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Ficher, Jacobo L., Argentine composer,
conductor, violinist, and teacher of Russian origin; b.15 Jan 1896,
Odessa, Ukraine, formerly part of Russia; d.9 Sep 1978, Buenos Aires,
Argentina. He studied violin, in Odessa, with Piotr Stoliarsky and
M. Hait. In 1912, he entered the Imperial Cons. of Saint Petersburg,
Russia, where he studied violin with S. Korguieff and Leopold Auer,
and harmony, counterpoint, fugue, composition, and orchestration
with Vasili Kalafati, Maximilian Steinberg, Nikolai Tcherepnin,
and Nicolai Socoloff. He graduated in 1917. ConcertMaster at the
State Opera of Leningrad, USSR. He settled in Buenos Aires in 1923.
Conductor of the Orq. Sinfónica of ADEMA. Professor of composition
at the Escuela Superior de Música of the Univ. of la Plata, Prov.
of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Professor at the Cons. Nacional de Música
Carlos López Buchardo, the Cons. Superior de Música Manuel de Falla,
and the Inst. Superior de Arte of the Teatro Colón, all of Buenos
Aires. Founding member of the Grupo Renovación, in 1929, and of
the Liga de Compositores de la Argentina, in 1947. Full member of
the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes. He
died 9/9/1978 in Buenos Aires.
Latin American Classical Composer A
Biographical Dictionary - Miguel Ficher
- Miguel Ficher
- Address:
1420 Locust Street, Apt.32A, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Telephone: (215) 985-1142
Fax: (215) 985-1744
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