Alida Vázquez (1930–2016) was a Mexican composer who lived and worked in the

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. Vázquez was born in

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, and from 1941 to 1947 attended the Conservatorio Nacional de Música. She studied piano with Esperanza Cruz de Vasconcelos and music theory with Julián Carrillo. She received a scholarship to attend Diller-Quaile Music School in

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and also studied with Mario Davidovsky at City College. After completing her music studies, she studied journalism and worked as a music therapist. In 1976 she began teaching music at the Bank Street College of Education. Vázquez died in 2016.

Works

Vázquez composed song cycles and works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, electronic dance music and electro-acoustic works. Selected works include: *''Acuarelas de México'' 1970 *''Piece for Violin and Piano'' 1970 *''Pieza para clarinete y piano'' 1971 *''Música para siete instrumentos'' 1974 *''Electronic Moods and Piano Sounds,'' 1977

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vazquez, Alida 1930 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Mexican classical composers Mexican women classical composers Mexican music educators Mexican women music educators 20th-century Mexican women composers Musicians from Mexico City