Evencio Castellanos

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Evencio Castellanos (born May 3, 1915 in Cúa , Miranda , † March 16, 1984 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan composer, pianist and music teacher.

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As a child, Castellanos learned to play the organ and harmony from his father Pablo Castellanos Almenar, who was the organist and conductor at the church in his home town. From 1938 to 1944 he studied singing with Antonio Pardo Soublette , cello with Carlos Áñez , music history with Juan Bautista Plaza, and harmony and composition with Vicente Emilio Sojo at the Escuela Superior de Música de Caracas .

In 1945 Castellanos performed his first piano concerto, the following year he conducted the Orfeón Universitario at the performance of his Himno universitario based on texts by Luis Pastori and Tomás Alfaro Calatrava . From 1947 to 1949 he completed his piano training with Carlos Buhler at the Dalcroze School of Music in New York.

On his return he became organist at the Cathedral of Caracas and a member and board member of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela, founded by his teacher Sojo . In addition, he held various chairs - u. a. for piano, for organ and for composition - at the Escuela Superior de Música , of which he was director from 1965 to 1972.

1958-1959 Castellanos was chairman of the Venezuelan authors and composers association AVAC. He became the founding director of the Collegium Musicum of Caracas and led the student orchestra of the Universidad Central de Venezuela and the Orquestra Experimental of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela. From 1979 to 1984 he was musical advisor to the Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones y Estudios Musicales Vicente Emilio Sojo .

For his Homenaje a Teresa Carreño Castellanos received the Premio especial Ateneo of the city of Caracas; He was awarded the National Prize for Music twice: in 1954 for the symphonic poem Santa Cruz de Pacairigua and in 1962 for the oratorio El Tirano Aguirre .

His younger brother, Gonzalo Castellanos Yumar , is also a composer.

Discography (selection)

  • Nueve Canciones Sefardíes (19 ??)
  • Canciones Venezolanas del Siglo XIX (19 ??)
  • Grandes Valses De Salón (196?)
  • Danzas Venezolanas del Siglo XIX (19 ??)
  • Viejos Valses de Venezuela (1957)
  • Valses Venezolanos de Salón Vol. 1 (1997)
  • Danzas y Valses de Venezuela Vol. 2 (1997)

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