Beatriz Lockhart

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Beatriz Lockhart (born January 17, 1944 in Montevideo ; † November 23, 2015 there ) was a Uruguayan composer and pianist.

Lockhart was a student of Emilia Conti at the La Lira Conservatory . In 1959 she entered the Conservatorio Nacional , where she studied composition with Carlos Estrada and Héctor Tosar and piano with Hugo Balzo . In 1969 she went to the Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales in Buenos Aires and studied contemporary and electroacoustic music with Alberto Ginastera , Gerardo Gandini and Francisco Kröpfl . Finally, she completed her training at the Instituto Ítalo-Latinoamericano de Roma and Franco Donatoni .

Lockhart lived in Venezuela until 1998. After her return to Uruguay she taught music theory, harmony, counterpoint and composition at the Escuela Universitaria de Música and the Escuela Municipal de Música , among others . She has received numerous prizes for her compositions in both Uruguay and Venezuela, including the Premio Internacional Instituto Panamericano de Cultura (1971), the Premio Nacional de Música (1981 and 1984) and the Premio Municipal de Composición of the city of Caracas (1978, 1983) , 1984 and 1987).

Works

  • Homenaje a Federico García Lorca
  • La lluvia
  • Estrella fugaz
  • Fuego fatuo
  • Printemps
  • Passacaglia para Órgano
  • Suite Homenaje a Maurice Ravel
  • Concerto Grosso
  • Toccata
  • Tema y variaciones para piano
  • Tríptico Sudamericano
  • Giros Pampeanos
  • Pentafonías
  • Giros Negrescos
  • Ejercicio I (1970)
  • Ecos (1970)
  • Microconcierto (1978)
  • Joropo (1979)
  • Merengue (1979-1981)
  • Estampas criollas (1979–1981)
    • Bambuco
    • Vals
    • Merengue
    • Joropo
  • Homenaje a Andrés Bello , cantata for bass, choir and orchestra (1982)
  • Tiempo de Mariposas for choir a cappella (1982)
  • Convergencias for alto saxophone and marimba (1984)
  • Valse (1985)
  • Masia Muju for flute and orchestra (1988)
  • Cantata Visión de los Vencidos for soprano and large orchestra (1989–1991)
  • Kantule for flute and piano (1992)
  • Canciones Indias for soprano and piano (1993)
  • Cánticos Primigenios for two violins, cello and piano (1993)
  • Homenaje a Astor Piazzolla (1994)
    • I) Sureño
    • II) El Emigrante
    • III) Adiós Maestro
  • Orilla Este , Tango for piano (1995)
  • Pieza Montevideana Nº I (1996)
  • Pieza Montevideana Nº 2 (1998–1999)
  • A la deriva for choir a cappella (1998)
  • Milonga for choir a cappella (1998)
  • Canto a Montevideo for mezzo-soprano and piano (1998)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Breve historia de la música culta en el Uruguay", p.169 by Susana Salgado
  2. ^ Fallció la compositora Beatriz Lockhart
personal data
SURNAME Lockhart, Beatrice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH 23rd November 2015
Place of death Montevideo , Uruguay