Gloria Tapia Mendoza (April 16, 1927 - March 28, 2008) was a Mexican composer and musicologist. [1] [2] [3]
Born in Araró, Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, Tapia studied composition and musicology at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música, later becoming an instructor at the same institution; [4] she also studied philosophy and Latin American studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. [5] For much of her career she worked to promote contemporary music in her home country; among the roles in which she served was that of general coordinator for culture and musical education of the Dirección General de Acción Educativa. She belonged to the Liga de Compositores de Música de Concierto de México, of which organization she was at one time president. Tapia composed a good deal of music for orchestra during her career; she also produced chamber music, including works for piano and for guitar; choral pieces; and songs. [4]
José Pablo Moncayo García was a Mexican pianist, percussionist, music teacher, composer and conductor. "As composer, José Pablo Moncayo represents one of the most important legacies of the Mexican nationalism in art music, after Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez." He produced some of the masterworks that best symbolize the essence of the national aspirations and contradictions of Mexico in the 20th century.
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Lucía Álvarez Vázquez is a Mexican composer and pianist widely known throughout Latin America. Born in Mexico City, Álvarez received her degree in piano and composition from the School of Music at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She studied under Carlos Vázquez, Pablo Castellanos, Jorge Suárez, Américo Caramuta and Pierre van Hawe. Her music reflects aspects of Neo-romantic traditions rather than avant-garde styles that popularized throughout the late 20th century. Since the 1970s, Álvarez has composed music for films, television, and more than 100 concert works, including duets and quartets for strings, chamber music, and symphonic orchestras. Her work includes Midaq Alley (1995), for which she won the Ariel Award for Best Original Score in 1995, The Beginning and the End (1993), and Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles (2002). She is considered one of the best composers in the history of Mexican cinema.
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