Ricardo Tacuchian

Ricardo Tacuchian (born 1939) is a conductor, composer[1][2] and Doctor in Musical Arts (Composition) at the University of Southern California.

His compositions have been performed in Europe and America and his discography is available in CD and LP format. In addition to article publications and textbook contributions, Tacuchian also lectures in Brazil and abroad.

Positions he has held include Titular Professor of both UFRJ and UNIRIO (where he was the Titular Conductor of the Unirio Orchestra), visiting professor of the State University of New York at Albany and of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He received grants and scholarship from Capes, CNPq (Brazil), Other Minds, Fulbright Commission, Rockefeller Foundation (USA), and Appolon Stiftung (Germany), among others. He is a lifetime member of the Brazilian Music Academy, the highest honoring musical institution in Brazil.

Partial List of Works

5 Cantatas

Solo pieces for piano, guitar, flute, clarinet, harp, xylophone

About 25 Pieces for two, three, four and five instruments

Bigger Ensembles

Seven Pieces for String Orchestra with and without soloists

Pieces for Symphonic Orchestra

Computer Music

There are also 7 Cycles of Songs, some single songs for voice and piano and about 30 a cappella choir pieces

Some CDs with Tacuchian's music

References

  1. "BRAVO!". South Florida Sun. September 16, 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2011. ...with the musicians and composer and Villa Lobos scholar Ricardo Tacuchian...
  2. Tamara Elena Livingston-Isenhour; Thomas George Caracas Garcia (2005). Choro: a social history of a Brazilian popular music. Indiana University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-253-21752-3. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
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