Alfonso Leng, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfonso Leng

Chilean musician

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1894

Place of Birth: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Date of Death: 11-Nov-1974

Profession: composer

Nationality: Chile

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Alfonso Leng Haygus (11 February 1884 – 11 November 1974) was a post-romantic composer of classical music.
He was born in Santiago, Chile.
He wrote the first important symphonic work in Chilean tradition, "La Muerte de Alcino", a symphonic poem inspired by the novel of Pedro Prado.
He composed many art songs in different languages and important piano pieces, like the five "Doloras" (1914), which he later orchestrated and are normally played in concerts in Chile and Latin America.
He won the Nacional Art Prize in 1957. Leng was also an accomplished dentist in Santiago.
As a dentist, he was the main founder of the dentistry faculty of the Universidad de Chile, and he was eventually elected as the first dean. Leng was the nephew of composer Carmela Mackenna.