María Teresa Luengo

Maria Teresa Luengo (born 25 November 1940) is an Argentine composer and musicologist.

Life Luengo was born in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires in 1969, where she studied with Alberto Ginastera, Luis Gianneo, Juan Francisco Giacobbe, Roberto Caamaño and Gerardo Gandini. In 1973 she was awarded a scholarship that allowed her to continue her studies in electro-acoustic music with Francisco Krópfl, Gerardo Gandini, Femando Von Reichenbach, Gabriel Bmcyc, and Peter Maxwell Davies at the Center of Art and Communication (CAYC). During this time she was invited to participate in a year-long seminar on contemporary music during which she composed The Book of Mirrors.

From 1974 to 1975 she taught at the University of El Salvador, and in 1984 began teaching composition at the National University of La Plata. From 1972 to 1993, she also taught at the Municipal School of Fine Arts Carlos Morel of Quilmes. In 1990 she designed the curriculum for study in Electroacoustic Music at the National University of Quilmes and worked as director and professor of composition within the program.

Honors and awards First prize in Composition from Musical Promotions, 1971 First prize in Composition from the City of Buenos Aires, 1973 Scholarship in Composition from Argentina's National Endowment for the Arts Prize in Composition from the National University of La Plata, 1983 Special Mention from the National Endowment for the Arts in the Juan Carlos Paz Competition The National Endowment for the Arts recognition for composers under thirty-five years, 1988 Her work Presences was selected and interpreted in the third conference of Contemporary Latin American Music Composers, 1989

Works Selected works include: Sonata for Piano, 1965 Heptatonic for flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano, 1970 Seis Preludios Para Cuarteto de Cuerdas for string quartet, 1968 Alcances for string quartet and piano, 1971 Dueto, for violin and piano, 1972 Cuatro Soles for flute, oboe, cello, piano and percussion, 1973 Absolum electronic work, about 1973 El Museo Imaginario, for violin, viola, cello, piano and instruments of persecution, 1975 Mailenanas three pieces for piano, 1976 El Libro de los Espejos, stopped flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion, 1976 Seis Imágenes Mágicas, for flute, clarinet, cello and percussion, 1978 Presencias, trio for flute, violin and piano, 1980 Navegante for piano and six percussionists, 1983 Nao for wind quintet, 1983 Ecos por Tupac trio in G for flute, bass clarinet, cello, 1984 Las Aguas de la Luz for two flutes in C, bass clarinet, violin and cello, 1989 Saltos Transparentes for piano, 1990 Music for the film Taumanía, 1987