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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Elliott Goldkind
– Wilfred Josephs
– Robert John Farnon
– Ernest Bloch
– Paolino Vassallo
Dying days:
– Alan Rawsthorne
– Max von Schillings
– Léon Walpot
– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

– Pierre Even (18 Jul)
– Clara Schumann (17 Jul)
– Barney Childs (17 Jul)
– István Anhalt (17 Jul)
– Lowell Dijkstra (17 Jul)
– Lisa Ragsdale (17 Jul)
– Amy Scurria (16 Jul)
– Diana Rotaru (16 Jul)
– Benedictus Buns (16 Jul)
– Johannes Brahms (15 Jul)

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– Wolfgang Amadeus (Amadé) Mozart [2372]
– Antonio Vivaldi [2335]
– Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [1798]
– Ludwig van Beethoven [1172]
– Johann Sebastian Bach [1141]
– Johann Nepomuk Hummel [1103]
– Johannes Brahms [1075]
– Antonio Salieri [1075]
– Gustav Mahler [1070]
– Georges Bizet [1041]

Born: 19 May 1933 — Teruel — Spain

Died:

(Selective list)

• Opera: "Divinas Palabras" ("Divine Words"), libretto by Francisco Nieva after a play by Ramón del Valle Inclán. Commissioned for the re-opening of the Teatro Real (Madrid). Composed in 1992. Premiered in 1997.
• Concertos:
  • Piano (1963 rec. 1994)
  • "Cadencias" (for Violin, 1972)
  • "Aguediano" for guitar (1976)
  • "Mudéjar" (for guitar and strings, 1983)
  • "Nocturnos de la Antequeruela" (piano and strings, 1996)
  • "De las Altas Tierras" (for Vc., 1999)
  • "De la Malvarrosa" (for flute, piano and strings, 2001)
  • "Juventus" (2002, two pianos)
  • "De Gibralfaro" (for two guitars, 2003)
• For Orchestra:
  • Hemeroscopium (1972)
  • Celebidachiana (1982)
• Ballets:
  • "Don Juan" (1967)
  • "Doña Francisquita" (1985)
  • "Fuenteovejuna" (1994)
  • "La Gitanilla" (1996)
• Music for films and TV series
• Many other works for orchestra, piano, guitar, chorus and a great amount of songs.

Composer, conductor and pedagogue. Disciple of Goffredo Petrassi in the Santa Cecilia Academy of Rome. From 1974 to 2003 professor of composition at the Royal Superior School of Music of Madrid. Also in Cádiz, Galicia and Santiago de Compostela.

Many awards, as: International Composition Prize in Siena, Italy (1955); Spanish National Prize (1993) Guerrero Foundation Prize (1993); SGAE (1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002).

• http://www.bolamar.net

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