Background
He was introduced to music by his mother.
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Librado Net
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In the art of painting, he was a student of Miguel Pou, and in architecture he studied with Alfredo Wiechers, who taught him to work with watercolors and tapestry. In the 1920s he lived in the United States where he studied music with Jean Bedetti.
Career
Librado Net Pérez was a Puerto Rican musician, educator and painter. He was a student of Arístides Chavier, Domingo Cruz "Cocolia" and Castro Pérez. From a very young age he showed dexterity in leadership and talent in orchestral organization and in the interpretation of musical works via the flute, and the violin.
Librado Net was the first director of the Escuela Libre de Música de Ponce (Ponce Free School of Music), starting in the 1950s and continued as such until just prior to his death.
He was better known for his musical skills than his other artistic interests. Librado Net worked with Ernesto Ramos Antonini from the planning to the implementation phases of Puerto Rico"s three free schools of music in San Juan, Ponce, and Mayaguez.
The schools were inaugurated on 1 December 1946. Thanks to the work of Net, it is said that "the Ponce Free School of Music was the most outstanding." He became the first director of the Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos.
The school was also the teaching venue of Tomás Clavel, Julio Alvarado, Emilio Alvarado, Rafael Franco, Eduardo Pérez Jusino, Bernardo Gaztambide, Luis Marguerie y Edwin Ramos Torres.
Librado Net died in Ponce on 2 November 1964. In Ponce there is a school in the community of San Antonio that bears his name. He is recoginzed at the Ponce Tricentennial Park for his contributions to music and painting.
There is also a street named after him in the Pastillo de Canas community in barrio Canas, Ponce.
There is a garden at the Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos named after Net.
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Born
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Nationality
United States