Gabriela Ortiz

Gabriela Ortiz Torres ( born December 20, 1964 in Mexico City) is a Mexican composer.

Ortiz studied composition with Mario Lavista at the National Conservatory and Federico Ibarra at the University of Mexico. In 1990 she received a scholarship from the British Council, to study with Robert Saxton at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. With a scholarship from the University of Mexico in 1992, she began a PhD degree in electro-acoustic music with Simon Emmerson at City University London. She teaches composition at the University of Mexico.

Works

• Río de mariposas for two harps and percussion
• Cuarteto n º 1, 1988
• Five Microetudes for tape, 1992
• Concierto Candeal for Percussion, 1993
• El trompo for vibraphone and tape, 1994
• Altar de neón for percussion quartet and chamber orchestra, 1995
• Altar de Muertos for string quartet and tape, 1996
• Puzzle tocas for wind quintet, 2002
• Altar de Piedra, Concertante for Percussion and Orchestra, 2003
• Unicamente la verdad, Videópera ( Rubén Ortiz Torres in collaboration with ), 2004

Weblink

• Official website: www.gabrielaortiz.com (English)

• Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
• Mexican composer
• Born in 1964
• Woman