René Silva

Born in Santiago de Chile in 1984, René Silva is a composer and orchestra conductor. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Composition in the University of Chile under the guidance of Professor Rafael Díaz, with whom he developed and deepened his interest in Latin American indigenous and religious music, while at the same time realizing investigative and ethnomusicological research. In 2012 he received a scholarship in order to pursue post-graduate instruction under Jorge Pepi. An additional scholarship allowed Silva to study composition in Peru with Celso Garrido-Lecca. Since 2012 he has been a member of the National Association of Composers (ANC). Currently he is a professor of music education in the Universidad Andrés Bello. His catalog includes a number of different genres, such as chamber music, music for soloists and symphonic music, of which many have been premiered in Chile, Argentina and France in various festivals and cycles of contemporary music.

René’s Compositions