Oscar Lorenzo Fernández

Oscar Lorenzo Fernández ( * November 4, 1897 in Rio de Janeiro; † August 27, 1948 ) was a Brazilian composer.

Fernández studied at the Instituto Nacional de Música in Francisco Braga and Henrique Oswald. In 1936 he founded the Conservatorio de Música Brasiliero in Rio de Janeiro, which he directed until his death. He has also been since 1949 professor of choral music at the Conservatorio Nacional de Canto Orfeônico.

He composed an opera ( Malazarte by José Graça Aranha Pereira, from 1931 to 1933 ), a ballet, two symphonies, five symphonic poems, two orchestral suites, a piano and a violin concerto, chamber music, piano pieces, choruses and songs.