Alex Panamá (8 May 1940 – 13 September 2010) was a

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composer of

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. He mainly composed

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l music. Born in Santa Ana, El Salvador, and raised by his mother after the death of his father a few months after his birth, Panamá always had an inclination to music. He studied music at the

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and in

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where his teachers included

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and

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. He also had a flirtation with a conducting career, directing concerts in El Salvador in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His main collaborators in performing his works were Salvadoran composer and conductor

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, Mexican composer and conductor Manuel de Elías, and Salvadoran guitarist Walter Quevedo. His main classical music works included ''Destellos de una Vida'' and a novel called ''Pocos Minutos Antes de las Nueve de la Noche''. Alex Panamá died on September 13th, 2010.

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External links

* http://www.elfaro.net/es/201207/guiacultural/9128/ * https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhIVpZQoorfeQ4oKucnlTHEG3lAmiSD7 {{DEFAULTSORT:Panama, Alex Salvadoran composers Male composers 1940 births 2010 deaths Juilliard School alumni Salvadoran expatriates in the United States