Federico Ruiz (composer)

{{Short description|Venezuelan composer (born 1948)}}

{{Family name hatnote|Ruiz|Hurtado|lang=Spanish}}

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| name = Federico Ruiz

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|2|8}}

| birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela

| occupation = Composer

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• Escuela de Música José Ángel Lamas

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• Premio Nacional de Música José Ángel Lamas

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Federico Ruiz Hurtado (born February 8, 1948) is a Venezuelan composer, arranger, and arts administrator. He has composed in diverse genres including symphonic, chamber, and electroacoustic music.

Ruiz was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He was a student at the {{ill|José Ángel Lamas School of Music|es|Escuela de Música José Ángel Lamas}}, where he studied composition with Primo Casale, Vicente Emilio Sojo and Evencio Castellanos; as well as contemporary compositional techniques with {{ill|Giannis Ioannidis (composer)|de|Yannis Ioannidis (Komponist)|lt=Giannis Ioannidis}} and Eduardo Kusnir. Ruiz graduated in 1974.{{Cite web |last=Téllez |first=Carmen Helena |date=January 20, 2001 |title=Ruiz (Hurtado), Federico |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46817 |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=Grove Music Online |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46817 |ref=Téllez}}{{Cite web |title=Federico Ruiz |url=http://www.musica.coord.usb.ve/svmc/compos/federico/federico_bio_corto_esp.html |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=Sociedad Venezolana de Música Contemporánea [Venezuelan Society of Contemporary Music] |language=Spanish}}

In 1976, Ruiz founded the Quinteto Cantaclaro, which consisted of members Carola Marcano, Inés Feo La Cruz, Efraín Arteaga, Gonzalo Peña, and Felipe Izcaray.{{Cite journal |last=Peñín |first=José |date=2003 |title=Música popular de masas, de medios, urbana o mesomúsica venezolana |trans-title=Popular music of the masses, media, or Venezuelan mesomusic |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3598713 |journal=Revista de Música Latinoamericana|language=Spanish |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=88 |jstor=3598713 }} His music for film has earned wide popularity in Venezuela{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2016 |title=La Villa del Cine celebra su décimo aniversario de la mano de El Sistema |trans-title=The House of Cinema celebrates its tenth anniversary under the hand of El Sistema |url=https://elsistema.org.ve/noticias/la-villa-del-cine-celebra-su-decimo-aniversario-de-la-mano-de-el-sistema/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501035746/https://elsistema.org.ve/noticias/la-villa-del-cine-celebra-su-decimo-aniversario-de-la-mano-de-el-sistema/ |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=El Sistema: Música para todos [El Sistema: Music for everyone] |language=Spanish}} and many of his works are part of the repertoire of ensembles in El Sistema.{{Cite web |date=March 28, 2014 |title=Festival de coros en Londres se inspira en El Sistema [London choir festival finds inspiration in El Sistema] |url=https://elsistema.org.ve/noticias/festival-de-coros-en-londres-se-inspira-en-el-sistema/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501034524/https://elsistema.org.ve/noticias/festival-de-coros-en-londres-se-inspira-en-el-sistema/ |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=El Sistema: Música para todos [El Sistema: Music for everyone] |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |date=June 1, 2018 |title=El Festival Latinoamericano de Música estrenó más de 50 composiciones |trans-title=The Festival of Latin American Music premiered more than fifty compositions |url=https://elsistema.org.ve/noticias/el-festival-latinoamericano-de-musica-estreno-mas-de-50-composiciones/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501034845/https://elsistema.org.ve/noticias/el-festival-latinoamericano-de-musica-estreno-mas-de-50-composiciones/ |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=El Sistema: Música para todos [El Sistema: Music for everyone] |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2014 |title=La Coral Nacional Juvenil Simón Bolívar cantó en la ciudad de los Beatles |trans-title=The Simón Bolívar National Youth Chorale sang in The Beatles' city |url=https://elsistema.org.ve/noticias/la-coral-nacional-juvenil-simon-bolivar-canto-en-la-ciudad-de-los-beatles/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501035234/https://elsistema.org.ve/noticias/la-coral-nacional-juvenil-simon-bolivar-canto-en-la-ciudad-de-los-beatles/ |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=El Sistema: Música para todos [El Sistema: Music for everyone] |language=Spanish}}

Pianist Clara Rodríguez has championed and recorded Ruiz's music.{{Cite web |date=April 1996 |title=Ruiz Piano Works |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/ruiz-piano-works |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=Gramophone}}{{Cite web |last=Corfield Godfrey |first=Paul |date=April 12, 2012 |title=Ruiz Piano Music |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Apr12/Ruiz_NI6179.htm |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=MusicWeb International}}