Evencio Castellanos

Evencio Castellanos ( May 3, 1915 in Cúa / Miranda; † March 16, 1984 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan composer, pianist and music teacher.

Life and work

Castellanos learns as a child was the organ and harmony game by his father Pablo Castellanos Almenar, the organist and director of music at the church in his hometown. From 1938 to 1944 he studied at the Escuela Superior de Música de Caracas singing with Antonio Pardo Soublette, cello with Carlos Anez, music history at Juan Bautista Plaza and harmony and composition with Vicente Emilio Sojo.

Castellanos 1945 led to his first piano concerto, in the following year he conducted the Orfeón Universitario in the performance of his Himno universitario texts by Luis Pastori and Tomás Alfaro Calatrava. From 1947 to 1949 he completed his piano studies with Carlos Buhler at Dalcroze School of Music in New York.

After his return he became organist at the Cathedral of Caracas as well as a member and board member of the company founded by his teacher Sojo Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela. He also held various professorships - inter alia for piano, organ and composition for - held at the Escuela Superior de Músic, was a Director from 1965 to 1972.

1958-1959 Castellanos was chairman of the Venezuelan Society of Composers Authors and AVAC. He was founding director of the Collegium Musicum of Caracas and directed the student orchestra of the Universidad Central de Venezuela and the Orquestra Experimental Symphony Orchestra's Venezuela. From 1979 to 1984 he was musical advisor to the Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones y Estudios Musicales Vicente Emilio Sojo.

For his Homenaje a Teresa Carreño Castellanos the Premio Especial Ateneo was the city of Caracas; he was awarded the National Music Prize twice: in 1954 for the symphonic poem Santa Cruz de Pacairigua and 1962 for the oratorio El Tirano Aguirre.

His younger brother, Gonzalo Castellanos Yumar, is also a composer.

Discography (selection)

  • Nueve Canciones Sefardíes (19? )
  • Canciones Venezolanas del Siglo XIX (19? )
  • Grandes Valses De Salón (196? )
  • Danzas Venezolanas del Siglo XIX (19? )
  • Viejo's Valses de Venezuela ( 1957)
  • Valses Venezolanos de Salón Vol 1 (1997)
  • Danzas y Valses de Venezuela Vol 2 (1997)
Miranda (state) Central University of Venezuela
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