Juan Carlos Núñez

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Juan Carlos Núñez (* 1947 in Caracas ) is a Venezuelan composer.

Life

Núñez began his compositional career as an autodidact and received the Premio Nacional de Música in 1972 for his Tocata sinfónica . In 1973 he went to Warsaw to study orchestral conducting at the Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna (PWSM). He then directed the orchestras of the Warsaw Conservatory and that of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice . He currently directs the Cátedra Latinoamericana de Composición Antonio Estevez, which he founded .

Works

  • Tocata symphonica
  • La Misa de los Trópicos for choir and orchestra
  • Aguinaldos
  • El Tambor de Damasco , opera
  • Urbana suite
  • Tango Cortazar
personal data
SURNAME Núñez, Juan Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Caracas