Person in history

Mireya Arboleda

Mireya Arboleda, Colombian classical pianist (born 1928)

Life at a glance

Died
2021 · February 21

Their story

Who they were

Personal life Arboleda was married to Flavio Cruz Domínguez, a lawyer, who later died. The couple had two children, Santiago and José Antonio. On February 21, 2021, Arboleda died at age 92 in Bogotá. [ 1 ] She is first cousins with former Cali Mayor Maurice Armitage . ^ "Obituario: Mireya Arboleda de Cruz" . El Tiempo (in Spanish). 24 February 2021 . Retrieved 27 February 2021 .

María Mireya Arboleda Cadavid was a Colombian classical pianist and teacher.

Path and career

Career As a concert pianist , Arboleda performed recitals and concerts in international venues such as the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, The Town Hall in New York City , [ 1 ] the Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex in Caracas , and the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels . She also performed many times in her home-country of Colombia such as concerts at the Luis Ángel Arango Library in Bogotá , [ 2 ] and the León de Greiff Library in Medellín .

Why this date

Mireya Arboleda appears on our February 21 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.

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February 21 2021.

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