Elisenda Fábregas (born 1955 in Terrassa, Province of Barcelona, Spain) is a Catalan/American Composer.
Fábregas studied piano at the Conservatory of Barcelona until 1978. She came to the USA and studied for her bachelor's and master's degree (1983) in piano performance at Juilliard School of Music with Beveridge Webster and Joseff Raieff and Samuel Sanders. She made her debut in the Carnegie Recital Hall in 1978.
She received doctorates from Columbia University Teachers College in education (1992) and Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in music composition (2011).
As a pianist she performed besides in Spain, in various countries, England, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and the United States.
In 2015 she lives in Seoul, South Korea, and is working as invited professor of music at Kyung Hee University.
Fábregas received the Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award at the Music Teachers National Association Convention in Washington D.C. in 2001.
Fábregas composed more than forty works for solo, chamber ensemble, vocal, chorus and orchestra. She composed several large-scale piano works like Mirage (1997), Portraits I (2000), Hommage for Mompou (2006), and Hommage for Mozart (2006).
Five Songs (On poems by Federico Garcia Lorca) for soprano and piano, 1986Variaciones para Orquesta, 1990Five Poems of García Lorca for soprano, cello, clarinet and violin, 1992Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, 1994Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, 1995Andante Appassionato for solo flute, 1996Sonata No. 1 for flute and piano, 1996Mirage for piano, 1997Lyric scenes for the young for piano, 1999Portraits II for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, 1999Cinco Soledades (on poems by Antonio Machado) for basbariton and piano, 1999-2004Portraits I for piano, 2000Winged serpent for clarinet and piano, 2001Bonna Domna for string orchestra and choir, 2001–04Album for the Young for piano, 2002Five musings for soprano and piano, 2002Village Scenes for soprano and piano, 2002Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello and piano, 2003Miniatures for the Young for piano, 2004Moments of change for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2004–05Hommage a Mozart for piano, 2005Moments of change (poems by Margaret Atwood) for soprano and piano, 2005Colores Andaluces for cello and pianor, 2006Homenaje a Mompou for piano, 2007The Flaming Rock (La Roca llameante) for choir and string quartet, 2007Tu i els meus somnis (poems by Josep Janes) for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2007Goyescas (inspired by Goya. for flute and guitar, 2008Voices of the Rainforest for flute, cello and piano, 2008Gacelas de amor (poems by Federico Garcia Lorca) for soprano, flute and piano, 2009Solitary for baritone, clarinet, cello and piano, 2009Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, 2010Terra Mater for Symphony Orchestra, 2011Retorn a la terra (Return to the homeland, poems by Josep Carner and Joan Maragall) for narrator, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, and double bass, 2012.Caminos del duende for marimba and percussion, 2012Symphony No. 1 for Symphonic Band, 2014
