Hugo Balzo

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Hugo Balzo (born June 29, 1912 or June 29, 1914 in Montevideo , † July 17, 1982 there ) was a Uruguayan pianist .

Life

He began his musical education at the age of 8 with Agar Falleri at the Instituto Musical Falleri de Montevideo . At the age of 12 he made his debut together with his teacher at a concert at the Instituto Verdi , where a varied program with works for two pianos was performed.

From 1936 he studied with Isadore Phillippe / Isidor Phillip , Robert Casadesus , Madame Pachamann, Noël Gallon , Ricardo Viñes , Alfredo Casella and Maurice Ravel in Paris on a music scholarship . When the Second World War broke out , he returned to Uruguay. There he was active as a soloist in the SODRE symphony orchestra . In the following years he also performed as a duo with the pianist Nybia Mariño . He also gave concerts in the United States , where he was touted as the principal pianist of the Montevideo Symphony Orchestra .

Among other things, he was professor at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas and at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música and held the position of artistic director of SODRE.

His students include Miguel Ángel Villasboas Rogliardo , Antonio Mastrogiovanni , Sergio Cervetti , Carlos Cebro and Ana María Campistrús / Ana Maria Bohorquez .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Humberto E. Grieco Cattalurda: El Uruguay y su música , Vol. 2
  2. ^ Alberto Giordano: Cien músicos de América .
  3. ↑ Humberto E. Grieco Cattalurda: El Uruguay y su música , Volume 2, p. 70
  4. ↑ Blog entry Conservatorio Hugo Balzo
  5. ^ Event announcement in The Cavalier Daily of November 13, 1940.
  6. ↑ Villasboas biography on todotango.com
  7. ↑ Cervetti, Sergio . In: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 2001
  8. ↑ biography of the pianist Cebro
  9. ↑ Biography of Campistrús on campistrus.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.campistrus.de  
  10. ↑ Short biography on stubenhaus.de
personal data
SURNAME Balzo, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan pianist
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1912 or June 29, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 1982
Place of death Montevideo