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Alicia Urreta was born in [[Veracruz, Veracruz]]. In 1952 she entered the [[Conservatorio NationalNacional de MusicaMúsica (Mexico)|Conservatorio Nacional de Música]] in [[Mexico City]], studying harmony with [[Rodolfo Halffter]], and other topics under [[HernandezHernández Moncada]], [[León Mariscal]], and [[Sandor Roth]]. AfterIn 19571969, she studied with [[Jean-Etienne Marie]] at Schola Cantorum of Paris, France. She also studied piano instruction from [[Alfred Brendel]] and [[Alicia de Larrocha]].<ref name="Latin American Classical Composers 2016, p. 634">''Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary'' – Third Edition, by Martha Furman. Schleifer, Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, p. 634</ref> She later worked as a concert pianist for the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional.<ref name=iewc>''International Encyclopedia of Women Composers'', by Aaron I. Cohen, Second edition, vol.&nbsp;2, Books and Music, 1987, pp. 711–712</ref> She also taught at the [[University of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers|lastlast1=Sadie|firstfirst1=Julie Anne| last2=Rhian|first2=Samuel|formatyear=Digitized online by GoogleBooks1994|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA467&lpg=PA467&dqq=Alicia+Urreta&sourcepg=bl&ots=iHxtwIIsm9&sig=MFJWk_CTQGYQ8bBPUHYtGn7ng9Y&hl=en&ei=VMegTOyXEMX6lwegz7H3CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CD4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Alicia%20Urreta&f=falsePA467|accessdate=27 September 2010|page=467|isbn=9780393034875}}</ref> and was an instructor in acoustics at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional of Mexico City.<ref name="Latin American Classical Composers 2016, p. 634"/>

Urreta established the National Symphony Orchestra (1975), was the general Coordinator of the National Opera Company of INBA. music coordinator of the Casa del Lago, musical performances director of the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] and founder of the Camerata of Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sic.conaculta.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=artista&table_id=2010|title=Urreta Alicia Arroyo|accessdate=27 September 2010}}</ref> In 1984, she had begun organizing musical festivals to promote Mexican and Spanish contemporary music, collaborating with Spanish composer [[Cruz de Castro]]. She premiered her Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional in 1982.<ref>Pulido, Esperanza. "Mexican Women in Music". ''Latin American Music Review'' / ''Revista de Música Latinoamericana'', vol. 4, no. 1, 1983, pp. 120–131</ref> She died in Mexico City in 1987.

Urreta composed, among other works, a chamber opera, five ballets, pieces for solo instruments, a cantata, incidental music, a Musiquemusique concrète composition for [[Noh]] theater and film scores.<ref name=iewc />

*''Selva de PajarosPájaros'' for tape, 1978

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