Juan Carlos Zorzi

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Juan Carlos Zorzi (* 1936 in Buenos Aires ; † August 21, 1999 there ) was an Argentine composer and conductor.

Zorzi studied at the Conservatorio Municipal and at the Conservatorio National of Buenos Aires with Gilardo Gilardi , Alberto Ginastera , Floro Ugarte and Juan Francisco Giacobbe ; He also took courses in orchestral conducting at the Universidad de La Plata with Mariano Drago . He completed his training with Erwin Leuchter and Teodoro Fuchs . With a scholarship from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes , he finally studied composition and orchestral conducting with Franco Ferrara at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome .

He then worked as a conductor of various well-known orchestras in Latin America: the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de Cuyo , the Orquesta Sinfónica de Córdoba , the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de Tucumán , the Sinfónica Nacional and the Filarmónica de Chile . Until 1977 he directed the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá in Colombia and then until 1990 the Orquesta Sinfónica Provincial de Rosario , with which he performed the symphonies of Beethoven , Brahms , Tchaikovsky and Sibelius in concert cycles . In 1992 he became principal guest conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional .

As a conductor and composer, he has performed several times at the Teatro Colón . 1974-75 he was artistic director of the Teatro Argentino de La Plata . In 1991 his lyrical tragedy Antígona Vélez was premiered at the Teatro Colón . He was awarded the Premio San Francisco Solano in Argentina and the Premio Villa Lobos in Brazil . His student Juan María Solare composed a Nenia per Zorzi after his death .

Zorzi composed, among other things, operas and ballets, orchestral, choral and piano works, instrumental concerts and two requiem.

He died at the age of 63 from cancer of the esophagus.

Works

  • Sonata for violin and piano
  • Quinteto for piano and strings
  • Tres piezas for string quartet
  • Adagio elegíaco (en memoria de Gilardo Gilardi)
  • Danza para Ahuyentar la Pena , ballet
  • Música para Calesita
  • Variaciones Enigmáticas
  • Ludus para seis grupos instrumentales
  • Espejos for chamber orchestra
  • Requiem for soloists, choir and orchestra
  • Concierto para orquesta
  • Fantasía for violoncello and orchestra
  • Concierto for guitar and orchestra
  • Requiem para Camila (Premiere 1984 at the Teatro Colón)
  • Epopeya
  • Soldiana - homenaje a Raúl Soldi
  • El Timbre , Opera (Premiere 1975 at the Teatro Argentino de La Plata)
  • Antígona Vélez , opera based on Leopoldo Maréchal , libretto by Javier Collazo , (premiered in 1992 at the Teatro Colón)
  • Don Juan opera based on Leopoldo Maréchal, libretto by Javier Collazo, (WP 1998)
personal data
SURNAME Zorzi, Juan Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1999
Place of death Buenos Aires