Álvaro Cordero
Álvaro Cordero (born August 24, 1954 in Barquisimeto ) is a Venezuelan composer and music teacher .
Cordero studied composition at the New England Conservatory of Music (Bachelor and Master) and at Brandeis University (Ph.D.). His teachers were William Thomas McKinley and Donald Martino . He completed his training with George Perle , Gunther Schuller and Mario Davidovsky . He has taught harmony, instrumentation and composition at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School , the Instituto Universitario De Estudios Musicales (IUDEM) and the Escuela Ars Nova .
In addition to works of classical music, Cordero has composed film and television music, produced and arranged for the Venezuelan pop musicians Frank Quintero , Luz Marina and Guillermo Carrasco and the jazz pianist Rachel Z and orchestrated ballet music for Teresa Carreño . He represented Venezuela at the Tribune internationale des compositeurs of UNESCO and received prizes and grants from the Composers Conference , the American Music Center and Brandeis University, a Guggenheim grant and the Koussevitzky-Tanglewood Composition Prize .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cordero, Álvaro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barquisimeto |