Miguel Aguilar Ahumada
Miguel Aguilar Ahumada (born April 12, 1931 in Huara ; † August 14, 2019 in Concepción ) was a Chilean composer and music teacher.
life and work
Aguilar studied composition at the Conservatorio Richard Wagner and at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Santiago de Chile with Jorge Urrutia Blondel and orchestration with the Dutch teacher Fré Focke . From 1963 he studied conducting with Wolfgang von der Nahmer at the Cologne Music Academy .
He taught at the Orquesta Sinfónica de Concepción Conservatory in 1956 and 1957 . From 1958 to 1963 he then headed this institute. He later taught as a professor at the Escuela Superiore Música in Concepción . He also worked as a music critic for the daily La Patria .
He composed the Obertura al teatro integral for orchestra (1954), chamber music, piano and vocal works as well as electronic music.
swell
- Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Aguilar-Ahumada, Miguel. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Supplementary volume, personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 9 (first edition: 1882).
Web links
- Lina Barrientos: Aguilar (Ahumada), Miguel. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Díaz, Nicolás Masquiarán: Miguel Aguilar Ahumada. Routledge Enciclopedia of Modernisme, accessed March 31, 2019 .
- El legado de Miguel Aguilar, profesor emérito y ex director de la Escuela de Música UdeC. Universidad de Concepción, August 19, 2019, accessed August 24, 2019 (Spanish).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aguilar Ahumada, Miguel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huara |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2019 |
| Place of death | Concepción |