IDOLS AND ICONS OF 1960 S AGES. NATIONAL IDOL: CRISTOBAL HALFFTER, MUSICIAN.

LITTLE INTRODUCTION  Cristóbal Halffter is one of the most recognised composers and conductors of classical music in Spain.

CHILDHOOD  He was born in 1930, in Leon, a town in the north of Spain and near of Portugal, but when he was six years old, his family moved to Germany to scape of the Spanish Civil war and he returned in His relationship with the german country and his musician uncles Rodolfo and Ernesto, gived to him much musical education.

YOUTH  After finished his elementary studies in German, he completed his advanced studies of composition in Madrid, in Then he started to learn about the art of the orchestra conduction.  In twice musical subjects he suceed: He won the National Prize of composition with his first concert for piano and orchestra, and he achieved to conducting the Falla Orchestra.

He can play and create classical music highly…

ADULTHOOD  He become proffessor of the Royal Conservatory of Madrid and then, he was the director of that center when he was only 33 years old.

OUTPUT SPAIN  Director of the Royal Conservatory was an incredible achieve but his talent was more than this. In 1967 a scholarship was gifted to him to go to USA and Berlin. Then, he realised a lot of works in Darmstad and Friburg.

HIS MASTERPIECE  In 2000, he released his first opera: Don Quijote, wich was written in three years and had only an act but his cualities gived to him to the heaven of the contemporary musicians one more time.

MORE OF HIS PIECES  The Adagio in rondo form for orchestra, was released from the Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra in  His second opera, Lázaro, was released in 2008.

NOW A DAYS  Now he lives in his native town, León, with his pianist wife and he still active in the music world.

THE END But he carry on with his art…