Rafael Villanueva
Rafael Villanueva Martínez (born October 13, 1947 in Santo Domingo , † December 22, 1995 ibid) was a Dominican conductor.
Villanueva studied political and economic science at the University of Toronto from 1972 and attended classes at the Royal Conservatory of Music . From 1973 he studied orchestral conducting with Karl Randolf as well as music theory and composition with Rüdiger Seitz at the Vienna Conservatory for four years .
In 1978 he made his debut at the invitation of Manuel Simó as conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of the Dominican Republic. He made his international debut as a conductor in 1987 with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Maracaibo in Venezuela, and the following year he was invited by the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México to give two concerts at the Palacio de Bellas Artes . From 1984 to 1995 he was conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional , from 1994 by decree of the Dominican president chief conductor.
In addition, Villanueva worked from 1987 as program director of Clásica Radio , organized conferences on musical and literary topics and wrote articles critical of culture. In 1991 the Dominican government awarded him the Order of Heráldica de Cristóbal Colón with the rank of Caballero .
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| SURNAME | Villanueva, Rafael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Villanueva Martínez, Rafael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santo Domingo |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1995 |
| Place of death | Santo Domingo |