María Luisa Ozaita


María Luisa Ozaita Marqués was a Spanish pianist, harpsichordist, musicologist, conductor and composer.

Biography

María Luisa Ozaita Marques was born in Barakaldo, Vizcaya, in Spain. She studied with Fernando Remacha, and continued her studies in Copenhagen with Leif Thybo and K.J. Isaksen through a MFA exchange scholarship. She also studied harpsichord in France with Kenneth Gilbert and at Darmstadt in Germany.
Ozaita performed internationally in Europe, North America and Eastern Europe, and her compositions have also been performed internationally. She lectured on music history, and published professional articles in magazines including Confutatis and OpusMusica and in the book Women in Music by Patricia Adkins Chiti. Ozaita also collaborated on the Spanish edition of Women in Music. She was a member of the La Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País and was the founding president of the Spanish Association of Women in Music.

Works

Ozaita composed mainly chamber and symphonic works, but was also known for guitar compositions. Selected works include:
Her compositions have been recorded in RNE, including Tema con variaciones for piano.

Death

María Luisa Ozaita died in Madrid on 5 April 2017, at the age of 77.