Alejandro Iglesias Rossi

Alejandro Iglesias Rossi (born July 27, 1960 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine composer.

Iglesias Rossi studied composition and electroacoustic music at the Catholic University of Argentina (1977–79), the Boston Conservatory of Music (1980–82) and the Conservatoire de Paris (1983–87). His teachers included John Adams , Guy Reibel and Sergio Ortega . In Paris he was a member of the Movimiento ensemble for contemporary Latin American music. Since 1992 he has been living in Argentina again.

For his compositions he received a. a. first prizes at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers 1985 and at the International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music 1996. In 1988 he received a Nadia Boulanger scholarship and in 1991 the City of Buenos Aires Prize. His works have been performed at international festivals in Latin America and Europe, such as the Warsaw Autumn , the Styrian Autumn and the Foro de Música Nueva in Mexico.

Works

Ancestral Rites of a Forgotten Culture for mezzo-soprano and six percussionists, 1984
Llorando silencios , Six Quechua songs for solo cello, 1986
Manchay puitu for soprano, flute and two percussionists, 1986
The Sacrifice of Atawallpa for soprano, bass, mixed choir and orchestra, 1986
Canto viejo for five instrumentalists, 1988
The Howl of the Thousand Throats for speaker, mixed choir and orchestra, 1990
Angelus , 1996

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personal data
SURNAME	Iglesias Rossi, Alejandro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentine composer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 27, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buenos Aires