Esteban Servellón
Esteban Servellón Torres (16 October 1921 – 12 August 2003) was a Salvadoran musician, composer, and pedagogue. He composed, among other works, a ''Requiem Mass'', a sonata for guitar, and several serenades and quartets. Early life and career The son of Pedro Servellón and Lucía Torres, from a young age he played the viola, cello and violin. At age 16, he moved with his mother and siblings to Ciudad Delgado, near the capital of San Salvador. He studied at the Rafael Olmedo National School of Music in that city, and in 1941, joined the Banda de los Supremos Poderes, the State Symphony Orchestra. Later life and career In 1952, Servellón received a government scholarship to study composition and conducting at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where he remained for four years. In the same year, he created the ballet ''Rina''. In 1956, he returned to El Salvador where he assumed the position of director of the National Conservatory of Music. By 1960, he was the ...
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San Esteban Catarina
San Esteban Catarina is a municipality in the San Vicente department of El Salvador. San Esteban Catarina is set on a hill (cerro) and it has kept the traditional sets of a typical village. Every year in San Esteban Catarina there is a hot air balloon festival Hot air balloon festivals are held annually in many places throughout the year, allowing hot air balloons operators to gather- as well as for the general public- to participate in various activities. They can include races; evening "night glows", .... Sports The local professional football club is named C.D. Real San Esteban and it currently plays in the Salvadoran Third Division. Municipalities of the San Vicente Department {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ...
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