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Professor Oscar C. Yatco (23 November 1930 – 1 July 2014) was a
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-born German conductor and
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ist.Maestro Oscar Yatco passes away
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Early life

Yatco obtained his music teacher's diploma at the young age of 16 from the
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in 1947. He trained with renowned teachers such as Ivan Galamian at
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and with
Wilhelm Stross Wilhelm Stross (5 November 1907 – 18 January 1966) was a German violinist and composer. He was professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln as well as first violin of the Stross Quarte ...
at the State Academy of Music in Munich. He won top prizes in prestigious international competitions in
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, and eventually performed as a soloist.


Music career

Yatco served as conductor,
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,
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and music consultant for local orchestras such as the
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, the Cultural Centre of the
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, and overseas in Hanover. Yatco commented in retrospect


See also

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Michael Dadap Michael Dadap is a popular Filipino guitarist, composer, and conductor, and an influential advocate of Filipino folk music. He was influential in the creation of a world-class rondalla ensemble in the United States is also the founding music dire ...
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Andrea Veneracion Andrea Ofilada Veneracion (or ''Ma'am OA''; July 11, 1928 – July 9, 2013) was a Filipino choral conductor and a recipient of the 1999 National Artist for Music award. She founded the Philippine Madrigal Singers in 1963. She was also an adj ...


References


External links

*http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/nov/21/yehey/life/20051121lif1.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20071028050121/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/may/22/yehey/top_stories/20060522top4.html *http://www.opmdb.com/artist_profile.php?artist_id=1159 *http://www.clickthecity.com/arts/?p=61 Filipino conductors (music) 1930 births 2014 deaths Filipino classical violinists Filipino music educators Filipino expatriates in Germany University of the Philippines alumni Place of birth missing Place of death missing 20th-century classical violinists Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Merit (Philippines) 20th-century conductors (music) {{violinist-stub