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38-599: The theatre was built on a 22,000-square-metre (240,000 sq ft) lot and named after the Venezuelan pianist Teresa Carreño . It is located in the cultural district of the city: Bellas Artes. It houses two concert halls: the José Félix Ribas and the Ríos Reyna (named after José Félix Ribas and Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna , respectively). The following are resident performing arts groups: Its spaces are also shared by

76-529: A career as a concert pianist, and Giovanni as an opera singer. During these years she appeared with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra and Damrosch Orchestra , performing solo piano concerti, including Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto no. 1 , and Grieg's Piano Concerto, Op. 16. By 1883 Carreño began promoting and performing the works of Edward MacDowell in the United States and later abroad. Some of

114-619: A critic for the Hartford Courant wrote: "Teresa Carreno the piano virtuoso, made her first appearance to-day at the Philharmonic Concert, Carnegie Hall , under the baton of Anton Seidl . Her magnificent technique displayed to the highest degree the marvelous sonority of the Knabe piano, upon which she played, and she received one of the greatest ovations of the season." From this point forward in her career, Carreño appeared in concerts as

152-401: A featured artist, solo or with orchestra. She performed under the baton of many prominent conductors, including Edvard Grieg , Gustav Mahler , Theodore Thomas , Wilhelm Gericke , Hans von Bülow , and Henry Wood . In his memoir, Henry Wood wrote that "It is difficult to express adequately what all musicians felt about this great woman who looked like a queen among pianists – and played like

190-584: A goddess. The instant she walked onto the platform her steady dignity held her audience who watched with riveted attention while she arranged the long train she habitually wore. Her masculine vigour of tone and touch and her marvellous precision on executing octave passages carried everyone completely away." Among the most frequently performed composers in her repertoire were Chopin , Liszt , Tchaikovsky , Grieg , MacDowell , Schumann , Rubinstein , Beethoven , Schubert , Mendelssohn , Weber , and occasionally her own. Carreño recorded over forty compositions for

228-466: A handful of works were composed post-1880, including two works for chorus, Himno a Bolívar (ca. 1883) and Himno al ilustre americano (ca. 1886). The first piece was dedicated to General Joaquín Crespo and premiered during her visit to Caracas in 1885. The second piece was written in honor of Antonio Guzmán Blanco , president of Venezuela (1879–1884, 1886–1887). Her composition Kleiner Walzer (Mi Teresita) (ca. 1885) composed for her daughter Teresita

266-557: A home, which they named Villa Teresa in Coswig . They were married on July 27, 1892. On September 27, 1892, their first child, Eugenia was born, followed by Hertha on September 26, 1894. During their marriage, the couple often appeared on the same concert bill and Carreño began performing works by d'Albert, including his Piano Concerto no. 2, Op. 12. D'Albert was a controlling individual in matters related to child rearing, household management, and even Carreño's repertoire choices, which resulted in

304-598: A piano soloist in recitals and with orchestras. She belonged to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and helped found the Musical Art Society of Chicago. Watson is best remembered today as a piano teacher. Her students included Teresa Carreno , Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge , Phyllis Fergus Hoyt, Peter Lutkin , Veronica Murphy, and Theodora Sturkow-Ryder . Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge organized an effort in 1916 to build and name

342-467: A time. Amongst her students were her early biographer Marta Milinowski, as well as Fanny Nicodé née Kinnel, Helen Wright, and Julia Gibansky-Kasanoff. For the remainder of her career, Carreño performed in cities across Europe (including Russia) with only a few concert seasons in North America during 1907–08, 1909–10, and 1916, as well as two visits to Australia and New Zealand in 1907/1908 and 1910/1911,

380-455: Is an architectonical and cultural masterpiece of Venezuela . It covers a surface of 22,586 m (243,110 sq ft) and has a completed area of over 80,000 m (860,000 sq ft). Enormous columns and hexagonal roofs in a harmonic overlaid position, integrate the majestic expression of joint architecture and pluralist nature, making it a unique theatre. The Theater has extraordinary decoration, with fine pieces of artwork. It

418-451: Is one of the stable organizations (alongside the Chorus) created from the start of the theatre in 1979. Its debut was in 1980, and since then it has played several important ballets such as The Nutcracker, Guaraira Repano, Swan Lake, Carmen, and others. It is currently composed of around 30 dancers from all over the country. Its current choreographer is Laura Fiorucci, and the main coordinator of

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456-686: The Panteón Nacional in 1977. Vassar College acquired Teresa Carreño's papers in the early 1930s and officially purchased them in 1941. In 1957 a portion of the (un-inventoried) collection was dispersed between Vassar and the National Library in Caracas, Venezuela. These materials are now housed in the Centro Documental Teatro Teresa Carreño. A finding aid is available for the extant Teresa Carreño Papers at Vassar College in

494-714: The Philharmonic Society , and in M. Riviere's promenade concerts, London Ballad Concerts, Hanover Square Rooms , and the Monday Popular Concerts . While touring with the Max Strakosch troupe, Carreño and Sauret became romantically involved and on July 13, 1873, they were married in London, England. They had one child, Emilita (b. March 23, 1874), who was left in the care of a family friend, Mrs. James Bischoff, while Carreño and Sauret pursued musical opportunities in

532-444: The reproducing piano between 1905 and 1908. These were released primarily by Welte-Mignon and reissued by other piano roll manufacturers. Her daughter Teresita also recorded for player piano in 1906 for Welte-Mignon. In addition to her performances, Carreño gave lessons to students in many of the cities she visited. In the early 1900s, her students traveled to her summer residence during the summer months to study with her for weeks at

570-946: The Archives & Special Collections Library. The Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex in Caracas is named in honor of Carreño. The center serves as the residence for the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra . The complex also houses the Centro Documental Teatro Teresa Carreño and the Sala de Exposición Teresa Carreño. The Centro Documental serves as the main archive for Carreño in Venezuela. It houses primary source materials, including correspondence, legal documents, concert programs, scores, reviews, photographs, and other personal items. The Sala de Exposición exhibits materials once owned by Carreño, including her concert dresses, Weber piano (recovered through

608-496: The Ballet is Luis Penso. Teresa Carre%C3%B1o María Teresa Gertrudis de Jesús Carreño García (December 22, 1853 – June 12, 1917) was a Venezuelan pianist, soprano , composer, and conductor. Over the course of her 54-year concert career, she became an internationally renowned virtuoso pianist and was often referred to as the " Valkyrie of the Piano". Carreño

646-659: The National Theater Company of Venezuela and the Monte Ávila Editores bookstore (Librerías del Sur). The artistic director of the theater is the Venezuelan conductor Rodolfo Saglimbeni . In the 1970s, Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna presented a plan to build a theatre to serve as the residence of the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra . The Simón Bolivar Center expanded the project so that the center would serve multiple uses. The funds for construction were granted in September 1970, and

684-983: The United Kingdom, France, and Spain. While in Paris, she studied voice with Rossini and later, during the 1870s, with Signor Fontana and Russian soprano Herminia Rudersdorff (1822–1882). Her preparation enabled her to step into the role of and appeared as the Queen in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots during a performance with the Colonel Henry Mapleson troupe in Edinburgh, Scotland, after the leading lady, Thérèse Tiejens (1831–1877), became ill. In New York, on February 25, 1876, she again performed in an operatic role, this time as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni . In 1872, she returned to

722-462: The United States with an artist troupe (led by Max Strakosch (1835–1892)) consisting of well-known musicians, including American singer Annie Louise Cary , operatic soprano Carlotta Patti , French violinist and composer Émile Sauret , baritone Signor Del Puente, and Italian tenor Giovanni Matteo de Candia , who went by the stage name of Mario. During 1873/1874 she appeared in performances in England with

760-756: The United States. Emilita was eventually adopted by the Bischoff family. Between 1876 and 1889, Carreño resided and toured primarily in the United States, sharing concert bills with famous operatic singers, including Adelina Patti , Emma Abbott , Clara Louise Kellogg , Emma C. Thursby , and Ilma De Murska , and musicians, including violinist August Wilhelmj and Giovanni Tagliapietra. After Carreño's marriage to Sauret dissolved, she became involved with Tagliapetra, subsequently marrying him. They had three children: Louisa (March 1, 1878 – May 16, 1881), Teresita (December 24, 1882 – 1951), and Giovanni (January 8, 1885 – 1965). Following in their mother's footsteps, Teresita pursued

798-408: The age of eight on November 25 she made her debut at Irving Hall performing a Rondo Brillant, Op. 98 ( Johann Nepomuk Hummel ), accompanied by a quintet (Mosenthal, Matzka, Bergner, C. Preusser); Grande Fantaisie sur Moise, Op. 33 ( Sigismond Thalberg ); Nocturne ( Theodor Döhler ), Jerusalem ( Louis Moreau Gottschalk ); and Variations on "Home! Sweet Home!" Op. 72 (Thalberg) for an encore. This debut

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836-605: The architects were Tomás Lugo, Jesús Sandoval, and Dietrich Kunckel. The theatre was inaugurated in two phases: the José Félix Ribas Hall in February 1976, followed by the Ríos Reyna Hall and the rest of the complex on 19 April 1983. The center facilities have been expanded with two exhibition halls, one dedicated to the pianist Teresa Carreño and another one to the composer Reynaldo Hahn . The Teresa Carreño Theatre

874-620: The early years in the United States, Carreño's concerts were managed by several different individuals, however, as she established herself in Germany and abroad, she chose to work primarily through the Hermann Wolff Concert Bureau and became close friends with Hermann Wolff and his wife, Louise. Around 1890, Carreño became acquainted with Scottish-born German pianist and composer Eugen d'Albert , also managed by Wolff. Their musical friendship turned romantic and by late 1891 they moved into

912-418: The efforts of Venezuelan pianist Rosario Marciano ), and other personal items. There is also a crater on Venus named after Carreño. As of June 1, 2015 Andreina Gómez began directing a feature film, Teresita y El Piano , about the life of Teresa Carreño. In 2018, a Google Doodle was created to celebrate her 165th Birthday. Regina Watson Regina Cohn Watson (April 23, 1845 – July 31, 1913)

950-628: The exclusion of MacDowell's music from her performances during their marriage. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1895. She would remarry again in June 1902 to Arturo Tagliapietra, the brother of her second husband. He had joined her in Berlin around 1897 and assisted her with her concert plans and accounts. Following her success in Germany and other European states, Carreño returned to the United States in 1897 to an eager audience. Performing in Hartford, Connecticut ,

988-485: The intention of establishing an opera company and plans for a music conservatory. Carreño gave several performances, including one on October 27 at Teatro Guzmán Blanco in Caracas, which included the performance of her composition, Himno a Bolívar , dedicated to Venezuela's founding father. Carreño and Tagliapietra returned to Venezuela again in 1887 in order to open the season at Teatro Guzmán Blanco with their new opera company. Their efforts did not pay off largely due to

1026-556: The latter which also included stops in South Africa. Carreño and A. Tagliapietra returned to New York City in September 1916 for a 1916–1917 concert season with performances planned across the United States and Cuba. In 1916 she performed for President Woodrow Wilson at the White House. During her trip to Havana, Cuba in March 1917, however, she became ill and returned to New York where she

1064-520: The most frequently performed works include his First Modern Suite , Op. 10, Serenade, Op. 16, Second Modern Suite , Op. 14, "Erzählung" and "Hexentanz" from 2 Fantasiestücke , Op. 17; Étude de concert, Op. 36; Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15; Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 (dedicated to her). At the invitation of General Joaquín Crespo , the president of Venezuela, Carreño and Tagliapietra traveled to Caracas, Venezuela, arriving in October 1885, with

1102-725: The political unrest, dissatisfied audiences, and abandoned musical posts. They returned to New York in August 1887 and continued performing in the United States. For several years, Carreño had planned to return to Europe and establish herself as a virtuoso pianist. On November 18, 1889, she debuted with the Berlin Philharmonic , conducted by Gustav F. Kogel at the Singakademie . On this occasion she performed Edvard Grieg 's Piano Concerto, Schumann's Symphonic Studies , Op. 13, and Weber's Polonaise brillante (arr. Franz Liszt ). During

1140-486: The spring of 1866, Carreño and her family left the United States for Paris, France, where she made her debut on May 14 at the Salle Érard . During her time in Paris, she met many prominent musicians, including Gioachino Rossini , Georges Mathias (a pupil of Frédéric Chopin who may have given her a few lessons), Charles Gounod , and Franz Liszt . Between 1866 and 1872, Carreño performed regularly in concerts across cities in

1178-640: The year after her debut in New York City was the "Gottschalk Waltz" (1863), dedicated to Louis Moreau Gottschalk. The majority of her works were composed before 1875 and were published by various publishers in locations including Paris ( Heugel , Brandus & S. Dufour ), London (Duff & Stewart), Madrid ( Antonio Romero ), New York ( G. Schirmer , Edward Schuberth ), Boston ( Oliver Ditson & Co. ), Philadelphia ( Theodore Presser ), Cincinnati ( The John Church Company ), Leipzig ( Fr. Kistner & C. F. W. Siegel ) Sydney and Melbourne ( Allan & Co. ). Only

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1216-660: Was a composer, pianist, and teacher who was born in Germany. Her family later moved to America, first to Detroit , then to Chicago , where Regina lived for the rest of her life. In 1873, she married Lewis H. Watson, a Civil War veteran who had fought with an infantry unit from Maine. Regina Watson studied music with Franz Liszt and Karl Tausig in Europe, and with Bernhard Ziehn , probably in Chicago. After she moved to America, she gave lecture recitals on topics such as medieval French music, Italian music, and folk songs. She performed as

1254-658: Was an early adopter of the works of one of her students, American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860–1908) and premiered several of his compositions across the globe. She also frequently performed the works of Norwegian composer and pianist Edvard Grieg (1843–1907). Carreño composed approximately 75 works for solo piano, voice and piano, choir and orchestra, and instrumental ensemble. Several composers dedicated their compositions to Carreño, including Amy Beach ( Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor ) and Edward MacDowell ( Piano Concerto No. 2 ). María Teresa Carreño García de Sena

1292-492: Was born in Caracas , Venezuela, on December 22, 1853, to Manuel Antonio Carreño (1812–1874) and Clorinda García de Sena y Rodríguez del Toro (1816–1866). Her father was the son of José Cayetano Carreño (1773–1836) and came from a musical family. He gave her music lessons from an early age and oversaw her career until his death in 1874. Her mother was a cousin of Maria Teresa Rodriguez del Toro y Alayza , wife of South America's founding father Simón Bolívar , on whose honor she

1330-526: Was diagnosed with diplopia . Her health declined rapidly and she became paralysed before she died on June 12, 1917, in her apartment in New York City at the age of 63. Teresa Carreño composed approximately 75 works for piano, voice and piano, choir and orchestra, chamber music , and several merengues , incorporating the form as an interlude in some of her pieces (for example, in her piece entitled Un Bal en Rêve ). Her earliest compositions (in manuscript) date back to ca. 1860. One of her first pieces published

1368-580: Was followed by concerts (1863–1865) across the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, including stops in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. During the fall of 1863 Carreño performed for Abraham Lincoln at the White House . Interspersed with her North American concerts were concert performances in Cuba during the spring of 1863 and fall of 1865. In

1406-535: Was named. Before leaving Caracas she also studied with a German musician, Julio Hohene. In America, she studied with Regina Watson and served as Hermine Küchenmeister-Rudersdorf ’s studio accompanist in return for voice lessons. In 1862 her family emigrated to New York City and Carreño entered the musical world with a series of private and public concerts. During the first few weeks in New York City, she met American pianist and composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk , who heard her perform and promoted her as an artist. At

1444-641: Was one of her most popular pieces during her lifetime and she often performed it as an encore at her own concerts. During her Berlin residency in the 1890s, Carreño composed two chamber works, Serenade for String Orchestra (ca. 1895) and String Quartet in B-minor (1896). The latter which was performed by the Klinger Quartet in the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1896. In 1938 Carreño's ashes were repatriated to Caracas, Venezuela. They were later exhumed and interred at

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