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Luzko, Nancy (b. 1974, Encarnación). Paraguayan composer, now resident in the USA, of orchestral and piano works that have been performed in the Americas and in Europe; she is also active as a pianist.
Ms. Luzko studied composition with Daniel Luzko and piano with Maria Teresa de Luzko de Remezowski at the Conservatório Josefina de Gehre in Encarnación from 1981-88 and piano with Ramiro Sanjines at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in 1994. She then studied composition with Edward Mattila and piano with Richard Angeletti at the University of Kansas from 1995-98, where she earned her BMus with honors. She also studied composition with Fredrick Kaufman and piano with Kemal Gekic at Florida International University from 1999-2001, where she earned her MMus in piano performance. On a full scholarship, she has studied piano with J. Robert Floyd at the University of Miami since 2001, where she is completing her DMA.
Among her honors are the Paraguay-Kansas Partnership (1995) and the Elliott (1998) and Capps-Rogers (1998) awards at the University of Kansas and the Outstanding Student (2001) and T.A. Excellence in Teaching (2001) awards at Florida International University. She has also received First Prize in the Concurso para Composición Contemporánea in Asunción (2001, for Sonatina), the Student Travel (2002) and GAFAC (2002) awards at the University of Miami and the title of Hija Dilecta de la Ciudad de Encarnación from the city government in Paraguay (2002).
As a pianist, she has often played contemporary works, including her own music, and has given concerts in Argentina, Austria, Canada, Paraguay, Poland, Spain, and the USA. Her own music has been heard in Italy, Paraguay, Spain, and the USA.
She served as a teaching assistant in piano at Florida International University from 1999-2001, where she has taught as an adjunct professor of piano since 2001. She has also given summer masterclasses and workshops at the Conservatório Josefina de Gehre since 1999.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: nancyluzko@hotmail.com
Street address: Ms. Nancy Luzko, 9363 Fontainebleau Blvd., Apt. H 212, Miami, FL 33172, USA
Telephone: 305 480 0651
Cellular phone: 305 299 0485
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Palpitaciones, 1998
PIANO: Sonatina, 1997; Ángeles Nocturnos, 1999
(Last updated on April 17, 2003)
