Vicente Zarzo Pitarch
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Born | (1938-05-06)6 May 1938
Benaguasil, Province of Valencia, Spain
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Died | 14 September 2021(2021-09-14) (aged 83)
Marines, Valencia, Spain
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Education | Valencia Conservatorio |
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Vicente Zarzo Pitarch (6 May 1938 – 14 September 2021) was a Spanish horn player. He played as a soloist in several European and North American orchestras.[1] He was also the author of several books on the history and technique of the horn.[2]
Zarzo was born in Benaguasil, in the Province of Valencia, and studied the horn at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo in Valencia.[3] He later studied with Hans Noeth in Munich, Germany.[4]
For 25 years, Zarzo was principal horn in The Hague Philharmonic (Residentie Orkest) and others. He also played as horn soloist for the Valencia Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del LiceuinBarcelona, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in Reykjavík, the American Wind Symphony Orchestra in Pittsburgh, and the National Orchestra of Mexico.
Pitarch died on 14 September 2021, age 83.[5]
In 2004, Zarzo was given the Giovanni Punto Award by the International Horn Society and named an『Insigne de la Música Valenciana』by the Academia Valenciana de la Música. The Calle Músico Vicente Zarzo, a street in central Granada is named in his honour.[6]
Zarzo was named an honorary member of the International Horn Society (IHS) in August 2020.
The Dutch radio recorded 140 concerts, some of them premieres, such as music for horn and harp, horn and violin, horn and organ. Concertos for horn and orchestra by Gallay, Pawels, José Muñoz Molleda, and the complete works for horn by Amando Blanquer were also in the Netherlands.
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