Ricardo Castro

Ricardo Castro

Works for Cello

Concierto para violoncello y orquesta (1903), for cello and orchestra.

Sources:

  • Álvarez Meneses, R. (2018). El compositor mexicano Ricardo Castro (1864-1907): vida y obra. Universidad de Colima, México.

  • Contreras, H., Herrera-Pacheco, N., & Marcano, G. (2022). Ricardo Castro Herrera (1864-1907) Cello Concerto in C Minor. Strings of Latin America.

  • Lugo Viñas, R. (n.d.). El romántico Ricardo Castro. Un virtuoso pianista que vivió entre los siglos XIX y XX. Relato e historias en México. https://relatosehistorias.mx/nuestras-historias/el-romantico-ricardo-castro

  • Moreno Rivas, Y. (1996). La composición en México en el siglo XX. Conaculta. https://musicaenmexico.com.mx/ricardo-castro-1864-1907/

Ricardo Castro

Mexican composer and pianist, born February 7, 1864, died November 27, 1907.

Ricardo Castro was born in Durango, Mexico. He began studying with Pedro H. Ceniceros and later attended the Conservatorio Nacional de Música where he studied piano with Juan Salvatierra, Melesio Morales, and later with the distinguished pianist Julio Ituarte. During the year of 1903, Castro traveled around Europe giving masterclasses and studied with Teresa Carreño and Eugen D’Albert. He is often credited with composing the first Mexican cello and piano concerto. Castro’s music often represents European romantic traditions while producing some of the most complex usages of harmonic progressions and chromaticism.