Antón García Abril

Antón García Abril ( born May 19, 1933, Teruel ) is a Spanish composer and music educator.

Life and work

García Abril, born in 1933 in Teruel, studied from 1952 to 1955 at the Conservatory of Madrid at Julio Gomez and Francisco Cales and then at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena At Vito Frazzi composition, with Paul van Kempen orchestral conducting and Angelo Francesco Lavagnino film music. From 1964 he continued his studies at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Goffredo Petrassi.

With Luis de Pablo and Cristobal Halffter Spain, he presented at the 39th International Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music. From 1974 to 2003 he held a chair of composition at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Real Madrid. In 1982 he became a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando de Madrid, 1995 corresponding member of the Academia de Bellas Artes de Nobles y San Luis de Zaragoza.

In addition to opera, several ballets, orchestral works, choral and chamber music García Abril composed numerous film scores, particularly on films by Mario Camus and Pilar Miro. For his work he has received numerous awards, including the Premio Nacional de Música (1993 ), several awards Sociedad General de Autores y the y Editores de la Asociación Intérpretes y Ejecutantes and the Culture Prize of the city of Madrid (2007).

Works

• Stage works: Divina Palabras Opera
• Danzi y Tronío, Ballet
• Don Juán, Ballet
• Doña Francisquita, Ballet
• Fuenteovejuna, Ballet
• Le Gitanilla, Ballet

• Cadencias for Violin and Orchestra
• Aguediano Concierto for guitar and orchestra
• Concierto de Gibralfaro for two guitars and orchestra
• Concierto de la Malvarrosa for Flute, Piano and Orchestra
• Concierto de las Tierras Altas for Cello and Orchestra
• Concierto Mudéjar for Guitar and String Orchestra
• Concierto para Piano y Orquesta
• Juventus for two pianos and orchestra
• Nocturnes de la Antequeruela for Piano and String Orchestra

• Alba de Soledades
• Alhambra
• Canciones y Danzas para Dulcinea
• Cantos de Pleamar
• Celibidachiana
• Concierto para instrumentos de arco
• El Mar de las Calma
• Hemeroscopium
• Introducción y Fandango
• Lumen
• Memorandum
• Tres Escenas del ballet La Gitanilla
• Tres Sonatas para Orquestra
• Variaciones Concertantes

• Alegrías for children's choir, mezzo- soprano, speaker and orchestra
• Canciones Asturianas
• Canciones de Valldemossa on texts by Luis Rosales, José García Nieto, José Hierro, Antonio Gala, Gerardo Diego, Dionisio Ridruejo and Salvador espriu
• Canciones del Jardín Secreto
• Cancions Xacobeas
• Cántico de las Siete Estrellas for chorus and orchestra
• Cántico de " La Pieta " for soprano, cello, organ, mixed choir and string orchestra
• Divina Palabras
• Himno de Aragón
• Lurkantak for chorus and orchestra
• Salmo de Alegría para el siglo XXI for soprano and string orchestra ( text: Rafael Alberti )
• Salve Regina
• Cuatro canciones sobre textos gallegos (text by Rosalía de Castro and Alvaro de Casas )

Filmography (selection)

Swell

• Classics Online - Anton Garcia Abril
• Theme of the television series Fortunata and Jacinta (1980 )
• Concert Mudéjar 2nd. Mov. andante
• Antón García Abril at the Internet Movie Database (English)