Analia Llugdar (born 1972) is an Argentine
composer living and working in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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since 1999. She has created both instrumental and vocal compositions, and has won several music competitions.
Early life and education
Llugdar was born in Argentina. She earned a
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music (BM or BMus) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree, and the majority of work consists of presc ...
degree in
piano
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performance from the
National University of Córdoba
The National University of Córdoba ( es, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,) is an institution of higher education in the city of Córdoba, Argentina.
Founded in 1613, the university is the oldest in Argentina, the third oldest university of th ...
in 1999. She then entered the graduate music program at
Laval University
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People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
Places Belgium
* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Lux ...
in
Quebec City
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,
Quebec
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, Canada, but soon transferred to the
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte- ...
where she graduated with a
Master of Music and a
Doctor of Music
The Doctor of Music degree (D.Mus., D.M., Mus.D. or occasionally Mus.Doc.) is a higher doctorate awarded on the basis of a substantial portfolio of compositions and/or scholarly publications on music. Like other higher doctorates, it is granted ...
in composition. Among her teachers at the school were
José Evangelista
José Evangelista (5 August 1943 – 10 January 2023) was a Spanish composer and music educator who was based in Montreal, Canada. He was professor of composition at the Université de Montréal from 1979 to 2009. A member of the Canadian Leagu ...
and
Denis Gougeon
Denis Gougeon (born November 16, 1951) is a Canadian composer and music educator. His more than 80 compositions encompass a wide variety of genres, including orchestral works, chamber music, opera, ballet, and pieces for solo instruments and voic ...
.
Career
Llugdar won first prize in the
chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small num ...
category of the
CBC Radio National Competition for Young Composers. She also won the
Jeunesses Musicales du Canada Award and the Grand Prix of the
Canada Council for the Arts
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,
Llugdar won the 2008
Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music for her work "Que sommes-nous". Her composition "Tricycle" was performed by the Trio Fibonacci, and included on their 2009 album ''5 x 3''.
In 2010 Llugdar received a $15,000 Canada Council grant. That year her composition "La Machi" was premiered in Montreal,
In 2015 her musical interpretation of Frederico Garcia Lorca’s poem "Romance de la luna, luna" was premiered by soprano Kristina Szabó as part of the Soundstreams music series in Toronto.
"SCRUTINY , Adrianne Pieczonka Impresses Despite Uneven Program"
''Ludwig Van'', By Michael Vincent on September 30, 2015
References
External links
Canadian Music Centre Bio of Analia Llugdar
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1972 births
Living people
Argentine women composers
Contemporary classical composers
Musicians from Montreal
Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music winners
Canadian classical composers
Université de Montréal alumni
Canadian women composers
Canadian women classical composers
20th-century Argentine musicians
21st-century Argentine women musicians
20th-century Canadian composers
21st-century Canadian composers
20th-century women composers
21st-century Canadian women composers
21st-century Canadian women musicians
Place of birth missing (living people)