Ana María Cué

Ana María Cué (born 19 February 1941) is an Argentinian pianist, poet, and educator. She is known for her work in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.

Biography Ana María Cué was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina on 19 February 1941. She studied at the School of Music of the National University of Rosario (UNR) with professors such as , Arminda Canteros, , and Luis A. Machado, graduating as a senior music teacher. She also offered recitals at various universities – including those in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Michigan – and at the OAS Hall of the Americas and the Peabody Center Hall, both in Washington, culminating at Carnegie Hall in New York. This last performance was broadcast by the radio station Voice of America, and in his review, the New York Times music critic Joseph Horowitz wrote that Cué was "a superb technician and a fiery yet thoughtful interpreter" with a "splendid ear for color", who "uses the pedal far more imaginatively than most young players."

She was also active in Latin America. She performed as a soloist at the San Pedro Theater in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the auditorium of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and with Argentine orchestras such as the National Symphony Orchestra, the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, and the provincial symphony orchestras of Santa Fe and Rosario, under the baton of Juan Carlos Zorzi, Washington Castro, Jorge Rotter, Guillermo Scarabino, and . She performed chamber music in duets with the cellist Pedro Farrugiaand and with other groups. In 2001, she participated in the first Martha Argerich Festival, held in Rosario.

Ana María Cué is a tenured professor by competition of the piano chair at the UNR School of Music, and is a member of the faculty of the Instituto Promúsica de Rosario.

In 1972, she released a recording of Concertino para piano y 14 instrumentos by Santa Fe composer . For this, she received the Diploma of Honor – in the category Argentine Music – from the Buenos Aires Musical Foundation. In 1972 and 1973, under the direction of Professor Sara Reitich, she created a monograph entitled Obtención de material didáctico latinoamericano para la enseñanza de piano (Obtaining Latin American Didactic Material for the Teaching of Piano).

In 2000, as a member of UNR's Group for the Study and Diffusion of Argentine Music, she was invited to participate in the International Congress of Musical Didactics held in Bologna, Italy.

1970: Poemas monótonos, Rosario: Gráfico Sudilovsky, 55 pages 1974: Poemas, Rosario: Mantrana 7000 1978: Muestra poética, shared work with other poets 1978: Dos y dos, Rosario: Laberinto 1989: Cara y cruz, Rosario: El Lagrimal Trifurca 2009: Visiones fugitivas, Rosario: Palabras de Bulevar

In 2010, she gave a performance combining piano music, poetry, and singing.

Awards and distinctions 1972: First prize in the national "New Poet 1972" competition organized by the Dr. Isidoro Steinberg Foundation, Buenos Aires 1975: Silver Pen award from the Nucleation of Argentine Writers, poetry section, of the city of Santa Fe

Discography Panorama de la música argentina, UNR Group for Study and Diffusion of Argentine Music, Schnitt - Mediatone Studio, Switzerland Concertino para piano y 14 instrumentos by Virtú Maragno; Ana María Cué (piano), Rosario: National University of the Littoral, 1972 Música en la Universidad. Música académica latinoamericana; intérpretes varios. Rosario: National University of the Littoral, 2010