Honorio Alarcón (1859–1920) was a Colombian pianist. Born in

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, he trained in the conservatories in

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and

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in his early 20s. He won the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy award, and was recognized for his playing technique. He returned to Colombia in 1886, where he worked as music director and teacher. He eventually rose to leading positions in the Banda Nacional and the Academia Nacional de Música.Bio
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Josefina Acosta de Barón Josefina Acosta de Barón (born June 12, 1897) was a Colombian composer, pianist, and teacher. Acosta was born in Bogotá, and studied at the Academia Beethoven in that city beginning in 1905, taking lessons in theory, solfeggio, and harmony w ...

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