Vicente Bianchi Alarcón
Vicente Bianchi Alarcón (January 27, 1920 – September 24, 2018) was a Chilean composer, pianist, conductor, and orchestra and choir director. He received the Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales de Chile in 2016. He is remembered for composing music to accompany the poems of Pablo Neruda, and for his liturgical music, including the Chilean Mass (composed in 1964) and the Te Deum (1970–2000).
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Vicente Bianchi Alarcón
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- Name
- Vicente Bianchi
- Birth Name
- Vicente Bianchi Alarcón
- Born
- January 27, 1920
- Birthplace
- Ñuñoa, Chile
- Died
- 24 September 2018
- Place of death
- La Reina, Chile
- Occupation
- Composer, pianist, conductor
- Nationality
- Chile
- Fields
- traditional folk · bolero · religious · classical
- Education
- National Conservatory of Music
- Honours
- National Prize for Musical Arts · Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral · Chilean Prize of IANSA · APES Award for artistic career · Fundamental musical figure of Chile
- Languages
- Spanish
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Vicente Bianchi Alarcón studied at National Conservatory of Music. The recorded working language is Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are traditional folk, bolero, religious and classical. Work by Vicente Bianchi Alarcón is recorded in the collections of Memoria Chilena. Distinctions recorded are National Prize for Musical Arts, Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Prize of IANSA and APES Award for artistic career.
Colaboradores de la «Hora del Abuelito» (Programa que era transmitido por CE 78 Radio Hucke de Santiago de Chile.) VICENTE BIANCHI ALARCON. el inteligente niño-pianista Director de la Orquesta infantil «El Abuelito». Vicente Bianchi Alarcón (Ñuñoa, Región Metropolitana de Santiago; 27 de enero de 1920-24 de septiembre de 20181) fue un destacado compositor, pianista y director de orquesta y coros
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Colaboradores de la «Hora del Abuelito» (Programa que era transmitido por CE 78 Radio Hucke de Santiago de Chile.) VICENTE BIANCHI ALARCON. el inteligente niño-pianista Director de la Orquesta infantil «El Abuelito». Vicente Bianchi Alarcón (Ñuñoa, Región Metropolitana de Santiago; 27 de enero de 1920-24 de septiembre de 20181) fue un destacado compositor, pianista y director de orquesta y coros
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Vicente Bianchi • Birth Name — Vicente Bianchi Alarcón • Born — January 27, 1920 • Birthplace — Ñuñoa, Chile • Died — 24 September 2018 • Place of death — La Reina, Chile • Origin — Chile • Occupation — Composer, pianist, conductor • Years Active — 1930–2018
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Vicente Bianchi Alarcón (27 January 1920 – 24 September 2018) was a pianist, composer and conductor. The birth of Vicente Bianchi Alarcón is recorded on 27 January 1920 in Santiago de Chile, and the death on 24 September 2018.
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- 1.Vicente Bianchi.
- 2.Muere Vicente Bianchi, Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales, a los 98 años.
- 3.Vicente Bianchi Alarcón (1920-2018).
- 4.Vicente Bianchi Alarcón, una biografía musical y las implicancias de haber obtenido el Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales 2016.
- 5.U. de Chile saluda a su ex estudiante Vicente Bianchi, Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales 2016.
- 6.Rodríguez, Ana. "La sinvergüenzura llega a tal grado que se lo dieron a la hermana de uno de los jurados".
- 7.Bianchi, Vicente. El desencanto del compositor.
- 8.Figura fundamental de la música chilena.
- 9.http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-97012.html
- 10.http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=197827
- 11.Copia archivada.
- 12.Copia archivada.
- 13.http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2011/12/06/515951/musico-chileno-vicente-bianchi-obtiene-la-medalla-de-honor-pablo-neruda.html
- 14.http://www.clubgilletelier.cl/eventos-y-noticias-ano-2012/item/167-homenaje-a-don-vicente-bianchi-alarcon-el-reconocimiento-a-un-defensor-de-la-chilenidad.html
- 15.https://www.umcervantes.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=783:vicente-bianchi-alarcon-premio-universidad-de-cervantes-2014&catid=76:inicio
- 16.Copia archivada.
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