Biancamaria Furgeri facts for kids
Biancamaria Furgeri (born October 6, 1935) is a talented Italian musician. She is known as an organist, a music teacher, and a composer. This means she plays the organ, teaches music to others, and writes her own musical pieces.
A Life in Music
Biancamaria Furgeri was born in Rovigo, a city in Italy. She loved music from a young age and studied at important music schools. She attended the Conservatorio di Padova and also studied in Milan and Venice. Her teachers included famous musicians like Wolfgango Dalla Vecchia and Giorgio Federico Ghedini.
After finishing her studies, Furgeri began teaching music. She taught in the cities of Ferrara and Padua. In 1969, she started teaching at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna. Her musical works have been played all over the world.
Furgeri has won many awards in international music competitions. For example, she won first place in the National Sacred Music competition in Varese in 1973. She also won the GEDOK competition in Mannheim in 1985. In 1987, she won the International Competition for Women Composers in Zürich. These awards show how skilled and recognized she is as a composer.
Her Musical Works
Biancamaria Furgeri writes many different kinds of music. She composes pieces for orchestras, which are large groups of instruments. She also writes choral works, which are for choirs or singing groups. Her chamber music is for smaller groups of instruments. She also creates vocal works, which are pieces for singers.
Here are some examples of her compositions:
- 1958 Sonata, Opus 1
- 1960 Piano Suite, Op 2
- 1963 Sonata, Opus 3 for organ
- 1965 Suite by Gioconda, Opus 4
- 1968 Toccata and Ricercare, Opus 5 for organ
- 1970-71 Piccoli Musici (Volume 1), Op 6
- 1970-71 Piccoli Musici (Volume 2), Opus 7
- 1972 Il libro dei Ritmi e dei Suoni, Opus 8
- 1973 Fair, Opus 9
- 1974 Discanto, Opus 10 for chorus
- 1975 Antifonie, Opus 12 for orchestra
- 1975 Consonance, Opus 13 for chamber ensemble
- 1975 Voci del tempo, Opus 11 for chorus
- 1977 Canzone del Pastore / Cavallino bianco e nero - luvenilia, op 15 for chorus
- 1977 Il Fuggitivo, Opus 14 for chorus
- 1980 Juvenilia, Opus 16 for piano
- 1981 Duplum, Op 17 for duo
- 1983 Cantico, op. 20 for chamber ensemble
- 1983 Moods, op 18 for orchestra
- 1983 Pars mea Dominus, op 19
- 1985 Là dove autunni e primavere, Opus 23 for chorus
- 1985 Ritorno, Opus 22 for chorus
- 1985 Tre episodic, Opus 24 for string quartet
- 1986 Opposizioni, Opus 26 for duo
- 1986 Otto piccoli pezzi per Ilaria, Op 25 for piano
- 1987 Levia, Opus 27 for orchestra
- 1989 Il canto Sognato, Op 29 for chamber ensemble
- 1989 Intarsi (Antichi modi di Canto), Opus 28 for orchestra
- 1990 A due gioco per quattro, Opus 35 for chamber ensemble
- 1990 Story, Op.36
