Irma Urteaga

Irma Urteaga ( born March 7, 1929 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos ) is an Argentine composer and pianist.

Life

Urteaga studied at the Conservatory of Buenos Aires piano with María Lucrecia de Madariaga Gilardi, Josefa Hernandorena and Jorge Fanelli, composition with Roberto Caamano and Valdo Sciammarella, Roberto García Morillo and instrumentation in music history with Carlos and Alicia Terzian Sufern. She was here in 1959 the title of Professor of Piano and 1971 the gold medal in composition. An education in choral and orchestral conducting, she received Jacobo Ficher, Enrico Sivieri, Jorge Fontenla and Carlos Malloyer at the Instituto Superior de Arte of the Teatro Colón. Private lessons, she brought along with Isaac Weinstein and Roberto Kinsky.

She taught at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música Carlos López Buchardo and at the Instituto Superior de Arte. At the Teatro Colón, she worked as Maestra internals and director ( 1974-77 ) and director of the opera workshop. For the Fundación Opera del Ecuador, she organized the sport 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 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 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 according to Dante, 1971
  • Existenciales, songs by Alfonsina Storni, 1974
  • Designios for flute, clarinet, viola and piano, 1976
  • Expectación for soprano and mixed chorus, 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 after a song by Ana Lucía Frega for children's choir, flute and piano, 1989
  • El mundo del ser for mezzo- soprano and orchestra, text Eva Frias, 1989-1990
  • Luz de Mundos for four-part mixed chorus, text: Irene Gruss, 1990
  • Los alumbramientos, cantata for children's choir and string orchestra, 1992
  • Himno al Colegio song by Eva Frías, 1992
  • Enigma de la palabra, songs by Antonio Requeni, 1993
  • Cánticos para soñar, texts by Ofelia Sussel -Marie and Eve 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 Liliana D' Albyni, 1999
  • Aquellos villancicos ... dedicated for soprano and four -part choir, Lilly Verástegui, 1999
  • La Ventana, Ballet, 2000
  • Todavía Buenos Aires for saxophone quartet, 2000
  • Los Alumbramientos, Ballet, 2001
  • Tango Forte 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 by Daniel Dei, 2007
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