Sergio Ortega (composer)
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Born | Sergio Ortega Alvarado February 2, 1938 Antofagasta, Chile |
Died | September 16, 2003 Paris, France | (aged 65)
Alma mater | National Conservatory, University of Chile |
Occupation(s) | Composer, pianist, poet, teacher and politician |
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Political party | Communist Party of Chile |
Children | 3 sons, including Chañaral Ortega-Miranda |
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Sergio Ortega Alvarado (February 2, 1938 – September 16, 2003)[1] was a Chilean composer, pianist, poet, teacher and politician. He is recognized for having composed important Chilean left-wing politics anthems, among them are "Venceremos" and "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido",[2] as well as the anthem of the Radical Party, Communist Youth and Workers' United Center of Chile.[3]
Biography
Sergio Ortega Alvarado was born in
During this period he composed music for theater and cinema. he composed music for works by Alejandro Sieveking and Isidora Aguirre, including Asunto sofisticado and La dama del canasto, respectively.
Pablo Neruda entrusted him with musicalizing the assembly of his translation of Romeo and Juliet. Later, he would ask her to compose the soundtrack for his only play, Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta, premiered in 1967 at the Antonio Varas Theater, under the direction of Pedro Orthous. The work, which made a successful tour of Europe, tells the story of Joaquín Murieta, a Chilean gold prospector who comes to California in search of fortune. The story had already appeared in Neruda's books as the fourth episode of La barcarola. However, Neruda writes the play, with characters, dialogues, script, etc. On December 14, 1998, the two-act opera Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta, composed by him and with a libretto based on the homonymous work by Neruda, premiered at the Municipal Theatre of Santiago.[3]
In 1967, he worked with the singer-songwriter
In 1978, he composed and premiered at an Austrian festival, Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, 1810. Poema sonoro para el padre de mi patria. For the celebration of the bicentennial of the French Revolution, Ortegra worked on a praised operatic trilogy.[4] Ortega worked with his eldest son, Chañaral Ortega-Miranda (later member of the French faction of Quilapayún), on an operatic version of Pedro Páramo, the novel by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo.[4]
In 1970, he began to direct the university's TV station, Channel 9, which he continued until 1973. In 1977 Ortega visited the USSR, participated in the festival "Red Carnation". He was given permission to return to Chile in 1983, and did so several times. During his exile, Ortega directed L'Ecole Nationale de Musique, in Pantin, France.
During the 30th anniversary of the Military Coup, he was diagnosed with advanced Pancreatic cancer. In September 2003, Sergio Ortega was already in a coma at the Saint Louis hospital in Paris. He died on September 15, at the age of 65, surrounded by his wife and their three sons. On the 27th of the same month, his remains would be buried in the General Cemetery. The Workers' United Center, the Antonio Varas Theater and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile made official tributes. In the Municipal Theatre, the choir led by Max Valdés, interpreted the final parts of Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta.[4]
Discography
- La dama del canasto (1965)
- La fragua (1973)
References
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- ^ a b c d e Goddard, Margarita Labarca (3 November 2022). "Sergio Ortega y el pago de Chile". Pressenza (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "«Los Cantos del Capitán», Neruda musicalizado por Sergio Ortega". Cultura | Fundación Neruda (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Sergio Ortega". MusicaPopular.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Cineteca Universidad de Chile : Película : El Húsar de la muerte". collectiveaccess.cinetecavirtual.uchile.cl. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ "LA NUEVA CANCIÓN CHILENA by José Manuel García". Cancioneros.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-05. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ Rodríguez, jorge (2014-12-21). "Víctor Jara: Víctor Jara (Odeon) (1967) | PERRERAC" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ Amorós, Mario (2023-05-18). "Songs for the revolution: Víctor Jara and his universal legacy". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "¿Dónde surgió "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido"?". AméricaEconomía (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-03.