• 2014.Antón García Abril, Gold Medal from the Film Academy

The composer Antón García Abril, one of the most outstanding authors of contemporary music, died this Wednesday in Madrid

at the age

of

87

.

His long professional career includes the composition of

works for orchestra, cantatas, concerts, chamber music and more than 200 soundtracks for films such

as' Los santos inocentes', 'El Espíritu de Cuenca', Sor Citroën 'and tunes from television series like 'The Man and the Earth', 'Golden Rings' or 'Fortunata and Jacinta'.

Among others, he holds the title of academic from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid and has been the National Music Prize (1993), the Guerrero Foundation for Spanish Music Prize (1993) and the Music Prize in various editions (1996 , 1998, 200 and 2002), granted by the General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE) and the Association of Interpreters and Executives (AIE).

He has also received the

gold medal for Merit in Fine Arts

(1998);

the Orfeón Donostiarra Award from the University of the Basque Country (2001) for musical creation;

the Aragon Prize (2003);

honorary doctorate from the Complutense University of Madrid;

and the Great Cross of Alfonso X El Sabio, among others.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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