Background
CASANOVA VICUÑA, Juan was born on December 27, 1894 in Santiago, Chile.
CASANOVA VICUÑA, Juan was born on December 27, 1894 in Santiago, Chile.
Educated Institute Nacional, 1906-1911, University Católica, 1912-1916, Conservatorio Nacional de Música, 1912-1917, Ecole Normal de Musique (Paris), 1922-1923.
Secretary, Consejo de Bellas Artes, Santiago. Director general of music, Chilean army, 1916-1920. Has directed symphony concerts and opera in Santiago, as well as the following foreign orchestras —philharmonic of Berlin, 1923, Posthoff of Karlsbad, 1923, Lamoureux of Paris, 1924, Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires, 1938, 1940, Society Wagneriana of Buenos Aires, 1942, Society del Profesorado Orquestal, Buenos Aires, 1943, 1944.
Member Society de Compositores Chilenos, Society de Compositores Modernos, Society de Cantantes Líricos de Chile, Club de la Unión, Club Hípico, Club Militar.