Roque Cordero: el secreto musical panameño mejor guardado hasta ahora

 

Roque Cordero

Roque Cordero (August 16, 1917 – December 27, 2008) was a Panamanian-born American composer.[1]

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Life

Born in Panama City, he studied composition under Ernst Krenek and conducting under Dimitri Mitropoulos, Stanley Chapple, and Leon Barzin before becoming director of the Institute of Music and Artistic Director and conductor of the National Symphony of his native country. Later he was assistant director of the Latin American Music Center (LAMúsiCa), professor of composition at Indiana University, and, from 1972, distinguished professor emeritus at Illinois State University.

His works have been widely performed in Latin America, the United States and Europe, receiving international awards for his First Symphony (Honorable Mention, Detroit, 1947), Rapsodia Campesina (First Prize, Panama, 1953), Second Symphony (Caro de Boesi Award, Caracas, Venezuela, 1957), Violin Concerto (1974 Koussevitzky International Recording Award), and Third String Quartet (Chamber Music Award, San José, Costa Rica, 1977). Several of his compositions have been recorded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Louisville Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta (Eight Miniatures for Small Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor, Cedille Records) and various chamber music groups and soloists. He has appeared as guest conductor in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and in the United States. His "Sonata breve" for solo piano, composed in 1966, is published by C.F. Peters. His Second Symphony was performed by the Seattle Philharmonic in April 2008.

After retiring he spent the last eight years of his life living with his family in Dayton, Ohio, where he died at age 91 [2].

Music

Chamber Works

  • Dodecaconcerto
  • Dos Piezas Cortas
  • Adagio Tragico, String Orchestra
  • Elegy, String Orchestra
  • Mensaje Funebre
  • Movimiento Sinfonico, String Orchestra
  • Ocho Miniaturas, Chamber Orchestra
  • Paz, Paix, Peace, Harp and Ensemble
  • Permutaciones 7
  • Quinteto
  • Soliloquios No. 1
  • Soliloquios No. 2
  • Soliloquios No. 3
  • Sonata
  • Sonatina
  • String Quartet No. 1
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • Tres Mensajes Breves, Viola and Piano
  • Variations and Theme for Five, Woodwind Quintet

Orchestral Works

  • Capricho Interiorano: Panamanian Folk Ballet Suite
  • Cinco Mensajes Breves para Orquesta
  • Concerto for Violin
  • Momentum Jubilo
  • Obertura de Salutacion
  • Panamanian Overture No. 2
  • Six Mobiles for Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 1
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Symphony No. 3, With a Theme and Five Variations
  • Symphony No. 4

Choral Works

  • Cantata para la Paz
  • Dos Pequenas Piezas Corales

Songs

  • Musica Veinte, Vocal Soloists and Ensemble

Piano Works

  • Duo 1954, Two Pianos
  • Sonata Breve
  • Sonatina Ritmica

References

  1. ^ De Lerma, Dominique-Rene. "African Heritage Symphonic Series". Liner note essay. Cedille Records CDR061.
  2. ^ Moss, Khalid. (December 29, 2008). "Classical composer dies weeks before concert ." Dayton Daily News. Retrieved January 13, 2009.

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Categories: Biografías
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