Enrique Gil Calderón
Appearance
Enrique Gil Calderón | |
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Born | May 14, 1935 |
Died | December 11, 2008 | (aged 73)
Occupation | Conductor |
Awards | Premio Eugenio Espejo (2008) |
Enrique Gil Calderón (Guayaquil, May 14, 1935 - Guayaquil, December 11, 2008) was an Ecuadorian choral director. He was the son of the novelist Enrique Gil Gilbert and the painter Alba Calderón Zatizábal.
He had a daughter with soprano Beatriz Parra, who also trained in Russia to perform lyrical music.[1]
Gil Calderón was awarded the Premio Eugenio Espejo in 2008 by the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa (2007–Present) after he rejected the prize in 1995 from President Sixto Duran Ballen (1992-1996).
Gil Calderón died of leukemia in 2008.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Vistazo (in Spanish). 2001. pp. 86–88.
- ^ "Murió Enrique Gil Calderón". El Universo (in Spanish). 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2025-01-23.