Ricardo Castillo

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Sat 26 May: The Hambleden Concerts 2012 - Music from around the World The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Hambleden Hambleden, RG9 6RT
Tue 29 May: Composers Voice Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74th Street, New York
Sat 2 Jun: Music for a Royal Occasion Middleton Parish Church, New Lane, Middleton Manchester M24
Fri 8 Jun: Shakuhachi Concert Raixa, Bunyola, Spain
Sat 9 Jun: The Waters of Tyne & Ruhr St James's United Reform Church, Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8JF
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(1803) Ludwig van Beethoven: Premiere of violin sonata in A major op. 47 “Kreutzer Sonata”, in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven at the piano.
(1833) Heinrich Marschner: Premiere of Hans Heiling, in Berlin, Germany.
(1873) Léo Delibes: Premiere of Le Roi l'a Dit, in Paris, France.
(1906) Frederick Delius: Premiere of Sea Drift, in Essen, Germany.
(1918) Béla Bartók: Premiere of Duke Bluebeard's Castle op. 11, in Budapest, Hungary.

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[details ←] 3 Nocturnes, piano,
[details ←] Suite in D, piano,
[details ←] 7 Pieces, piano,
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Born: 1 October 1891 — Quetzaltenango — Guatemala
Died: 23 May 1966 — Guatemala City — Guatemala
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Ricardo was the half brother of Jesús Castillo. He Studied the violin with A. Lefort from 1912 till 1917. Then he studied harmony with Paul Vidal from 1919 till 1921, in Paris, France. He then returned to his native country and became professor of music, history, harmony and counterpoint at the Cons. of Guatemala in Guatemala City. This postion he held until his retirement shortly before his death in 1966.

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