Maria Helena Rosas FERNANDES
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cap, Poços de Caldas (Minas Gerais), Brasile
tf/cell: (35) 3712-4847
mail: mhrosasfernandes@gmail.com
http://www.rosasfernandes.com
luogo e data di nascita: Brasópolis, Minas Gerais (Brasile), 1933
Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes is a Brazilian composer, pianist, musicologist, conductor and music educator. She was born in Brazópolis, a town in Minas Gerais state, and graduated in piano from the Brazilian Conservatory of Music of Guanabara State in piano and from the Superior School of Music Santa Marcelina in composition and conducting. After completing her studies, she worked as a choral conductor and music teacher at conservatories and published research on indigenous Brazilian music. Her works have been performed internationally and won awards including the 2006 Nancy Van de Vate International Composition Prize for Opera for Marília de Dirceu.