Background
FERNÁNDEZ, Oscar Lorenzo was born on November 4, 1897 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
FERNÁNDEZ, Oscar Lorenzo was born on November 4, 1897 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Educated school of music, University do Brasil.
Professor., school of music, University do Brasil, 1925: delegate. Fiesta de Música Ibero-Americana, Bogotá, Colombia, 1938. Founder and director, Conservatorio Brasileiro de Música, Rio de Janeiro, 1940.
Professor. Conservatorio Nacional de Canto Orfeónico. Composer: Trio brasileiro (municipal prize), 1924. Suite sinfónica sobre tres temas populares, first performed in Rio de Janeiro, 1925.
Quinteto, for wind instruments. Imbapara, ballet, 1929. Reisado do pastoreio, suite for large orchestra, 1930.
Concerto for piano and orchestra, 1937. Amaya, ballet on Inca themes. 1939; Malazarte, opera.
1941; Concerto for violin and orchestra, 1942. In addition has written chamber music and over a hundred piano pieces, songs and choral works.