Juan Manuel Abras

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Full Name	Juan Manuel Abras
Occupation	Musical composer
Date Of Birth	Feb 1, 1975(1975-02-01)
Age	49
Birthplace	Stockholm
Country	Sweden
Horoscope	Aquarius

Juan Manuel Abras Biography

Juan Manuel Abras is one of the most popular and richest Musical Composer who was born on February 1, 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden. Juan Manuel Abras Contel (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwam maˈnwel ˈaβɾas] ; February 1, 1975) is a Swedish-born classical music composer, conductor and musicologist of European origin (Catalan and Galician on his father’s side and Basque, Italian and French on his mother’s side) and European and Argentine citizenship.

Born in Stockholm (Sweden), and then raised in Geneva (Switzerland) and Madrid (Spain), Juan Manuel Abras spent his adolescence in Buenos Aires, Venice and Bilbao, and his youth in Vienna and Kraków, receiving his music education while living in Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Argentina along with his family (his father being a diplomat and journalist, his mother being a sociologist and piano teacher). A disciple of Krzysztof Penderecki, Kurt Schwertsik and Roberto García Morillo, Abras completed both postgraduate and graduate studies in Musical composition (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Academy of Music in Kraków and ‘Manuel de Falla’ Superior Conservatory of Music Buenos Aires), while attending master classes and courses by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Helmut Lachenmann, Wolfgang Rihm and Alexander Müllenbach. At the same time, Juan Manuel Abras studied Orchestral conducting (completing both postgraduate and graduate studies) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (with Leopold Hager) and ‘Manuel de Falla’ Superior Conservatory of Music Buenos Aires, as well as privately with Guillermo Scarabino, while pursuing internships and courses with Michael Gielen (at the Berlin State Opera), Ervin Acél and Dominique Fanal. Prior to that, he completed studies in Piano—first taught to him by his mother during his childhood—(Municipal Superior Conservatory of Music San Sebastián, Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia—with Giovanni Umberto Battel—, Centro de Estudios Musicales Juan de Antxieta Musikaltegia Bilbao—with Luis Fernando Barandiarán—and ‘Carlos López Buchardo’ National Conservatory of Music—with Ana Litovsky-Grünwald and Elizabeth Fiocca—, now the Music Department of the Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte). He also obtained a Doctorate (PhD) in Music (Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina), a Master’s degree in Hispanic Music (University of Salamanca- University of Valladolid), a Licentiate’s degree in History and a Bachelor’s degree in History (University del Salvador, studying also at the University of Deusto), while attending master classes and courses in Musical pedagogy, Music history, Harpsichord, and Marketing and cultural policies.

Juan Manuel Abras Net Worth

Juan Manuel Abras is one of the richest Musical composer from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Juan Manuel Abras 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Juan Manuel Abras has worked as composer in residence, as well as guest composer and commissioned composer, within the frame of activities held by:

51. International Festival of Contemporary Music ‘Warsaw Autumn’ (2008), Ensemble Aleph – 4th International Forum for Young Composers (Program ‘Culture 2000′ of the European Union; Paris, 2006), Fundacja Argentynska (Warsaw, 2006), XIII Laboratory of Contemporary Music (Warsaw, 2006), International Forum for Culture and Business (Dresden, 2003), etc. A member of the Austrian Composers’ Society (ÖKB), Argentine Composers Association (AAC), United Composers of Argentina (CUDA) and SADAIC, Abras has been appointed chief conductor, assistant conductor and artistic director of several Argentine orchestras (including the Ibero-American Chamber Orchestra of the National Academy of Fine Arts and the House [Symphony] Orchestra of the Tucumán Province), participating in the dissemination of Argentine music and Ibero- American music as composer, conductor, pianist and concert series organizer, also working as arranger, orchestrator, music engraver, score preparator and music copyist. In Argentina, Juan Manuel Abras also worked as Professor at the ‘Astor Piazzolla’ Superior Conservatory of Music of the City of Buenos Aires (teaching Musical analysis, Musical stylistics and Instrumental practice), as Invited Member (researcher) of the Institute of Musicological Research ‘Carlos Vega’-UCA (transcribing and researching Latin-American manuscripts of Renaissance music and Baroque music) and as Professor at the National University of Lanús, Buenos Aires Province (teaching Musical techniques and Chamber music of the 20th century).

Throughout his career, Juan Manuel Abras has won numerous awards and scholarships: Grafimuse Prize (Brussels, 2011), Wiener Filmmusikpreis 2nd Prize (Vienna, 2010), Sibelius Chamber Orchestra ‘Bicentenario’ Mention (Banfield), TRINAC Prize (EIMC-ISCM, 2008), Fundacja Argentynska Scholarship (Warsaw, 2006), Beca ‘Directorio’ del Fondo Nacional de las Artes (Buenos Aires, 2005), ‘In Memoriam Erich Kleiber’ Scholarship (Berlin, 2004), ‘Theodor Körner’ Prize (Vienna, 2003), ‘Franz Josef Reinl’ Stiftung 2nd Prize (Vienna, 2002), TRINAC and TRIMARG Mentions (both EIMC-ISCM-CAMU-IMC-UNESCO, 2002), Gold Medal Award both in musical composition and orchestral conducting (Buenos Aires, 2000), etc.

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Adolfo Ranked on the list of most popular Musical Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Juan Manuel Abras celebrates birthday on February 1 of every year.