Teresita Gómez
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | María Teresa Gómez Arteaga |
| Born | 9 May 1943, Medellín, Colombia |
| Genres | Classical, Salsa |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, teacher |
| Instrument | Piano |
María Teresa Gómez Arteaga, also known as Teresa Gómez and Teresita Gómez, is a Colombian pianist and music educator.[1]
Education
[edit]Teresita Gómez was born in Medellín, Colombia and began her piano training at the age of 4 with the teachers Marta Agudelo de Maya and Anna María Penella in the Institute of Fine Arts of Medellín, where she gave her first solo concert when she was only 10 years old.
Teresita studied piano at the National University of Colombia with the Russian pianist Tatiana Goncharova and the German pianist Hilde Adler between 1959 and 1962. Later on she was a student of the Colombian-Dutch pianist Harold Martina at the University of Antioquia between 1964 and 1966, where she graduated summa cum laude as Concertmaster and Piano Teacher.[2]
Among her mentors are Barbara Hesse (Varsovia, 1985), Jakob Lateiner (Weimar 1986) and Klaus Bässler (Berlin, 1986–87).
Awards
[edit]In 2005, the government of Colombia granted Gómez her the Cross of the Cross of Boyacá at the grade of Commander for her artistic career, contribution to musical culture, and honorable representation of Colombia abroad.[3]
In 2017, the Governor of Antioquia awarded Gómez the golden Juan del Corral, for her musical contributions over 60 years as a professional pianist.[4]
Festivals and venues
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- Quinteto de Bogotá
- Frank Preuss Trio
- Conjunto Colombiano de Música Contemporánea
- Medellín Opera
- Colombian Opera
- Bogotá and Medellín Bach Festivals
- Festival de Música Religiosa de Popayán
- Jeleniej Górze Symphonic Orchestra (Poland)
- Professor at Instituto de Bellas Artes de Medellín, Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad de Caldas, Universidad del Cauca and Los Andes University
- Cultural Attaché at the Colombian Embassy in (Germany) (1983–87)
Discography
[edit]- Teresa Gómez a Colombia (1983, RTI/Discos Orbe)
- Para Recordar Compositores Colombianos (2000, Discos Fuentes/Universidad de Antioquia)
- Intimo (2006, Alcaldía de Medellín/Universidad de Antioquia)
- Antología I (2007, ColMusica)
References
[edit]- ^ City Paper Staff (15 February 2017), "The Colón Theatre tributes Teresita Gómez and her 60 years as pianist", The City Paper, retrieved 5 January 2025
- ^ "Recital de Teresita Gómez en el cumpleaños número 35 de la HJUT" [Teresita Gómez recital on the 35th anniversary of HJUT], Jorge Tadeo Lozano University (in Spanish), 2017, retrieved 5 January 2025
- ^ John Saldarriaga Londoño (20 June 2017), "Teresita Gómez recibe otro premio por su música" [Teresita Gomez receives another award for her music], El Colombiano (in Spanish), retrieved 5 January 2025
- ^ Editorial staff (27 June 2017), "Pianista Teresita Gómez recibió reconocimiento Juan del Corral Oro" [Pianist Teresita Gómez received golden Juan del Corral award], El Mundo (in Spanish), retrieved 5 January 2025
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- 1943 births
- Living people
- Colombian pianists
- Colombian women pianists
- 20th-century pianists
- 21st-century pianists
- Women classical pianists
- University of Antioquia alumni
- Colombian people of African descent
- Afro-Colombian women
- Colombian music educators
- Colombian women music educators
- National University of Colombia alumni