Antón Garcia-Abril

Antón García Abril
(b Teruel, 19 May 1933). Spanish composer. He studied music in Valencia with Pedro Sosa, Manuel Palau and Enrique Gomá, and (from 1953) at the Madrid Conservatory with Julio Gómez and Francisco Calés.

He later studied composition with Frazzi, conducting with Paul van Kempen and film music with Lavagnino at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. In 1964 he studied with Petrassi in Rome. At the Madrid Conservatory he taught solfège and music theory (1957–69) and composition and musical forms (from 1974). His works have won many awards, including those for the best film scores for La fiel infantería (1960) and No busques los tres pies (1968), the National Theatre Prize for the musical comedy Un millón de rosas (1971) and the Segovia prize for Evocaciones (1981). In 1983 he became a member of the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts.