Vega, Aurelio de la, 1925-2022
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Name (Latin)
Vega, Aurelio de la, 1925-2022
Other forms of name
Vega, Aurelio de la, 1925-
La Vega, Aurelio de, 1925-
De la Vega, Aurelio, 1925-
Date of birth
1925-11-28
Date of death
2022-02-12
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Music
Occupation
Authors
Composers
Music teachers
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- LCN
Wikipedia description:
Aurelio de la Vega (November 28, 1925 – February 12, 2022) was a Cuban-American composer, lecturer, essayist, and poet. He wrote numerous works in many forms and media and, from the early 1960s, was an active force on the United States musical scene. Many of his compositions are published and recorded, and the majority of them are played constantly nationally and internationally. His music and aesthetic ideas have been commented upon and analyzed in books, newspapers and reviews throughout the United States and Latin America. In 1978 he was awarded the coveted Friedheim Award of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., and was nominated four times for a Latin Grammy Award.
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