Marta Cuervo

Marta Cuervo (b. Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban guitarist and professor.

Academic formation

Marta Cuervo studied guitar and musical theory at the Havana Municipal Conservatory. She was a disciple of renowned guitarist Isaac Nicola.[1]

Work

Marta Cuervo closely collaborated with Isaac Nicola and other guitarists such as Clara (Cuqui) Nicola, Marianela Bonet and Leopoldina Nuñez in the implementation of a unified method for all the music schools in Cuba, after de 1959 Revolution. She encouraged her own guitar students, such as Armando Rodriguez Ruidiaz, to compose and transcribe music for the instrument thus contributing to the development of a national pedagogic system and repertoire.[1][2]

Among Marta Cuervo's many disciples we can mention renowned guitarists Joaquín Clerch,[3] Aldo Rodríguez, [4] and Sergio García Marruz, -[5] Fernando Mariña (Mexican guitarist that studied in Cuba between 1986 and 1997), among others.

See also

Classical Guitar in Cuba

Music of Cuba

References

  1. 1 2 Giro, Radamés. Leo Brouwer y la guitarra en Cuba. Editorial Letras cubanas. La Habana, Cuba, 1986. P.56.
  2. ↑ Ramirez, Marta Maria. Cuba: The Cuban Guitar School. SEMlac reports 7. http://www.redsemlac.net/reports/SEMlac/Reports07.htm
  3. ↑ "Joaquin Clerch". dailyguitar.com. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  4. ↑ Orovio, H. (2004). Cuban Music from A to Z. Duke University Press. p. 180. ISBN 9780822385219. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  5. ↑ http://www.ridgewoodconservatory.com/FACGuita.html
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