Ricardo Castro

Ricardo Castro Herrera ( born February 7, 1864 in Durango, Mexico, † November 28, 1907 in Mexico City) was a Mexican pianist and composer.

Life

Castro studied composition with Melisio Morales and piano with Julio Ituarte. Since 1882 he celebrated success as a pianist in New Orleans, Washington, DC and New York. In 1892 he was one of the founding members of the Sociedad Anonima de Conciertos. Since 1902 he lived in Paris, where he met the pianist Cecile Chaminade and from where he attended the conservatories in Berlin, London, Brussels, Rome, Milan and Leipzig.

For the Belgian cellist Marix Loevensohn he composed in 1904 Concertos pour pianos et violoncelles. He also wrote a symphony and a symphonic poem, a piano concerto, two operas ( Atzimba, 1900 and La Leyenda de Rudel, 1906) as well as numerous piano works.

  • Composer ( romance )
  • Mexican composer
  • Mexican musician
  • Classic pianist
  • Born in 1864
  • Died in 1907
  • Man
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