Alba Quintanilla
Alba Quintanilla (* 1944 in Mérida ) is a Venezuelan composer.
Life
From 1954 Alba Quintanilla studied harp , singing, piano , harpsichord and orchestral conducting at the Escuela Superior de Música José Ángel Lamas . A scholarship from the Instituto Nacional de Cultura y de Bellas Artes (INCIBA) and the Ministry of Education enabled her to study at the Warsaw Conservatory for two years.
She then performed as a harpist, pianist and harpsichordist in Caracas. With the Orquestra Sinfónica de Venezuela , she performed her Tres Canciones para Mezzo-Soprano y Orquesta , making her the first woman to conduct this orchestra. In 1967 she received the Premio Nacional de Música Vocal for the Tres Canciones . Quintanilla also taught at various music schools in Caracas and Maracay.
Works
- Caballito de Escoba for piano
- Recordando a Teresa , waltz for piano
- Ciclo de canciones for soprano and piano, Premio Nacional de Música Vocal 1964
- La Aldea , cantata for solo tenor, choir and orchestra based on poems by Manuel Felipe Rugeles , Premio Nacional de Música Sinfónica Breve 1966
- Tres canciones for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, Premio Nacional de Música Vocal 1967
- La Llanura , cantata for mixed choir and string orchestra, text by Vicente Gerbasi , Premio Pedro Nolasco Colón 1969
- Suite Venezolana for piano
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| SURNAME | Quintanilla, Alba |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Merida |