Cláudio Santoro
Cláudio Franco de Sá Santoro (born November 23, 1919 in Manaus , † March 27, 1989 in Brasília ) was a Brazilian composer .
Santoro studied in Rio de Janeiro and then in Paris with Nadia Boulanger . From 1939 he was a composition teacher at the Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro. From 1951 to 1953 he was music director at the radio, from 1962 to 1965 professor at the University of Brasilia. Since 1970 he has taught composition and conducting at the Musikhochschule Heidelberg - Mannheim .
He composed six ballets , fourteen symphonies and numerous other orchestral works, a violin and a cello concerto, two piano concertos , a concerto for flute , oboe , clarinet , trumpet , trombone , piano and strings, chamber music works, sonatas , sonatinas and preludes for piano, an oratorio , a cantata and numerous drama, film, radio and television music.
In 1952 he received the International Peace Prize of the World Peace Council in Vienna for his work Canto de Amor e Paz .
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| SURNAME | Santoro, Cláudio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santoro, Cláudio Franco de Sá |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manaus |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1989 |
| Place of death | Brasília |