Patricia Caicedo
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Caicedo, Patricia: Ibagué, Colombia.
Colombian soprano Patricia Caicedo is recognized as a leading interpreter of the Latin American and Spanish lieder repertory and has sung in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Spain, and several Latin American countries to public and critical acclaim.
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[edit] Biography
Colombian soprano Patricia Caicedo is recognized as a leading interpreter of the Latin American and Spanish lieder repertory and has sung in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Puerto Rico and Latin America to public and critical acclaim.
Ms. Caicedo has earned highest honors in numerous festivals and competitions, including a prize awarded by Sony Music for best classical soloist in 1998 in Colombia and first prize in the “Concurso Nacional del Bambuco” and the "Colono de Oro" competitions, also in Colombia, in 1993.
Ms. Caicedo made her professional debut in 1993 when, as a part of the International Festival of Classical Music, she was a soloist in Gabriel Faure´s Requiem, accompanied by the Tolima Symphony Orchestra. Since then she has been a soloist in J.C. De Arriaga´s Stabat Mater, G.B. Pergolessi´s Stabat Mater and given recitals all around the world.
She had debuted many works by some of the most important living composers of Latin America. She is frequently invited to contemporary music festivals where she performs new works. Many of the songs that she had debuted had been dedicated to her.
Born in Ibagué, Colombia, Ms. Caicedo began studying piano, music theory, and voice as a child at the Tolima music conservatory; then continued with private instructors in Bogotá. After completing medical studies in Bogotá, she resumed her voice studies and has since worked with Rocío Rios, Alfredo Krauss, Maya Maiska and Gilberto Escobar.
In addition to her busy performing schedule, Ms. Caicedo is an expert in the history and musical interpretation of the Latin American and Spanish art song. A popular teacher as well as performer, Ms. Caicedo regularly gives concert-lectures, master classes, and serves as Artist-in-Residence at leading universities in the United States and as a Cultural Ambassador for the Colombian Diplomatic Corps. She had been a guest teacher as such institutions as New York University, Columbia University, University of Texas at Austin, University of South Florida, New Mexico State University, University of Indianapolis, Loyola University, Texas Christian University, Bringham Young University, Conservatorio de Granada (Spain), Universidad de Cádiz (Spain) and Universidad Industrial de Santander (Colombia), among many others institutions.
Her book The Latin American Art Song: A Critical Anthology and Interpretative Resource for Singers (Edicions Tritó, 2005) is a reference book in the field.
Dr. Caicedo is the founder and artistic director of the Barcelona Festival of Song a summer course and a concert series dedicated to the study of the history and interpretation of the Latin American and Spanish Art Song.
Her commitments for the season 2006 - 2007 include concerts and master classes in Spain, USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador and Bermuda.
[edit] Awards
Caicedo has earned highest honors in numerous festivals and competitions, including a prize awarded by Sony Music for best classical soloist in 1998 in Colombia and first prize in the Concurso Nacional del Bambuco competition, also in Colombia, in 1993.[citation needed]
[edit] Barcelona Festival of Song
Patricia Caicedo is the founder and artistic director of The Barcelona Festival of Song, [1] a two week summer course dedicated to the history and interpretation of the Latin American and Spanish Art Song.
The Barcelona Festival of Song is a space created for the purpose of promoting the Latin American and Spanish Art Song, a rich and wonderful repertoire that, after decades of dormancy, is seeing a rapid increase in live performances and recordings and is seeing a rapid increase in interest and prominence.
The centerpiece of the Barcelona Festival of Song is a course focused on the History and Interpretation of the Latin American and Spanish Art Song but the Festival also presents public concerts with both well known singers and the participants in the course. All performances are open to the public and take place in venues located in beautiful Barcelona, Spain.
Among the faculty are some of the most important and internationally renowned scholars, researchers, teachers, and performers of the Latin American and Spanish art song genre. The Festival provides participants with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gather with singers, pianists, musicologists, and guitarists from around the world to learn about and practice interpreting this important repertoire.
Since its successful debut in 2005, every year Festival participants are exposed to important aspects of Ibero-American culture; learn Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Catalan diction; receive live coaching during several hours of master classes and private lessons; and refine their body awareness and breathing in Alexander Technique sessions. They also have the opportunity to explore the tourist-friendly city of Barcelona, learn about its history, and enjoy its beaches.
The Festival honors the great Catalan singer Conxita Badía (1897-1975) who, in her long career on both sides of the Atlantic, was one of the first promoters and performers of the Spanish and Latin American Art Song. In the interest of expanding the repertoire, the Festival commissions a renowned Ibero-American composer to compose a new cycle of songs that is debuted during the festival.
[edit] Discography
- 1997. La Felicidad, a collection of works by Colombian composer Jorge Olaya Muñoz, recorded with the Banda Sinfónica Santafé de Bogotá
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2001 Lied: Art songs of Latin America. Label:Albert Moraleda.
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2005 To My native City. Label:Mundo Arts.Mundo Arts
[edit] Published Book
- The Latin American Art Song: A Critical Anthology and Interpretative Guide for Singers, a critical anthology on the subject ever published.
By: Dr. Patricia Caicedo, Edicions Trito 397, Published September 2005
This book contains 48 art songs from ten Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela).
The book begins with an introductory study that discusses the art song genre and the genre's birth and development in Latin America. The book also contains notes about the songs in the anthology and a biography of their composers.
The song texts are in Spanish and Portuguese. But, the singer will find each song in its original language, in English translation, and in Portuguese / Spanish translation. All of the original poetic texts are transcribed into International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
The book also contains diction rules for Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. The diction rules for Brazilian Portuguese were written by Dr.Stela Brandão in accordance with the results of the Fourth National Song Conference which took place in São Paulo, Brazil, in February, 2005.
Interpretative guides for the songs are also included.
This book, the first critical anthology and the first to offer a musicological effort that contextualizes the genre in Latin America, belongs in the library of everyone who studies, performs, or loves the art song genre. Also belongs in the library of Universities and Conservatories.
