Elisenda F bregas This semester s Department of Music Guest Artist Series will open with composer and pianist Elisenda F bregas, who will perform in a recital with faculty flutist Kimberly McCoul Risinger at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, in Kemp Recital Hall.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Born in Barcelona, F bregas has lived in the U.S. since 1978, when a Fulbright grant brought her to The Juilliard School. She holds doctoral degrees in music from both the Barcelona Conservatory and from Columbia University Teachers College. Her Carnegie Recital Hall debut in 1983 resulted in the New York Times referring to her fluid technique and poet s command of musical shading. F bregas recently recorded live for NPR Performance Today and is now recording two compact discs Catalan Solo Piano Music and All American Contemporary Music for flute and piano for the ERM label. She is currently an assistant professor of music at the University of Texas, San Antonio.