Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was a Latin American composer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born on April 11, 1916 in Buenos Aires and died June 25, 1983 at the age of 67 in Geneva Switzerland. He was half Catalan and half Italian. Ginastera started his composing career when he was only 18 years old and won first place in a contest for the piano. He studied music at the Conservatorio Williams and the National Conservatory, both in Buenos Aires.
Ginastera later co-founded the League of Composers in Buenos Aires. He put his music into three categories of periods: Objective Nationalism (1934 – 1948), Subjective Nationalism (1948 – 1958), and Neo-Expressionism (1958 – 1983). His Objective Nationalism period contains direct Argentine folk, and
Ginastera later co-founded the League of Composers in Buenos Aires. He put his music into three categories of periods: Objective Nationalism (1934 – 1948), Subjective Nationalism (1948 – 1958), and Neo-Expressionism (1958 – 1983). His Objective Nationalism period contains direct Argentine folk, and