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, Panamá's mother raised him after his father died a few months after his birth. Panamá always had an inclination to music. Panamá studied music at the

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and in

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under

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and

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 19255 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. Born in Montb ...

. Panamá also had a short-lived conducting career, directing concerts in El Salvador in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Panamá's main music performance collaborators were Salvadoran composer and conductor German Cáceres, Mexican composer and conductor

Manuel de Elías Manuel Jorge de Elías (born June 5, 1939) is a Mexican composer and conductor. He initially studied under his father, composer Alfonso de Elías, and then studied under Marie and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He was the founder of the Music Institute a ...

, and Salvadoran guitarist Walter Quevedo. Panamá's main classical music works included Guitar Concerto ''Destellos de una Vida'' and a Symphonic Poem, both of which premiered in the late 2000s. Panamá also wrote a novel called ''Pocos minutos antes de las nueve de la noche.'' Panamá died on September 13, 2010.

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