Saturday, April 5, 2008

José Loyola Fernández (b. 1941), Afro-Cuban Composer


AmericanComposers.org/cubabios.htm:
Composer, musicologist, and flutist José Loyola Fernández was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba in 1941. Loyola graduated as a flutist in 1967 from the Escuela Nacional de Arte de La Habana, under the supervision of teachers Roberto Ondina and Emigdio Mayo. In 1973 he received his master's degree in composition from the Warsaw Music Academy, where he studied with Witold Rudzinski. In 1985 he received a doctorate with a specialty in music theory from the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw.

His compositions have been performed in Cuba, Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Argentina, Mexico, and El Salvador. In 1992 he received the Cuban Premio Anual de Composición given by the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba. He has been a participant in conferences at universities and cultural institutions in Latin America, Europe, and Africa. Loyola is the author of En ritmo de bolero and has published articles in journals in Cuba, Latin America, and Spain. He is the editor of the journal Música Cubana, a publication of the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba.

Currently Loyola is professor of composition, orchestration and counterpoint at the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana. He also serves as member of the board of trustees of several important artistic organizations in Cuba.







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