Pedro Ipuche Riva (26 October 1924 – 25 December 1996) was anUruguayan composer of classical music. According to the catalogue by the Uruguayan musicologist Elsa Sabatés inMúsicos de aquí, Vol 4 (published by C.E.M.A.U. in 1997) he wrote 150 compositions, including 6 symphonies and 2 operas.
Ipuche Riva was born inMontevideo, the son of Uruguayan poet Pedro Leandro Ipuche. His sister, Rolina Ipuche, was a writer.[1] He began his musical studies with the composers Carlos Giucci and Vicente Ascone, but dissatisfied with his first compositions, he destroyed them all and became a lawyer.
On his return to Uruguay, he tried to be more experimental while working independently from theavant-garde mainstream of his time. He called this his "obscure period".
He was appointed to several official posts including Artistic Director of the Uruguayan national broadcasting serviceSODRE, and director of the Conservatory, which he re-founded as "Conservatorio Universitario de Música".[3] He held those positions for many years. After attending a congress in Jamaica about the relationship between classical and popular music he started his "Classic pop period".
After retiring from his official posts, he began an "introspective period" and devoted himself mainly to composing two operas.
^abCordero, Roque (1982)."Record Reviews",Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Autumn - Winter, 1982), pp. 244-246. Retrieved 25 January 2013(subscription required).
