University of Miami School of Music

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September 9, 2005

ibis camerata in concert: the music of alba rosa vietor

CORAL GABLES, FL – Alba Rosa Vietor’s music has been described as engaging, poignant, potent, somber, and dramatic. With a musical career spanning more than seven decades and three continents, Ms. Vietor distinguished herself as a composer, concert violinist and teacher. Thanks to a collaboration between her son, Hendrik Vietor, and the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, her works, which range from orchestral pieces to compositions for chamber ensembles, are currently being converted from their original manuscript form into a printed format known as an engraving.

Notes Hendrik Vietor, “This process has provided greater access to my mother’s music. I didn’t want her life’s work to remain on a shelf. Through these performances, it is as if her life is being extended.”

On Monday, September 19 at 4 pm, South Florida audiences can hear several of Ms. Vietor’s works performed by the Ibis Camerata, a quartet of University of Miami doctoral students. The performance will mark the Florida premiere of the selected pieces including “Richiamo” for piano, “Recitativo” for string ensemble, “Little Poem” for piano and strings, and “Toddler at Play.” The Ibis Camerata, which was founded in 2001, consists of Biljana Milovanovic on piano, Marie-Elaine Gagnon on cello, Domagoj Ivanovic on violin, and Christopher Graham on clarinet.

“We are grateful and honored to take part in this important endeavor to preserve through performance and scholarship these singular works by Alba Rosa Vietor,” said William Hipp, Dean of the Frost School of Music.

Alba Rosa Vietor (1889-1979) was a distinguished concert violinist, dedicated teacher, and accomplished composer. Born and raised in Italy, Vietor demonstrated an innate musical talent at a young age. When she was eight, it was discovered that she had “perfect pitch,” and on that basis she was awarded a scholarship at the Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan. She went on to the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, where she received her advanced degree in 1905. Vietor held teaching positions at the Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires, the Masters Institute of United Arts in New York, and the Columbia School of Music in Washington, D.C. One of her best known works, Primavera Lombarda (Springtime in Lombardy), received its south Florida premiere at Festival Miami 2003.

The concert is free and open to the public. The Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall is located within the Frost School of Music complex, 1314 Miller Drive, on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus. For more information, call Nancy Castleman-Dion at (305) 284-5816.

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