Luis Gianneo was a leading Argentinian composer, pianist, conductor and educator. He was known as the founder of the Argentinian National School of Music. He was born on January 9, 1987, to an Italian family of musicians. He performed in Tucuman for more than 20 years, and was famous for being one of the only composers to remain in his country rather than travel abroad in the attempt to develop musical tradition.
Early in his life he started by forming a duo group with his brother, Miguel. Later he did bigger projects, and founded; The Argentinian Youth Orchestra for Radio El Mundo, Radio Nacional, and Philharmonic Association. In 1921, he married a pianist and singer, Josefina Ghidoni the marriage resulted in two daughters. Ghidoni later died of a sudden illness. Luis remarried in 1960 and had a son with Ines Rosa Sayans.
He began his career as a teacher at the Tucuman Instituto Musical, later becoming the director. He received some awards during his career such as; the prize of the Free Library of Philadelphia for Latin American Composers, and Municipal Prize of the City of Buenos Aires for his Transfiguration for Baritone and Orchestra. In his later years he was appointed President of the Argentinian Society of Music Education. He died in 1968.
Early in his life he started by forming a duo group with his brother, Miguel. Later he did bigger projects, and founded; The Argentinian Youth Orchestra for Radio El Mundo, Radio Nacional, and Philharmonic Association. In 1921, he married a pianist and singer, Josefina Ghidoni the marriage resulted in two daughters. Ghidoni later died of a sudden illness. Luis remarried in 1960 and had a son with Ines Rosa Sayans. He began his career as a teacher at the Tucuman Instituto Musical, later becoming the director. He received some awards during his career such as; the prize of the Free Library of Philadelphia for Latin American Composers, and Municipal Prize of the City of Buenos Aires for his Transfiguration for Baritone and Orchestra. In his later years he was appointed President of the Argentinian Society of Music Education. He died in 1968.
• "Suite", (1933)• "El Tarco en Flor", (1930)
• "Pampeanas"
• "Turay-Turay"
• "Obertura para una Comedia Infantil", (1937)
• "Sonatina", (1938)
• "Cinco pequeñas piezas", (1938)
• "Concertino-Serenata", (1938)
• "Sonata para Piano No 2", (1943)
• "Concierto Aymará" para violín y orquesta, (1944)
• "Improvisación", (1948)
• "Variaciones sobre un tema de tango"
• "Sonata para Piano No 3", (1957)
• "Seis Bagatelas", (1957-1959)
• "Antífona", Sinfonía
• "Agnus Dei", Cantata
• "Poema de la Saeta"
• "Obertura del Sesquicentenario"
"Luis Gianneo" 2013. Retrieved from http://www.naxos.com/person/Luis_Gianneo/20643.htm on June 27, 2013
"Luis Gianneo" 2013. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Gianneo on June 27, 2013
"Luis Gianneo" 2002. Retrieved from http://ostinato.tripod.com/gianneo.html on June 27, 2013
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