Maria de Lourdes Martins
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Maria de Lourdes Martins (b. 26 May 1926 - d. 31 August 2009) is a Portuguese
pianist and composer.
, Portugal
, the daughter of Lisbon Conservatory teacher Maria Helena Martins. Martins studied at the Lisbon Conservatory with Abreu Mota, Macário Santiago Kastner and Marcos Garin. She continued her studies in composition with Artur Santos and Jorge Croner de Vasconcellos.
After completing her studies, Martins took a position teaching at the Lisbon Conservatory. She introduced the Orff-Schulwerk system from the Salzburg
Mozarteum in Portugal, and won the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Composition Award two times.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
pianist and composer.
Life
Maria de Lourdes Martins was born in LisbonLisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, the daughter of Lisbon Conservatory teacher Maria Helena Martins. Martins studied at the Lisbon Conservatory with Abreu Mota, Macário Santiago Kastner and Marcos Garin. She continued her studies in composition with Artur Santos and Jorge Croner de Vasconcellos.
After completing her studies, Martins took a position teaching at the Lisbon Conservatory. She introduced the Orff-Schulwerk system from the Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
Mozarteum in Portugal, and won the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Composition Award two times.
Works
Selected works include:- O Encoberto (1965)
- O Litoral (1971)
- Três Máscaras (Three Masks, 1984), opera
- A Donzela Guerreira (The Battling Maiden, 1995), opera