Roberto García Morillo

Roberto García Morillo (January 22, 1911 – October 26, 2003) was an Argentine composer, musicologist, music professor and music critic.

Roberto García Morillo was born in Buenos Aires, on January 22, 1911. He studied at the "Escuela Argentina de Música" (with Julián Aguirre, Ricardo Rodríguez, Rafael González y Juan José Castro) and at the "Conservatorio Nacional de Música" (with José André, Floro M. Ugarte, José Gil y Constantino Gaito). In Paris, he studied with pianist Yves Nat. Morillo died on October 26, 2003.

Curriculum :
*Director of the "Conservatorio Nacional de Música" (1972-79)
*Professor of Composition at the "Conservatorio Municipal de Música" and at the "Antiguo Conservatorio Beethoven"
*Music critic of the newspaper "La Nación" (1938-79)
*Member of the "Comisión de Música Sinfónica y de Cámara de SADAIC"
*Vicepresident of the "Asociación Argentina de Compositores"
*President of the "Unión Compositores de la Argentina"
*Member of the "Senato Académico del Centro Internazionale di Studi Musicali" (Rome), "Sociedad Internacional de Musicología" and "Internationale Gesellschaft für Urheberrecht" (INTERCU) of Munich
*Jury member of several national and international competitions (Rio de Janeiro, Taormina, Montevideo, etc.).

Works

In his first works, influences from Scriabin and Stravinsky can be noticed, as well as coincidences with the French Impressionism and Manuel de Falla. He received awards from the "Comisión Nacional de Cultura", "Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires", "Asociación Wagneriana", "SADAIC", "Rotary Club" and the "Dante Alighieri" Scholarship (1952).

His works have been commissioned by:
*Radio Nacional
*Asociación de Conciertos de Cámara
*Asociación Amigos de la Música
*Festival de Música de Tucumán
*Asociación El Piano
*Asociación Argentina de Compositores
*Fabien Scvitzky (Tchaikowsky Festival, 1959)
*Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
*Teatro Colón
*Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales
*Asociación Amigos del Coro Nacional de Niños
*IV Festival Interamericano de Música (Washington).