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Calixto Álvarez (Santa Isabel de las Lajas, Cuba, 1938) is a Cuban composer.^[1]

Academic background

Calixto Álvarez was born on March 15, 1938, in Santa Isabel de las Lajas, Cienfuegos, Cuba, and began to play musical instruments when he was just five years old.^{[citation needed]} Álvarez studied at the Santa Clara Conservatory and the National Conservatory of Havana. In 1958 he travelled to the United States, where he studied piano, organ and composition until 1966 at the Julius Hartt College of Music. At a later time, in 1967, he went to Poland where he studied at the Warsaw Superior School of Music with Andrzej Dobrowolsky, Włodzimierz Kotoński and other professors. Upon his return to Cuba he received instruction from Leo Brouwer, José Ardévol and Federico Smith^[1]

Professional activity

Calixto Álvarez has composed music for diverse instruments and for instrumental and choral groups. He has excelled as incidental music composer for numerous theatre plays such as "Las impuras" and "La duodécima noche", presented by Teatro Estudio, as well as for "La dolorosa historia del amor secreto de don José Jacinto Milanés" (1974), from Abelardo Estorino. Álvarez has also composed several comedies, such as "Los musiquillos de Bremen" based on a story from Julio Babrusquinas, "Lisístrata", "Venus y Adonis" (an electroacoustic opera which consists on the adaptation of the homonim poem from William Shakespeare by Armando Suárez del Villar), he has also conducted the "Cantoría Infantil del Teatro Lírico Nacional de Cuba", for which he produced several musical comedies such as "Las aceitunas", "Siempre caperucita" and "El flautista de Hamelín".^{[citation needed]} Calixto Álvarez has worked as advisor for CMBF Radio Station in Havana.^[1]

Works

Sonatina
Quinteto de viento
Trío opus 13 No. 72
Tema y seis variaciones para piano (1967)
Torus para contrabajo (1969)
Poker para cuarteto de cuerdas (1970)
Canon II para piano y banda magnetofónica (1981)
Cuento electrónico para medios electroacústicos (1982)
Canto Cardinal para contralto, percusión y piano
Stripofumios y varsiflorios para orquesta^[1]

Awards

Calixto Álvarez received the Alejo Carpentier Medal from the Cuban government for his contributions to Cuban culture in 2002.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Calixto Alvarez: Orovio, Helio: Cuban Music from A to Z, DukeUniversity Press, Durham, U. S., 2004

External links

Requiem Osun de Calixto Álvarez – versión completa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AknkHByMPQ

[Orovio-1] Calixto Alvarez: Orovio, Helio: Cuban Music from A to Z, DukeUniversity Press, Durham, U. S., 2004

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 {{short description|Cuban composer}}
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-'''Calixto Alvarez''' ([[Santa Isabel de las Lajas]], [[Cuba]], 1938) is a Cuban composer.<ref name="Orovio"> Calixto Alvarez: Orovio, Helio: Cuban Music from A to Z, DukeUniversity Press, Durham, U. S., 2004</ref>
+'''Calixto Álvarez''' ([[Santa Isabel de las Lajas]], [[Cuba]], 1938) is a Cuban composer.<ref name="Orovio">Calixto Alvarez: Orovio, Helio: Cuban Music from A to Z, DukeUniversity Press, Durham, U. S., 2004</ref>
 ==Academic background==
-Calixto Alvarez was born on March 15, 1938 in [[Santa Isabel de las Lajas]], [[Cienfuegos]], [[Cuba]], and began to play musical instruments when he was just five years old.<ref name="EcuRed">Calixto Alvarez: EcuRed: https://www.ecured.cu/H%C3%A9ctor_Angulo</ref>
+Calixto Álvarez was born on March 15, 1938, in [[Santa Isabel de las Lajas]], [[Cienfuegos]], [[Cuba]], and began to play musical instruments when he was just five years old.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Álvarez studied at the [[Santa Clara, Cuba|Santa Clara]] Conservatory and the National Conservatory of [[Havana]]. In 1958 he travelled to the [[United States]], where he studied piano, organ and composition until 1966 at the Julius Hartt College of Music. At a later time, in 1967, he went to Poland where he studied at the Warsaw Superior School of Music with Andrzej Dobrowolsky, [[Włodzimierz Kotoński]] and other professors. Upon his return to Cuba he received instruction from [[Leo Brouwer]], [[José Ardévol]] and [[Federico Smith]]<ref name="Orovio"/>
-Alvarez studied at the [[Santa Clara, Cuba|Santa Clara]] Conservatory and the National Conservatory of [[Havana]]. In 1958 he travelled to the [[United States]], where he studied piano, organ and composition until 1966 at the Julius Hartt College of Music. At a later time, in 1967, he went to Poland where he studied at the Warsaw Superior School of Music with Andrzej Dobrowolsky, [[Włodzimierz Kotoński]] and other professors. Upon his return to Cuba he received instruction from [[Leo Brouwer]], [[José Ardévol]] and [[Federico Smith]]<ref name="Orovio"/><ref name="EcuRed"/>
 ==Professional activity==
-Calixto Alvarez has composed music for diverse instruments and for instrumental and choral groups. He has excelled as incidental music composer for numerous theatre plays such as "Las impuras" and "La duodécima noche", presented by Teatro Estudio, as well as for "La dolorosa historia del amor secreto de don José Jacinto Milanés" (1974), from Abelardo Estorino.
+Calixto Álvarez has composed music for diverse instruments and for instrumental and choral groups. He has excelled as incidental music composer for numerous theatre plays such as "Las impuras" and "La duodécima noche", presented by Teatro Estudio, as well as for "La dolorosa historia del amor secreto de don José Jacinto Milanés" (1974), from Abelardo Estorino. Álvarez has also composed several comedies, such as "Los musiquillos de Bremen" based on a story from Julio Babrusquinas, "Lisístrata", "Venus y Adonis" (an electroacoustic opera which consists on the adaptation of the homonim poem from [[William Shakespeare]] by Armando Suárez del Villar), he has also conducted the "Cantoría Infantil del Teatro Lírico Nacional de Cuba", for which he produced several musical comedies such as "Las aceitunas", "Siempre caperucita" and "El flautista de Hamelín".{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
+Calixto Álvarez has worked as advisor for CMBF Radio Station in [[Havana]].<ref name="Orovio"/>
-Alvarez has also composed several comedies, such as "Los musiquillos de Bremen" based on a story from Julio Babrusquinas, "Lisístrata", "Venus y Adonis" (an electroacoustic opera which consists on the adaptation of the homonim poem from [[William Shakespeare]] by Armando Suárez del Villar), he has also conducted the "Cantoría Infantil del Teatro Lírico Nacional de Cuba", for which he produced several musical comedies such as "Las aceitunas", "Siempre caperucita" and "El flautista de Hamelín".<ref name="EcuRed"/>
-Calixto Alvarez has worked as advisor for CMBF Radio Station in [[Havana]].<ref name="Orovio"/>
 ==Works==
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 * Canto Cardinal para contralto, percusión y piano
 * Stripofumios y varsiflorios para orquesta<ref name="Orovio"/>
 ==Awards==
-Calixto Alvarez received the Alejo Carpentier Medal from the Cuban government for his contributions to Cuban culture in 2002.<ref name="EcuRed"/>
+Calixto Álvarez received the Alejo Carpentier Medal from the Cuban government for his contributions to Cuban culture in 2002.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
 == See also ==
-[[Music of Cuba]]
+* [[Music of Cuba]]
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
 ==External links==
-Requiem Osun de Calixto Alvarez – versión completa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AknkHByMPQ
+* Requiem Osun de Calixto Álvarez – versión completa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AknkHByMPQ
 {{authority control}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Angulo, Héctor}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez, Calixto}}
 [[Category:1938 births]]
-[[Category:20th-century classical composers]]
+[[Category:20th-century Cuban classical composers]]
-[[Category:20th-century male musicians]]
+[[Category:20th-century Cuban male musicians]]
-[[Category:Cuban classical composers]]
 [[Category:Cuban composers]]
 [[Category:Latin music composers]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Male classical composers]]
+[[Category:Cuban male classical composers]]
-[[Category:People from Havana]]
+[[Category:Musicians from Havana]]
 [[Category:Cuban expatriates in the United States]]
+[[Category:Cuban expatriates in Poland]]
+[[Category:Cuban male musicians]]