Mireya Arboleda
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July 1, 1928
Mireya Arboleda | |
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| Born | María Mireya Arboleda Cadavid July 1, 1928 Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
| Died | February 21, 2021 (aged 92) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Occupation | Classical pianist |
| Spouse | Flavio Cruz Dominguez |
| Children | 2 |
María Mireya Arboleda Cadavid (July 1, 1928 – February 21, 2021) was a Colombian classical pianist and teacher.[1]
Maria Mireya Arboleda Cadavid was born in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia on July 1, 1928, to Fernando Arboleda López, the mayor of Palmira and Rosa Cadavid Medina along with five other sisters, Esmeralda, Pubenza, Fabiola, Violeta, and Soffy. She was named after the poem Mireya by Frédéric Mistral.[2]
Arboleda began studying music when she was 6 years old at the Antonio María Valencia de Cali Conservatory. There, she received her diploma in Higher Studies. She went on to study at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, a very prestigious music school. At the conservatory, Arboleda received her Title in Music and Artistic Diploma in 1957 under the tutelage of Hungarian pianist Miklos Schwalb. Also in 1957, Arboleda participated in the International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro which inspired her to move to Paris and earn a Masters of Piano Studies at the Conservatoire de Paris, another very prestigious music school. At the conservatory, Arboleda became the protegé of critically acclaimed pianists such as French musician Nadia Boulanger and French-Lithuanian musician Vlado Perlemuter.[3]
Arboleda's return to Colombia following her studying abroad was "a revelation for those who still doubted women's abilities".[4]