Manuel Plá Cocco
Manuel "Manolito" Plá Cocco (born September 6, 1910 in Puerto Plata ; † June 16, 1989 ) was a Dominican flautist, violinist, cellist, music teacher and composer.
The son of the Cuban musician Francisco Plá Varona had his first flute lessons in his Banda de Música , and José Feliu also taught him solfège and music theory. In 1920, at the age of ten, he became a member of the Municipal Chapel and Orchestra of the Municipal Theater of Puerto Plata. His father sent him to Camagüey in 1914 to perfect his flute training with his aunt Mercedes Plá Varona .
There he also took violin lessons with Gabriel del Orbe , was hired by Lupe Rivas Cacho's revue company as a flautist and traveled with them all over Cuba. In 1925 he became a musician at the Teatro Municipal Colón in Puerto Plata, where he gave musical accompaniment to Luis Armando Rivera , Sebastián Rodríguez Lora , Pedro Carrau , Mary Newbold , Heriberto Jerez , Rafael Villanueva and other silent film productions.
In 1928 he returned to the Banda de Música Municipal , which at the time was directed by Francesco García Pancho . In 1937 he became a member of the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Tabacalera, conducted by Julio Alberto Hernández . He also appeared as a guest flautist with Luis Albert's orchestra. In 1939 he replaced his father as director of the Banda de la Musica and the Academia de Música of Puerto Plata.
With Pedro Carrau , Jaime Lockwardt and Sebastián Rodríguez Lora , he founded the music group Apollo , which gave concerts in Puerto Plata every Sunday. In 1946 he founded the Instituto Musical Francisco Plá Varona , which he directed for many years. For some time he lived in Santo Domingo and appeared in Petán Trujillo's La Voc Dominicana . In 1971 he moved to Santiago de las Caballeros and became president of one of the companies of his friend Carlucho Bermúdez Pippa . Among his compositions, the waltz Ella , which he dedicated to his wife, became particularly well known.
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| SURNAME | Plá Cocco, Manuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pla Cocco, Manolito |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican flutist, violinist, cellist, music teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Puerto Plata |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1989 |