Biancamaria Furgeri

Biancamaria Furgeri (born 6 October 1935) is an Italian organist, music educator and composer. Life Biancamaria Fugeri was born in Rovigo, Italy, and studied at the Conservatorio di Padova and in Milan and Venice with Wolfgango Dalla Vecchia, Bruno Coltro, Bruno Bettinelli, Giuseppe Piccioli and Giorgio Federico Ghedini. After completing her studies, Furgeri taught music in Ferrara and Padua, and in 1969 took a teaching position at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna. Her works have been performed internationally. She has placed first in a number of international competitions, including the 1973 National Sacred Music competition in Verese, the 1985 GEDOK competition in Mannheim, and the 1987 International Competition for Women Composers in Zürich. She was director (1977-1979) of the Conservatory of Music in Rovigo. Works Fugeri composes mostly orchestral, choral, chamber and vocal works. Selected compositions include: *1958 Sonata, Opus 1 *1960 Piano Suite, Op 2 *1963 Sonata, Opus 3 for organ *1965 Suite by Gioconda, Opus 4 *1968 Toccata and Ricercare, Opus 5 for organ *1970-71 Piccoli Musici (Volume 1), Op 6 *1970-71 Piccoli Musici (Volume 2), Opus 7 *1972 Il libro dei Ritmi