María-Luz Álvarez (born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

) is a Spanish soprano known for performance and recording of early music. She currently resides in

Cooks Creek, Manitoba Cooks Creek is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Springfield, Manitoba, Canada. The community is home to two churches, a community centre and a museum. The Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is an intricat ...

. She studied with

Max van Egmond Max van Egmond (born 1 February 1936 in Semarang) is a Dutch bass and baritone singer. He has focused on oratorio and Lied and is known for singing works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was one of the pioneers of historically informed performance of B ...

and

Peter Kooy Peter Kooij (or, internationally Kooy, born 1954, in Soest) is a Dutch bass singer who specializes in baroque music. Biography Kooij started his musical career at 6 years as a choir boy. However he started his musical studies as a violin stud ...

, and has sung in the Capilla Real de Madrid, Huelgas Ensemble, Capella Figuralis of

Jos van Veldhoven Josephus Maria Martinus van Veldhoven (born 1952 in Den Bosch) is a Dutch choral conductor. He studied musicology at the Rijksuniversiteit of Utrecht, and choral and orchestral conducting at the Royal Conservatory, the Hague. He was artistic dire ...

Al Ayre Español Al Ayre Español is a vocal and instrumental ensemble specialized on early music founded in 1988 by harpsichordist Eduardo López Banzo.Interview with Eduardo López Banzo owww.odb-opera.com/ref> The name of the ensemble was inspired by the titl ...

and the Egidius Ensemble.

Selected discography

*''Canta Venetia!'' with Lex Eisenhardt. Etcetera *''Cantadas de pasión'' Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer (musician) Arcana * Giacomo Facco ''Las Amazonas de Espana'', Maria Luz Alvarez, Raquel Andueza, Los Musicos del Buen Retiro, Isabel Serrano, Antoine Ladrette. *''La Musica en Tiempos del Motin de Aranjuez'', Maria Luz Alvarez, Cesar Carazo, Axivil Goyesco *

Joseph de Torres Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

cantatas. Maria Luz Alvarez, Gabinette Armonico. Arsis

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez, Maria-Luz Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Madrid Spanish sopranos