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Blanca Uribe was born in Bogotá, Colombia into a family of many generations of professional musicians. She studied in Vienna at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with Richard Hauser and in New York at The Juilliard School with Rosina Lhevinne and Martin Canin. Her extensive repertoire ranges from Scarlatti to works of the present. Particularly notable are her interpretations of the complete Piano Sonatas of Beethoven which she has performed in cycle on several occasions, and the complete Iberia Suite of Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. A prizewinner at many international competitions, Ms. Uribe has appeared as concerto soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Residentie Orkest in The Hague, and the American Symphony in New York. Ms. Uribe?s many honors include the General Francisco de Paula Santander Medal, awarded for outstanding contribution to Colombian Culture, the Order of Saint Charles, which she received in 1986 from the President of Colombia, and an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Valle University. She currently holds the George Sherman Dickinson Chair in Music at Vassar College where she has taught since 1969. She has also recorded Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos.29 & 31 with Ginastera's Danzas Argentinas for MSR Classics (MS 1034).