Lucidio Quintero Simanca, was born on July 15th 1961 in Maracaibo,
Venezuela. He started his musical training at the early age of 10 under his
father’s supervision, who instructed him in the basics of clarinet, musical
theory and solfege. In 1972 he joined the band of Cuartel de Bomberos in
Maracaibo as a clarinet player under the instruction of Gregorio Garrido and
Elías Núñez. He started formal clarinet and musical language studies at the
Conservatorio José Luis Paz in 1975 under the instruction of Félix Mozo Núñez
and Giuseppe Terencio. He would alternate his studies at the conservatory
with orchestral practice with the Youth Symphonic Orchestras Program in
Zulia, Venezuela. In 1977 he auditioned for a position in the Simón Bolívar
concert band where he became concert master. He starts piano and harmony
studies with Renzo Salvetti who works with him over 10 years until he
concludes his studies in Musical Composition.
In 1990 he joined the Conservatorio José Luis Paz as a harmony professor
where he begins an important teaching career and in 1991 starts studies on
modern harmony and new compositional tendencies with Gerry Weill in
Caracas, Venezuela. In 1990 he was chosen by the Latin American Band and
Ensemble Association to attend the first Latin American Seminar on Orchestral
Conducting in La Asunción, Paraguay with the guidance of professors from
Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. He continues conducting studies with Eduardo
Rhan, conductor of the Maracaibo Symphonic Orchestra.
In 1992 he won the National Band Composition Award offered by the Consejo
Nacional de Cultura (CONAC) with his piece El Vals de los Sueños and was
chosen under audition as principal conductor of the Simón Bolívar concert
band. In 1993 he was awarded once again with the National Band Composition
Award with his symphonic poem Bolívar and the Chamber Music Institute in
New Hampshire University premiers his wind quintet Acrópolis .
In 1994 the Maracaibo Symphonic Orchestra premiers his suite El Lago in the
celebration of the Ecologic and Advertisement Conference Tormenta Creativa,
where he is awarded by Zulia’s Government the Relámpago del Catatumbo
decoration in recognition of his outstanding work as a conductor of the Simón
Bolívar concert band, as a teacher and as a composer.
In 1995 he received recognition from the Consejo Nacional de Cultura in the
National Composition Contest of Venezuelan Music for his piano piece Siempre
Dama. In 1996 and 1997 the Department of Musical Arts in CONAC chose him
to be a member of the jury of the National Composition Contest and the
Department of Culture in Zulia chose him as Dean of the Conservatorio José
Luís Paz. In 1998 he became the official arranger and composer of the
Maracaibo Symphonic Orchestra and received a request from the Academia
saxophone quartet to compose a piece which was premiered later on in Italy. In
that same year, his Triptych for flute and piano Suite Zuliana was premiered in
Germany by Huascar Barradas. In 2001 he was awarded by the municipality of
Maracaibo the Orden de Ciudad de Maracaibo in recognition for his work
spreading out Zulian music.
Venezuela. He started his musical training at the early age of 10 under his
father’s supervision, who instructed him in the basics of clarinet, musical
theory and solfege. In 1972 he joined the band of Cuartel de Bomberos in
Maracaibo as a clarinet player under the instruction of Gregorio Garrido and
Elías Núñez. He started formal clarinet and musical language studies at the
Conservatorio José Luis Paz in 1975 under the instruction of Félix Mozo Núñez
and Giuseppe Terencio. He would alternate his studies at the conservatory
with orchestral practice with the Youth Symphonic Orchestras Program in
Zulia, Venezuela. In 1977 he auditioned for a position in the Simón Bolívar
concert band where he became concert master. He starts piano and harmony
studies with Renzo Salvetti who works with him over 10 years until he
concludes his studies in Musical Composition.
In 1990 he joined the Conservatorio José Luis Paz as a harmony professor
where he begins an important teaching career and in 1991 starts studies on
modern harmony and new compositional tendencies with Gerry Weill in
Caracas, Venezuela. In 1990 he was chosen by the Latin American Band and
Ensemble Association to attend the first Latin American Seminar on Orchestral
Conducting in La Asunción, Paraguay with the guidance of professors from
Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. He continues conducting studies with Eduardo
Rhan, conductor of the Maracaibo Symphonic Orchestra.
In 1992 he won the National Band Composition Award offered by the Consejo
Nacional de Cultura (CONAC) with his piece El Vals de los Sueños and was
chosen under audition as principal conductor of the Simón Bolívar concert
band. In 1993 he was awarded once again with the National Band Composition
Award with his symphonic poem Bolívar and the Chamber Music Institute in
New Hampshire University premiers his wind quintet Acrópolis .
In 1994 the Maracaibo Symphonic Orchestra premiers his suite El Lago in the
celebration of the Ecologic and Advertisement Conference Tormenta Creativa,
where he is awarded by Zulia’s Government the Relámpago del Catatumbo
decoration in recognition of his outstanding work as a conductor of the Simón
Bolívar concert band, as a teacher and as a composer.
In 1995 he received recognition from the Consejo Nacional de Cultura in the
National Composition Contest of Venezuelan Music for his piano piece Siempre
Dama. In 1996 and 1997 the Department of Musical Arts in CONAC chose him
to be a member of the jury of the National Composition Contest and the
Department of Culture in Zulia chose him as Dean of the Conservatorio José
Luís Paz. In 1998 he became the official arranger and composer of the
Maracaibo Symphonic Orchestra and received a request from the Academia
saxophone quartet to compose a piece which was premiered later on in Italy. In
that same year, his Triptych for flute and piano Suite Zuliana was premiered in
Germany by Huascar Barradas. In 2001 he was awarded by the municipality of
Maracaibo the Orden de Ciudad de Maracaibo in recognition for his work
spreading out Zulian music.
Lucidio Quintero Simanca
