Luis Antonio Ramírez (10 February 1923

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– 15 May 1995

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) was a Puerto Rican composer.

Formal education

From 1954 to 1957, Ramírez studied piano and harmony with Alfredo Romero in

, graduating from the

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. From 1957 to 1964 Ramírez studied at the

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in Spain with the support of scholarship funds provided by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and the Puerto Rico Department of Education. At that institution he studied with composition with

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and Daniel Bravo and piano with Juan Molinari. He graduated from the conservatory in 1964.

Career

From 1950 to 1957 he served as music director of WIPR, the Puerto Rican government’s educational radio station. In 1968 he joined the faculty as professor of harmony and composition at the

. His pupils included Esther Alejandro de León.

Awards

In 1966 and 1968, the

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bestowed upon Ramírez the Fine Arts Award. Ramírez is the recipient of several other awards and commissions from fine arts institutions that include the

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and the

Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra The Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (PRSO) (''Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico'' in Spanish) a musical ensemble sponsored by the Government of Puerto Rico. It has 80 regular musicians from around the world performing a 52-week season which inc ...

Selected works

;Orchestral *''Fantasia sobre un mito antillano'' for trumpet, string orchestra, guitar and timpani (1971) *''Tres piezas breves'' (3 Short Pieces) (1972) *''Fragmentos'' (1973) ;Chamber music *''Meditación a la memoria de Segundo Ruis Belvis'' for viola and piano (1973) ;Piano *''Diez improvisaciones'' (10 Improvisations) (1971)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramirez, Luis Antonio 1923 births 1995 deaths Male classical composers Puerto Rican composers Puerto Rican male composers 20th-century classical composers 20th-century American male musicians