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Works for Cello

Sonata del tiempo (1976), for cello and piano.

Sources:

Furman Schleifer, M., and Galván, G (2016). Latin American Classical Composers, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Rowman & Littlefield.

Álvaro Cordero Saldivia

Venezuelan composer, conductor and pianist, born August 24, 1954.

Álvaro Cordero Saldivia was born in August 24, 1954, in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela. Composer, teacher, conductor, and pianist, Cordero Saldivia started his studies in piano with Cecilia Escalante and Harriet Serr. He then studied jazz, composition, and harmony in Caracas with Gerry Weil. Cordero Saldivia’s jazz roots brought him to Berklee College of Music where he also studied composition. Cordero Saldivia earned his Master’s in composition from the New England Conservatory and PhD from Brandeis University’s School of Music, where he eventually taught. Cordero Saldivia received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984. In 1987, he taught at the Instituto de Estudio Musicales in Caracas.

Cordero Saldivia’s music has been performed by the LA Philharmonic Chamber Players, the San Francisco Symphony, and Lyrics Arts Ensemble. Along with his Guggenheim fellowship, he also received fellowships to the Composers Conference and Tanglewood, as well as earning the Koussevitzky-Tanglewood Composition prize. Cordero Saldivia’s compositions have been presented in films and in the popular music world.