Cirilo Vila
Cirilo Vila Castro | |
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| Born | 7 October 1937 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 23 July 2015 (age 77) Santiago, Chile |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, academic |
| Instrument(s) | vocals |
Cirilo Vila Castro (7 October 1937 – 23 July 2015[1]) was a Chilean composer, pianist, and academic, and the winner of the National Prize for Musical Arts in 2004.[2][3]
Career and life
Castro began his musical studies at age seven at the National Conservatory of Music of the
Santa Cecilia Conservatory with Professor Franco Ferrara. Later, he continued his training with Professor Pierre Dervaux in Paris. Between 1964 and 1969, he took private lessons in musical composition with Professor Max Deutsch and analysis with composer Olivier Messiaen.[4]
Composing
Vila compositions were diverse. In popular music, they included transcriptions of songs by
Municipal Theater of Santiago
.
Teaching
The teaching of the master Vila began in 1970 at the Faculty of Arts, University of Chile. There he was responsible for the formation of an important generation of Chilean musicians of the 1970s and 1980s, many of whom[who?] now play a vital role in the country's music scene.
Death
Cirilo Vila died of a heart attack on 23 July 2015 at the age of 77.
Discography
- Eisler - Brecht: Canciones (1971) (with Hans Stein)
- Obras de cámara (2013) (SVR Producciones)
References
- ^ "A los 78 años fallece el compositor Cirilo Vila « Diario y Radio U Chile".
- ^ "Inicio – Teatro Diego Rivera".
- ^ "Falleció el Premio Nacional de Música Cirilo Vila" [The National Prize for Music Winner Cirilo Vila Dies]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). 25 July 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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