Waldo de los Ríos(1934-1977)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Pianist, composer, conductor and arranger born in Buenos Aires in 1934.
He was formed at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música, studied with
Alberto Ginastera and Teodoro Fuchs and gave from his very early years
an avant-garde spirit to his performances. He composed music for films,
including the music for the film
Savage Pampas (1965) and for the TV
series Curro Jiménez (1976). In
1960 he looked to his roots in Spain and incorporated new musical
genres to his repertoire. In 1973 he composed his Concierto para
guitarra criolla. Four years later, the victim of a deep nervous
breakdown, he commited suicide in Madrid, shooting himself in the head.