Lucía Álvarez Vázquez (born November 28, 1948) is a Mexican composer and pianist widely known throughout
Latin America
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. Born in
Mexico City
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, Álvarez received her degree in piano and composition from the
School of Music
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at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
.
She studied under Carlos Vázquez, Pablo Castellanos, Jorge Suárez, Américo Caramuta and Pierre van Hawe. Her music reflects aspects of Neo-romantic traditions rather than avant-garde styles that popularized throughout the late 20th century. Since the 1970s, Álvarez has composed music for films, television, and more than 100 concert works, including duets and quartets for strings, chamber music, and symphonic orchestras. Her work includes ''
Midaq Alley'' (1995), for which she won the
Ariel Award for Best Original Score
Ariel may refer to:
Film and television
*Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
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in 1995, ''
The Beginning and the End'' (1993), and ''
Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles'' (2002). She is considered one of the best composers in the history of Mexican cinema.
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External links
Lucía Álvarez - IMDbNuestro socios y su obra - Lucía ÁlvarezSensaCine - BiografiaAriel de Oro para Lucía Álvarez - UNAMThe Sphinx Catalog for Latin-American Cello Works - Lucia ÁlvarezSociedad de Autores y Compositores de México
1948 births
Living people
Mexican classical composers
Mexican women classical composers
Women film score composers
Women television composers
Mexican film score composers
Musicians from Mexico City
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
National Autonomous University of Mexico faculty
20th-century Mexican musicians
20th-century classical composers
21st-century Mexican musicians
21st-century classical composers
20th-century women composers
21st-century women composers
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