Henri Miro

Henri Enrique Miro (13 November 1879 – 19 July 1950) was a Canadian composer/arranger, conductor, pianist, and music critic of Catalan birth.

[1] Born in Tarrega, Spain, Miro began his musical education under Padre Domingo de Guzman at the monastery of Montserrat.

In 1936 he was the first winner of the Société des concerts symphoniques de Montréal composition competition for his Scènes mauresques and the work was premiered by that orchestra at Plateau Hall under the direction of Wilfrid Pelletier on 3 April 1936.

[1] On 6 November 1928 Jean Goulet conducted the premiere of Miro's cantata Vox populi, which was based on 14 French-Canadian themes, at the Monument-National.

He later worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation conducting for the popular Spanish music programs Sevilliana and Mexicana.