SU LIAN TAN - MALASYA
BORN 20 MARCH
Su Lian Tan is a much sought after flutist and composer. Her music has been described as “the stunner of the evening,” (Washington Post) and “…music that demands to be heard….masterpiece..” (Fanfare Magazine). Making her first recordings at the age of 14, she has also been featured in Flute Talk and American Record Guide. Tan has been commissioned by groups such as the Grammy-winning Takacs String Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Players, and the Vermont Symphony. Recordings of her music include a recent release, Grand Theft and other Felonies, which features Carol Wincenc performing Autumn Lute Song and Tan as a flutist. Another recent release Revelations also on the ARSIS label has been received with great acclaim and is performed by the Jupiter String Quartet and Bruce Brubaker. Lotus Lives her intermedia chamber opera was performed and received similar praise. New commissions include Legends of Kintamani a concerto for Darrett Adkins, cellist (recording Oberlin/Naxos) and a piccolo concerto for Nicola Mazzanti. Her music is published by ECS Publishing and Theodore Presser.
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MARIA RODRIGO - SPAIN
BORN 20 MARCH
María Rodrigo (1888–1967) was a Spanish pianist and composer.
She was the daughter of Pantaléon Rodrigo, and studied music at the Madrid Conservatorium under José Tragó for piano, Valentín Arín for harmony and Emilio Serrano for composition.
She was the sister of psychologist Mercedes Rodrigo. The two left Spain for Switzerland during the Spanish Civil War, moved in 1939 to Bogota, Colombia, at the invitation of rector Agustín Nieto Caballero, and in 1950 to Puerto Rico at the invitation of José María García Madrid. With Pablo Casals Rodrigo founded the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. She died in Puerto Rico in 1967.
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La Copla Intrusa by Maria Rodrigo
La Copla Intrusa by Maria Rodrigo
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