IDOLS AND ICONS OF 1960 S AGES. NATIONAL IDOL: CRISTOBAL HALFFTER, MUSICIAN.

IDOLS AND ICONS OF 1960S AGES.

NATIONAL IDOL: CRISTOBAL HALFFTER, MUSICIAN.

LITTLE INTRODUCTION

Cristóbal Halffter is one of the most recognised

composers and conductors of classical music in

Spain.

CHILDHOOD

He was born in 1930, in Leon, a town in the north

of Spain and near of Portugal, but when he was six

years old, his family moved to Germany to scape of

the Spanish Civil war and he returned in 1939. His

relationship with the german country and his

musician uncles Rodolfo and Ernesto, gived to him

much musical education.

YOUTH

After finished his elementary studies in German, he

completed his advanced studies of composition in

Madrid, in 1951. Then he started to learn about the

art of the orchestra conduction.

In twice musical subjects he suceed: He won the

National Prize of composition with his first concert

for piano and orchestra, and he achieved to

conducting the Falla Orchestra.

He can play and create classical musichighly…

ADULTHOOD

He become proffessor of the Royal Conservatory of

Madrid and then, he was the director of that center

when he was only 33 years old.

OUTPUT SPAIN

Director of the Royal Conservatory was an

incredible achieve but his talent was more than this.

In 1967 a scholarship was gifted to him to go to USA

and Berlin. Then, he realised a lot of works in

Darmstad and Friburg.

HIS MASTERPIECE

In 2000, he released his first opera: Don Quijote,

wich was written in three years and had only an act

but his cualities gived to him to the heaven of the

contemporary musicians one more time.

MORE OF HIS PIECES

The Adagio in rondo form for orchestra, was

released from the Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra in

2003.

His second opera, Lázaro, was released in 2008.

NOW A DAYS

Now he lives in his native town, León, with his

pianist wife and he still active in the music world.

THE END

But he carry on with his art…