María Luisa Ozaita Marqués (20 May 1939, in Barakaldo, Spain – 5 April 2017, in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish pianist, harpsichordist, musicologist, conductor and

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Biography

María Luisa Ozaita Marques was born in Barakaldo, Vizcaya, in Spain. She studied with

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, and continued her studies in Copenhagen with

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and K.J. Isaksen through a MFA exchange scholarship. She also studied

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in France with Kenneth Gilbert and at

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in Germany. Ozaita performed internationally in Europe, North America and Eastern Europe, and her compositions have also been performed internationally. She lectured on music history, and published professional articles in magazines including ''Confutatis'' and ''OpusMusica'' and in the book ''Women in Music'' by Patricia Adkins Chiti. Ozaita also collaborated on the Spanish edition of ''Women in Music''. She was a member of the La Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País and was the founding president of the Spanish Association of Women in Music.

Works

Ozaita composed mainly chamber and symphonic works, but was also known for guitar compositions. Selected works include: *''Pelleas et Mélisande'', opera with text by Pablo Neruda *''Prelude and Dance'' with four variations (1982) *''Suite, Op 61'' (1991) *''Suggestions bowling alleys'' (1991) *''Microparts guitar'' uite(1994): .Prelude, I.Tambourin,

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Song, V.Rags *''Nana'' (1999) *''Obscura lyrics'' (1999) *''Tribute to Bernard Shaw'' (2005) *''Prelude and mosaic, Op 65'' (2005) *''Nice trio'' (2007) *''Suggestive Quintet'' (2007) *''Theme with Variations'' (2010) Her compositions have been recorded in RNE (Radio Classic), including ''Tema con variaciones for piano''.

Death

María Luisa Ozaita died in Madrid on 5 April 2017, at the age of 77.María Luisa Ozaita
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References

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