Isabel Rosales Pareja (March 1, 1895 – April 8, 1961) was an Ecuadorian piano prodigy who studied in France, a student of Alfred Cortot.
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| Born | March 1, 1895 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Died | April 8, 1961 (aged 66) Quito, Ecuador |
| Alma mater | Conservatoire de Paris |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, teacher |
| Spouse | Gonzalo Zaldumbide |
| Children | Celia Zaldumbide Rosales |
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Biography edit
Isabel Rosales Pareja was born in Guayaquil on March 1, 1895,[1] the daughter of cocoa farm owners Josefina Pareja Avilés and Carlos Rosales Llaguno.[2]
She studied music in France, standing out as a piano prodigy. She was a student of the Franco-Swiss pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot, and won the first piano prize at the Conservatoire de Paris.[3] She gave recitals and concerts in France and Ecuador. She became known as one of the "Three Muses of Guayaquil", along with her sisters, painter Leonor Rosales and ballet dancer Thalie Rosales.[4][5]
Personal life edit
She married Gonzalo Zaldumbide, a Quito writer and diplomat. The couple had a daughter, pianist Celia Zaldumbide Rosales,[4] who established the Zaldumbide-Rosales Foundation in her honor.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b Salazar, Gustavo, ed. (2010). Cuadernos 3: Gonzalo Zaldumbide (in Spanish). Madrid: Celia Zaldumbide Rosales. p. 74. Retrieved December 10, 2019 – via issuu.
- ^ "Henri Michaux desembarca en Guayaquil". Memorias Porteñas (in Spanish). August 23, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2019 – via PressReader.
- ^ Boletin, Volume 79 (in Spanish). National Academy of History. 2004. p. 384. Retrieved December 10, 2019 – via Google Books.
Isabel fue pianista y alumna del gran maestro Alfred Cortot (1877–1962), además obtuvo un primer premio en el afamado Conservatorio de París.
- ^ a b Ballesteros, Lorena (August 31, 2017). "Villa Celia – Riqueza cultural e histórica" [Villa Celia – Cultural and Historical Wealth]. Clave! (in Spanish). Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ a b "Samir Elghoul ofrece un tributo a Isabel Rosales en Guayaquil" [Samir Elghoul Offers a Tribute to Isabel Rosales en Guayaquil]. El Universo (in Spanish). May 22, 2002. Retrieved December 10, 2019.