Hilda Paredes (born 1957)
Hilda Paredes was born in Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico. She studied piano and flute at a young age, and then studied composition at the Conservertoire in Mexico City. She continued her studies in London. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music, got a master’s degree from City University in London, and a PhD from Manchester University. She continues to live in London.
Hilda Paredes has composed music for orchestras, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments, sometimes combined with electronics. Her 2018 chamber opera Harriet: Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman is a 90-minute theater work for soprano, percussion, violin, guitar, and electronics.
This is her 2004 composition Demente Cuerda (“Demented String”), a sonically spectacular concerto of sorts for solo harp with an ensemble of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, and string quintet.