Enrique Soro
Born: 15th July 1884, Concepción, Chile
Died: 3rd December 1954, Santiago, Chile
Nationality: Chilean
Enrique Soro Barriga was a Chilean composer and pianist. He won the National Prize of Art of Chile in 1948.
Considered one of the first Chilean symphonists, he carried out his first studies in Concepción with Clotilde de la Barra (piano) and Domingo Brescia (harmony and counterpoint). With a scholarship from the Chilean Senate, he left, in 1898, to study at the Royal Conservatory of Milan (Italy), one of the most important in the world at that time. He graduated from this place in 1904, the year in which he began a recognized and extensive career as a pianist of works from the universal repertoire, in addition to his own.
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