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Sewanee Summer Music Festival 2018
What an amazing group of composers and fueling 4 weeks! Lots of great things in the future of these young talented artists.
Alexandre Tansman “Finale” UNRELEASED
Another UNRELEASED track from the upcoming album Purple ego by the Domino ensemble. This is a personal version of Alexandre Tansman’s Finale (from his suite for reeds trio). Featuring Mark Boling (guitar), Keith Brown (drums), Jon Hamar (double bass) and Jorge Variego (bass clarinet and arrangement). Recorded live at the University of Tennessee on March 5th 2018. Take a listen!
The invisible hand in LA
The invisible hand (for two violas and electronic) will be performed at the American Viola Society national conference at the Colburn School in LA on Friday 6-15. A real treat to have this piece played again by violists extraordinaire Hillary Herndon and Daphne Gerling. Never stop!
Common features UNRELEASED
Another UNRELEASED track from Purple ego featuring Jon Hamar (double bass), Mark Boling (guitar), Keith Brown (drums), Jorge Variego (clarinet and composition).
@ Visby
Thanks to the Swedish Council on the Arts I am here again drinking endless coffee, writing lots of music and meeting amazing musicians. A real treat.
Purple ego – UNRELEASED
An advance of the upcoming album “Purple ego” by the Domino Ensemble. Featuring: Jon Hamar (double bass), Mark Boling (guitar), Keith Brown (drums) and Jorge Variego (bass clarinet and composition).
Recorded live at the University of Tennessee Powell Recital Hall on March 5th.
My new book on Algorithmic Composition is out!
Alegría enorme de saber que mi libro “Composición Algorítmica – matemáticas y ciencias de la computación en la creación musical” (publicado por editorial de la Universidad de Quilmes) va a estar en la feria del libro 2018 en Buenos Aires. Impecable trabajo del equipo de producción de la editorial, especialmente de Oscar Pablo Di Liscia, director de la colección de música y ciencia. Entre otras cosas, el material incluye entrevistas a Richard Barrett, Peter Beyls, David Cope, Ricardo Dal Farra, Roger Dannenberg, Gottfried Koenig, Gerhard Nierhaus, Eduardo Reck Miranda, Joel Ryan y Rodrigo Sigal. Lo presenté en Madrid el pasado 7 de mayo en la Universidad Autónoma gracias al Mtro. Adolfo Núñez / Super humbled to know that my book “Composición Algorítmica – matemáticas y ciencias de la computación en la creación musical” (Universidad de Quilmes) will be at the 2018 book fair in Buenos Aires. Impeccable work by the editorial and the director of the collection, Pablo Di Liscia. Among other things, the book contains a series of interviews with Richard Barrett, Peter Beyls, David Cope, Ricardo Dal Farra, Roger Dannenberg, Gottfried Koenig, Gerhard Nierhaus, Eduardo Reck Miranda, Joel Ryan and Rodrigo Sigal., I did present it in Madrid, at the Universidad Autónoma on May 7th thanks to Adolfo Nunez.
El libro está disponible online / the book is already available online.
Aquí una reseña en castellano.
Desde la época de Guido D’Arezzo hasta nuestros días, la composición musical con algoritmos reafirma la necesidad del pensamiento transversal en la materia, revelando su estrecha vinculación con otras disciplinas artísticas, con la ciencia y con la tecnología. Desde esta perspectiva, Composición algorítmica aborda problemáticas ligadas a la evolución histórica, el análisis y la aplicación concreta de procesos algorítmicos en la composición musical.
El libro se organiza en una serie de secciones independientes que van desde interrogantes polémicos hasta entrevistas informales con compositores actuales (David Cope, Roger Dannenberg y Rodrigo Sigal, entre otros), y, lejos de intentar un estudio de los métodos compositivos que se puedan formalizar a través del análisis de obras en particular, propone una perspectiva centrada en los paradigmas que representan sistemas de componer. El énfasis está puesto así en los sistemas de reglas, procedimientos e instrucciones –no en la producción compositiva per se–, y estos sistemas son estudiados (a veces extraídos mediante el análisis), explicados y aplicados en ejemplos concretos. La presentación de los temas en forma circular, práctica-teoría-práctica, es esencial en este libro, que incluye también ejemplos en código de programación para el entorno SuperCollider.
Milonga tuerta premiered by Dieter Hennings
Listen to the world premiere version of my “Milonga tuerta” by Mtro. Dieter Hennings on guitar. The performance took place at the University of South Florida New Music Festival on 4-6-18.
Milonga tuerta, world premiere version by Dieter Hennings
@ the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
For more information: https://goo.gl/jxEpzW
Ayn Balija premieres “Enviolao” @ UVA
My most recent work “Enviolao” for viola and piano will be premiered by Ayn Balija at Old Cabell Hall in Charlottesville. This event is part of the UVA Chamber Music Series.
The 2017-2018 University of Virginia Chamber Music Series concludes on Sunday, April 22 at 3:30 pm with the Ayn Balija, viola. Balija will be joined by pianist Shelby Sender, violist Megan Gray and John D’earth will present dazzling selections that span the repertoire of the viola in the America’s. These diverse selections, sure to delight any audience, will include Lillain Fuchs’ Sonata Pastorale, Francisco Mignone’s Tres Valsas Brasileiras, Aaron Minsky’s Truckin’ Through the South, Ernst Bloch’s Suite Hebraique and a world premier of a new composition by composer Jorge Variego. The duo will also unveil a world premiere for viola and piano written by composer Jorge Variego.
Violist Ayn Balija leads a musically rich life performing and teaching throughout the country. She joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in 2007 as Lecturer of Viola. Along with maintaining a studio, she also serves as the principal violist of the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia and is the violist of the Rivanna String Quartet. In 2015-16, Ms. Balija also served as the interim viola instructor at James Madison University and in 2004 as an adjunct professor at Lorain County Community College.
Ms. Balija performs solo, chamber, and orchestral works around the country. She has soloed with Max Rabinovitsj and the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s Symphonia Concertante in 2009 as well as the Milhaud Concerto for Viola with the Tennessee Governor’s School Faculty Orchestra in 2015. For 12 years, Ms. Balija was a section member of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus championing new works and recording under the Summit label. She regularly substitutes for the Richmond Symphony, Williamsburg Symphony, and Roanoke Symphony. In 2005, Ms. Balija was invited to tour with the Pittsburgh Symphony on their East Coast Tour including a performance at Carnegie Hall. An enthusiastic supporter of new music in chamber music, she was part of a consortium for Fernghetti, a new work by Libby Larsen for clarinet, piano, and viola, and performances of works such composers as Michael Daugherty, Kenji Bunch, Matthew Burtner, and Judith Shatin.
“Milonga tuerta” premiered in Tampa
Maestrissimo Dieter Hennings premiered my recent work for solo guitar “Milonga tuerta” for solo guitar at the University of South Florida New Music Festival and Symposium on April 6th. Wonderful times and an outstanding performance.