Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music
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Gilardo Gilardi Conservarory of Music (Conservatorio de Música Gilardo Gilardi) is a music conservatory in La Plata
, Argentina
.
Founded as Conservatorio de Música y Arte Escénico (Conservatory of Music and Scenic Art) on 18 May 1949, this tertiary educational institution was the brainchild of the Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera
. He envisaged a modern academy of musical studies that addressed both the professional and the artistic aspects of a musician's development. Argentine law 5322, approved on 29 October 1948 and promulgated on 23 November 1948, authorised its establishment and Ginastera became its first director. In 1960 it was suggested that the conservatory should be named in Ginastera's honour but convention was against honouring a living person. Consequently, when Gilardo Gilardi
died in 1967, his name was adopted by the Conservatory.
Departments reflect every speciality of the orchestra
. Courses are also offered through the faculties of pianoforte, guitar
, singing
, organ
, conducting
and music education
. Diplomas are awarded for all levels of teaching in the educational system of Argentina.
near Buenos Aires
the Conservatory is based in the Palacio Servente, designed by the architect Reynaldo Olivieri for Sociedad Femenil Italiana (the Italian Women's Society) as an orphanage. In 1999 the orphanage closed after 65 years because it failed to meet the requirements of United Nations
' international Convention on the Rights of the Child
.
The restored building is on three floors with forty classrooms, a 150-seat auditorium, a recording studio
, a sound laboratory, an orchestra hall, a library, a reading room, and a cafeteria. The basement contains 19 of the classrooms including the percussion department, a cloakroom, maintenance workshops, the boiler, an archive and the general office. The ground floor is the main access level with a chapel converted for the performance of chamber music, the cafeteria, two recital rooms, the library, more classrooms and the audiovisual studio. The upper floor houses the auditorium, the sound laboratory (equipped with computers, synthesizer and digital piano), recording studio, multimedia control room, more offices, a kitchen, a hall for the wind and strings orchestras, access to the terrace, and six classrooms.
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
Founded as Conservatorio de Música y Arte Escénico (Conservatory of Music and Scenic Art) on 18 May 1949, this tertiary educational institution was the brainchild of the Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...
. He envisaged a modern academy of musical studies that addressed both the professional and the artistic aspects of a musician's development. Argentine law 5322, approved on 29 October 1948 and promulgated on 23 November 1948, authorised its establishment and Ginastera became its first director. In 1960 it was suggested that the conservatory should be named in Ginastera's honour but convention was against honouring a living person. Consequently, when Gilardo Gilardi
Gilardo Gilardi
Gilardo Gilardi was an Argentine composer, pianist, and conductor who was the eponym of the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music in La Plata, Buenos Aires....
died in 1967, his name was adopted by the Conservatory.
Departments reflect every speciality of the orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
. Courses are also offered through the faculties of pianoforte, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, singing
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, conducting
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
and music education
Music education
Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...
. Diplomas are awarded for all levels of teaching in the educational system of Argentina.
Facilities
Located in the city of La PlataLa Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
near Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
the Conservatory is based in the Palacio Servente, designed by the architect Reynaldo Olivieri for Sociedad Femenil Italiana (the Italian Women's Society) as an orphanage. In 1999 the orphanage closed after 65 years because it failed to meet the requirements of United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
' international Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Rights of the Child
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children...
.
The restored building is on three floors with forty classrooms, a 150-seat auditorium, a recording studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
, a sound laboratory, an orchestra hall, a library, a reading room, and a cafeteria. The basement contains 19 of the classrooms including the percussion department, a cloakroom, maintenance workshops, the boiler, an archive and the general office. The ground floor is the main access level with a chapel converted for the performance of chamber music, the cafeteria, two recital rooms, the library, more classrooms and the audiovisual studio. The upper floor houses the auditorium, the sound laboratory (equipped with computers, synthesizer and digital piano), recording studio, multimedia control room, more offices, a kitchen, a hall for the wind and strings orchestras, access to the terrace, and six classrooms.
Staff
- Director: Professor Juan Carlos Panarace
- Vice Director: Professor Silvia Lobata
- Studios Regent: Professor Diana di Giacomo
- Area Head: Professor Raul Luis Zerbino
- Area Head: Professor Maria Claudia Gomila
- Secretary: Professor Marta MorenoMarta MorenoMarta Moreno Remírez is a Spanish football defender, currently playing for Athletic Bilbao in Spain's Primera División.She has been a member of the Spanish national team.-References:...
- Head of TangoTango musicTango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
: Professor Carlos MoscardiniCarlos MoscardiniCarlos Moscardini is an Argentine composer and guitarist. He is professor of tango guitar at the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music and [Manuel de Falla] Conservatory of music Buenos Aires....