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The young Colombian musician German Ricardo Osorio – born in Bogotà in 1977 – began his musical studies at the age of 7 at the Conservatory of the National University of Colombia, he takes piano lessons with Beatriz Acosta and Tatiana Pavlova. He began composing in 1993 with the Colombian composer Blas Emilio Atehortua (from the Torcuatto di Tella Institute) and finished his studies in 2000 with his cantata “Ode to life” on texts by Pablo Neruda. His current work focuses on composition, 20th century music and improvisation. In Colombia, he dedicated himself to piano interpretation, he was also part of the contemporary music ensemble Carlo Gesualdo and directed the experimental music group of the Conservatory, performing about twenty concerts during which he used the piano, the organ and electroacoustic means. His works have been performed in various halls in Bogotà such as the Leon de Greiff Hall, the Luis Angel Arango Library and the Colon Theater. In 1996 he obtained the second prize for composition from the Institute of Culture and Tourism of Bogotà for his work “Prelude Variations and Rondo” for two pianos, and in 1997 he obtained the first prize for composition from the Ministry of Culture for his work “Soleil des Tropiques”. He was then barely 20 years old. Then he travels to Europe and continues his studies with Erik Tanguy in Paris. He worked with Jorge Pepi at the Conservatory of La Chaux-de-Fonds and more recently he is devoted to the interpretation of contemporary music on the piano.
German Ricardo Osorio Rincon continues with the piano and composition in the city of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He also has a recording studio and is very interested in the classical music of Latin America.
My most important composition Sol del trópico arises as a premonition of enchantment. It is the fruit of constant reflection and doubt about the pre-Hispanic peoples that inhabit our lands. It is also the anthem that one day Gabriela Mistral intoned in her work. This poem invites us to look for the star, and in a minor key, it teaches us the greatness of America.
In 1997 a jury made up of Marcela Rodríguez and Blas Emilio Atehortúa awarded him the National Music Award in the area of composition for vocal soloist for his work Sol del Trópico.
Written for soprano and with five instrumentalists, Sol del Trópico was premiered in the concert hall of the Luis Angel Arango Library on November 18, 1998 by the Carlo Gesualdo Ensemble, conducted by Juan Carlos Rivas and soprano Alexandra Alvarez.
Germán Ricardo Osorio Rincón, musician and composer, was born in Bogotá on February 18, 1977 and began musical studies at the age of seven at the Conservatory of the National University of Colombia. He studied at this conservatory uninterruptedly for more than 15 years, and in 2000, he obtained his diploma in Composition with Professor Blas Emilio Atehortúa.
In 1993, Germán Ricardo began his studies with the teacher and distinguished composer Blas Emilio Atehortúa, who returned to Colombia, accepting the invitation to the Composition Chair at the National University; the student receives the first concepts about atonal music and the techniques of contemporary music of the 20th century. He studies the composition, orchestration, counterpoint, and the music of the master in the original scores, made by hand with excellent calligraphy, and unpublished recordings, in which the influence of Jewish music is distinguished in some of his works, it is worth mention, the Jewish-Sephardic origin of the teacher and composer Atehortúa (in the same way, his training and apprenticeships at the Torcuato di Tella Institute in Argentina, alongside the composer Alberto Ginastera, and other great composers, important in musical literature of the 20th century).
In January 2020, his main mentor and guide in Colombia, composer Blas Emilio Atehortúa dies in the city of Bucaramanga, surrounded by his family, friends and recognitions, in addition to his musical, pedagogical and human legacy, he leaves in his disciples, and in particular, in Germán Ricardo Osorio a mark of mutual affection and gratitude with the life that originated that great meeting.
German Ricardo Osorio Rincon 
The young Colombian musician German Ricardo Osorio – born in Bogotà in 1977 – began his musical studies at the age of 7 at the Conservatory of the National University of Colombia, he takes piano lessons with Beatriz Acosta and Tatiana Pavlova. He began composing in 1993 with the Colombian composer Blas Emilio Atehortua (from the Torcuatto di Tella Institute) and finished his studies in 2000 with his cantata “Ode to life” on texts by Pablo Neruda. His current work focuses on composition, 20th century music and improvisation. In Colombia, he dedicated himself to piano interpretation, he was also part of the contemporary music ensemble Carlo Gesualdo and directed the experimental music group of the Conservatory, performing about twenty concerts during which he used the piano, the organ and electroacoustic means. His works have been performed in various halls in Bogotà such as the Leon de Greiff Hall, the Luis Angel Arango Library and the Colon Theater. In 1996 he obtained the second prize for composition from the Institute of Culture and Tourism of Bogotà for his work “Prelude Variations and Rondo” for two pianos, and in 1997 he obtained the first prize for composition from the Ministry of Culture for his work “Soleil des Tropiques”. He was then barely 20 years old. Then he travels to Europe and continues his studies with Erik Tanguy in Paris. He worked with Jorge Pepi at the Conservatory of La Chaux-de-Fonds and more recently he is devoted to the interpretation of contemporary music on the piano.
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German Ricardo Osorio Rincon continues with the piano and composition in the city of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He also has a recording studio and is very interested in the classical music of Latin America.
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My most important composition Sol del trópico arises as a premonition of enchantment. It is the fruit of constant reflection and doubt about the pre-Hispanic peoples that inhabit our lands. It is also the anthem that one day Gabriela Mistral intoned in her work. This poem invites us to look for the star, and in a minor key, it teaches us the greatness of America.
In 1997 a jury made up of Marcela Rodríguez and Blas Emilio Atehortúa awarded him the National Music Award in the area of composition for vocal soloist for his work Sol del Trópico.
Written for soprano and with five instrumentalists, Sol del Trópico was premiered in the concert hall of the Luis Angel Arango Library on November 18, 1998 by the Carlo Gesualdo Ensemble, conducted by Juan Carlos Rivas and soprano Alexandra Alvarez.
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Recording of my composition “Sol del Trópico”:
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Germán Ricardo Osorio Rincón, musician and composer, was born in Bogotá on February 18, 1977 and began musical studies at the age of seven at the Conservatory of the National University of Colombia. He studied at this conservatory uninterruptedly for more than 15 years, and in 2000, he obtained his diploma in Composition with Professor Blas Emilio Atehortúa.
In 1993, Germán Ricardo began his studies with the teacher and distinguished composer Blas Emilio Atehortúa, who returned to Colombia, accepting the invitation to the Composition Chair at the National University; the student receives the first concepts about atonal music and the techniques of contemporary music of the 20th century. He studies the composition, orchestration, counterpoint, and the music of the master in the original scores, made by hand with excellent calligraphy, and unpublished recordings, in which the influence of Jewish music is distinguished in some of his works, it is worth mention, the Jewish-Sephardic origin of the teacher and composer Atehortúa (in the same way, his training and apprenticeships at the Torcuato di Tella Institute in Argentina, alongside the composer Alberto Ginastera, and other great composers, important in musical literature of the 20th century).
In January 2020, his main mentor and guide in Colombia, composer Blas Emilio Atehortúa dies in the city of Bucaramanga, surrounded by his family, friends and recognitions, in addition to his musical, pedagogical and human legacy, he leaves in his disciples, and in particular, in Germán Ricardo Osorio a mark of mutual affection and gratitude with the life that originated that great meeting.
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Biography of the composer Blas Emilio Atehortúa, link of Banrepcultural.
https://enciclopedia.banrepcultural.org/index.php/Blas_Emilio_Atehort%C3%BAa_Amaya
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