Irma Urteaga
Irma Urteaga (born March 7, 1929 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos ) is an Argentine composer and pianist .
Life
Urteaga studied piano with María Lucrecia Madariaga de Gilardi, Josefa Hernandorena and Jorge Fanelli at the Conservatory of Buenos Aires, composition with Roberto Caamaño and Valdo Sciammarella , instrumentation with Roberto García Morillo and music history with Carlos Sufern and Alicia Terzian . In 1959 she received the title of professor for piano and in 1971 the gold medal in composition. She received training in choral and orchestral conducting from Jacobo Ficher , Enrico Sivieri , Jorge Fontenla and Carlos Malloyer at the Instituto Superior de Arte des Teatro Colón . She also took private lessons from Isaac Weinstein and Roberto Kinsky .
She has taught at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música Carlos López Buchardo and at the Instituto Superior de Arte . At the Teatro Colón she worked as internal maestra and director (1974-77) and director of the opera workshop. For the Fundación Opera del Ecuador she organized the game seasons from 1986 to 1988 in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca.
She was also vice-secretary (1973–1980) and vice-president (1997–2003) of the Asociación Argentina de Compositores and secretary of the Consejo Argentino de la Música (CAMU, 1985–1993) and is vice-president of the Foro Argentino de Compositoras (FADEC). She composed an opera and ballets, orchestral works, chamber music, piano and choral works and songs.
Works
- Dos canciones , text by Juan Francisco Giacobbe , 1967
- Cuarteto de cuerdas , 1969
- Ámbitos , ballet, 1970
- Paolo e Francesca for soprano, tenor, chamber orchestra and percussion, 1971
- L'Inferno for mixed choir, percussion and strings after Dante , 1971
- Existenciales , songs based on Alfonsina Storni , 1974
- Designios for flute, clarinet, viola and piano, 1976
- Expectación for soprano and mixed choir, text: Clelia Costa Lima , 1977
- Turbulencias for violin and piano, 1979
- Ambitos , ballet, 1986
- Sueños de Yerma for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, text: Federico García Lorca , 1986, 1987
- La Maldolida opera, libretto by Alberto Dimant and Liliana González Ledo , 1987, 1990, 2002
- Motivos de pecera based on a song by Ana Lucía Frega for children's choir, flute and piano, 1989
- El mundo del ser for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, text by Eva Frías , 1989–1990
- Luz de Mundos for four-part mixed choir, text: Irene Gruss , 1990
- Los alumbramientos , cantata for children's choir and string orchestra, 1992
- Himno al Colegio, based on Eva Frías, 1992
- Enigma de la palabra , songs based on Antonio Requeni , 1993
- Cánticos para soñar , texts by Ofelia Sussel-Marie and Eva Frías, 1993
- A través for double bass and piano, 1993
- Engarces en tres cuadros for saxophone, violin and piano, 1994
- Concierto para marimba y orquesta , 1995
- Tiempo de memorias for clarinet, cello and piano, 1996, 1998
- Cánticos para soñar for soprano and string orchestra, 1998
- Aquellos Villancicos ... for four-part choir, text by Liliana D'Albyni , 1999
- Aquellos Villancicos ... for soprano and four-part choir, dedicated to Lilly Verástegui , 1999
- La Ventana , ballet, 2000
- Todavía Buenos Aires for saxophone quartet, 2000
- Los Alumbramientos , ballet, 2001
- Tangoforte for violin, horn and piano, 2003
- Haiku del Mar for speaker, soprano, oboe and percussion, text: José González Ledo , 2003
- Mar verde, verde ... for soprano, baritone and percussion, text: José González Ledo, 2004
- La Mariposa en el Pozo for mezzo-soprano and cello, text: Eva Frías, 2005
- Cordamantes for violin and viola d'amore, 2006
- Silencio de alas, amor y sombras , songs based on Daniel Dei , 2007
Web links
- Música Clásica Argentina - Urma Urteaga , biography and works
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urteaga, Irma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Nicolás de los Arroyos |