Thursday, July 2, 2009

Mexico Composers continued...

Javier Torres Maldanado
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Javier Torres Maldonado was born in Chuetumal, Mexico in 1968 he is an Italian-Mexican composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, vocal and electro acoustic works. In most of his works he explores innovative ways of organizing time and space. Along with receiving many awards from around the globe, his works are programmed by internationally renowned festivals and institutions. A resident of Italy since 1996 he has taught composition and composition assisted by computer at Universities in Switzerland, Mexico, and Spain.

Gabriela Ortiz
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Gabriela Ortiz was born in Mexico City and studied composition with Mario Lauista at The National Conservatory of Music. In 1990 she was awarded The British Council Fellowship to study in London under Robert Saxton at the Guildnal School of Music and Drama. In 1992 she received the University of Mexico scholarship to complete PhD studies in a electro acoustic music composition with Simon Emmerson at The City University in London. She currently teaches composition at the Mexican University of Mexico City. She is considered one of the best young Mexican composers, her music achieves a balance between highly organized structure and improvisatory spontaneity.

Jose Elizondo
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Jose L. Elizondo was born in 1972. He received his degrees in music, humanities, and electrical engineer from MIT studying under Peter Child and Edward Cohen. At Harvard University he studied musical analysis, orchestration, and conducting with Robert Levin, James Yannatos, and Jameson Marvin. In 2002 the Pan American Symphony Orchestra presented a month long festival featuring complete works as well as premieres by Elizondo. His compositions have been featured at numerous festivals around the world. He combines his love for music with his interest in linguistics and phonetics by working as a language and diction coach for distinguished choral ensembles.

Victor Rasgado

Victor Rasgado is a pianist and classical composer born in 1959 in Mexico City. He studied piano and composition at the Escuela Nacional de Musica and the Centro de Investigacion y Estudias Musicales Tiamatinime in Mexico with later studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His opera Anacletomorones was one of the winners of the Premio Orpheus for new chamber of operas, other notable compositions include his 2001 children’s opera The Rabbit and The Coyote and Revelos performed in Carnegie Hall during the Sonidos de las Americas festival on 1994.

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