Maestro Édgar Palacios on Romanian television in 1964
Leonardo Chamba H.
Continuation IV, Édgar Augusto Palacios. He was born in Loja on October 7, 1940; His parents were Mrs. Julia Palacios Moreno and Dr. Luis Emilio Rodríguez. His inclination towards music was born at an early age, because when he was four years old he would go out to the door of his house to listen to the sounds of the instruments of the music bands that crossed the street where he lived; Around the age of six he attended the church of Santo Domingo on weekends to play the maracas, the tambourine or any percussion instrument, in up to seven masses, receiving “two reales” (twenty cents) for each ceremony. He studied primary school at the Miguel Riofrío school, secondary school at the Bernardo Valdivieso school, where he had the opportunity to be part of “La Estudiantetina del Colegio” under the direction of teacher Segundo Cueva Celi, and he also participated in the war band and the Band of Musicians, directed by maestro Segundo Puertas Moreno; At 17 years of age he joined the “Los Delfines” Ensemble made up of some classmates from the school band: Stefan Valarezo (clarinet and saxophone), Jorge Ochoa (accordion), Alfredo Tapia (drums) and Lizandro Cabrera (vocalist) (maestroedgarpalacios .com). In 1959 he graduated from high school and entered the UNL Faculty of Educational Sciences, where he continued until his third year. In February 1962, the President of the Republic, Dr. Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, visited Loja, accompanied by the Ambassador of the United States, Maurice Berbaum, and at the lunch and reception given by the provincial authorities in the dining room of the Hotel Amazonas, Édgar Palacios played a trumpet solo, which is why the North American Ambassador offered him a six-month course in the United States; However, as it was the most convenient, Édgar opted for the scholarship to study for five years at the Bucharest Conservatory of Music in Romania (wwwsarime.com). On October 16, 1962, he arrived in Bucharest and went to the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory, where he had Professor Gheorghe Adamachi as his first teacher, and he also met excellent musicians such as David Oistriah, Hachaturian, Kavalevsky, Leonid Kogan, the pianist Richter, the New York Brass Quintet and Louis Armstrong, among others. On June 27, 1967 he returned to Ecuador and dedicated himself to preparing a tribute to his hometown of Loja; A few days later he offered a concert at the Sucre National Theater and a masterful presentation at the Julio César Hidalgo Coliseum. Later, he arrived in Loja and took charge of the Directorate of the Music School of the National University of Loja, to which the Salvador Bustamante music conservatory was attached. At the same time, he dedicated himself to organizing a group under the auspices of the FEUE, and the University Ensemble was born (maestroedgarpalacios.com).
Between 1970-1972 the dictatorial government closed the universities; Later, the UNL School of Music was reopened and Maestro Palacios was ratified as rector. Later, he moved to Quito where he created the Pichincha Youth Band and was the mentalizer of the children’s and youth bands of Macará, Gonzanamá, Celica, Manta, Amaguaña, Piñas, Zaruma, Huaquillas, among others. Later, in 1987 he was declared the Best Citizen of Loja and the Ministry of Defense awarded him the Decoration of the National Order of Merit Rumiñahui. During the presidency of Dr. Oswaldo Hurtado, teacher Edgar Palacios proposed to the Ministry of Social Welfare a project on the research and teaching of music for children and young people with physical and mental deficiencies. In January 1993 he created the National Music System for Special Children (Sinamune), the respective school with 30 teachers and the Orchestra of Special Musicians of Ecuador located in the Carcelén urbanization. His musical production totals 150 compositions of varied nature; He has recorded 40 full-length albums with light, classical, patriotic, Ecuadorian music, etc.; The classical music albums recorded by his daughter Ada and the five-disc collection titled “Edgar Palacios in Concert” stand out; His presentations in Concerts total almost two thousand (www.sarime.com).
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