Dulce María Serret
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Dulce María Serret Danger | |
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 Dulce María Serret, Madrid, 1917 | |
| Born | 12 September 1898 Santiago de Cuba, Captaincy General of Cuba, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 30 May 1989 (aged 90) Havana, Cuba |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist and teacher |
Dulce María Serret Danger (1898 – 30 May 1989) was a Cuban pianist and music teacher. She studied in Spain and France, and toured in Europe for several years before returning to Cuba, where she taught for most of the rest of her life.
Dulce María Serret was born in Santiago de Cuba on 12 September 1898. She showed musical aptitude from an early age, and began music lessons when she was 9 years old.[1] In her home town she was taught by Gustavo Rogel and Ramón Figueroa.[2] She was given a recommendation by the professor José Marín Varona of Camagüey to the National Conservatory of Music of Havana, an institution that had been founded by the Dutch composer and pianist Hubert de Blanck.[1] In 1913 the public recitals of Ernesto Lecuona and Dulce María Serret made a great impression on Margot Rojas Mendoza, who was then a child.[3]
Europe
In 1915 Dulce María Serret was award a scholarship by the Havana city council to study in Spain at the Madrid Royal Conservatory. She studied under José Tragó and won the prize of honour at the Conservatory.[4] She graduated in 1917 and performed before the royal family. She performed throughout Spain and Portugal in large venues in major cities. At the age of 22 she moved to France in 1920 and attended the Schola Cantorum de Paris, where she studied romanticism and ancient and modern music.[1] In Paris she was taught by Édouard Risler.[2]
