Leticia Moreno
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Leticia Muñoz Moreno is a Spanish
violin
ist. She started her music education at the early age of 3 in both violin and piano with the Suzuki Method
offering her first recitals when she was just 5. In 1996 She studied six years with Zakhar Bron
at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
and in Germany
at Köln Musikhochschule. Later on she followed the advice of Maxim Vengerov
in Saarbrücken
and David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
where she received the highest degree ever in the history of the school for her final recital. Her last teacher was Rostropovich
since 2003.
By now (2005) Leticia Moreno plays on a Pietro Guarneri
(1679) property of the Stradivari Society of Chicago
and has programmed concerts all around the world: Austria, England, St Peterssburg, Moscow with Spivakov
, Italy, Poland, South America, Mexico and Spain conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra
and Vienna Symphony Orchestra
to cite some examples.
The Spanish Composer Francisco Lara
has dedicated one composition to her: Capriccio for Leticia (2005).
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist. She started her music education at the early age of 3 in both violin and piano with the Suzuki Method
Suzuki method
The Suzuki method is a method of teaching music that emerged in the mid-20th century.-Background:The Suzuki Method was conceived in the mid-20th century by Shin'ichi Suzuki, a Japanese violinist who desired to bring beauty to the lives of children in his country after the devastation of World War II...
offering her first recitals when she was just 5. In 1996 She studied six years with Zakhar Bron
Zakhar Bron
Zakhar Bron is a Russian violinist of jewish descent and violin pedagogue. He is considered one of the best.His students have included Vadim Repin, Gwendolyn Masin, Daniel Hope, Maxim Vengerov, Denis Goldfeld, Daishin Kashimoto, Tamaki Kawakubo, Mayuko Kamio, Mayu Kishima, Sayaka Shoji and Nikolai...
at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
The Queen Sofía College of Music is a private music college founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1991 by Paloma O'Shea...
and in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
at Köln Musikhochschule. Later on she followed the advice of Maxim Vengerov
Maxim Vengerov
Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov is a violinist, violist, and conductor who was born in the Soviet Union.-Youth:Born on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, Russia, to a family with musical tradition....
in Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....
and David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama and Technical Theatre Arts.-History:...
where she received the highest degree ever in the history of the school for her final recital. Her last teacher was Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...
since 2003.
By now (2005) Leticia Moreno plays on a Pietro Guarneri
Guarneri
The Guarneri is the family name of a group of distinguished luthiers from Cremona in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries, whose standing is considered comparable to those of the Amati and Stradivari families...
(1679) property of the Stradivari Society of Chicago
Stradivari Society
The Stradivari Society is a philanthropic organization based in Chicago, Illinois, best known for its arranging deals between owners of antique string instruments such as those made by luthiers Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri, for use by talented musicians and performers...
and has programmed concerts all around the world: Austria, England, St Peterssburg, Moscow with Spivakov
Vladimir Spivakov
Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov is a leading Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the chamber orchestra....
, Italy, Poland, South America, Mexico and Spain conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival...
and Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
-History:In 1900, Ferdinand Löwe founded the orchestra as the Wiener Concertverein . In 1913 it moved into the Konzerthaus, Vienna. In 1919 it merged with the Tonkünstler Orchestra. In 1933 it acquired its current name...
to cite some examples.
The Spanish Composer Francisco Lara
Francisco Lara
Francisco Lara Tejero is a Spanish composer and conductor of classical music.-Early life and education:Born in Valladolid, Spain, in 1968, Lara studied at the Madrid Royal Conservatory where he graduated in 1990...
has dedicated one composition to her: Capriccio for Leticia (2005).
Awards
- Spanish Interpreters Association, 1996, 1999 and 2000
- Juventudes Musicales of Spain, 1997, 1998 and 2001
- Henryk Szeryng Competition, 2000
- Concertino Praga 2000
- NovosibirskNovosibirskNovosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...
, 2001 - Pablo Sarasate, 2001
- Emily AndersonEmily AndersonEmily Anderson, OBE was a British Foreign Office official and scholar of German.She was born in Galway, Ireland, the daughter of Alexander Anderson, president of Queens College Galway. Ms Anderson was educated privately and won the Browne Scholarship in 1909 at QCG, where she received a B.A. in 1911...
, 2005
Repertoire
(March 2007)- All solo sonatas and partitas except Sonata No. 3& Partita No. 1, Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
- Concerto in A minor, No. 1, BWV 1041, Bach
- Concerto in E major, No. 2, BWV 1042, Bach
- Double Concerto in D minor, BMW 1043, Bach
- Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006, Bach
- Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004, Bach
- Sonata No. 1 in G Minor BWV 1001, Bach
- Concerto Op. 14, Samuel BarberSamuel BarberSamuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...
- Rhapsody No. 1, Sz87, Béla BartókBéla BartókBéla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
- Rhapsody No. 2, SZ89,[Bartók
- Sonata No. 2, Op. 12, 2, A major, Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
- Sonata No. 5, F major "Spring", op. 24, Beethoven
- Sonata No. 7, C minor op 30/II, Beethoven
- Sonata No. 9, A major, op. 47, "Kreutzer", Beethoven
- Concerto C major, Beethoven
- Concerto for violin Op. 61 D Major (Kreisler Cadenzas), Beethoven
- Two violin romances: Op 40 G Major, Beethoven
- Two violin romances: Op 50 F Major, Beethoven
- Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 5, 7, Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
- Sonata for violin and Piano No. 1 in G Major Op 78 "Regenlied", Brahms
- Sonata No 2, Op. 100, Brahms
- Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op. 108, Brahms
- Double Concerto A minor, Op. 102, Brahms
- Concerto in D, Op. 15, Benjamin BrittenBenjamin BrittenEdward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
- Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26, Max BruchMax BruchMax Christian Friedrich Bruch , also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.-Life:Bruch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province, where he...
- Sonata for violin and piano, G minor, Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
- Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, Antonín DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
- Spanish Dances from El Amor BrujoEl amor brujoEl amor brujo is a piece of music originally composed by Manuel de Falla for a chamber group, then re-scored as a symphonic suite, and eventually as a ballet...
and La Vida BreveLa vida breveLa vida breve is an opera in two acts and four scenes by Manuel de Falla to an original Spanish libretto by Carlos Fernández-Shaw...
, Manuel de FallaManuel de FallaManuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish Andalusian composer of classical music. With Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Joaquín Turina he is one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century.... - Suite Populaire Espagnole, Falla
- Sonata for Violin and Piano in A majorViolin Sonata (Franck)The Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano by César Franck is one of his best known compositions, and considered one of the finest sonatas for violin and piano ever written...
, César FranckCésar FranckCésar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was a composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life.... - Concerto Poème A minor, Op. 82, Alexander GlazunovAlexander GlazunovAlexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor...
- Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op 13, Edvard GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
- Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano, Op. 45 in C minor, Grieg
- Symphonie EspagnoleSymphonie EspagnoleThe Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21, is a work for violin and orchestra by Édouard Lalo.-History:The work was written in 1874 for violinist Pablo de Sarasate, and premiered in Paris in February 1875....
, Op. 21, Édouard LaloÉdouard LaloÉdouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo was a French composer.-Biography:Lalo was born in Lille , in northernmost France. He attended that city's music conservatory in his youth. Then, beginning at age 16, Lalo studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Berlioz's old enemy François Antoine Habeneck... - Concerto E minor Op 64, Felix MendelssohnFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
- Concerto in B, MonasterioMonasterioMonasterio is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 24 inhabitants....
- Sonata for violin and piano in B Major KV 454, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
- Sonate in E minor KV 304, Mozart
- Concerto n. 2, D major, KV 211, Mozart
- Concerto n. 3, K 216 G Major, Mozart
- Concerto n. 4 K 218 D Major, Mozart
- Sinfonia Concertante, E-flat major, K. 320d (364), Mozart
- Caprices 24, 23, 17, Niccolò PaganiniNiccolò PaganiniNiccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique...
- Fratres, Arvo PärtArvo PärtArvo Pärt is an Estonian classical composer and one of the most prominent living composers of sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-made compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music also finds its inspiration and influence from...
- Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a, Sergei ProkofievSergei ProkofievSergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
- 5 Melodies, Prokofiev
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op 63, Prokofiev
- Hungarian Dance, Sergei RachmaninoffSergei RachmaninoffSergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
- Romance for Violin and Piano, Rachmaninoff
- Vocalise, Rachmaninoff
- Pièce en forme de Havanaise, Maurice RavelMaurice RavelJoseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
- Tzigane, Rapsodie de Concert pour Violon et Orchestre, Ravel
- Concert No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61, Camille Saint-SaënsCamille Saint-SaënsCharles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor Op. 28, Saint-Saëns
- Andalusian Romance, Pablo de SarasatePablo de SarasatePablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués was a Navarrese Spanish violinist and composer of the Romantic period.-Career:Pablo Sarasate was born in Pamplona, Navarre, the son of an artillery bandmaster...
- Caprice Basque, Sarasate
- Fantaisie de Concert sur des motifs de l´Opèra CarmenCarmenCarmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
Op. 25, Sarasate - Malagueña, Sarasate
- Zigeunerweisen Op. 20, Sarasate
- "Grand Duo" for violin and piano in A major, Op. posth. 162, D. 574, Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
- Fantasy in C major, Op. 159, D. 934, Schubert
- Fantasy in C major, Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
- Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105, Schumann
- Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121, Schumann
- Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99/ (77), Dmitri ShostakovichDmitri ShostakovichDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
- Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 , Jean SibeliusJean SibeliusJean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...
- Sonata for violin and piano in E flat major, Op. 18, Richard StraussRichard StraussRichard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
- Divertimento D Arrangement for Violin and Piano from "Le Baiser de la Fée", Igor StravinskyIgor StravinskyIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
- Violin Concerto en Re, Stravinsky
- Concerto op. 35 D Major, Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
- Three Pieces, Souvenir d'un lieu cherSouvenir d'un lieu cherSouvenir d’un lieu cher , Op. 42, for violin and piano, was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between March and May 1878...
: Meditation, Scherzo, Melody Op 42, Tchaikovsky - Concerto for three violins in F Major op 23-1, Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
- Four Seasons, Vivaldi
- Theme and Variations, Henryk WieniawskiHenryk WieniawskiHenryk Wieniawski was a Polish violinist and composer.-Biography:Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka, had converted to Catholicism. His talent for playing the violin was recognized early, and in 1843 he entered the Paris...
- Sonate n. 4 in E minor “À Kreisler”, Eugene YsayeEugène YsaÿeEugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...
- Sonate No 3 in D minor “Ballade”, Ysaye