Antonio Estévez Aponte (Calabozo (Guárico), January 1, 1916 - Caracas, November 26, 1988), was a Venezuelan musician, composer, and conductor, and founder of the Central University of Venezuela Chorus.
His parents were Mariano Estévez and Carmen Aponte. He began his musical studies in Caracas in 1923, and returned to his native city of Calabozo in 1925, where from 1926 he played the flugelhorn in the town band. In 1930, he returned to Caracas, wh...
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Antonio Estévez Aponte (Calabozo (Guárico), January 1, 1916 - Caracas, November 26, 1988), was a Venezuelan musician, composer, and conductor, and founder of the Central University of Venezuela Chorus.
His parents were Mariano Estévez and Carmen Aponte. He began his musical studies in Caracas in 1923, and returned to his native city of Calabozo in 1925, where from 1926 he played the flugelhorn in the town band. In 1930, he returned to Caracas, where he studied clarinet under Miguel Gallo, and, from 1934, composition under Vicente Emilio Sojo at the Escuela de Música y Declamación (also called the Escuela de Santa Capilla or Escuela José Ángel Lamas). In 1932, he joined the Caracas Martial Band under the direction of Pedro Elías Gutiérrez, and in 1934, the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra as second oboe. His first choral works, Rocío and El Jazminero estrellado, date from 1938. In 1942, he was married to Flor Roffé. In the following year, he founded the University Chorus of the Central...
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