Esteban Eitler - musician, composer and painter - son of Stefan Eitler and Maria Eitler was born on June 25, 1913 in Bozen (Bolzano), which at the time belonged to the Tyrol province of Austria.

Esteban started his musical studies early in Bolzano his hometown, initially on violin and cello, followed by flute studies with his father at the Conservatory of Bolzano. In 1929 he enrolled at the National Hungarian Royal Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where in 1934 he was awarded the virtuoso diploma, at the age of 21.

From 1933 to 1935 he worked as a permanent performer for Radio Budapest and as piccolo soloist for the Budapest Concert Orchestra.

In 1936 he arrived in Buenos Aires, hired by Rádio Splendit. In 1941 he performed an important concert tour through Bolivia where he was applauded by the artistic community for his performances on “Rádio Illimani” “Rádio Sucre” and “Rádio El Condor” in La Paz. During this period he also performed as a soloist for the Metropolitan Philharmonic of Buenos Aires and the AGMA Symphony of the same city.

In 1942 he began his activity as a composer and, together with other musicians under the direction of Juan Carlos Paz, he participated in the foundation of the “Agrupación Nueva Musica” in Buenos Aires, He was also instrumental in the formation of “Politonia” musical editions to publish avant-garde Latin -American music.

In 1947 he held his first tour of Brazil, covering 22 cities in four months and performing in 42 concerts.

“Composing for me is not a spiritual need, nor suffering, nor drama, nor a vocation or moral obligation. It is recreation, fun, removal from work, sometimes play, other times sentimental poetry, dreaming happy, alternating with games, carefree, seeking distraction ”.

(Interview given by Esteban to Diário da Noite (Recife) on May 7, 1947 during the Brazilian tour.)

From 1948 to 1951 he acted as conductor in Buenos Aires and started his activities in painting and drawing, held exhibitions and conferences, and undertook his third, fourth, and fifth Brazilian tours. His works were performed in Peru, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Brazil, as well as in the main European countries and the United States.

In 1952 his “Quartet 1950” was honored at the University of Texas Symposium in Austin. “Mercury Music Publication” published three of his works, along with the “Publisher of the Musicology Institute of Montevideo”.

He exhibited his drawings in Italy and transferred his residence to Chile.

In 1954 he founded Santiago's “Agrupación Tonus” together with Fré Focke and Eduardo Maturana, starting the diffusion of new music in Chile and organizing an extensive series of recitals in Santiago, Valparaiso, and other cities.

Esteban, considered one of the great virtuosos of the first half of the 20th century, had over 40 world premieres of works composed especially for him, by composers such as Edino Krieger, Capiba, Guerra Peixe, Claudio Santoro, Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, Ernest Mahle, Gladys Nordenstrom, Daniel Devoto, Roberto Falabella, Theodoro Nogueira, Richard Franko Goldman, Gustavo Becerra, Leon Schidlowsky, Hasley Stevens, Roy Harris, Ernest Krenek, and Abelardo Quinteros, among others.

In 1955, while passing through Quito, Ecuador, Esteban Eitler met the composer Luis Humberto Salgado, who dedicated the suite“Danzas Ecuatorianas” for flute and orchestra to him.

Between 1953 and 1956, he held the following positions: 

Conductor of the Permanent Orchestra of Radio Cooperativa de Santiago, Director of the Chamber Music Department of the same broadcaster, Conductor and arranger of the Odeon Recorder, 

Professor at the Conservatório Golf, member of the Chilean Composers Association, 

Member correspondent of the Literary and Philosophical Center of Montevideo, 

Professor of the Colegio Tomas Morus.

He was also in charge of recording chamber music at the Odeon label, with old works for various groups.

In August, 1957, he went to São Paulo, where he was invited by the Pro Arte Music Seminars to teach flute, recorder, jazz arrangements, harmony, and jazz counterpoint.

At Rádio Gazeta, he was hired as the first flutist of this great orchestra, and also to elaborate symphonic-choral arrangements on Brazilian folk themes.

He was also a flute teacher at the Contemporary Art Institute (Alvares Penteado Foundation) and at the Escola Livre de Música.

In Brazil, he taught private lessons and participated in concerts such as those of the Municipal Theater of São Paulo, while also continuing to work on his artistic production.

(Source: https://www.estebaneitler.com.br/sobre/)