Gabriela Ortiz

Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964) is a Mexican music educator and composer. Biographyedit: Gabriela Ortiz Torres was born in Mexico City of parents who were folk musicians. She learned folk music at home, and then studied in Paris at the Ecole Normale de Musique. She returned to Mexico City due to the illness of her mother, and studied composition there with Mario Lavista at the National Conservatory of Music. She continued her studies at the Guildhall School with Robert Saxton, and with Simon Emmerson at the University of London where she received a PhD in 1996. After completing her studies, she took a position at the National School of Music at the National Autonomous University in Mexico City. She also taught at Indiana University in the United States. Honors and awardsedit: Civitella Ranieri Artistic Residency, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Fulbright Fellowship, Distincion Universidad Nacional, First prize of the Silvestre Revueltas National Chamber Music Competition, First Prize at the Alicia Urreta Composition Competition, Composers Award Mexican Council for the Arts and Culture, National Artists System Fellowship from the Mexican Council for the Arts and Culture, Banff Center for the Arts Residency, Inroads Commission, a Program of Arts International with funds from the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Mozart Medal Award for Mexican Theatre and Music as the best composer of 1997, The Fundacion Cultural Bancomer Award, Worksedit: Unicamente La Verdad opera 2010 libretto by Ruben Ortiz, Magna Sin for steel drum and tape, Patios for orchestra, Altar de Piedra for percussion and orchestra, Zocalo-Bastilla for violin, percussion and orchestra, Altar de Muertos for string quartet, Zocalo Tropical for flute, percussion and orchestra, 100 Watts, Seis piezas a Violeta for string quartet and piano, Baalkah for string quartet, Her compositions have been recorded and issued on CD including: Visiones Panamericanas by Tania Leon, Eugenio Toussaint, Gabriela Ortiz, Roberto Sierra, and Richard Felciano (Audio CD - 2002), Altar de Muertos by Gabriela Ortiz, Arturo Nieto-Dorantes, and Sarah Leonard (Audio CD - 2006), Mi Chelada by Alejandro Cardona, Gabriel Ruiz, Astor Piazzolla, Miguel del Aguila, and Enrico Chapela (Audio CD - 2000), Ritmicas by Minoru Miki, Santiago Ojeda, Gabriela Ortiz, Amadeo Roldan, and Eugenio Toussaint (Audio CD - 1997), Tear by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Gabriela Ortiz, Silvestre Revueltas, Adriana Isabel Figueroa Mañas, and Alberto Ginastera (Audio CD - 2003), Musica Sinfonica Mexicana by Silvestre Revueltas, Federico Ibarra, Gabriela Ortiz, Manuel Enriquez, and Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia (Audio CD - 1997)

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