Dulce María Serret Danger

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Pianist and teacher born in Santiago de Cuba, she received her first music lessons in her native land.

It was the year 1898 and in this Caribbean city in eastern Cuba, Dulce María Serret Danger was born, who from a very young age showed taste and aptitude for music.

Her musical training began in Santiago de Cuba, when she was only 9 years old, she was recommended by the Camagüey professor José Marín Varona, to enter the National Conservatory of Music in Havana, an institution founded by the prestigious Dutch composer and pianist Hubert de Blanck, who directed Dulce María's talent.

In 1915, the City Council of the capital granted the young woman from Santiago a scholarship to continue her studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music and Declamation in Madrid. Two years later, already graduated, she gave a recital before the Kings of Spain.

Her professional activities extended throughout the Iberian Peninsula, performing on major stages and in important cities.

In 1920, at only 22 years old, she moved to France, where she studied at the Schola Cantorum, the Great Temple of French Music, working on Romanticism, ancient music, and works by great contemporaries.

By May 1926, Dulce María Serret returned to Cuba and made her debut at the National Theater in Havana, and in the month of July, on the 15th, she performed at the Oriente Theater in her native city, alongside her brother Antonio. Her arrival in Santiago de Cuba stirred intellectuals and politicians in the territory, which led to the founding of the Conservatory, whose direction fell to Dulce and was considered the most important center of its time, where concerts, recitals, and lectures were offered.

The great master Harold Gramatges was part of the first graduating class of the Conservatory and was Dulce María's favorite student, so much so that in 1988, both personalities were awarded the Medal for Cuban Culture and at the request of the pedagogue, the musician positioned himself at her side to receive the decoration.

The outstanding pianist passed away on May 30, 1989, and as a fitting tribute to her, who dedicated almost her entire life to teaching music, the Association of Pedagógues of Cuba in the province created the Chair that bears her name.

The Dulce María Serret Chair is presided over by Lic. Mercy Bosch Ramírez, who has dedicated herself to the study of the life and work of the illustrious teacher, and gave her most heartfelt support for the completion of this work.

Mercy testifies, for Tvsantiago, that at the founding ceremony of the Chair, Harold Gramatges participated and when he spoke expressed "great joy at considering it a recognition of an illustrious figure of national culture." He also thanked the fact that he was named President of Honor, as he believed that: "Dulce María would have chosen him to preside over it as well".