Juan Allende-Blin

Juan Allende-Blin
Born	(1928-02-24) 24 February 1928 (age 89) Santiago de Chile
Education	University of Santiago Darmstädter Ferienkurse
Occupation	Composer Music publicist Academic teacher
Organization	University of Santiago Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Awards	Bundesverdienstkreuz Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
Website	www.allende-blin.de

Juan Allende-Blin (born 24 February 1928) is a Chilean composer and academic teacher who lives in Germany.

Born in Santiago de Chile, Allende-Blin studied first with his uncle, Pedro Humberto Allende, and with Fré Focke (), a pupil of Anton Webern. He then studied at the University of Santiago, and with Olivier Messiaen at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse. He was professor of musical analysis at the University of Santiago from 1954 to 1957. In 1957 he moved to Germany and worked from 1962 for the braodcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg. He has lived as a free-lance composer in Essen, together with the composer and organist Gerd Zacher, until Zacher's death.

Allende-Blin composed instrumental music, two ballets, chansons and music for tape. He reconstructed and orchestrated Debussy's unfinished opera La Chute de la Maison Usher. As a music publicist, he wrote about musicians and exile. His compositions were published by Edition Gravis ().

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