Marina Saiz Salazar

Marina Saiz-Salazar (1930-1990) was a composer and music educator who was one of the best known female composers in Panama. She lived in the United States for several years and died in Florida.

Saiz-Salazar was born in Panama to Inez Salazar and Julio Saiz.

Saiz-Salazar’s compositions incorporated Panamanian folk melodies and rhythms as well as twelve-tone techniques. In May 1965, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Richard Dufallo premiered her orchestral work Se Jatpar at the third Inter-American Music Festival in Washington, D.C.. They include:

Selected works Chamber Fugue (wind quartet) Quintet (soprano, clarinet, violin, viola and cello)

Orchestra Se Jatpar

Piano Preludes Sonata