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Born in Madrid, as the son of composer [[Cristóbal Halffter]], he went to boarding school in Germany at the Schule Schloss Salem. After completing his German Abitur he studied conducting at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna|Hochschule für Musik]] in [[Vienna]], receiving a degree in 1995. He has been the recipient of the [[Jugend musiziert]] Prize, Young Composers Prize of the [[Deutscher Musikrat]] (German Music Council, a member of the [[International Music Council]]), Young Conductors Prize of the European Union, as well as grants from the Juventudes de Madrid and the Banco de España, and a [[Fulbright scholarship]] for composition studies in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lukor.com/literatura/noticias/0407/01195356.htm|title=Biografía de Pedro Halffter Caro, director de la Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla|language=Spanish}}</ref>
Born in Madrid, as the son of composer [[Cristóbal Halffter]], he went to boarding school in Germany at the Schule Schloss Salem. After completing his German Abitur he studied conducting at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna|Hochschule für Musik]] in [[Vienna]], receiving a degree in 1995. He has been the recipient of the [[Jugend musiziert]] Prize, Young Composers Prize of the [[Deutscher Musikrat]] (German Music Council, a member of the [[International Music Council]]), Young Conductors Prize of the European Union, as well as grants from the Juventudes de Madrid and the Banco de España, and a [[Fulbright scholarship]] for composition studies in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lukor.com/literatura/noticias/0407/01195356.htm|title=Biografía de Pedro Halffter Caro, director de la Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla|language=Spanish}}</ref>
==Selected recordings==
==Selected recordings==
*[[Cristóbal Halffter]] [[Don Quijote (opera)]]
*[[Pedro Halffter|Cristóbal Halffter]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf5BumWJPfo Don Quijote (opera)]
== Notes and references ==
== Notes and references ==
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Pedro Halffter Caro (born 1971 in Madrid) is a Spanish conductor and composer. He is Artistic Director of the Teatro de la Maestranza (Seville) and in the past he has also hold, among other positions, Music Director of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria in Las Palmas.

Born in Madrid, as the son of composer Cristóbal Halffter, he went to boarding school in Germany at the Schule Schloss Salem. After completing his German Abitur he studied conducting at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, receiving a degree in 1995. He has been the recipient of the Jugend musiziert Prize, Young Composers Prize of the Deutscher Musikrat (German Music Council, a member of the International Music Council), Young Conductors Prize of the European Union, as well as grants from the Juventudes de Madrid and the Banco de España, and a Fulbright scholarship for composition studies in New York.[1]

Selected recordings

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Biografía de Pedro Halffter Caro, director de la Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla" (in Spanish).