Florencio Pozadas

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Florencio Ruck Pozadas Cordero (born November 7, 1939 in Potosí , † December 8, 1968 in Buenos Aires ) was a Bolivian drummer and composer, pioneer of electroacoustic music and post-serial composition techniques in Bolivia.

Florencio Pozadas received his musical training in Potosí and Buenos Aires. He completed his violin studies at the Academia de Bellas Artes (Potosi) and Conservatorio Municipal Manuel de Falla (Buenos Aires). He later studied composition with Gerardo Gandini and won a scholarship from 1967 to 1968 for postgraduate studies at CLAEM (Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales del Instituto Torcuato Di Tella) with Luigi Nono , Cristobal Halfter, Vladimir Ussachevsky and Roman Haubenstock-Ramati , also in Buenos Aires. He was a member of the percussion ensemble Ritmus (conductor: Antonio Yepes) and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires. His work for choir Tres Coros bolivianos won first prize in the Luzmila Patiño competition in Cochabamba , Bolivia in 1965 . He died in a traffic accident in 1968 near Buenos Aires.

Most important works

  • Pieces for piano. Premiere: Gerardo Gandini. Current performances: Mariana Alandia Navajas in Bolivia [1] , in Italy [2]
  • Dos Canciones for tenor and orchestra. Text: Giuseppe Ungaretti
  • Quinsa Arawis for coloratura soprano and ensemble. Premiere: Solistas de Música Contemporanea de Buenos Aires, Armando Krieger (conductor), Marta Carrizo (soprano)
  • CM 1 for tape and drums

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rodolfo Caracciolo ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Concertino para piano, seis instrumentos y percusión (Spanish)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rodolfocaracciolo.com
personal data
SURNAME Pozadas, Florencio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pozadas Cordero, Florencio Ruck (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bolivian composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Potosí
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1968
Place of death Buenos Aires