Hilda Fanny Dianda (13 April 1925 – 7 August 2014) was an Argentinian composer, musicologist, music educator and conductor.
Early life Hilda Dianda was born in Córdoba, Argentina on 13 April 1925. She began her musical studies in Buenos Aires from 1942 to 1950 under Honorio Siccardi. She was awarded a fellowship, and began studying conducting under Hermann Scherchen in Venice from 1949 to 1950. She later moved to France where she was influenced by the "Musical Research Group" (GRMC) of French radio, directed by Pierre Schaeffer. She was invited into a phonology research position with Radio Audizioni Italiane (RAI) along with John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Dieter Schönbach, and André Boucourechliev, where she also began to study electronic music in the Studio di Fonologia, Milan. These studies earned her a fellowship and a Medal of Cultural Merit from the Kranichstein Music Institute. From 1960 to 1962 she participated in the International Courses of New Music in Darmstadt, Germany.
Career In 1966 she worked in the Electronic Music Lab at the California State University, Northridge in the United States. From 1967 to 1971 she returned to Argentina as a professor of composition, orchestration, technical, and orchestral conducting at the School of Arts of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina after which she moved to Germany until 1976. She toured Latin America and Europe as a conductor. As a musicologist, Dianda published professional articles on contemporary music in a number of journals and magazines as well as her book La Música Argentina de Hoy in 1966. After a seven year break from composing, Dianda wrote The Requiem in 1984 dedicated to "our dead" and utilizing ancient Latin texts.
Death Dianda died in Buenos Aires on 7 August 2014, at the age of 89.
Honors and awards 1964 Medal of Cultural Merit, Italy 1980 Caballero en la Orden de las Palmas Académicas, France Official Recognition by Fundatión Alicia Moreau de Justo, Argentina
Works Dianda composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble and electronic production. Selected works include:
Title Date Instrumentation Obertura para titeres 1948 Orchestra Tarde, La 1949 Voice and piano Musica para arcos 1951 String orchestra Trio 1953 Flute, oboe, and bassoon Three sonatas 1956 Piano Dos Estudios en Oposición 1959 Tape Estructuras I-III 1960 Cello and piano Diedros 1962 Flute Canciones 1962 Soprano, guitar, vibraphone, and percussion Rituales 1962 Voice, percussion or piano and percussionNúcleos1963OrchestraQt III1963StringsPercusión 11196311 percussionResonancias-119645 hornsLudus-11965Cello and orchestraA-71966Cello and magnetic tapeResonancias 51966-68ChorusesLudus 21968Chamber orchestraDivertimento1969-706 percussionImpromptu1970String OrchestraCanto1972Chamber OrchestraCelebraciones1974Cello and PercussionOda19742 trumpet, 3 trombone, and 3 percussionDespués el Silencio1976TapeRequiem1984Chorus and orchestraEncantamientos1984TapeTrío1985Clarinet, Cello, and PianoCadencias1985Woodwinds and percussionCadencias 21986Violin and pianoCántico1988Chorus and chamber orchestraVa Conc.1988OrchestraPaisaje1992Chamber orchestraMitos1993Percussion and StringsRituales1994Marimba
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