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Teresita Gómez Collar of the Order of Boyacá
Background information
Birth nameMaría Teresa Gómez Arteaga
Born9 May 1943, Medellín
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
OriginColombia
GenresClassical, Colombian, Salsa
Occupation(s)Pianist, teacher
InstrumentPiano
Musical artist

María Teresa Gómez Arteaga, also known as Teresita Gómez, is a Colombian pianist and music educator.

Education

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 Gómez en Medellín.

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.

Among her mentors are Barbara Hesse (Varsovia, 1985), Jakob Lateiner (Weimar 1986) and Klaus Bässler (Berlin, 1986–87).

Awards

In 2005, the government of Colombia grants her the Cross of Orden de Boyacá in the degree of Comendador for her artistic career, contribution to the musical culture and honorable representation of Colombia abroad.

In 2017, the Antioquia Governor awarded Juan del Corral in the gold category categoría, for her musical contributions over 60 years as a professional pianist.

Festivals and venues

Teresita Gómez in 2013.
  • 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

  • Para Recordar Compositores colombianos – CD – Universidad de Antioquia
  • Teresa Gómez a Colombia – CD – Sonotec
  • Intimo – CD – Alcaldía de Medellín/Universidad de Antioquia
  • Antología I – CD – ColMusica 2007
  • Teresita Gómez 60 años de vida artística – CD

References

  1. The City Paper "The Colón Theatre tributes Teresita Gómez and her 60 years as pianist" Bogotá, 15 February 2017
  2. Tadeo University "Teresita Gómez recital in the 35th anniversary of the radio station"
  3. El Colombiano "Teresita Gomez receives another award for her music"
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