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Sergio Ortega

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Birth
Antofagasta, Provincia de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
Death
16 Sep 2003 (aged 65)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile Add to Map
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Composer. He studied composition at the National Conservatory of the University of Chile. He also was civil employee of the Institute of Musical Extension and for several years sound engineer of the Theater Antonio Varas. In the allendista period, he was Artistic Director of the television channel of the University of Chile. From the same day of the coup d'etat, Sergio obtains asylum in the Embassy of Panamá in Chile. Later, the same year, he left Chile for France where he lived until his death. He had a great number of musical comedies like "Asunto Sofisticado," "La dama del abanico" and many works with texts of the poet Pablo Neruda, like the cantata "Fulgor y muerte de Joaquin Murieta," the "Canto General" and many others. The songs that gave him more fame are: "Venceremos," with lyrics by Claudio Iturra, and "El Pueblo Unido jamás será vencido" with the collective collaboration of the famous group "Quilapayún." He composed more than 10 operas and several cantatas, songs and works of diverse nature like music for cinema, theater, of symphonic camera. At the time of his death, he was director of l'Ecole Nationale de Musique de Pantin, France. He was buried in a flank of the tomb of Victor Jara.
Composer. He studied composition at the National Conservatory of the University of Chile. He also was civil employee of the Institute of Musical Extension and for several years sound engineer of the Theater Antonio Varas. In the allendista period, he was Artistic Director of the television channel of the University of Chile. From the same day of the coup d'etat, Sergio obtains asylum in the Embassy of Panamá in Chile. Later, the same year, he left Chile for France where he lived until his death. He had a great number of musical comedies like "Asunto Sofisticado," "La dama del abanico" and many works with texts of the poet Pablo Neruda, like the cantata "Fulgor y muerte de Joaquin Murieta," the "Canto General" and many others. The songs that gave him more fame are: "Venceremos," with lyrics by Claudio Iturra, and "El Pueblo Unido jamás será vencido" with the collective collaboration of the famous group "Quilapayún." He composed more than 10 operas and several cantatas, songs and works of diverse nature like music for cinema, theater, of symphonic camera. At the time of his death, he was director of l'Ecole Nationale de Musique de Pantin, France. He was buried in a flank of the tomb of Victor Jara.

Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni


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  • Originally Created by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni
  • Added: Aug 29, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9383043/sergio-ortega: accessed ), memorial page for Sergio Ortega (2 Feb 1938–16 Sep 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9383043, citing Cementerio General de Santiago, Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile; Maintained by Find a Grave.