Claudio Santoro

Among Brazil's major composers of the 20th century, Claudio Santoro attained an international reputation. In addition to composing, he was an important force in Brazilian musical life as a conductor, educator, and organization executive. Santoro was born November 23, 1919, in Manaus, Brazil, in the state of Amazonas. He took violin and piano lessons as a child, and he showed such promise that the state government financed his move to Rio de Janeiro and his studies at the Conservatório Brasileiro de Música there. In addition to violin, he also took composition lessons from Han...