Celia Torra
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Celia Torrá (18 September 1889 – 16 December 1962) was an Argentine composer, conductor, and violinist. She was the first woman to conduct an orchestra at the Teatro Colón.
Torrá was born in Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Rios, Argentina. Her father was her first violin teacher. She later studied music with Andres Gaos, Athos Palma, and Alberto Williams.
In 1909, she won a National Commission of Fine Arts prize which funded her studies in Europe with Vincent d'Indy, Jenő Hubay, Zoltán Kodály, Paul Le Flem, and César Thomson. She won the Royal Conservatory of Brussels' Grand Prix for violin in 1911. The Entre Rios provincial government gave her a grant to continue her studies in Europe. She remained in France during World War I, where she gave benefit concerts for the Red Cross.
In 1921, Torrá returned to Argentina where she was the first female conductor at the Teatro Colón. In 1930, she founded and directed the Asociación Coral Femenina, which later merged with the Asociación Sinfónica Femenina.
Torrá conducted both groups in over 200 concerts. In 1952, she founded a choir for the employees of Philips Argentina S.A., the first workers choir in Argentina.
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- Huella, Op. 49 (version for orchestra) - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- El tarco en flor - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Gato (version for orchestra) - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Movimiento sinfonico - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Gaucho, Op. 51: I. Preludio - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Suite para cuerdas, Op. 9: I. Introduccion - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Suite para cuerdas, Op. 9: II. Adagio elegiaco - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Gaucho, Op. 51: II. Firmeza - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Suite para cuerdas, Op. 9: III. Intermezzo - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Gaucho, Op. 51: III. Vidalita - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Suite para cuerdas, Op. 9: IV. Nocturno - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Gaucho, Op. 51: IV. Pericon - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Campera - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Suite para cuerdas, Op. 9: V. Fuga - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Suite para orquesta de arcos y piano concertante: I. Sombras de chanar - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Concierto campestre: I. Matinal - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Suite para orquesta de arcos y piano concertante: II. Leyenda - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Concierto campestre: II. Pastoral - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Concierto campestre: III. Ronda - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Suite para orquesta de arcos y piano concertante: III. Fiesta - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Rapsodia entrerriana - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- 4 Danzas criollas: No. 1. El cielito - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Las ninas (arr. for orchestral) - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- 4 Danzas criollas: No. 2. El caramba - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- 4 Danzas criollas: No. 3. La huella - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- El gaucho con botas nuevas - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- 4 Danzas criollas: No. 4. La media cana - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- Obertura para el Fausto criollo, Op. 9 - Orchestral Music from Argentine Foreign Office (1955) - Celia Torra
- El Gaucho Con Botas Nuevas - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- La Tabaquerita - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Sonata in A Minor, for piano: I. - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Overture in C Minor, for Orchestra - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- La Primavera Viene - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Sonata para Violín y Piano, Op. 28: I. - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Canción de la Ñusta - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Sonata in C Flat Minor, for Piano - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Copla, para Canto y Piano - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Idilio, para Canto y Piano - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Tristeza, de Cinco Bocetos Líricos para Piano - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Meditación, de Cinco Bocetos Líricos para Piano - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- A la Fuente, de Cinco Bocetos Líricos para Piano - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Bonanza, de Cinco Bocetos Líricos para Piano - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
- Sueño, de Cinco Bocetos Líricos para Piano - Panorama de la Música Argentina, Compositores Nacidos Entre 1884-1889 - Celia Torra
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