Efrain Guigui
| Efrain Guigui | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 19, 1925 Panama |
| Died | June 18, 2007 (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | cancer |
| Education | Student Music Conservatory |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
| Occupation | Clarinetist, conductor |
| Children | Martin Guigui Ana Guigui |
Efrain Guigui (September 19, 1925 - June 18, 2007) was a US-based Panamanian born clarinetist and conductor.
Guigui was born on September 19, 1925 in Panama. He grew up in Argentina, where he attended the Student Music Conservatory in Buenos Aires. He graduated from Boston University.
At the age of 15, Guigui was the youngest clarinetist to ever play first chair in the Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra, at the iconic Colon Theater, where he played under the tutelage of such great conductors as Herbert Von Karajan, Otto Klemperer and Arturo Toscanini. It was there that he began developing his conducting skills and becoming highly regarded for his unique ability to interpret contemporary music true to its intent. Guigui's perfect pitch and mesmerizing solfege quickly established him as the premier conductor for contemporary music.
In the 1950's Guigui met and worked with Composer Aaron Copland, who later invited Guigui to the United States to conduct in Tanglewood, where Guigui remained studying at Boston University graduating with high honors. Guigui and his wife Elena moved to New York City in 1960 where Guigui played clarinet in the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. Guigui made his American debut as conductor Maestro Guigui at Town Hall and went on to tour with the American Ballet Theater.
Guigui was then invited by Pablo Casals to San Juan, Puerto Rico to play clarinet with the Casals Festival and conduct the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. Guigui and his family (his son Martin, daughter Ana) all moved to and lived in Puerto Rico, where Guigui was also a full time professor at the Conservatory of Music. Guigui went on to work alongside the likes of Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Daniel Barenboim, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Alexander Schneider.
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