Edino Krieger
Edino Krieger (17 March 1928 – 6 December 2022) was a Brazilian avant-garde composer, conductor, record producer and musical critic. Life and career
Born in Brusque, Santa Catarina, the son of the composer and band leader Aldo Krieger, he studied at the  in Rio de Janeiro. During his career Krieger composed over 150 pieces, as well as songs (notably Vinicius de Moraes' "Fuga e antifuga"), incidental music and film scores. Among his best known works, it is the 1972 suite "Canticum Naturale", in which orchestra recreates Amazonian natural sounds. He served as director of  and as a musical critic for the newspaper Jornal do Brasil and the journal , as well as president of several cultural institutions, including the Museu da Imagem e do Som do Rio de Janeiro. Krieger died on 6 December 2022, at the age of 94. References

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External links 

Edino Krieger at Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música
Edino Krieger at Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural

 

1928 births
2022 deaths
People from Brusque, Santa Catarina
Brazilian classical composers
Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)