Nazyl Báez Finol
Nazyl Báez Finol (born May 20, 1932 in Caracas ) is a Venezuelan composer, conductor and music teacher.
Life
Baéz Finol studied at the Escuela Superior de Música ( Escuela de Música José Ángel Lamas ) with Inocente Carreño , Eduardo Plaza Alfonso , Ángel Sauce , Juan Bautista Plaza , Carmen Teresa Arévalo de Hurtado , Evencio Castellanos and Vicente Emilio Sojo .
She has conducted several choirs, including the Coral Venezuela del Ministerio del Trabajo (1950–58), the Orfeón de la Escuela Normal Miguel Antonio Caro (1953–69), the Orfeón de la Contraloría General de la República (1967–69) and the Children's choir of the Escuela de Música José Ángel Lamas (1975–82). She was also the founder and conductor of the Orfeón del Ministerio de Educación and the Agrupación Polifonía (until 1964).
From 1969 to 1972 she was conductor of the chamber orchestra of the Universidad de Carabobo . As a guest conductor she worked a. a. with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela , the Filarmónica de Caracas , the Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jamaica .
Baéz Finol has been actively involved in planning music education in Venezuela since 1968, represented the country at various international music congresses and was a juror at national music competitions such as the Festival de La Voz Liceista de Venezuela (1973) and the Festival de la Voz Venezolana (1975) .
On the occasion of Pope John Paul II's visit to Venezuela in 1985, Baéz Finol led a choir of 1,500 singers at the premiere of her Misa Caraqueña . Since 1986 she worked for the Fundación Vicente Emilio Sojo , first as head of the documentation and archive department, then as head of the editing department; from 1990 she was a member of the foundation's executive board. In 1983 she received the National Prize for Music, in 1988 the Premio Vinicio Adames .
Works
- Alma , madrigal for three-part choir, 1956
- Como la hoja verde (text by Manuel Felipe Rugeles ) for three-part choir, 1956
- En esta hora nuestra (text by Ramón Hernández Cerrutti ) for four-part choir, 1956
- La lágrima for three-part choir, 1956
- Los Rayos le cuentan al sol (text by Luis de Góngora y Argote ) for three-part choir, 1956
- Ruego (text by Manuel Felipe Rugeles) for three-part choir, 1956
- Vuela pensamiento for four-part choir, 1956
- Agua , song with piano accompaniment, 1956
- Canción de Abril , song with piano accompaniment, 1956
- Himno a la madre , song with piano accompaniment, 1956
- La estrella , song with piano accompaniment, 1956
- La nube de la tarde , song with piano accompaniment, 1956
- Tu cabellera , song with piano accompaniment, 1956
- Vuelve a soñar , song with piano accompaniment, 1956
- Alameda for three-part choir, 1957
- Ave regina coelorum for three-part choir, 1957
- Benedicamus dominus for four-part mixed choir, 1957
- Communio for three-part choir, 1957
- Juego for three-part choir, 1957
- La Estrella venida for three-part choir, 1957
- Mariposas for three-part choir, 1957
- Ruiseñor no era del alba for three-part choir, 1957
- Cuarteto en re , 1958
- Sonata para flauta y piano , 1958
- Voz nueva , song with piano accompaniment, 1962
- Himno a la normal Miguel Antonio Caro , song with piano accompaniment, 1964
- La niña pinta una casa (text by Manuel Felipe Rugeles), song with piano accompaniment, 1973
- Misa caraqueña for mixed choir and organ, 1984
- Canción amatoria (text by Leopoldo Márquez Muñoz Tebar ) for four-part mixed choir, 1987
- Ave María for three-part choir, 1988
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Báez Finol, Nazyl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan composer, conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caracas |