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Spanish-American composer
Elisenda Fábregas in 2021
Elisenda Fábregas (born 1955 in
Terrassa ,
Province of Barcelona , Spain) is a Spanish/American Composer.
Biography
Fábregas studied piano at the
Conservatory of Barcelona until 1978. She came to the USA and studied for her bachelor's and master's degree (1983) in piano performance at
Juilliard School of Music with
Beveridge Webster and
Joseff Raieff
[1] and
Samuel Sanders .
[2] She made her debut in the
Carnegie Recital Hall in 1983.
[1]
She received doctorates from
Columbia University Teachers College in education (1992) and
Peabody Institute of the
Johns Hopkins University in music composition (2011).
As a pianist she performed besides in Spain, in various countries, England, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and the United States.
In 2021 she lives in
Seoul ,
South Korea ,
[3] and is working as invited professor of music and cultural studies at
Kyung Hee University .
[4]
Award
Fábregas received the
Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award at the Music Teachers National Association Convention in Washington D.C. in 2001.
[2]
Works
Fábregas composed more than forty works
[5] for solo, chamber ensemble, vocal, chorus and orchestra. She composed several large-scale piano works like Mirage (1997), Portraits I (2000), Hommage for Mompou (2006), and Hommage for Mozart (2006).
[6]
Five Songs (On poems by
Federico García Lorca ) for soprano and piano, 1986
Variaciones para Orquesta , 1990
Five Poems of García Lorca for soprano, cello, clarinet and violin, 1992
[7]
Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, 1994
Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, 1995
Andante Appassionato for solo flute, 1996
Sonata No. 1 for flute and piano, 1996
Mirage for piano, 1997
Lyric scenes for the young for piano, 1999
Portraits II for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, 1999
Cinco Soledades (on poems by
Antonio Machado ) for basbariton and piano, 1999-2004
Portraits I for piano, 2000
Winged serpent for clarinet and piano, 2001
Bonna Domna for string orchestra and choir, 2001–04
Album for the Young for piano, 2002
Five musings for soprano and piano, 2002
Village Scenes for soprano and piano, 2002
Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello and piano, 2003
[8]
Miniatures for the Young for piano, 2004
Moments of change for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2004–05
Hommage a Mozart for piano, 2005
Moments of change (poems by
Margaret Atwood ) for soprano and piano, 2005
Colores Andaluces for cello and pianor, 2006
Homenaje a Mompou for piano, 2007
The Flaming Rock (La Roca llameante) for choir and string quartet, 2007
Tu i els meus somnis (poems by
Josep Janes ) for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2007
Goyescas (inspired by
Goya . for flute and guitar, 2008
Voices of the Rainforest for flute, cello and piano, 2008
Gacelas de amor (poems by
Federico García Lorca ) for soprano, flute and piano, 2009
Solitary for baritone, clarinet, cello and piano, 2009
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, 2010
Terra Mater for Symphony Orchestra, 2011
Retorn a la terra (Return to the homeland, poems by
Josep Carner and
Joan Maragall ) for narrator, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, and double bass, 2012.
Caminos del duende for marimba and percussion, 2012
Symphony No. 1 for Symphonic Band, 2014
Terra encesa for string quartet, commissioned by
Cuarteto Casals , 2024
References
^
a
b Page, Tim (June 5, 1983).
"Music: Debuts in Review" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 22 March 2015 .
^
a
b
"Elisenda Fabregas" . Vox Novus . Retrieved 22 March 2015 .
^ Hinson, Marice; Roberts, Wesley (2014).
Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, Fourth Edition . Indiana University Press.
ISBN
9780253010230 . Elisenda Fábregas.
^
"Elisenda Fabregas, Faculty member" . Kyung Hee University. Retrieved 22 March 2015 .
^
"Website Elisenda Fabregas" . Works Alphabetically . Retrieved 22 March 2015 .
^
Piano music of Elisenda Fabregas: A stylistic analysis by Park, Jinha, D.M.A., University of South Carolina, 2013
^ Oestreich, James R. (October 10, 1992).
"Classical Music in review" . The New York Times . Retrieved 22 March 2015 .
^
"Gekratst bis harmonisch" .
Badische Zeitung . 26 November 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2015 .
External links
International National Artists