{{Short description|Chilean musical artist (1920–2018)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Vicente Bianchi | image = Vicente Bianchi 2012 (cropped).jpg | caption = Bianchi in 2012 | Net Worth = | birth_name = Vicente Bianchi Alarcón | birth_date = January 27, 1920 | birth_place = [[Ñuñoa]], Chile | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|9|24|1920|1|27|mf=y}} | death_place = [[La Reina]], Chile | origin = Chile | genre = | occupation = Composer, pianist, conductor | years_active = 1930–2018 }} '''Vicente Bianchi Alarcón''' (January 27, 1920 – September 24, 2018) was a Chilean composer, pianist, conductor, and orchestra and choir director. He received the [[National Prize for Musical Arts (Chile)|Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales de Chile]] in 2016. He is remembered for composing music to accompany the poems of [[Pablo Neruda]], and for his liturgical music, including the Chilean Mass (composed in 1964) and the Te Deum (1970–2000).<ref name=mp>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicapopular.cl/artista/vicente-bianchi/|title=Vicente Bianchi |access-date=September 27, 2018|work=Musicapopular.cl}}</ref><ref name="abp">{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/Espectaculos/2018/09/24/921553/Muere-Vicente-Bianchi-Premio-Nacional-de-Artes-Musicales-a-los-98-anos.html|title=Muere Vicente Bianchi, Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales, a los 98 años|access-date=September 24, 2018|date=September 24, 2018|work=EMOL}}</ref><ref name=mem>{{cite web |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-100816.html#presentacion |title=Vicente Bianchi Alarcón (1920-2018) |access-date=September 26, 2018 |work=[[Memoria Chilena]]}}</ref><ref name=uch>{{cite web|url=https://revistamusicalchilena.uchile.cl/index.php/RMCH/article/view/47989/50489|title=Vicente Bianchi Alarcón, una biografía musical y las implicancias de haber obtenido el Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales 2016|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref>
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