Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes

Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933) is a Brazilian composer, pianist, musicologist, conductor and music educator. She was born in Brazos and graduated in piano from the Brazilian Conservatory of Music of Guanabara State in piano and from the Superior School of Music Santa Marcelina in composition and conducting. After completing her studies, she worked as a choral conductor and music teacher at conservatories and published research on indigenous Brazilian music.^[1][2] Her works have been performed internationally and won awards including the 2006 Nancy Van de Vate International Composition Prize for Opera for Marília de Dirceu.^[3]

Works

Selected works include:

• Prelúdio
• Valsa
• Cantilena
• Canto de Maricatu
• ''Marília de Dirceu, opera

Her compositions have been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• Brasileira: Piano Music by Brazilian Women (2003) Centaur Records

References

1. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA395&lpg=PA395&dq=Maria+Helena+Rosas+Fernandes+composer&source=bl&ots=iHypyPFss6&sig=Hn6tnokSxxaFfdM5sgPFdyLc_WU&hl=en&ei=BWgATdP4L8b_lgfj5IywCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Maria%20Helena%20Rosas%20Fernandes%20composer&f=false. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 
2. ^ Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900. 
3. ^ "2006 Nancy Van de Vate International Composition Prize for Opera". http://www.xs4all.nl/~gdv/vmm/operaprize-int.html. Retrieved 9 December 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Rosas Fernandes, Maria Helena
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	1933
Place of birth	Brazos, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death

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