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{{Short description|Venezuelan classical musician}}
{{Infobox person
|name= Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna
|image= Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna image.jpg
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|birth_date= {{Birth date|1905|11|16|mf=y}}
|birth_place= [[Colón, Venezuela|Colón]], [[Táchira State]], [[Venezuela]]
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1971|2|13|1905|11|16|mf=y}}
|death_place= [[New York City]], [[United States|U.S.]]}}
'''Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna''' ([[Colón, Venezuela|Colón]], [[Táchira State]], [[Venezuela]].  November 16, 1905 - February 13, 1971, [[New York City]], [[United States|U.S.]]) was one of the most important [[Venezuela]]n classical musicians.
Spent his childhood in [[Caracas]] and studied at the Fermín Toro Grammar school.  In 1913, he began to study [[violin]] with José Lorenzo Llamozas, and soon entered the Superior School of Music, where his teachers included [[Juan Bautista Plaza]].  When his father was very ill, he played the violin to maintain his family.  Soon,  he became a professor at the Superior School of Music.  In 1929, became General Secretary of the Caracas Philharmonic Union. In 1930, he was one of the founders of the [[Venezuela Symphony Orchestra]], and remained a member of it until 1963. Ríos Reyna organized for ten years the Sunday concerts at the National Library. In 1968, created the Chorale of the Caracas Philharmonic, and the [[Central University of Venezuela]] Student Orchestra. In 1970, founds the Symphonic Experimental Orchestra. Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna died in an automobile accident, [[New York City]], February 13, 1971.
Reyna married Graciela Rousset, with whom he had four children.
==Legacy==
In 1983, in honor for his work and legacy the principal concert hall of  Venezuela's most important arts center, the [[Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex]] was named after him.
==See also==
*[[Venezuela]]
*[[Venezuelan music]]
*[[Venezuela Symphony Orchestra]]
*[[Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex]]
== References ==
*[http://www.efemeridesvenezolanas.com/html/reyna.htm Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna] ''- Efemeridesvenezolanas.com''
*Venezuela Symphony orchestra Magazine, 25th anniversary, 1955.
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