Elisenda Fábregas

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Elisenda Fábregas (* 1955 in Terrassa / Province of Barcelona ) is a Spanish pianist and composer .

Life

Elisenda Fábregas studied piano at the Barcelona Conservatory until 1978. In 1978 she came to the Juilliard School of Music on a Fulbright Scholarship , where Beveridge Webster , Joseff Raieff and Samuel Sanders were among her teachers. After graduating in 1983, she completed a PhD at Columbia University Teachers College . Her first compositions were written in 1985 for the choreographers Jerome Robbins , Hector Zaraspe , Janet Soares and Anna Sokolow . In 1986, she commissioned the Spanish Dance Company of Maria Benitez with the composition of the piece Reflexiones that the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts premiered in Washington and then at the Joyce Theater in New York and other houses in the US, Canada and Europe was played.

Fábregas u. a. from the Orchestra of Santa Fe , the Dale Warland Singers , the Texas Music Teachers Association and numerous chamber music ensembles and soloists. She composed Mirage for the Andrew Gurwitz Memorial Commission , which was honored as best commissioned work by Roger Wright when it was performed at the 1997 San Antonio International Competition . The 1998 San Antonio International Piano Competition gold medal winner , Mi-Jung Im, played the piece in New York's Mercin Hall . At the 2001 Music Teachers National Association Convention in Washington , she received the Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award for the piano work Portraits I , which was played by Roger Wright at the award ceremony.

Fábregas has performed as a pianist in Spain, England, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and the USA. She gave concerts a. a. in Alice Tully Hall , Merkin Concert Hall , Carnegie Hall , Joyce Theater in New York, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Place Theater in London , Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona and Manuel de Falla International Festival in Granada.

Works

  • Five Songs (poems by Federico García Lorca ) for soprano and piano, 1986
  • Variaciones para Orquesta , 1990
  • Five Poems of García Lorca for soprano, cello, clarinet and violin, 1992
  • Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, 1994
  • Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, 1995
  • Andante Appassionato for flute solo, 1996
  • Sonata No. 1 for flute and piano, 1996
  • Mirage for piano, 1997
  • Lyric scenes for the young for piano, 1999
  • Portraits II for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, 1999
  • Cinco Soledades (poems by Antonio Machado ) for bass-baritone and piano, 1999–2004
  • Portraits I for piano, 2000
  • Winged serpent for clarinet and piano, 2001
  • Bonna Domna for string orchestra and choir, 2001–04
  • Album for the Young for piano, 2002
  • Five musings for soprano and piano, 2002
  • Village Scenes for soprano and piano, 2002
  • Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello and piano, 2003
  • Miniatures for the Young for piano, 2004
  • Moments of change for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2004–05
  • Hommage a Mozart for piano, 2005
  • Moments of change (poems by Margaret Atwood ) for soprano and piano, 2005
  • Colores Andaluces for cello and piano, 2006
  • Homenaje a Mompou for piano, 2007
  • The Flaming Rock (La Roca llameante) for mixed choir and string quartet, 2007
  • Tu i els meus somnis (poems by Josep Janes ) for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2007
  • Goyescas for flute and guitar, 2008
  • Voices of the Rainforest for flute, cello and piano, 2008
  • Gacelas de amor (poems by Federico Garcia Lorca) for soprano, flute and piano, 2009

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personal data
SURNAME Fábregas, Elisenda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Terrassa