18 FEBRUARY 2019

ALICE SHILEDS - USA
BORN 18 FEBRUARY

Alice Shields is an American classical composer. She is a respected electronic composer particularly known for her cross-cultural work in opera. As a performer, Shields has been a professional opera singer, performing both traditional and modern roles with the New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera At-The-Forum, Washington National Opera, Clarion Music Society, Wolf Trap Opera, the Lake George Opera Festival and other opera companies.

During the 1990s she intensively studied and performed South Indian Bharata Natyam dance-drama as a vocalist, performing nattuvangam, a form of South Indian rhythmic recitation with the Swati Bhise Bharata Natyam Dance Company, at venues including the United Nations, Asia Society and Wesleyan University. All Shields' compositions since 2000 reflect her immersion in Indian classical music and drama. Since 2016 Shields has been involved in the study of Noh theater.
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Dance Piece no 3 by Alice Shields

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LYCIA DE BIASE BIDART - BRAZIL
BORN 18 FEBRUARY

Lycia de Biase was born in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil. She was the daughter of Commander Pietrângelo De Biase, born in Castellucci Superiore, Italy (1884) and Maria Arcângela Vivacqua De Biase, born in Muniz Freire, Espirito Santo. Lycia began her studies in Rio de Janeiro with Neusa Franca for piano and Giovanni Giannetti for harmony and composition, and later continued her studies with Magdalena Tagliaferro.

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Vorei dirti by Lycia de Biase Bidart