Cecilia Arizti Sobrino (28 October 1856 – 30 June 1930) was a Cuban composer, pianist and music educator. Biography Cecilia Arizti was born in La Loma del Angel, Havana, the daughter of pianist Fernando Arizti and his wife Teresa Sobrino. Arizti studied music with her father and composition with Francisco Fuentes and Espadero Ruiz, and showed an early talent for composition. After completing her studies, Arizti performed as a concert pianist in Cuba and the United States. She became a professor at the Conservatory Peyrellade, and published a manual of piano technique. Works Arizti's works are for piano and composed in Romantic style. Selected works include: Impromptu in F minor Vals lent Romanza Nocturn Caprici Reverie, Op. 16 Chamber Trio for piano, violin and cello References Further reading 1856 births 1930 deaths 19th-century classical composers 20th-century classical composers Cuban people of Basque descent Cuban classical pianists Women classical pianists Cuban women pianists Cuban composers Cuban music educators People from Havana Piano pedagogues Women classical composers Women music educators Cuban expatriates in the United States 20th-century women composers 19th-century women composers 19th-century women pianists 20th-century women pianists