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Juan Jose Castro
Juan Jose Castro was an Argentinian composer and conductor.
Castro studied piano and violin under Manuel Posadas and composition under Eduarno Fornarini in Buenos Aires. In the 1920s he was awarded the Europa Prize, and then went on to study in Paris at the Schola Cantorum under Vincent D'Indy and Edouard Risler. Returning to Buenos Aires in 1925, he was named conductor of the Renacimiento Chamber Orchestra in 1928 and the Teatro Colon in 1930. From 1939 to 1943 he was a professor at the Buenos Aires Conservatory.
Castro's international career began in the 1940s; he conducted the Havana Philharmonic ...
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