Cecilia Seghizzi

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Cecilia Seghizzi
Born(1908-09-05)5 September 1908
Gorizia, Austria-Hungary
Died22 November 2019(2019-11-22) (aged 111)
Gorizia, Italy
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • Painter
  • Teacher

Cecilia Seghizzi (5 September 1908 – 22 November 2019)[1] was an Italian composer, painter and teacher.[2][3]

Biography

Cecilia Seghizzi was the daughter of composer and choirmaster

Milan. In her thirties she alternated between concerts and teaching in middle school and music school.[2]

She began in the meantime to devote herself to composition, completing her studies with a diploma from the conservatory "Tartini" in Trieste under the guidance of Vito Levi. In her fifties she founded and managed the complex

Friuli Venezia Giulia.[citation needed
]

Style

Her music catalog included more than 130 compositions, among which many are

neo-classicism, and has had no trace of the innovations introduced by avant-garde music since the 1930s.[citation needed
]

Personal life

On 5 September 2018, she became a supercentenarian upon celebrating her 110th birthday.[5] She died on 22 November 2019, aged 111.[6]

Selected works

  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1963)
  • By night flute, soprano and piano (1979)
  • Concertino for horn and strings (1981)
  • Divertimento for violin and piano (1982)
  • Waltz for flute and piano (1984)

References

  1. ISBN 9780961748524
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  2. ^ a b Blas, di Marco Di; Gily, di Chiara; Legambiente, di; Tolusso, di Mary B.; Park, di AREA Science; Brusaferro, di Micol; Calicanto, di Associazione; Amenduni, di Dino; Bettini, di Rossana; Martinelli, di Carlo; Clarich, di Lorenzo; Buffa, di Pier Vittorio; Canziani, di Roberto (19 December 2016). "Cecilia Seghizzi a 108 anni ha aperto una mostra - Cronaca". Il Piccolo (in Italian). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  3. ^ "A Cecilia Seghizzi gli auguri di Gorizia" (in Italian). Il Piccolo. 2018-09-07. Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  4. ISBN 9788822256379
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  5. ^ Feresin, Vanni (5 September 2018). "Auguri, professoressa" [Congratulations, Madam Professor]. I Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Morta nella notte Cecilia Seghizzi: Aveva 111 anni". 22 November 2019.
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