Antonio Lauro

Antonio Lauro. Photo credit: Alfredo Cortina | Archivo Fotografía Urbana.

Works for Cello

Daniela (1984), for cello and guitar.

Gavota (Lección), for cello and guitar.

Lección I, for cello and guitar.

Lección II, for cello and guitar.

Sources:

Grove Music Online: https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.43603

Hudde, H. (2012). Ivo Hernández. Antonio Lauro. Caracas: Biblioteca Biográfica Venezolana. Revista musical chilena, 66(218), 88-89. https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-27902012000200012

Socorro, M. (2021, May 9). Antonio Lauro fotografiado por Alfredo Cortina. Prodavinci. https://prodavinci.com/antonio-lauro-fotografiado-por-alfredo-cortina/

Antonio Lauro

Venezuelan guitarist and composer, born August 3, 1917, born April 18, 1986.

Antonio Lauro was a Venezuelan guitarist and composer, born in Ciudad Bolivar, August 3, 1917. Lauro studied at the Academia de Arte y Declamación with Vicente Emilio Sojo for composition and music theory, as well as with Salvador Llamazor for piano; additionally, he took history and musical aesthetics from Juan Bautista Plaza and guitar with Raúl Borges. 

Originally, Lauro enrolled at the Caracas Conservatory to study piano as his main instrument, but switched to guitar after hearing Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré in Caracas in 1932. Another influence on Antonio Lauro’s decision to play the guitar was the creation of the guitar class by Vicente Emilio Sojo, directed by guitarist Raúl Borges. He was also part of the folk music trio Los Cantores del Trópico for several years. Lauro wrote works for many different instruments, but his guitar compositions have received international acclaim. Collaborating with fellow colleague and guitarist Alirio Díaz, they created many works together that are internationally-acclaimed. Lauro passed away in Caracas, Venezuela on April 18, 1986.