Cecilia Seghizzi

Cecilia Seghizzi (5 September 1908 – 22 November 2019)[1] was an Italian composer, painter and teacher.[2][3]

Cecilia Seghizzi
Born(1908-09-05)5 September 1908
Died22 November 2019(2019-11-22) (aged 111)
Occupation
  • Composer
  • Painter
  • Teacher

Her music catalog includes more than 130 compositions, among which many are choral music.

On 5 September 2018, she became a supercentenarian upon celebrating her 110th birthday.[4] She died on 22 November 2019 at the age of 111.[5]

Selected works

  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1963)
  • By night flute, soprano and piano (1979)
  • Concertino for horn and strings (1981)
  • Divertimento for violin and piano (1982)
  • Waltz for flute and piano (1984)

References

  1. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). "SEGHIZZI, Cecilia". International encyclopedia of women composers. Vol. 2. Books & Music USA. p. 631. ISBN 9780961748500.
  2. Blas, di Marco Di; Gily, di Chiara; Legambiente, di; Tolusso, di Mary B.; Park, di AREA Science; Brusaferro, di Micol; Calicanto, di Associazione; Amenduni, di Dino; Bettini, di Rossana; Martinelli, di Carlo; Clarich, di Lorenzo; Buffa, di Pier Vittorio; Canziani, di Roberto (19 December 2016). "Cecilia Seghizzi a 108 anni ha aperto una mostra - Cronaca". Il Piccolo (in italiano). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  3. "A Cecilia Seghizzi gli auguri di Gorizia" (in italiano). Il Piccolo. 2018-09-07. Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  4. Feresin, Vanni (5 September 2018). "Auguri, professoressa" (in it). I Magazine. http://www.imagazine.it/notizie-trieste-gorizia-udine-friuli/6203. Retrieved 15 July 2019. 
  5. Gorizia in lutto: morta a 111 anni Cecilia Seghizzi (in Italian)