Biography
Javier Parrado received his musical education at the National School of Music and the National Conservatory of Music in La Paz, Bolivia under the guidance of Cergio Prudencio, and Alberto Villalpando . After graduation he studied in seminars with Franco Donatoni, Edgar Alandia, Reinhard Febel, Coriún Aharonián, Victor Rasgado and Graciela Paraskevaidis.
Several of his compositions were performed in America and Europe. In Bolivia, he worked for many years as arranger of folkloric music and resident composer of the National Symphony Orchestra, as well as a teacher, composer, arranger and researcher with various compositions and texts published.
TreMedia publishes his music for guitar. Several of his articles about Bolivian music have been also published.
He is part of the project “Uyaricuna, ist'asiñani, nos escucharemos” in association with Artekorp with the objective to diffuse the diverse musical expressions originated in the Bolivian territory and Andean land to project them into the symphonic and chamber music .
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