Aida Navarro
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Aida Navarro is a mezzo soprano born in Caracas
on October 17, 1937
She studied lyric singing in Venezuela, The U.S. and in Vienna, Austria. She excelled in many opera and chamber music presentations in Europe and Latin America. In 1967 she was awarded the Prize to the Best Chamber Music Performer in Rio de Janeiro. She was a co-founder of the venezuelan music group Quinteto Contrapunto
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After being a part of the quintet for some years and performing in several other chamber music presentations and operas she dedicated her life to teaching lyric singing and became one of the most important figures in vocal education in Venezuela.
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
on October 17, 1937
She studied lyric singing in Venezuela, The U.S. and in Vienna, Austria. She excelled in many opera and chamber music presentations in Europe and Latin America. In 1967 she was awarded the Prize to the Best Chamber Music Performer in Rio de Janeiro. She was a co-founder of the venezuelan music group Quinteto Contrapunto
Quinteto Contrapunto
Quinteto Contrapunto was a celebrated Venezuelan quintet which reached nation-wide and international celebrity in the early 1960s, and was very active for about a decade....
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After being a part of the quintet for some years and performing in several other chamber music presentations and operas she dedicated her life to teaching lyric singing and became one of the most important figures in vocal education in Venezuela.