Yolanda Moreno Rivas
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Yolanda Moreno Rivas
was a Mexican pianist, teacher and musicologist.
. In 1957 the Polish government gave her the Chopin prize for Mexican pianists. She lived in Paris
for two years as a student at the Schola Cantorum and was also a pupil of Bernard Flavigny in France
and in Mexico
. She gave many recitals and played as soloist with the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM, Orquesta Sinfónica de Jalapa and with Orquesta Sinfónica de Durango. She obtained a degree in Hispanic Literature at the Universidad Hispanoamericana and in 1969 she began to write in the music section in the magazine "Siempre", quit her soloist career and began life as a researcher. From 1972 she was teacher at the National School of Music in UNAM
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She was author of the three main essays on Mexican music: Historia de la Música Popular Mexicana (History of Mexican popular music), Rostros del Nacionalismo en la música mexicana (Mexican nationalism in music and its many aspects) and La Composición en México en el siglo XX ( Mexican Music Composition in the 20th century).
was a Mexican pianist, teacher and musicologist.
Life
She began her musical education with her mother who taught her piano. She then studied with Angélica Morales in Mexico and later in GermanyGermany
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. In 1957 the Polish government gave her the Chopin prize for Mexican pianists. She lived in Paris
Paris
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for two years as a student at the Schola Cantorum and was also a pupil of Bernard Flavigny in France
France
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and in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. She gave many recitals and played as soloist with the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM, Orquesta Sinfónica de Jalapa and with Orquesta Sinfónica de Durango. She obtained a degree in Hispanic Literature at the Universidad Hispanoamericana and in 1969 she began to write in the music section in the magazine "Siempre", quit her soloist career and began life as a researcher. From 1972 she was teacher at the National School of Music in UNAM
Unam
UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...
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She was author of the three main essays on Mexican music: Historia de la Música Popular Mexicana (History of Mexican popular music), Rostros del Nacionalismo en la música mexicana (Mexican nationalism in music and its many aspects) and La Composición en México en el siglo XX ( Mexican Music Composition in the 20th century).
Sources
- Casares, Emilio. Diccionario de la música Española e Hispanoamericana. Sociedad general de autores y editores.