Claudia Calderon Explained

Claudia Calderon
Birth Date:1959
Birth Place:Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Instrument:Piano
Occupation:Musician

Claudia Calderon is a Colombian pianist and composer who was born in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia in 1959 and moved to Venezuela in 1987.[1]

Biography

After studying in Cali and Bogotá, Calderon went to Europe, graduating from the Musikhochschule in Hannover, Germany,[2] and attending courses in Italy supervised by György Sándor. On her return to Venezuela she became a professor at the Simón Bolívar Conservatory and at the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales in Caracas.[3]

She has recorded three albums of her own compositions based on traditional music of Venezuela and Colombia, as well as a disc of solo piano works of the Colombian composer Pedro Morales Pino.

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artist Profiles: Claudia Calderón. World Music Central.org. 2019-02-03.
  2. Juan Carlos . Garay . Llanero hasta la raíz . . Spanish . 7 September 2011 . 6 February 2019.
  3. Book: Saucedo Estrada, Alán Saúl . The Influence of Carlos Prieto on Contemporary Cello Music . . 84 . 2014 . 978-0-7618-6326-7.