Background
Constança Capdeville was born in Barcelona and lived in the village of Caxias as a child.
Constança Capdeville was born in Barcelona and lived in the village of Caxias as a child.
She wrote piano compositions at an early age, and studied piano and composition at the Lisbon Conservatorio Nacional, where she received a diploma in Higher Education in Music.
She came from an artistic family and in her youth was exposed to creative geniuses including Salvador Dalí. After completing her studies in Barcelona, Capdeville settled in Portugal in 1951. She pursued further studies in piano with Varela Cid and musical composition with Jorge Croner de Vasconcellos.
She then specialized her education in music to the study of ancient music (paleography/transcribing, organology, clavichord and performance practice) with Macário Santiago Kastner.
After completing her musical studies, Capdeville taught music at the National Conservatory and the New University of Lisbon. Capdeville was a prolific composer.
She produced approximately 100 pieces for orchestra, chamber ensembles and a variety of soloists using different instruments. She also composed music for films and plays, ballet/dance and "dramatized" staged performances.
From early on, her music revealed close ties to the dramatic arts and to the imagery of the human condition evoked though sound and Mise en scène.
Capdeville"s compositions were laden with multiple artistic perception. Capdeville was also a talented percussionist, but as a musician her main instrument was the piano. Besides the conservatory, she taught at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa and at the Academia de Musica de Santa Cecilia in Lisbon.
She also taught in the Musicology department of the "Universidade Nova de Lisboa" (New University of Lisbon) "s Faculty of Humanities ( UNLFCSH ).
In this position, she taught a number of students who went on to prominence in music and composition and went on to receive prestigious national and international awards. These students include Eurico Carrapatoso, among others
Capdeville died of cancer February 4, 1992, at the age of 55 in her hometown of Caxias. Convivium Musicum, ensemble
ColecViva, musical theatre
Opus Sic, music for films and performances
Palavras por dentro, theatrical.
She was a member of the Portuguese Council of Music and the Catalan Composers Association of Barcelona.