María Teresa Gómez Arteaga, also known as Teresa Gómez and Teresita Gómez, is a Colombian pianist and music educator.[1]
Education
Teresita Gómez was born in Medellín, Colombia and began her piano training at the age of 4 with the teachers Marta Agudelo de Maya and Anna María Penella in the Institute of Fine Arts of Medellín, where she gave her first solo concert when she was only 10 years old.
Teresita Gómez in Medellín in 2013
Teresita studied piano at the National University of Colombia with the Russian pianist Tatiana Goncharova and the German pianist Hilde Adler between 1959 and 1962. Later on she was a student of the Colombian-Dutch pianist Harold Martina at the University of Antioquia between 1964 and 1966, where she graduated summa cum laude as Concertmaster and Piano Teacher.[2]
Among her mentors are Barbara Hesse (Varsovia, 1985), Jakob Lateiner (Weimar 1986) and Klaus Bässler (Berlin, 1986–87).
Awards
In 2005, the government of Colombia granted Gómez her the Cross of the Cross of Boyacá at the grade of Commander for her artistic career, contribution to musical culture, and honorable representation of Colombia abroad.[3]
In 2017, the Governor of Antioquia awarded Gómez the golden Juan del Corral, for her musical contributions over 60 years as a professional pianist.[4]
