Magaly Ruiz
Encyclopedia
Life
Magaly Ruiz was born in Santa Clara, CubaSanta Clara, Cuba
Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is located in the most central region of the province and almost in the most central region of the country.- History :Santa Clara was founded by 175 people on July 15th, 1689...
, in 1941. In 1981, she graduated with a degree in Composition from the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana, where she studied with Harold Gramatges
Harold Gramatges
Harold Gramatges was a Cuban composer, pianist, and teacher.Gramatges was born in Santiago, Cuba...
, César Pérez Sentenat, José Ardévol
José Ardévol
José Ardévol was a Cuban composer and conductor of Spanish derivation.As a child, Ardévol studied under his father, Fernando, who was a musician and conductor. He emigrated to Cuba in 1930, and from 1934 to 1952 was the director of the Orquestra de cámara de la Habana...
, Félix Guerrero, Alfredo Diez Nieto, Dolores Torres and Roberto Valera.
Since then, she has worked as a Professor at the Instituto as well as at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona and the provincial school of music, Amadeo Roldán. She has worked for many years as technical advisor of the subject Harmony in the Dirección Nacional de Enseñanza Artística, and technical advisor at the Centro para la Investigación y Desarrollo de la Música Cubana.
Works
Ruiz' curriculum is published in prestigious dictionaries such as The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Diccionario Iberoamericano de la Música. Several of her compositions are included as part of the curriculum of the leading music education institutions in CubaCuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, among them, the Conservatorio Amadeo Roldán, the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana, the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona and Conservatorio Alejandro Garcia Caturla. Her compositions have been performed at many festivals such as the International Musical Festival, Festival de La Habana, Festival Boleros de Oro, International Festival of Contemporary Music, the International Festival Donne in Musica in Fiuggi, Italy and the Festival Sounds of Americas, New York
New York
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, United States
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. She has received the First Award in the music contests Concurso "La Edad de Oro", Concurso de la Dirección Nacional de Enseñanza Artística, Concurso Amadeo Roldán and the Concurso de la Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba.
She has also been awarded several medals and honours, among them The Medalla por la Educación Cubana, Medalla al Mérito Pedagógico, Medalla José Tey, Distinción Especial of the Cuban Ministry of Education, and the of the Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba to the total created work of a composer.
Catalogue Symphonic Music
Symphonic Music- Tres piezas para pequeña orquesta, 1977
- Estructura tritemática para orquesta sinfónica, 1977
- Concierto para oboe y orquesta, 1979
- Tres ambientes sonoros, 1981
Chamber Music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
- Trío, 1976
- Sonata para chelo y piano, 1977
- Juegos con metales, 1977
- Movimientos para cuarteto de cuerdas No. 1, 1978
- Canción para un amigo, saxofón, contralto y piano, 1978.
- Tres piezas cubanas, violín y piano, 1978
- Movimiento para cuarteto de cuerdas No. 2, 1980
- Variaciones en habaneraHabaneraHabanera may refer to:*"Habanera" , an aria from Bizet's Carmen*Habanera , a 1984 Cuban film*La Habanera , a 1937 German movie...
, para oboe y piano, 1983 - Variaciones en habaneraHabaneraHabanera may refer to:*"Habanera" , an aria from Bizet's Carmen*Habanera , a 1984 Cuban film*La Habanera , a 1937 German movie...
, versión para flauta y piano, 1995 - Tres piezas, trombón y piano, 1994
- Fantasía, violín y piano, 1994
- Yugo y Estrella, cuarteto de cuerdas, 1995
- Dos para tres, flauta y piano, 1995
- Tres piezas cubanas, flauta y piano, 1995
- Cuasi DanzónDanzónDanzón is the official dance of Cuba. It is also an active musical form in Mexico and is still beloved in Puerto Rico where Verdeluz, a modern danzón by Puerto Rican composer Antonio Cabán Vale is considered the unofficial national anthem...
, trombón y piano, 1996 - Dos piezas cubanas para clarinete, 1997
- DanzónDanzónDanzón is the official dance of Cuba. It is also an active musical form in Mexico and is still beloved in Puerto Rico where Verdeluz, a modern danzón by Puerto Rican composer Antonio Cabán Vale is considered the unofficial national anthem...
, para cello y piano, 1998 - Tema con variaciones para trombón 1998
- DanzónDanzónDanzón is the official dance of Cuba. It is also an active musical form in Mexico and is still beloved in Puerto Rico where Verdeluz, a modern danzón by Puerto Rican composer Antonio Cabán Vale is considered the unofficial national anthem...
para saxofón tenor, 1998 - HabaneraHabaneraHabanera may refer to:*"Habanera" , an aria from Bizet's Carmen*Habanera , a 1984 Cuban film*La Habanera , a 1937 German movie...
, para guitarra, 1998 - Dos piezas para clarinete, 1998
Coro
- Altura y pelos, coro mixto, texto: César VallejoCésar VallejoCésar Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet. Although he published only three books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language. Thomas Merton called him "the greatest universal poet since Dante"...
, 1976 - Al oído de una muchacha, texto: García Lorca, coro mixto, 1976
- Canción para dos pueblos (habaneraHabaneraHabanera may refer to:*"Habanera" , an aria from Bizet's Carmen*Habanera , a 1984 Cuban film*La Habanera , a 1937 German movie...
y guajiraGuajiraGuajira may refer to:* Department of La Guajira, a department of Colombia which includes most of the Guajira Peninsula* La Guajira Desert, a desert which covers most of the Guajira Peninsula...
), coro mixto,1994 - A Ili, coro femenino, 1995
- A Glaimí (cinco piezas), coro infantil, 1996
Piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Tres preludios para piano, 1978
- Tres estudios cubanos para piano, 1980
- Estudios cubanos del 4 al 12, 1978
- Pequeñas piezas cubanas, 1988
- Piezas a cuatro manos (primera serie), 1990
- Piezas a cuatro manos (segunda serie), 1994
- Estudio en mambo No. 13, 1994
- 20 Miniaturas cubanas para piano, 1995
Voice
Voice
Voice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message-In film:* Voice , a 2005 South Korean film* The Voice , a 2010 Turkish horror film directed by Ümit Ünal...
and Piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Pueblo entre lomas (guajiraGuajiraGuajira may refer to:* Department of La Guajira, a department of Colombia which includes most of the Guajira Peninsula* La Guajira Desert, a desert which covers most of the Guajira Peninsula...
), 1966 - A Conrado BenítezConrado BenitezConrado Benitez was a former dean of the University of the Philippines. He was also the first president, as well as chairman, and one of the original incorporators of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement.-References:...
, (canción), 1978 - A Víctor JaraVíctor JaraVíctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, political activist and member of the Communist Party of Chile...
, (canción), 1978 - Dos canciones para niños: Abuelita, Trota que trota mi caballito, 1984
- Tríptico Homenaje: Te recuerdo en un canto, Mi mariposa, Esa cabeza blanca, mezzo-sopranoMezzo-sopranoA mezzo-soprano is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above...
y piano, 1985 - Corazón no me traiciones más, boleroBoleroBolero is a form of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish and Cuban forms which are both significant and which have separate origins.The term is also used for some art music...
, 1994 - Cómo te quiero, boleroBoleroBolero is a form of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish and Cuban forms which are both significant and which have separate origins.The term is also used for some art music...
, 1994 - Con tu piel y con tu cuerpo, boleroBoleroBolero is a form of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish and Cuban forms which are both significant and which have separate origins.The term is also used for some art music...
, 1995 - Te ha besado, 1998
External links
- http://www.magalyruiz.org/
- http://www.americancomposers.org/cubabios.htm#RUIZ
- http://www.soyguajiro.com/bcub/cmc_alpha_view.asp?id_termino=2711