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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Nin and the second or maternal family name is Castellanos.
Quick facts for kids Joaquín Nin | |
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| Born | 29 September 1879 |
| Died | 24 October 1949 (aged 70) |
Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (29 September 1879, Havana – 24 October 1949, Havana) was a Cubanpianist and composer.
Joaquin nin biography
Nin was the father of Anaïs Nin.
Biography
He was son of the Catalan writer Joaquin Nin Tudó and Àngela Castellanos Perdomo, a Cuban from Camagüey. Nin studied piano with Moritz Moszkowski and composition at the Schola Cantorum (where he taught from 1906 to 1908).
He toured as a pianist and was known as a composer and arranger of popular Spanish folk music. Nin was a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando of Madrid and the French Legion of Honor.
He was the father of Thorvald Nin, composer Joaquín Nin-Culmell, and writer Anaïs Nin with singer Rosa Culmell.
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