Jesús Elías

Oscar Jesús Elías Lucero (born 1 December 1977) is a Bolivian cellist, classical guitarist, composer and conductor. He is the director of the Oruro Symphony Orchestra (2006–2008). His musical style is a combination of classical music and traditional .

Biography[]

Elías was born in the city of Oruro, Bolivia in 1977. The son of a noted musical teacher , he went on to study classic harmony of the Italo-Bolivian composer and musical conducting and directing under . He was a member of the Departmental Committee of Ethnography and Folklore of Oruro and of the Society of Geography and History of Oruro, all of which gave him important knowledge in traditional folk music. He then studied of the Altiplano region, and created transcriptions of Oruro baroque music. He was then a member of the group , and then director of the baroque classical group, the .

On December 8, 2004, he was the founding member of the , a choir with pianist . On 19 August 2006, he became director of the Oruro Symphony Orchestra, next to , a prestigious director from Cochabamba.

Works[]

• 20 Estudios -for guitar (1997)
• Tres Fantasías for Cello and Piano (1998)
• "10 cuecas" 2001, "Anatas y fiestas" for piano (2002)
• "Ave María" a la Virgen del Socavón (2006)
• "Oruro" Concerte for piano and orchestra (2006)
• "Tres llantos lunares" for violin and guitar (2006) ("La Luna y el Argonauta", "Plenyluna", "Octubre Negro")
• Suite "El Huayna" (2007)
• Missa "Oruro" (2007)

External links[]

• Lapatriaenlinea.com^{[permanent dead link]}
• Further information at Lapatriaenlinea.com^{[permanent dead link]}

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