Louis Franz Aguirre (born in Camagüey, Cuba, 1968) is a Cuban composer and conductor that has achieved international recognition.
Louis Aguirre studied musical composition with Harold Gramatges, Roberto Valera and Tulio Peramo, as well as violin and conducting at the Havana Instituto Superior de Arte.
[1] He also underwent postgraduate composition studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in The Netherlands from 2002 to 2004, studying the composition postgraduate program: "Contemporary music through non-Western Techniques" with professor R. Reina,[1] and at the Århus Royal Conservatory in Denmark from 2004 to 2005 with Karl Aage Rasmussen, Rolf Wallin and Hans Abrahamsen.
Aguirre’s music has been broadcast by Spanish, German, Danish, Cuban and Dutch radio and TV stations.
[3] From 1995 to 2000, Louis Aguirre served as principal conductor and artistic director of the Camagüey Symphony Orchestra in Cuba.