Ada Gentile

Ada Gentile (born 26 July 1947) is an Italian pianist and composer.

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Life

Ada Gentile was born in Avezzano and attended the Conservatorio di St. Cecilia in Rome, graduating in piano and composition. She then completed a graduate degree at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia with Goffredo Petrassi. She has lectured at Northwestern University, Juilliard School, Wayne State University, Columbia University, the University of Chicago and the University of California at Berkley in the United States and also widely in Europe and Asia. She was Deputy Director of St. Cecilia Conservatory from 1999 to 2005, and has been instrumental in organizing a number of music festivals. Her works have been performed internationally.[1][2]

Honors and awards

Works

Selected works include:

Discography

Gentile maintains an extended discography. Selected recording include:

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=PA184&dq=Ada+Gentile+(born+1947)+norton&hl=en&ei=IsQGTZTUCML88AaXsKnqAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 13 December 2010. 
  2. ^ Pendle, Karin (2001). Women & music: a history. 
  3. ^ "Composizioni". http://www.adagentile.it/comp1.htm. Retrieved 13 December 2010. 
  4. ^ Amazon.com listing

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