Background
CASTRO, Juan José was born on March 7, 1895 in Avellaneda, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
CASTRO, Juan José was born on March 7, 1895 in Avellaneda, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Educated in Buenos Aires and Paris.
Director; director, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 1928-1943. Professor., Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Arte Escénico, 1931-1943. At various times has directed concerts in the Asociación del Profesorado Orquestal and Asociación Sinfónica.
Has also directed in Washington, Mexico, Santiago de Chile, Lima, Montevideo, Havana. In 1941, directed orchestra of National Broadcasting Company, of New York. His works have been played in Buenos Aires and Europe under the direction of Ernest Anscrmct, Clemens Krauss, G. Fitclberg, Stokowsky, Kleiber, Alfredo Casella, Heitor Villalobos.