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Guillermo Figueroa-Sanabia Guillermo Figueroa-Sanabia began his musical studies with his parents, distinguished musicians in Puerto Rico, and two older brothers -- José and Jaime (Kachiro) -- who went on to become violinists of international reknown. He graduated in 1936 from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, where he studied under Jacques Thibaud and Georges Enesco and took the First Prize in violin. He was also awarded the Boucherit Scholarship as the most talented student at the Ecole. With his brothers José, Kachiro, Rafael and Narciso, he formed part of the Figueroa Quintet under the tutelage of Diran Alexanian and Alfred Cortot. On his return to Puerto Rico, he was principal violist of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, member of the Festival Casals Orchestra under Casals, conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of the Institute for Puerto Rican Culture and of the Bayamón Chamber Orchestra, and guest conductor of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. For many years, he was a respected pedagogue privately, at the Escuelas Libres de Música, and as professor at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. |