María de los Ángeles Paz López Artigabegan studied piano,
harmony, counterpoint and Fugue, composition, singing and lyrical declamation
in Valencia, Spain obtaining the highest qualifications, and extraordinary end of
career awards the "Mercedes Massi Prize" to the best record of the
Academy. She later expanded her studies in Madrid, at the Akademie von Musik in
Graz and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
As a composer she has published symphonic works, operas,
sonatas, song cycles, piano works and chamber music. Her compositions have been
premiered in the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Canada, the United
States, Denmark, Russia and Italy, among other countries, by such renowned
soloists as Sir Walter Boeykens, Enrique García Asensio, Steven Mead and Dmitri
Furdnadjiev.
She is the only Spanish composer who has been invited to
Harvard University (Cambridge, USA) to present her compositions; She herself
interpreted her vocal and piano work, making the world premiere of the first
Sonata that has been written in the history of music for voice and piano.
Her opera "The Farewell of Elsa" with libretto
by E. Quiles, was premiered on Broadway (New York, USA) performing herself the
character of Elsa.
She has carried out a great number of recordings of the
international repertoire and of her own work, as well as recordings on radio
and television. Her last four records have been, "Three Glances on Spanish
Folklore" (author Factory-SGAE), "Moment of Sonatas" (AM
Productions), "Collection of Tonadillas-from the XVIII Century to E.
Granados" (Several Records-Tañidos) and "Ángeles López Artiga-Works
for Piano "(Several Records-Tañidos).
Commissioned by the Valencian Institute of Music of the
Valencian General, she composed for the international commemoration of the Year
Max Aub, the work for chamber orchestra whose premiere was performed at the
headquarters of the Foundation Max Aub on June 2, 2003, the day of its 100
Anniversary.
Billed as Angeles Lee she appeared in only one
Euro-western: “Left Handed Johnny West” as Annie Rose. This role has been
inadvertently credited to Mara Cruz.
[Thanks for the submittal of this article by fellow film
researcher Mike Ferguson.]
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