Antonio María Valencia
Antonio María Valencia (10 November 1902 – 22 July 1952) was a
Colombian composer and pianist, one of his country’s most important classical musicians in the first half of the twentieth century.[1]
He composed in several genres. Among his most important cultural achievements was to promote the creation of the first conservatory in the southwest region of Colombia in the city of Cali. This conservatory is currently part of the Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes.
Biography
Antonio Maria Valencia was born in Cali. He received his first musical lessons from his father, Julio Valencia, and continued his pianistic studies with Honorio Alarcón at the Bogotá Conservatory. Thanks to a scholarship he traveled in 1923 to France in order to study piano and composition at the Schola Cantorum with Paul Braud and Vincent d'Indy. In 1929 he returned to
orchestra conductor
.
The nationalistic style of his compositions became a model for his generation in Colombia. He composed piano, impressionist harmonies
.
References
- ^ Música, Cultura y Pensamiento N 1 - Page 18 "Antonio María Valencia Zamorano (1904 1952) en sus "Breves apuntes sobre la educación musical en Colombia" (Valencia, 1932), publicado en Bogotá en 1932, enunció algunos problemas sobre la educación musical y la situación musical . "
- A cultural history of Latin America: literature, music, and the visual arts in the 19th and 20th century by Leslie Bethell
- Choral Music in the Twentieth Century By Nick Strimple
External links
- Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes
- Compositores Colombianos (Spanish; contains a biography and a list of his works).
- Biographical Documentary 'Antonio María Valencia: música en cámara' documentary.
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