Alberto Villalpando

Alberto Villalpando (born 21 November 1940 in La • Yamar y Armor, ballet music for voice, tape and or-
Paz) is a Bolivian composer. chestra after Blanca Wiethüchter, 1975
• Desde el Jardín de Morador for MIDI, 1990

1 Biography • De los Elementos for MIDI, 1991

• Manchaypuytu, opera, 1995
Villalpando began his musical training in Potosí under
Santiago Velásquez and Padre José Díaz Gainza.[1] From • Qantatai for choir, narrator and electronic sounds,
1958 he studied at the Conservatory of Buenos Aires with 1996
Alberto Ginastera, Pedro Sáenz, Abraham Jurafsky and
• La Lagarta, ballet for narrator and elektroakustische
Roberto García Morillo and 1963-64 at the Latin Amer-
sounds after Blanca Wiethüchter, 2002
ican Center for Higher musical studies (CLAEM) in
Buenos Aires with Olivier Messiaen, Riccardo Malipiero, • Piano 3 for piano and two piano synthesizers, 2002
Luigi Dallapiccola, Alberto Ginastera, Bruno Maderna
and Aaron Copland. Here in cooperation with Miguel • Mística 10, for viola profonda and piano, 2009
Angel Rondano he developed a sound installation for an
• Los diálogos de Tunupa, for viola profonda and
exhibition of the painter Carlos Squirru.
string orchestra, 2011
In 1964 he became head of the State Film Institute of
Bolivia, and in 1967 was appointed director of the Mu-
sic Department of the Bolivian Ministry of Culture. In 3 References
addition, he served as professor of composition and di-
rector of the National Conservatory of La Paz and the [1] “Biografia De Alberto Villalpando” (in Spanish). Bue-
music seminar of the Universidad Católica Boliviana and nastareas.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
was Bolivian cultural attaché to France. In 1998 he was
awarded the National Prize for Bolivian Culture.[2] [2] “Alberto Villalpando, padre de la música contemporánea
boliviana” (in Spanish). La razon. Retrieved 2 February
In addition to orchestral works such as Phantastischen 2015.
Liturgie, Strukturen (for piano and orchestra), and Von
der Liebe, der Furcht und dem Schweigen (for piano [3] “Alberto Villalpando (Bolivie)" (in French). Fondation-
and chamber orchestra), he composed ballet and film langlois.org. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
music, works for chamber orchestra, and Sonnenge-
sang for soloists, choir and orchestra. While study-
ing electroacoustic music, he benefited from the tape 4 External links
recorder, producing Bolivianos...! in Leo Küpper’s
recording studio.[3] Later he drew on electroacoustic • Alberto Villalpando La foundation Daniel Langlois
sound and the technical developments offered by MIDI.
• Alberto Villalpando Colegio de Compositores Lati-
noamericanos de Música de Arte

2 Works

• La Muerte for tape, 1964

• Mística No. 3 for two string quartets, horn, flute,

double bass and tape, 1970

• Mística No. 4 for string quartete, piano and tape,

1970

• Bolivianos...! for tape 1973

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