Juan Orrego-Salas
Juan Antonio Orrego Salas (January 18, 1919 – November 24, 2019) was a Chilean composer.
Juan Orrego-Salas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 January 1919  Santiago |
| Died | 24 November 2019 (aged 100) |
| Occupation | Composer, musicologist |
His students in Chile included composer Sylvia Soublette.[1] In 1961, he permanently relocated to the United States to work at Indiana University Bloomington, where he co-founded the Latin American Music Center. In 1992, he was the inaugural winner of Chile's National Prize for Musical Arts.[2]
He died in Bloomington, Indiana, on November 24, 2019.[3]
References
- "Sylvia Soublette (1922-2020) - Memoria Chilena, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile". www.memoriachilena.gob.cl. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- "Lanzan disco con música para saxofón compuesta por Juan Orrego Salas" [Album Released With Music for Saxophone Composed by Juan Orrego Salas]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 28 September 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- Ricardo Lorenz, "Juan Orrego-Salas: 1919–2019", Indiana University Bloomington, Jacobs School of Music, Latin American Music Center website (accessed January 17, 2020).
External links
- bio page from Indiana University, archive from 29 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine (archived December 29, 2010) (accessed 1 October 2013).
- La Ciudad Celeste, conducted by Carmen-Helena Téllez
- A conversation with Juan Orrego-Salas, recorded March 1, 2014
- Interview with Juan Orrego-Salas, August 17, 1991
- A Latin American Composer in the United States, 2004
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