Doris Magaly Ruiz Lastres (born 1941) is a Cuban musician and composer. Her compositions have been performed at a number of international music festivals.

Life

Magaly Ruiz was born in

Santa Clara, Cuba Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is centrally located in the province and Cuba. Santa Clara is the fifth-most populous Cuban city, with a population of nearly 250,000. History Santa Clara was founde ...

, in 1941. In 1981, she graduated with a degree in Composition from the Instituto Superior de Arte de

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, where she studied with Harold Gramatges, César Pérez Sentenat,

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, Félix Guerrero,

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, 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 worked for many years as technical advisor of the subject Harmony in the Dirección Nacional de Enseñanza Artística, and technical advisor at the Centro para la Investigación y Desarrollo de la Música Cubana.

Works

Ruiz' curriculum is published in prestigious dictionaries such as

The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theo ...

and Diccionario Iberoamericano de la Música. Several of her compositions are included as part of the curriculum of the leading music education institutions in

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, among them, the Conservatorio Amadeo Roldán, the Instituto Superior de Arte de

La Habana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

, 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,

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. 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 CubaUnión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba
/ref>". 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 of the Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba to the total created work of a composer.

Catalogue Symphonic Music

Symphonic Music * Tres piezas para pequeña orquesta, 1977 * Estructura tritemática para orquesta sinfónica, 1977 * Concierto para oboe y orquesta, 1979 * Tres ambientes sonoros, 1981 Chamber Music * Trío, 1976 * Sonata para chelo y piano, 1977 * Juegos con metales, 1977 * Movimientos para cuarteto de cuerdas No. 1, 1978 * Canción para un amigo, saxofón, contralto y piano, 1978. * Tres piezas cubanas, violín y piano, 1978 * Movimiento para cuarteto de cuerdas No. 2, 1980 * Variaciones en habanera, para oboe y piano, 1983 * Variaciones en habanera, versión para flauta y piano, 1995 * Tres piezas, trombón y piano, 1994 * Fantasía, violín y piano, 1994 * Yugo y Estrella, cuarteto de cuerdas, 1995 * Dos para tres, flauta y piano, 1995 * Tres piezas cubanas, flauta y piano, 1995 * Cuasi

Danzón Danzón is the official musical genre and dance of Cuba.Urfé, Odilio 1965. ''El danzón''. La Habana. It is also an active musical form in Mexico and Puerto Rico. Written in time, the danzón is a slow, formal partner dance, requiring se ...

, trombón y piano, 1996 * Dos piezas cubanas para clarinete, 1997 *

, para cello y piano, 1998 * Tema con variaciones para trombón 1998 *

para saxofón tenor, 1998 * Habanera, para guitarra, 1998 * Dos piezas para clarinete, 1998

Choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

* Altura y pelos, coro mixto, texto:

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, 1976 * Al oído de una muchacha, texto:

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, coro mixto, 1976 * Canción para dos pueblos ( habanera y guajira), coro mixto,1994 * A Ili, coro femenino, 1995 * A Glaimí (cinco piezas), coro infantil, 1996

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Tres preludios para piano, 1978 * Tres estudios cubanos para piano, 1980 * Estudios cubanos del 4 al 12, 1978 * Pequeñas piezas cubanas, 1988 * Piezas a cuatro manos (primera serie), 1990 * Piezas a cuatro manos (segunda serie), 1994 * Estudio en

mambo Mambo most often refers to: * Mambo (music), a Cuban musical form *Mambo (dance), a dance corresponding to mambo music Mambo may also refer to: Music * Mambo section, a section in arrangements of some types of Afro-Caribbean music, particul ...

No. 13, 1994 * 20 Miniaturas cubanas para piano, 1995

Voice The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound producti ...

and

* Pueblo entre lomas ( guajira), 1966 * A

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, (canción), 1978 * Dos canciones para niños: Abuelita, Trota que trota mi caballito, 1984 * Tríptico Homenaje: Te recuerdo en un canto, Mi mariposa, Esa cabeza blanca, mezzo-soprano y piano, 1985 * Corazón no me traiciones más,

bolero Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has ...

, 1994 * Cómo te quiero,

, 1994 * Con tu piel y con tu cuerpo,

, 1995 * Te ha besado, 1998

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20100422135042/http://www.magalyruiz.org/ * http://www.americancomposers.org/cubabios.htm#RUIZ {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiz, Magaly 1941 births Living people 20th-century classical composers Cuban composers Women classical composers 20th-century women composers