Pedro Biava Ramponi

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Pedro Biava Ramponi (born June 11, 1902 in Rome , † June 16, 1972 in Barranquilla ) was a Colombian composer .

Since 1911, at the instigation of his brother Angelo Biava , who was a musician in the Paris Symphony Orchestra, Biava attended the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia , where he studied clarinet, composition and orchestral conducting. After serving as a musician in an Italian infantry battalion, he emigrated to Colombia in 1926.

There he taught until his death as a professor at the Universidad del Atlántico and was a member of various orchestras from Barranquilla. From 1943 he directed the Orquesta Filarmónica , the Compañía de Ópera and the string quartet of the city's conservatory.

Works

  • Intermezzo for orchestra, 1933
  • Motivos Colombianos , orchestral fantasy
  • Preludio para Orquestra , 1933
  • Las Siete Palabras de Cristo , Oratory, 1934
  • Serenate d'Amore for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violins, cello and double bass
  • Volveremos for flute, clarinet saxophone, trumpet, violin and double bass
  • Trio for violin, viola and cello, 1934
  • Anapesto for string quartet, 1933
  • String Quartet No. 1 and No. 2
  • Reverie , 1955
  • Divertimento para Cuarteto de Maderas , 1933
  • Sextet for harp and string quintet
  • Misa for mixed choir
  • Requiem for mixed choir
personal data
SURNAME Biava Ramponi, Pedro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1972
Place of death Barranquilla