Alfonso Tenreiro

Alfonso Tenreiro Vidal (* 1965 in Caracas ) is a Venezuelan composer.

Life

Tenreiro had organ lessons as a child and studied at the Conservatorio Juan José Landaeta . With a scholarship from the Consejo Nacional de la Cultura (CONAC), he then studied composition, choral conducting and organ at Indiana University in Bloomington .

In 1990 he received first prize in the composition competition of Indiana University, in 1994 the New York Youth Symphony First Music Award and in 1999 the Premio Nacional de Composición " José Ángel Lamas " for his first symphony . His works have been performed at festivals in the USA and Venezuela (including the Festivales Latinoamericana de Música in 2000, 2002 and 2004 in Caracas).

Works

• Tres Ritmos Venezolanos for oboe and cello, 1985
• Poema for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra, 1986
• Concertino para Arpa y Cuerdas , 1986
• Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra, 1987
• Fuentes for strings, oboe and trumpet, 1987
• Obertura para Clarinete y Orquesta , 1988
• Guri for symphony orchestra, 1988
• Diabaca for wind quintet, 1989
• Destello de Arpa for harp solo, 1989
• Serenata para Cuatro Cellos , 1990
• Memorias del Centauro for symphony orchestra, 1990
• Sinfonietta para Banda , 1990
• Canción de Luz for mezzo-soprano, oboe, violin, viola and cello, 1991
• Fantasía para Contrabajo y Piano , 1991
• Imagen de Luz for symphony orchestra, 1991
• Ofrenda a San Juan de la Cruz for strings and solo voices, 1992
• Ofrenda a San Juan de la Cruz for symphony orchestra, 1992
• Discovery 500 for symphony orchestra, 1992
• La Promesa Cumplida for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 1993
• Canzona Popular for symphony orchestra, 1993
• Danza Sagrada for symphony orchestra, 1994
• Sinfonía No.1 (Sinfonía Sacra) , 1998
• Ecos de la Montaña for symphony orchestra, 1999
• Concierto para Guitarra y Orquesta , 1999
• Requiem , 2000
• Misa Magdalena , 2001
• Caroní , 2002

Web links

• Homepage of Alfonso Tenreiro