Chilean music in 2003. Biography Advis was born in Iquique in northern Chile. He graduated in Philosophy from the Universidad de Chile and held numerous academic posts in various schools of higher learning in his country. Musical work Advis did not formally study music or composition at university, but he studied piano with Alberto Spikin and composition with Chilean academic and musician Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (to whom the amalgamation of the European classical music traditions with Latin American musical expressions is owed). Although Advis recognized his appreciation of traditional classical music, he felt the need to revitalize and develop popular and folk music through works such as cantatas and symphonies. Prominent in his repertoire for vocalists are the cantata Santa María de Iquique (a milestone of the New Chilean Song movement), the Canto para una Semilla (Song for a Seed) based on poems by Violeta Parra (recorded by Inti-illimani, Isabel Parra and Carmen Bunst

María Luisa Sepúlveda

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Maira María Luisa Sepúlveda (14 August 18984 April 1958) was a Chilean composer and music educator. Biography María Luisa Sepúlveda was born in Chillán, the daughter of Bernardo Sepúlveda, professor of philosophy and languages at the Lyceum, and poet Maira Mercedes. She graduated from secondary studies at the Lyceum for Girls. She went on to study at the National Conservatory of Music with Bindo Paoli for piano, José Varalla for violin and Luis Esteban Giarda and Domingo Brescia for harmony, counterpoint and composition. She graduated with a piano degree in 1905, and in composition in 1918, then took a position as professor of piano at the National Conservatory where she worked until 1931. After leaving the Conservatory, she taught harmony and folklore at the Vocational School for Arts Education in Santiago. She died in Santiago. Works Sepúlveda composed many works based on Chilean folk music, and also texts for use in music education including “Método de Guitarra” and “El amigo del niño” for beginning piano students. Selected works include: *La Voz del Pasado *Cancionero Chileno * Estudio Sinfónico y Greca for orchestra (1932) *Canción de las Corhuillas y Trutruka for orchestra (1

Marta Canales

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Marta Canales Pizarro (17 July 1893 – 6 December 1986) was a Chilean violinist, choral conductor, and composer. She was born in Santiago and made her debut as a violinist at age eleven playing Mendelssohn’s “Concerto”. With her brothers, she founded a chamber ensemble that was active from 1916–1920. After her performing career ended, she studied composition with Luigi Stefano Giarda, and then worked as a composer and choral conductor. She died in Santiago, aged 93. Works Selected works include: *“Marta y María”, oratorio for soloists, chorus, organ and string orchestra (1929) *“Misa de Eucaristía” for four mixed voices, chorus and string orchestra (1930) *“Misa de Navidad” for mixed chorus of four voices and orchestra (1930) *“Misa en estilo gregoriano” for voice and organ (1933) *“Madrigales Teresianos”, collection of twelve chorals, four mixed voices on the poetry of St. Teresa of Jesus (1933) *“Himnos y cantos sacros en estilo gregoriano” for voice and organ (1936–1940) *“Elevación”, poem for organ, harp and string orchestra *“Cuatro canciones de cuna” for four voice choirs *“Dos canciones” for four equal voices *“Cantares Chilenos”, collection of ten tunes, harmonized choruses

Mauricio Rosenmann Taub

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Mauricio Rosenmann Taub (29 June 1932 – 8 March 2021) was a Chilean composer, writer and poet. Background A native of Santiago, he studied piano and composition initially in Santiago, then in Stuttgart and Freiburg with a Scholarship of the DAAD. In Paris he studied at the Conservatoire National with Olivier Messiaen and graduated with distinction (premier prix). During this time Rosenmann worked at the French Broadcast at the “Groupe des Recherches Musicales”, studied organ with Édouard Souberbielle and musicology. With André Martinet he studied linguistics at the University of Paris (Sorbonne). He returned to Germany, attended the Darmstadt New Music Summer School and joined in Freiburg the class of Wolfgang Fortner. He graduated with a composing degree (“Reifeprüng in Komposition und Musiktheorie”) and became a lecturer at the Freiburger Musikhochschule. He was a professor at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen 1974 until 1999. Rosenmann Taub died in Essen on 8 March 2021, at the age of 88. Work In 1960 some poems by Rosenmann were translated into German and published in Freiburg. In 1969 in both Freiburg and Santiago the book Los Paraguas Del No was presented (review i

Raúl de Ramón

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Raúl de Ramón, full name Raúl Alberto de Ramón García del Postigo, (May 12, 1929, Santiago de Chile — April 1984) was a Chilean composer, musician and folklorist and author of numerous widely known songs in Chile, such as The Curanto, Nostalgia Colchaguina, Camino de Soledad, Rosa Colorada, Canción de la Caballería, El Amor del Arriero and many more. He married María Eugenia Silva Fuentes and together they produced two children, Carlos Alberto (lawyer), and Raúl Eduardo (neurosurgeon). He performed alongside his wife and his two children in the group Los de Ramón with whom he traveled and presented Chilean music in the entire U.S.A. Throughout his career he performed in more than 92 concerts and travelled throughout Mexico and the rest of the countries of Latin America. Education De Ramón studied at The Grange School in Santiago and soon graduated as an architect from the Catholic University of Chile. He spent an important part of its youth in the country in the Colchagua province where he became absorbed by the fundamentals of the Chilean culture of the Central Zone, crossing it by horse and taking feeling of its roots, falling in love deeply with the basis of Chilean heritage whi

Santiago Vera-Rivera

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Santiago Vera-Rivera (born November 2, 1950) (also known as Santiago Vera Rivera, without hyphen) is a Chilean composer, teacher and musical researcher. Education Vera-Rivera began his studies in composition at the Arts Faculty of the Universidad de Chile, under composers Carlos Botto, Alfonso Letelier, Juan Amenábar, Juan Lemann and Cirilo Vila. Career He has taught at all educational levels in Chile and gave courses in Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia and Spain. At the present time he is a permanent teacher and Director of the Departamento de Educación Musical at the Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE), the Universidad de Chile and the Instituto Interamericano de Educación Musical (Inter-American Music Education Institute), a Chile-based organism of the Organization of American States (OAS). Academic posts Vera-Rivera was a founding member of prestigious authors and academic institutions, some of which he represented in Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Sweden, France and England. In 1987, he was elected President of the Asociación Nacional de Compositores de Chile (ANC). On May 25, 1998, he was nominated as full member and for period 2000-06 Executive Secretary

Sebastián Santa María

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Sebastián Santa María Pérez (September 24, 1959 – October 20, 1996) was a Chilean-Swiss musician. He was born in 1959 in Santiago, Chile, but settled in Lausanne, Switzerland at age 17. He played the piano in several clubs in Lausanne until beginning a fertile career as a composer, composing a number of songs including some made for Catherine Lara, Bernard Lavilliers, for Viktor Lazlo’s album My Delicious Poisons and Isabelle Adjani. Besides these composing activities, he also played numerous piano duet jazz concerts with François Lindemann, and a few years later, he founded with Lindemann a unique group of seven Steinways called Piano Seven. He also participated in the reincarnation of British band The Zombies, playing on their 1991 album, New World. As a solo artist, he released a few singles and one full-length album (Latino, 1994). A second album, Corpus, was released posthumously in 1997. Santa María died of adrenoleukodystrophy in 1996 in Lausanne. References External links * Official webpage * Discography * Latino *

Sylvia Soublette

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Sylvia Soublette Asmussen (February 5, 1924 – January 29, 2020) was a Chilean composer, singer, choirmaster and educator. She won the 1964 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Gold Medal, the 1997 Critics Award from the Valparaíso Art Critics Circle, the 1998 music medal from the National Music Council, and the Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit, which was awarded posthumously. She published and performed under the name Sylvia Soublette. Early life and family Soublette was born in Viña del Mar to a musical family. Her brother is the musicologist Gastón Soublette. Their mother, Isabel Asmussen Urrutia, was a singer, and their father, Luis Soublette García-Vidaurre, took them to choral concerts. Their paternal grandmother was composer Rosa García Vidaurre. Sylvia Soublette began singing with her cousins at age 12. In 1941, while studying at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones, she founded the Coro Femenino Viña del Mar. She later founded a male choir at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso and a mixed one at the same institution in 1945. The next year, she married Gabriel Valdés, who later became Chile’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. They had three children (Maximia

Viviana Guzmán

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Viviana Guzmán (born August 20, 1964) is a Chilean professional flutist, composer, dancer and poet, who performs over 80 concerts a year, and has played in 122 countries. She has been described by The New York Times as “an imaginative artist”. It has also been said of her that “Guzmán may be the first flutist since her teacher Jean-Pierre Rampal, to be able to establish a sustaining solo career.” She coaches for the Peninsula Youth Orchestra and teaches at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Early life and education Born in Concepcion, Chile, Guzmán came to the United States as a child in order to get medical treatment for displaced hips, and now lives near San Francisco, California. By the age of 15, she played as a soloist with orchestra, studied with Jean-Pierre Rampal and was featured on NBC’s nationally televised John Denver music special. Guzmán has also studied with Albert Tipton, James Galway, and Julius Baker. Guzmán attended Rice University on fellowship, first with an emphasis on medicine; subsequently, she chose music as her career path and attended the Juilliard School on scholarship. Guzmán gave her New York recital debut at the Carnegie Hall Recital Hall. A win