{"id":9509,"date":"2022-01-26T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazineampm.com\/?p=9509"},"modified":"2022-01-25T18:53:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T23:53:10","slug":"cubanas-al-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazineampm.com\/en\/cubanas-al-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubans at the piano"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one doubts that the Cuban piano school exists and is in good health. But in our magazine we feel that the great Cubans of the keys are not known enough by the non-specialized public.<\/span><\/p>\n

This list presents some of those women who, from the last century to the present day, have captured their spiritual universe on the keys of a piano. You will find well-known names and others not so much, of artists who, from various roles \u2014composers, concert performers, researchers, arrangers, teachers, accompanying pianists, repertorists\u2014 dedicated their lives to the instrument; some even reaching large stages and important orchestras in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

They probably miss names that should have appeared in this selection, including that of Enriqueta Almanza<\/a>, to whom we dedicate an extensive article in our magazine, which is why we prefer not to include it now. As is often said: \u201cthere are not all that are\u201d, but we have no doubt that \u201cthey are all that are\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cecilia Arizti<\/b><\/p>\n

Her father, the pianist Fernando Arizti \u2014a contemporary of Manuel Saumell\u2014 taught her to play classical scores from a very young age. At the age of eight he composed an Ave Maria and a mazurka; then, little by little, he became familiar with all the styles and forms of universal European music of his time. After completing his studies, he performed as a concert pianist in Cuba and the United States. She became a piano teacher at the Peyrellade Conservatory, and published the manual <\/span>Twenty daily exercises for piano<\/span><\/i>. In 1893, at the age of 37, he premiered his <\/span>Chamber trio for piano, violin and cello<\/span><\/i>, one of her best-known works and the first of its kind written by a Cuban woman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maria de las Mercedes Adam de Arostegui<\/b><\/p>\n

He moved to Spain with his family at the age of nine. He studied piano and composition at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid and continued his studies in Paris with Louis Di\u00e9mer, Jules Massenet and Vincent d'Indy. After completing her education, she worked as a composer and concert pianist, performing concerts with Pau Casals. She was the first Cuban woman to compose an opera: <\/span>The life is dream<\/span><\/i>, based on the homonymous work by Calder\u00f3n de la Barca and which was premiered by the Havana Symphony Orchestra. Among his works for orchestra stand out <\/span>The childhood<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Cuban dances<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Andalusian serenade<\/span><\/i>, and the <\/span>Ballade Guerri\u00e8re \u00c9cossaise<\/span><\/i>, with text by British writer Walter Scott. He also composed songs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ernestina Lecuona Married<\/b><\/p>\n

At the age of 15, living in Guanabacoa, he composed his first piece, <\/span>Louise<\/span><\/i>, which gave him wide recognition in Cuba and Spain. She studied music, married a musician, and had descendants of musicians \u2014 her grandson is the great composer Leo Brouwer. His professional work had a parenthesis in which he devoted himself to raising children. Specialists highlight the wide spectrum of his compositions, which cover musical genres such as fantasias-creoles, songs, boleros, lullabies, sones, criollas-boleros, guajiras, waltzes, danzones, hymns, and boleros. Her pedagogical work gave her the necessary eye to detect talent; Of the many names that owe her career to her, perhaps the most important is that of Esther Borja, whom she \u201cdiscovered\u201d when she was very young.<\/span><\/p>\n