Hilda Dianda


Hilda Fanny Dianda is an Argentinian composer, musicologist, music educator, and conductor.

Early Life

Hilda Dianda was born in Córdoba, Argentina. She began her musical studies in Buenos Aires from 1942-1950 under Honorio Saccardi. She was awarded a fellowship, and began studying conducting under Hermann Scherchen in Venice from 1949-1950. She later moved to France where she was influenced by the "Musical Research Group" of French radio, directed by Pierre Schaeffer. She was invited into a phonology research position with Radio Audizioni Italiane along with John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Dieter Schönbach, and André Boucourechliev, where she also began to study electronic music in the Studio di Fonologia, Milan. These studies earned her a fellowship and a Medal of Cultural Merit from the Kranichstein Music Institute. From 1960 to 1962 she participated in the International Courses of New Music in Darmstadt, Germany.

Career

In 1966 she worked in the Electronic Music Lab at the San Fernando Valley California State College, Northridge, in the United States. From 1967 to 1971 she returned to Argentina as a professor of composition, orchestration, technical, and orchestral conducting at the School of Arts of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina after which she moved to Germany until 1976. She toured Latin America and Europe as a conductor. As a musicologist, Dianda published professional articles on contemporary music in a number of journals and magazines as well as her book La Música Argentina de Hoy in 1966. After a seven year break from composing, Dianda wrote The Requiem in 1984 dedicated to "our dead" and utilizing ancient Latin texts.

Honors and awards

Dianda composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble and electronic production. Selected works include:
TitleDateInstrumentation
Obertura para titeres1948Orchestra
Tarde, La1949Voice and piano
Musica para arcis1951String orchestra
Trio1953Flute, oboe, and bassoon
Three sonatas1956Piano
Dos Etudios en Oposición1959Tape
Estructuras I-III1960Cello and piano
Diedros1962Flute
Canciones1962Soprano, guitar, vibraphone, and percussion
Rituales1962Voice, percussion or piano and percussion
Nucleos1963Orchestra
Qt III1963Strings
Percusión 11196311 percussion
Resonancias-119645 horns
Ludus-11965Cello and orchestra
A-71966Cello and magnetic tape
Resonancias 51966-68Choruses
Ludus 21968Chamber orchestra
Divertimento1969-706 percussion
Impromptu1970String Orchestra
Canto1972Chamber Orchestra
Celebraciones1974Cello and Percussion
Oda19742 trumpet, 3 trombone, and 3 percussion
Después el Silencio1976Tape
Requiem1984Chorus and orchestra
Encantamientos1984Tape
Trío1985Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Cadencias1985Woodwinds and percussion
Cadencias 21986Violin and piano
Cántico1988Chorus and chamber orchestra
Va Conc.1988Orchestra
Paisaje1992Chamber orchestra
Mitos1993Percussion and Strings
Rituales1994Marimba