Claudio Prieto (24 November 1934 – 5 April 2015) was a Spanish composer He was born in Muñeca de la Peña,

Palencia Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half o ...

and began his musical career as a boy in the mid-20th century playing various musical instruments for the municipal band of

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. He moved to

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when he was 16 years, where he began his education with the musicologist Samuel Rubio. In 1960 he obtained a Cultural Exchange scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs admitting him to the Advanced Course taught in the

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ( en, National Academy of St Cecilia) is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, founded by the papal bull ''Ratione congruit'', issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prom ...

in Rome. Over the next three years, he studied under

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Boris Porena Boris Porena (Rome, 27 September 1927 - Cantalupo in Sabina, 3 May 2022) was an Italian thinker, music composer and didactical expert. He was married to Paola Bučan, a famous Croatian cellist and teacher who, until her retirement in 2014 was a t ...

. After completing the training he received a Higher Diploma from the Academy and returned to Spain. In 1967, he participated in the International Masterclass at

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(Germany) with among others,

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" ...

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. His professional career began in Madrid with the premier at the Ateneo Auditorium of his work 'Improvisation' for chamber ensemble. In 1969 his piece 'Solo a Solo', for flute and guitar, won him "Best Spanish wor for Young Musicians award” and thereby both national and international exposure and recognition. His biography, ''Música, belleza y comunicación'', was written by Víctor Andrés Pliego and published by Editorial Complutense in 1994.

Legacy

In Guardo, a secondary school bears his name (Instituto de Educación Secundaria or IES Claudio Prieto).

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1934 births 2015 deaths People from the Province of Palencia Spanish classical composers Spanish male classical composers Place of death missing 20th-century Spanish musicians 20th-century Spanish male musicians Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni {{Spain-composer-stub

Legacy

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