Marta Canales

Marta Canales Pizarro (17 July 1893 – 6 December 1986) was a Chilean violinist, choral conductor and composer. She was born in Santiago and made her debut as a violinist at age eleven playing Mendelssohn's "Concerto". With her brothers, she founded a chamber ensemble that was active from 1916-1920. After her performing career ended, she studied composition with Luis Esteban Giard, and then worked as a composer and choral conductor. She died in Santiago, aged 93.[1][2]

Works

Selected works include:

References

  1. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  2. Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 2.
  3. "Canales Pizarro, Marta". Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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