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Carmen Barradas

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Maria del Carmen Perez Jimenez Barradas (18 March 1888 – 12 May 1963) was a Uruguayan pianist, composer, and choral teacher. Life Maria del Carmen Pérez Jiménez was born in Montevideo, the daughter of Spanish residents Santos Rojas and still life painter Antonio Pérez Giménez Barradas. She first studied with Antonio Frank, but ended the study after her father died in 1898. With support from friends and family, she later continued with Aurora Pablo and M. Lopes Vicente at the Conservatorio del Uruguay, receiving her diploma in 1915. Following the example of her younger brother, the painter Rafael Barradas, she adopted the stage name Carmen Barradas. Her youngest brother was writer and poet Antonio De Ignacios. After World War I, Rafael Barradas found he was unable to return from Spain to Uruguay, so in 1916 Barradas’ family moved to Spain. The family struggled to get there, having to apply for entry as laborers. Once in Spain, Carmen and her mother supported themselves by making toys. However, Carmen also developed as a composer and actively participated in the artistic life of Barcelona. In 1917, she gave a concert of her own works. Barradas lived and composed in Spain until 1922,

Eduardo Gilardoni

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Eduardo Gilardoni (9 November 1935 – 28 March 2022) was a Uruguayan composer, pianist, harpsichordist and vocal coach. Life and career Born in Conchillas, Uruguay, Gilardoni started his piano studies at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Montevideo with Esther Giucci, composition with Carlos Giucci and Héctor Tosar and continued his piano studies with Santiago Baranda Reyes, Sara Bourdillion, Hugo Balzo and Armano Bascans. In 1964 he moved to Barcelona on a scholarship from the Institute of Hispanic Culture and studied with the singer Conchita Badia, the pianist Alicia de Larrocha and composers Joaquin Nin and Federico Mompou. When he returned to Uruguay in 1966 he became a harpsichord professor at the Anglo Institute, a position he held for eighteen years. Since then he became a much sought after collaborative pianist with the top singers of Uruguay. From 1995 to 2005 he was a visiting artist at the College of Charleston. In 2006 he represented Uruguay in the Song Festival at the University of Central Arkansas. He has performed and presented his works in concerts and festivals in Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Spain, the United States and Bolivia. Three compact discs with his works have be

Eloísa D'Herbil

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Eloisa D’Herbil (also Eloisa D’Herbil de Silva, 27 December 1847 – 22 June 1943) was a Spanish pianist and composer. A child prodigy on the piano, by age seven, she had played before the heads of state in England and Spain. As a child, the press dubbed her “Chopin in skirts” and from a young age, she began composing musical pieces. She immigrated to Argentina in 1868 and continued to write music, becoming one of the first women to write tangos. Early life Eloísa María Dolores Juana de la Santísima Trinidad D’Herbil was born on 27 December 1847 in Cádiz, Spain to the Raquel Angel de Cadia and Joseph D’Herbil. She began her training before her fifth birthday with the American pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk and auditioned with the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt. She would remain a devotée of both and often played their music in concert. Liszt praised her ability to play Chopin, causing Viennese critics to dub the child prodigy as “Chopin in skirts”. By the age of six, she had played for Isabella II of Spain. The following year, she played for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Windsor Castle and in June of the same year, gave another concert in England in the Queen’s Con

Laura Canoura

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Laura Canoura Sande (born 2 January 1957) is a singer and composer of popular Uruguayan music. She is considered one of the most renowned female solo artists in Uruguay. Biography Early career Canoura was born in Montevideo to José Coco Canoura, the son of a Galician immigrant, and his wife Carmen Pocha Sande. In 1978 she finished her studies in theater at the school of actors Roberto Fontana and Nelly Goitiño. Shortly afterward, her participation in the Conservatorio del Núcleo de Estudios Musicales gave her the opportunity to meet several musicians with whom she would form the group Rumbo. Rumbo Beginnings In early 1979, her connection began with musicians Mauricio Ubal, Gonzalo Moreira, Gustavo Ripa, Miguel López, and Carlos Vicente, which led to the founding of the musical group Rumbo. They offered their first performance in the Teatro Astral in June 1979. Their first full-length recording, entitled “Para abrir la noche,” was edited by the label Ayuí / Tacuabé in 1980. In the following years, they edited the two other albums that would make up their discography: “Sosteniendo la pared” in 1982 and “Otro tiempo” in 1985 and offered concerts around Uruguay, performing on several o

Mariana Ingold

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Mariana Ingold (born 1958) is a composer, instrumentalist, singer and teacher belonging to the movement of Uruguayan music, Mariana has been active as an artist since 1977 in Uruguay and internationally. Mariana has recorded dozens of records of songs, music for children and instrumental music. She has composed music for theater presentations as well as for many educational videos of Uruguay, Brazil, the United States and Spain, receiving various prizes in recognition of her work. Well known in her country for her involvement with environmental organizations, Mariana has the honor to be the godmother of OCC (Organization of Conservation of the cetaceans https://www.waittfoundation.org/copy-of-aida (whales and dolphins) of the South Atlantic and the River de la Plata). She has made a recording of her children songs (“El Planeta Sonoro”), for the benefit of Aldeas Infantiles SOS, the international orphans’ organization. Mariana is also the creator of healing spaces through individual and group singing (“Sonando y Sanando”, “Afinando el Instrumento”). She has done workshops for actors, dancers, therapists, musicians and educators, as much in Uruguay as in Spain. She also has created m

Mocchi (singer)

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Mocchi (born 8 June 1990) is a Uruguayan singer and composer. Biography Lu Mocchi was born in Montevideo, where they began their musical training at age eight. They attended piano lessons at the Virgilio Scarabelli Alberti School and continued at the W. Kolischer Conservatory. At age thirteen they began playing guitar and bass, and joined various bands in which they participated as a guitarist, bassist, and vocalist. In 2009, they won the “Canto Joven – Movida Joven 2009” award and a mention for best composition, granted by the . The following year they received the same prize and a unique mention for composition. In April 2014, they were the opening act for Paul McCartney at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, which was a turning point in the visibility of their career. Mocchi was the executive producer of the documentary Botija de mi país (2013), which deals with the careers of ten Uruguayan musicians established in the United States, including José Serebrier, who was nominated 38 times for Grammy Awards, and won eight. In November 2016, they presented their second album entitled Mañana será otro disco, with the participation of , Julián Kartun, Andrés Beeuwsaert, and violinist

Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso

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Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (12 May 1920 – 2 November 1998) was a Uruguayan composer, pianist, and music educator. Life Nydia was born in Rocha, Uruguay in 1920. She studied music with Dolores Bell and Carmen Barrera at the Conservatory of Teresiano in Rocha, and in Montevideo with Wilhelm Kolischer for piano, Tomás Mujica for counterpoint and fugue and Enrique Casal-Chapí for composition. After completing her studies, she worked as a composer and taught music at the Kolischer Conservatory and at the Institute of Musical Education. Pereyra-Lizaso’s works have been performed internationally. Her Four miniatures for violin and viola won the chamber music award at GEDOK in Mannheim, 1966. She also won the Casa de Teatro stage music award in 1959, 1964, 1966, 1967 and 1978 for incidental music in plays performed by the Comedia Nacional. She has published a number of pedagogical works written for children. Pereyra-Lizaso died in November 1998 at the age of 78. Works Pereyra-Lizaso composes mainly for chamber ensemble and vocal performance. Selected works include: *Sarabande for piano *Divertimento for strings *Adagio and Allegro, clarinet, pianoforte, 1958 *Allegro and Andante, bass clarinet,

Pedro Ipuche Riva

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Pedro Ipuche Riva (26 October 1924 – 25 December 1996) was an Uruguayan composer of classical music. According to the catalogue by the Uruguayan musicologist Elsa Sabatés in Músicos de aquí, Vol 4 (published by C.E.M.A.U. in 1997) he wrote 150 compositions, including 6 symphonies and 2 operas. Life and career Ipuche Riva was born in Montevideo, the son of Uruguayan poet Pedro Leandro Ipuche. His sister, Rolina Ipuche, was a writer. He began his musical studies with the composers Carlos Giucci and Vicente Ascone, but dissatisfied with his first compositions, he destroyed them all and became a lawyer. When Carlos Estrada created the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (National Conservatory of Music), Ipuche Riva completed the course in composition. Some of his fellow students were the future conductors José Serebrier and Beatriz Lockhart. After receiving his diploma he went to Paris to study with Jean Rivier and Noël Gallon at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique. On his return to Uruguay, he tried to be more experimental while working independently from the avant-garde mainstream of his time. He called this his “obscure period”. He was appointed to several official posts in

Sergio Cervetti

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Sergio Cervetti Guigou (born 9 November 1940 in Dolores, Soriano) is a Uruguayan composer and teacher domiciled in the United States. His early compositional language reflects the post serialist Uruguayan avant-garde, often employing electronics and complex graphical notation. He gained international prominence in 1966 when he achieved first place with 5 Episodes for Piano Trio in the Inter-American Music Festival in Caracas, Venezuela. His compositions have been widely recorded on labels such as Albany Records, Vienna Modern Masters, and Navona Records, which have been reviewed in Gramophone and The Washington Post. His music has been played by renowned orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra and New York City Opera. Biography Sergio Cervetti was exposed to music at a young age by his parents. His Italian father was a clarinettist and his French mother helped motivate him to learn the piano. His early piano studies were with José María Martino Rodas and Hugo Balzo and later studied counterpoint and harmony at the National Conservatory with Carlos Estrada and Guido Santorsola. In 1962 he left Uruguay to study composition in the United States at the Peabody Conservatory in