Lycia de Biase Bidart

Lycia de Biase Bidart (18 February 1910 – 10 July 1991) was a Brazilian pianist, violinist, conductor, music educator and composer. She was one of the first women to conduct an orchestra in Brazil, leading the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater Symphony Orchestra in 1933 and 1934.^[1]^[2]

Life and career

Lycia de Biase was born in Vitoria, Espírito Santo, the daughter of Commander Pietrângelo De Biase, born in Castellucci Superiore, Italy (1884) and Maria Arcângela Vivacqua De Biase, born in Muniz Freire, Espírito Santo. Lycia began her studies in Rio de Janeiro with Neusa Franca for piano and Giovanni Giannetti for harmony and composition,^[3] and later continued her studies with Magdalena Tagliaferro.^[4]^[5]

She married João Baptista Bidart.

Works

Selected works include:

A noiva do mar, opera, 1939
Estudos expressionistas for two horns
Cantos tupis for horn, flute and clarinet, 1975
Ballet fantasia: simbolismo e vivência do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, ballet, 1976

References

^ "Correio Musica- Concerto symphonico de Lycia de Biase Bidart". memoria.bn.br. Correio da Manhã (RJ). 1934-09-29. Retrieved 2019-11-06. Seu concerto de hoje à noite, no Municipal, desperta intensa curiosidade; pois (...) a illustre compositora e maestrina patrícia irá dirigir a orchestra do nosso primeiro theatro, demonstrando tambem dotes de regente.
^ Garcia, Nicole Manzoni. "Um panorama sobre a trajetória da compositora brasileira Lycia de Biase Bidart". Nas Nuvens... Congresso de Música. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: https://musica.ufmg.br/nasnuvens/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-GARCIA-Nicole-Manzoni.pdf.
^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
^ Boenke, Heidi M. (1988). Flute music by women composers: an annotated catalog.
^ Marcano, German Eduardo (2001). A catalog of cello music by Latin American composers.

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[1] "Correio Musica- Concerto symphonico de Lycia de Biase Bidart". memoria.bn.br. Correio da Manhã (RJ). 1934-09-29. Retrieved 2019-11-06. Seu concerto de hoje à noite, no Municipal, desperta intensa curiosidade; pois (...) a illustre compositora e maestrina patrícia irá dirigir a orchestra do nosso primeiro theatro, demonstrando tambem dotes de regente.

[:0-2] Garcia, Nicole Manzoni. "Um panorama sobre a trajetória da compositora brasileira Lycia de Biase Bidart". Nas Nuvens... Congresso de Música. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: https://musica.ufmg.br/nasnuvens/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-GARCIA-Nicole-Manzoni.pdf.

[3] Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

[4] Boenke, Heidi M. (1988). Flute music by women composers: an annotated catalog.

[5] Marcano, German Eduardo (2001). A catalog of cello music by Latin American composers.

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