Julio Viera
Julio Martín Viera (born August 28, 1943 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine composer and music teacher.
Viera studied composition at the Universidad Católica in Buenos Aires. From 1985 to 1998 he was secretary of the Federación Argentina de Música Electroacústica (FARME) and from 1984 to 2009 director of the Laboratorio de Investigación y Producción Musical (LIPM). First he taught at the Music Faculty of the University of La Plata, from 1997 to 2007 he was Professor of Composition and Head of the Center for Contemporary Music at Universidad Católica.
He has given concerts and lectures at the Electroacoustic Music Centers at Stanford University , the University of California and the State University of New York, and has worked as a composer at the Columbia University Electronic Music Center and the Groupe de recherches musicales (GRM).
Viera composed chamber music, vocal and orchestral works as well as electroacoustic music. He was u. a. was awarded a Guggenheim Scholarship for composition, prizes from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores (SADAIC) and a Konex Prize, and received composition commissions from the Fromm Music Foundation , the GRM and the Teatro Colón .
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| SURNAME | Viera, Julio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Viera, Julio Martín |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |