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Leon Schidlowsky (Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete) was born on 21 July, 1931 in Santiago, Chile, is a Chilean-Israeli composer and painter (1931–2022). Discover Leon Schidlowsky's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

Popular As Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete
Occupation Composer Academic teacher
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 21 July 1931
Birthday 21 July
Birthplace Santiago, Chile
Date of death 10 October, 2022
Died Place Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality Chile

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1931

Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete (21 July 1931 – 10 October 2022) was a Chilean-Israeli composer and painter.

He wrote music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, and instruments including the piano, violin, cello, flute, mandolin, guitar, harp, organ.

About 65 pieces were written in graphic notation.

His compositions have been performed in numerous countries, with orchestra conductors including Aldo Ceccato, Clytus Gottwald, Erhard Karkoschka, Herbert Kegel, Lukas Foss, Zubin Mehta and Hermann Scherchen.

The scores of his graphic music have been shown in exhibitions such as Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen.

Schidlowsky worked as a professor of composition both in Chile and Israel, influencing many students.

León Schidlowsky was born in Santiago de Chile on 21 July 1931.

1940

He studied there at the Instituto Nacional from 1940 to 1947, and the piano with Roberto Duncker at the Conservatorio Nacional of the Universidad de Chile from 1942 to 1948, completing with a diploma.

He then studied composition with Juan Allende-Blin and Fré Focke, as well as philosophy and psychology.

He completed his studies in Germany at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie (later Hochschule für Musik Detmold) in Detmold.

1953

He met his future wife there, Susanne they married in 1953.

1954

After his return to Chile in 1954, Schidlowsky became a member of the avant-garde ensemble Grupo Tonus in Santiago and served as its director from 1958 to 1961.

This ensemble wanted to spread avant-garde and contemporary music in Chile.

1956

In 1956 Schidlowsky produced Nacimiento, considered the first electroacoustic work composed in Latin America.

Between 1956 and 1959 he was member of the British Council and between 1956 and 1961 a musical adviser of the pantomime ensemble Grupo Noisvander.

1961

He served as director of the music library at the Instituto de Extensión Musical in 1961 and 1962, and as secretary-general of the Asociación Nacional de Compositores from 1961 to 1963.

1962

He also served as director-general of the Instituto de Extensión Musical, of the university from 1962 to 1966.

In this period the Institute achieved distinction, with the performance of music that had never been played in Chile before, and with the performance of at least one work by a Chilean composer every year.

Besides that, a number of orchestral conductors, soloists, and foreign orchestras visited Chile and made a substantial contribution to the musical culture of the country.

1964

In 1964, Schidlowsky was, together with Luigi Dallapiccola and Alberto Ginastera, a member of the jury in a composers' competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The same year he took part in the music symposium Latin America and the music of our time (América Latina y la música de nuestros tiempos) in Lima, Peru.

1965

In 1965, Schidlowsky was appointed Professor of Composition at the Conservatorio Nacional, serving until 1968.

1966

In 1966 he participated in the Inter-American Festival in Washington, D.C., U.S., as well as the Festival Interamericano de Música in Caracas, Venezuela.

1967

In 1967, he took part in the Festival of Music from Spain and Latin America, in Madrid, Spain.

1968

He participated in the Festival of the Three Worlds in Mérida, Venezuela, in 1968, with lectures and discussions with the composers Krzyztof Penderecki and Luigi Nono.

The city of Mérida nominated him a Distinguished Guest of the City.

In the same year he received a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in order to write an opera, which he completed in Germany.

1969

In 1969, Schidlowsky was appointed Professor for Composition and Music Theory at the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music at the Tel Aviv University.

1979

In 1979 he was granted a sabbatical year, which he spent in Hamburg.

He has given many conferences in Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Vienna, Lund, and Saragossa.

Schidlowsky received several fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and stayed in Berlin twice for an extended period, where he composed and painted.

1996

In 1996 he received the First Prize for his work Absalom in the 60th anniversary competition of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

1999

Schidlowsky's wife, Susanne Schidlowsky, died in 1999.

They had five children (David, Elias, Judith, and twins Yuval and Noam).

Schidlowsky died in Tel Aviv on 10 October 2022, at the age of 91.

Schidlowsky received various awards for his music, such as at the Festivales de Música Chilena, with works of his being awarded the Chilean Prize CRAV.

2000

He served at the university until 2000.

Schidlowsky gave courses in composition in several countries; and he has helped to form and influence a whole generation of composers in Israel, including Avraham Amzallag, Chaya Arbel, Mary Even-Or, Rachel Galinne, Betty Olivero, Jan Radzynski, Ruben Seroussi, Ron Weidberg, Moshe Zorman.

In 2000 he was awarded the ACUM Prize for his entire oeuvre by the Israel Composers Association.

The following year, during a visit to Chile, the Chilean Chamber Orchestra declared him an Honorary Member, the Universidad de Chile appointed him an Honorary Professor in its Arts Faculty, and the Chilean Ministry of Education conferred on him the Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral with the rank of "Caballero" ("Knight").