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Written for Paul Wehage for the 1997 Donne in Musica Festival in Fiuggi, Italy, this work uses elements of Cuban folk music. Doris Magaly Ruiz Lastres was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, in 1941
. In 1981 she graduated with a degree in Composition from the
Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana, where she studied with Harold
Gramatges, CÉsar PÉrez Sentenat, JosÉ ArdÉvol, FÉlix Guerrero, Alfredo
Diez Nieto, Dolores Torres and Roberto Valera.
Since then, she has worked as a Professor at the Instituto as well as
at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico
Enrique JosÉ Varona and the provincial school of music, Amadeo Roldán.
She has been worked for many years as technical advisor of the subject
Harmony in the Dirección Nacional de Enseñanza Artística, and technical
advisor in the Centro para la Investigación y Desarrollo de la Música
Cubana.
Her curriculum is published in prestigious dictionaries such as The
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and «Diccionario Iberoamericano
de la Música».
Several of her compositions are included as part of the curriculum of
the leading music education institutions in Cuba, among them, the
Conservatorio Amadeo Roldán, the Instituto Superior de Arte de La
Habana, the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique JosÉ Varona and
Conservatorio Alejandro Garcia Caturla. Her compositions have been
performed at many festivals such as the International Musical Festival,
Festival de La Habana, Festival Boleros de Oro, International Festival
of Contemporary Music, the International Festival Donne in Musica in
Fiuggi, Italy and the Festival Sounds of Americas, New York, United
States. She has received the First Award in the music contests Concurso
"La Edad de Oro", Concurso de la Dirección Nacional de Enseñanza
Artística, Concurso Amadeo Roldán and the Concurso de la Unión Nacional
de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba.
She has also been awarded several medals and honours, among them The
Medalla por la Educación Cubana, Medalla al MÉrito Pedagógico, Medalla
JosÉ Tey, Distinción Especial of the Cuban Ministry of Education, and
the Premio Anual de Composición of the Unión Nacional de Escritores y
Artistas de Cuba for lifetime achievement.
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