Cecilia Arizti Sobrino (28 October 1856 – 30 June 1930[1]) was a Cuban composer, pianist and music educator.

Cecilia Arizti
Cecilia Arizti
Born(1856-10-28)October 28, 1856
DiedJune 30, 1930(1930-06-30) (aged 73)
Havana, Cuba
Musical career
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Piano

Biography edit

Cecilia Arizti was born in La Loma del Angel, Havana, the daughter of pianist Fernando Arizti and his wife Teresa Sobrino. Arizti studied music with her father and composition with Francisco Fuentes and Espadero Ruiz, and showed an early talent for composition.[2]

After completing her studies, Arizti performed as a concert pianist in Cuba and the United States. She became a professor at the Conservatory Peyrellade, and published a manual of piano technique.[3]

Works edit

Arizti's works are for piano and composed in Romantic style. Selected works include:

  • Impromptu in F minor
  • Vals lent
  • Romanza
  • Nocturn
  • Caprici
  • Reverie, Op. 16
  • Chamber Trio for piano, violin and cello[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Cantero, Alicia Valdés; Valdés, Alicia (2005). Con música, textos y presencia de mujer (in Spanish). Ediciones Unión. p. 85. ISBN 978-959-209-577-9.
  2. ^ Carpentier, Alejo; Brennan, Timothy (2001). Music in Cuba. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816632299. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b Ortega,Josefina. "Las Manos en la Piano" [Hands on the Piano:Cecilia Arizti]. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

Further reading edit