Angélica Morales von Sauer

Angelica Morales von Sauer (1911–1996) was a Mexican composer, pianist and professor of piano.

Life von Sauer was born on January 11, 1911, in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Puerto Rican violinist Angel Celestino Morales and her Mexican mother Dolores Arellano who was a pianist. In 1955, she was invited to join the faculty of the University of Kansas. She retired in 1973, at 62 years of age. After the death of her husband, she returned to Mexico where her endurance in her performances was noted. In March 1962, she recorded numerous works by her late husband Emil von Sauer for the Saarländischer Rundfunk.

Angélica Morales von Sauer's comparatively small discography includes recorded the entire Well-Tempered Clavier of Bach

Awards and honors In 1958 she was named an honorary member of the Sigma Alpha Iota Fraternity, of the University School of Music in Ann Arbor. Michigan. In 1972, she received the Cross of Honor for Arts and Sciences from the Austrian Government. In 1995, the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico initiated the "Angélica Morales" National Piano Competition (Concurso Nacional de Piano "Angélica Morales"), which is held every three years in recognition of her career. The concert hall of the Escuela Superior de Música at the National Institute of Fine Arts bears the name of Angélica Morales.