Olimpia Ana Pía Sebastiani "Pía Sebastiani" was an Argentine pianist, pedagogue, and composer. She died at her home on Avenida Alvear, Recoleta, Buenos Aires and buried 29 July 2015 in the family plot, Cementerio de la Recoleta.
Her piano teachers were Aloysio de Alencar Pinto (1912-2007), Juan Fanelli (?-?) and Jorge de Lalewicz (1875-1951).
In composition, she was a disciple of Gilardo Gilardi (1899-1963) and Lamberto Baldi (1895-1979). Overseas she received training classes with Marguerite Marie-Charlotte Long "Marguerite Long" (1874-1966), Magda Tagliaferro (1893-1986) and Aaron Copland (1900-1990).
Pía Sebastiani made her debut at the Teatro Ateneo in 1941.
Thanks to a scholarship in 1947 she was able to study at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) and Olivier Eugène Charles Prosper Messiaen "Olivier Messiaen" (1908-1992) and Adele Marcus (1906-1995).
As a composer she premiered with her own concert for piano and orchestra at 18 years of age. His works have been performed by directors such as Erich Kleiber (1890-1956), Albert Louis Wolff (1884-1970), Juan José Castro (1895-1968), Felix Prohaska (1912-1987) and Édouard Charles Dutoit (1936-).
As a pianist, she performed in the most important rooms in the world, such as the Pleyel Hall in Paris, the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires, the Dullen de Rotterda,, the Wigmore Hall in London, and others.
As a soloist, along with important orchestras of America and Europe, with chamber groups such as the Chicago Symphony Quartet, the Fine Art Quartet, and with great soloists such as Dmitri Yulianovich Sitkovesky (1954-), Carter Enyeart (1976-), Paul Kling (1929-2005), Alberto Lysy (1935-2009), Fernando Hasaj (?-2010), Luís Roggiero (?), Rafael Gíntoli (?) and Pablo Saraví (?).
Teaching: at the Juan José Castro Conservatory or the Universidad del Litoral;
23 years at Ball State, Indiana from 1968 to 1991;
Directing the Conservatorio Beethoven of Buenos Aires;
President of the Fundación Beethoven.
Between 1958 and 1964 she was Cultural Attaché of the Argentine Republic in Brussels and Paris.
She was invited twice to the “Ottorino Respighi Festival”, being presented both times by Pope John Paul II.
In 2006 she taught master classes in Managua and at the International University of Florida (Miami) and in Caracas, Venezuela.
She served as Cultural Attaché of the embassies of Argentina in Brussels and in Paris between 1958 and 1964.
DISCOGRAPHY
Johannes Brahms: “Sonata en fa menor op. 5”. Qualiton SQI 4012, vinilo.
Varios autores argentinos “Poesías de Alfonsina Storni”, Colección Aguilar La Palabra, GPE 1003.
Schumann (Sonata nº 2, Op. 22, en sol menor); Szymanowski (Preludios Op. 1). Qualiton 4010 estereo.
VIDEO
Vídeo biográfico (música: Concierto para piano n.º 1 de Tchaikovsky)
AWARDS AND HOMAGES
Premio al Profesor de Actividad más destacada en 20 años, Ball State University, Indiana, 1988, de la que se retiró como “Profesora Emérita” en 1991.
“Pía Sebastiani Day”, Alcaldía de Miami, 26 de octubre de 1990.
Premio al Mérito de la Orden de los Caballeros de San Martín de Tours, en 1995.
Premio a la Obra Sinfónica de SADAIC, en 1996.
Premio Trayectoria de la Asociación de Críticos de Buenos Aires, abril de 1998.
Premio Música del Rotary de Buenos Aires, junto con Adolfo Bioy Casares.
Diversas condecoraciones de los gobiernos de Francia, Bélgica y Bolivia.
Premio por los 25 años como Miembro de la “Music Teachers National Association of USA, en noviembre de 2000.
Concierto Homenaje en su ochenta cumpleaños, Buenos Aires, el 12 de julio de 2005.
Personalidad Destacada de la Cultura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, el 8 de julio de 2005.
Premio a la Trayectoria, otorgado por la Secretaría de Cultura Argentina, en 2007.
Her piano teachers were Aloysio de Alencar Pinto (1912-2007), Juan Fanelli (?-?) and Jorge de Lalewicz (1875-1951).
In composition, she was a disciple of Gilardo Gilardi (1899-1963) and Lamberto Baldi (1895-1979). Overseas she received training classes with Marguerite Marie-Charlotte Long "Marguerite Long" (1874-1966), Magda Tagliaferro (1893-1986) and Aaron Copland (1900-1990).
Pía Sebastiani made her debut at the Teatro Ateneo in 1941.
Thanks to a scholarship in 1947 she was able to study at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) and Olivier Eugène Charles Prosper Messiaen "Olivier Messiaen" (1908-1992) and Adele Marcus (1906-1995).
As a composer she premiered with her own concert for piano and orchestra at 18 years of age. His works have been performed by directors such as Erich Kleiber (1890-1956), Albert Louis Wolff (1884-1970), Juan José Castro (1895-1968), Felix Prohaska (1912-1987) and Édouard Charles Dutoit (1936-).
As a pianist, she performed in the most important rooms in the world, such as the Pleyel Hall in Paris, the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires, the Dullen de Rotterda,, the Wigmore Hall in London, and others.
As a soloist, along with important orchestras of America and Europe, with chamber groups such as the Chicago Symphony Quartet, the Fine Art Quartet, and with great soloists such as Dmitri Yulianovich Sitkovesky (1954-), Carter Enyeart (1976-), Paul Kling (1929-2005), Alberto Lysy (1935-2009), Fernando Hasaj (?-2010), Luís Roggiero (?), Rafael Gíntoli (?) and Pablo Saraví (?).
Teaching: at the Juan José Castro Conservatory or the Universidad del Litoral;
23 years at Ball State, Indiana from 1968 to 1991;
Directing the Conservatorio Beethoven of Buenos Aires;
President of the Fundación Beethoven.
Between 1958 and 1964 she was Cultural Attaché of the Argentine Republic in Brussels and Paris.
She was invited twice to the “Ottorino Respighi Festival”, being presented both times by Pope John Paul II.
In 2006 she taught master classes in Managua and at the International University of Florida (Miami) and in Caracas, Venezuela.
She served as Cultural Attaché of the embassies of Argentina in Brussels and in Paris between 1958 and 1964.
DISCOGRAPHY
Johannes Brahms: “Sonata en fa menor op. 5”. Qualiton SQI 4012, vinilo.
Varios autores argentinos “Poesías de Alfonsina Storni”, Colección Aguilar La Palabra, GPE 1003.
Schumann (Sonata nº 2, Op. 22, en sol menor); Szymanowski (Preludios Op. 1). Qualiton 4010 estereo.
VIDEO
Vídeo biográfico (música: Concierto para piano n.º 1 de Tchaikovsky)
AWARDS AND HOMAGES
Premio al Profesor de Actividad más destacada en 20 años, Ball State University, Indiana, 1988, de la que se retiró como “Profesora Emérita” en 1991.
“Pía Sebastiani Day”, Alcaldía de Miami, 26 de octubre de 1990.
Premio al Mérito de la Orden de los Caballeros de San Martín de Tours, en 1995.
Premio a la Obra Sinfónica de SADAIC, en 1996.
Premio Trayectoria de la Asociación de Críticos de Buenos Aires, abril de 1998.
Premio Música del Rotary de Buenos Aires, junto con Adolfo Bioy Casares.
Diversas condecoraciones de los gobiernos de Francia, Bélgica y Bolivia.
Premio por los 25 años como Miembro de la “Music Teachers National Association of USA, en noviembre de 2000.
Concierto Homenaje en su ochenta cumpleaños, Buenos Aires, el 12 de julio de 2005.
Personalidad Destacada de la Cultura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, el 8 de julio de 2005.
Premio a la Trayectoria, otorgado por la Secretaría de Cultura Argentina, en 2007.
Olimpia Ana Pía Sebastiani "Pía Sebastiani" was an Argentine pianist, pedagogue, and composer. She died at her home on Avenida Alvear, Recoleta, Buenos Aires and buried 29 July 2015 in the family plot, Cementerio de la Recoleta.
Her piano teachers were Aloysio de Alencar Pinto (1912-2007), Juan Fanelli (?-?) and Jorge de Lalewicz (1875-1951).
In composition, she was a disciple of Gilardo Gilardi (1899-1963) and Lamberto Baldi (1895-1979). Overseas she received training classes with Marguerite Marie-Charlotte Long "Marguerite Long" (1874-1966), Magda Tagliaferro (1893-1986) and Aaron Copland (1900-1990).
Pía Sebastiani made her debut at the Teatro Ateneo in 1941.
Thanks to a scholarship in 1947 she was able to study at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) and Olivier Eugène Charles Prosper Messiaen "Olivier Messiaen" (1908-1992) and Adele Marcus (1906-1995).
As a composer she premiered with her own concert for piano and orchestra at 18 years of age. His works have been performed by directors such as Erich Kleiber (1890-1956), Albert Louis Wolff (1884-1970), Juan José Castro (1895-1968), Felix Prohaska (1912-1987) and Édouard Charles Dutoit (1936-).
As a pianist, she performed in the most important rooms in the world, such as the Pleyel Hall in Paris, the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires, the Dullen de Rotterda,, the Wigmore Hall in London, and others.
As a soloist, along with important orchestras of America and Europe, with chamber groups such as the Chicago Symphony Quartet, the Fine Art Quartet, and with great soloists such as Dmitri Yulianovich Sitkovesky (1954-), Carter Enyeart (1976-), Paul Kling (1929-2005), Alberto Lysy (1935-2009), Fernando Hasaj (?-2010), Luís Roggiero (?), Rafael Gíntoli (?) and Pablo Saraví (?).
Teaching: at the Juan José Castro Conservatory or the Universidad del Litoral;
23 years at Ball State, Indiana from 1968 to 1991;
Directing the Conservatorio Beethoven of Buenos Aires;
President of the Fundación Beethoven.
Between 1958 and 1964 she was Cultural Attaché of the Argentine Republic in Brussels and Paris.
She was invited twice to the “Ottorino Respighi Festival”, being presented both times by Pope John Paul II.
In 2006 she taught master classes in Managua and at the International University of Florida (Miami) and in Caracas, Venezuela.
She served as Cultural Attaché of the embassies of Argentina in Brussels and in Paris between 1958 and 1964.
DISCOGRAPHY
Johannes Brahms: “Sonata en fa menor op. 5”. Qualiton SQI 4012, vinilo.
Varios autores argentinos “Poesías de Alfonsina Storni”, Colección Aguilar La Palabra, GPE 1003.
Schumann (Sonata nº 2, Op. 22, en sol menor); Szymanowski (Preludios Op. 1). Qualiton 4010 estereo.
VIDEO
Vídeo biográfico (música: Concierto para piano n.º 1 de Tchaikovsky)
AWARDS AND HOMAGES
Premio al Profesor de Actividad más destacada en 20 años, Ball State University, Indiana, 1988, de la que se retiró como “Profesora Emérita” en 1991.
“Pía Sebastiani Day”, Alcaldía de Miami, 26 de octubre de 1990.
Premio al Mérito de la Orden de los Caballeros de San Martín de Tours, en 1995.
Premio a la Obra Sinfónica de SADAIC, en 1996.
Premio Trayectoria de la Asociación de Críticos de Buenos Aires, abril de 1998.
Premio Música del Rotary de Buenos Aires, junto con Adolfo Bioy Casares.
Diversas condecoraciones de los gobiernos de Francia, Bélgica y Bolivia.
Premio por los 25 años como Miembro de la “Music Teachers National Association of USA, en noviembre de 2000.
Concierto Homenaje en su ochenta cumpleaños, Buenos Aires, el 12 de julio de 2005.
Personalidad Destacada de la Cultura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, el 8 de julio de 2005.
Premio a la Trayectoria, otorgado por la Secretaría de Cultura Argentina, en 2007.
Her piano teachers were Aloysio de Alencar Pinto (1912-2007), Juan Fanelli (?-?) and Jorge de Lalewicz (1875-1951).
In composition, she was a disciple of Gilardo Gilardi (1899-1963) and Lamberto Baldi (1895-1979). Overseas she received training classes with Marguerite Marie-Charlotte Long "Marguerite Long" (1874-1966), Magda Tagliaferro (1893-1986) and Aaron Copland (1900-1990).
Pía Sebastiani made her debut at the Teatro Ateneo in 1941.
Thanks to a scholarship in 1947 she was able to study at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) and Olivier Eugène Charles Prosper Messiaen "Olivier Messiaen" (1908-1992) and Adele Marcus (1906-1995).
As a composer she premiered with her own concert for piano and orchestra at 18 years of age. His works have been performed by directors such as Erich Kleiber (1890-1956), Albert Louis Wolff (1884-1970), Juan José Castro (1895-1968), Felix Prohaska (1912-1987) and Édouard Charles Dutoit (1936-).
As a pianist, she performed in the most important rooms in the world, such as the Pleyel Hall in Paris, the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires, the Dullen de Rotterda,, the Wigmore Hall in London, and others.
As a soloist, along with important orchestras of America and Europe, with chamber groups such as the Chicago Symphony Quartet, the Fine Art Quartet, and with great soloists such as Dmitri Yulianovich Sitkovesky (1954-), Carter Enyeart (1976-), Paul Kling (1929-2005), Alberto Lysy (1935-2009), Fernando Hasaj (?-2010), Luís Roggiero (?), Rafael Gíntoli (?) and Pablo Saraví (?).
Teaching: at the Juan José Castro Conservatory or the Universidad del Litoral;
23 years at Ball State, Indiana from 1968 to 1991;
Directing the Conservatorio Beethoven of Buenos Aires;
President of the Fundación Beethoven.
Between 1958 and 1964 she was Cultural Attaché of the Argentine Republic in Brussels and Paris.
She was invited twice to the “Ottorino Respighi Festival”, being presented both times by Pope John Paul II.
In 2006 she taught master classes in Managua and at the International University of Florida (Miami) and in Caracas, Venezuela.
She served as Cultural Attaché of the embassies of Argentina in Brussels and in Paris between 1958 and 1964.
DISCOGRAPHY
Johannes Brahms: “Sonata en fa menor op. 5”. Qualiton SQI 4012, vinilo.
Varios autores argentinos “Poesías de Alfonsina Storni”, Colección Aguilar La Palabra, GPE 1003.
Schumann (Sonata nº 2, Op. 22, en sol menor); Szymanowski (Preludios Op. 1). Qualiton 4010 estereo.
VIDEO
Vídeo biográfico (música: Concierto para piano n.º 1 de Tchaikovsky)
AWARDS AND HOMAGES
Premio al Profesor de Actividad más destacada en 20 años, Ball State University, Indiana, 1988, de la que se retiró como “Profesora Emérita” en 1991.
“Pía Sebastiani Day”, Alcaldía de Miami, 26 de octubre de 1990.
Premio al Mérito de la Orden de los Caballeros de San Martín de Tours, en 1995.
Premio a la Obra Sinfónica de SADAIC, en 1996.
Premio Trayectoria de la Asociación de Críticos de Buenos Aires, abril de 1998.
Premio Música del Rotary de Buenos Aires, junto con Adolfo Bioy Casares.
Diversas condecoraciones de los gobiernos de Francia, Bélgica y Bolivia.
Premio por los 25 años como Miembro de la “Music Teachers National Association of USA, en noviembre de 2000.
Concierto Homenaje en su ochenta cumpleaños, Buenos Aires, el 12 de julio de 2005.
Personalidad Destacada de la Cultura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, el 8 de julio de 2005.
Premio a la Trayectoria, otorgado por la Secretaría de Cultura Argentina, en 2007.
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