Álvaro Manzano

Álvaro Manzano Montero (1955 – 19 February 2022) was an Ecuadorian opera and symphony orchestra conductor.

Álvaro Manzano
Born	Álvaro Manzano Montero 1955 Ambato, Ecuador
Died	19 February 2022 (aged 66)
Alma mater	Moscow Conservatory
Occupation	Conductor
Awards	Premio Eugenio Espejo (2020)

Biography

Manzano was born in 1955 in Ambato where he began his musical studies. In 1975, he went to Moscow, where in 1979 he obtained his Choral Conductor degree from the Tchaikovsky School. In 1985, he graduated cum laude from the P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, in the class of conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

From 1985 to 2001 and from 2006 until 2020, he was Principal Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador. From 2001 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2009, he was music director and Principal of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic. Manzano conducted symphony orchestras in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, United States, Estonia, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Russia and Venezuela. He was the Musical and artistic director of the Sucre National Theater [es] in Quito and a teacher at important conservatories in Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.

He died on 19 February 2022, at the age of 66.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Awards

• Honorary Citizen, Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 1987.
• Outstanding Young Man of the World, Helsinki, Finland, 1991.
• Order of Rio Branco, Presidency of Brazil, 1994.
• Premio Eugenio Espejo, in the category Creations, Achievements or Activities in area of Culture and the Arts, conferred by the President of Ecuador, September 2020.^[6][7]

References

1. "Muere Álvaro Manzano, director emérito de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador" [Álvaro Manzano dies, director emeritus of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador] (in Spanish). El Universo. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
2. "El músico Álvaro Manzano falleció con 67 años de edad" [Musician Álvaro Manzano passed away at the age of 67] (in Spanish). El Telégrafo. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
3. "Álvaro Manzano Montero" (in Spanish). Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador [es]. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
4. "Fallece Álvaro Manzano, director emérito de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional" [Álvaro Manzano, director emeritus of the National Symphony Orchestra, passes away] (in Spanish). Primicias. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
5. "Un homenaje musical al maestro Álvaro Manzano" [A musical tribute to maestro Álvaro Manzano] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
6. Pinchevsky, Moisés (9 August 2020). "Premio Eugenio Espejo ya tiene a sus tres ganadores" [Eugenio Espejo Award already has its three winners] (in Spanish). El Universo. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
7. "Valdano, Manzano y Romoleroux reciben el Premio Eugenio Espejo" [Valdano, Manzano and Romoleroux receive the Eugenio Espejo Award]. La Hora. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2022.