Alfredo del Mónaco

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Alfredo del Mónaco (born April 29, 1938 in Caracas , † June 27, 2015 in Caracas) was a Venezuelan composer.

Life

After studying law at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (until 1961 ), Del Mónaco studied piano and composition with Moisés Moleiro and Primo Casale in Venezuela. From 1969 to 1975 he lived in New York, where he worked at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center and from 1972 to 1974 studied at Columbia University .

In 1969 he founded the Venezuelan department of the International Society for Contemporary Music , and in 1999 he was one of the founding members of the Colegio de Compositores de Iberoamerica in Mexico.

He is considered one of the pioneers of electroacoustic music in Venezuela. His works soon found international recognition and were among others. a. Performed at the Venice Biennale (1971), the Electroacoustic Music Festival in Brussels (1971) and Madrid (1973) and several times at the ISCM World Music Days (1976, 1993, 1995).

He received the National Prize for Composition in 1968, the National Prize for Composition in 1999 and the Spanish Premio Tomás Luis de Victoria in 2001 .

Works

  • Dos Fugas academicas for string orchestra, 1964
  • Sonata for string quartet, 1965
  • Cromofonias I for tape, 1966–67
  • Cromofonias II for orchestra, 1968
  • Estudio electronico I for tape, 1968
  • La noche de las Alegorías for eight mixed voices, 1968
  • Estudio electronico II for tape, 1970
  • Tres Ambientes coreograficos para Sonia Sanoja for tape, 1970
  • Alternancias for string quartet, piano and tape, 1971
  • Dualismos for flute, clarinet, trombone, piano and tape, 1971
  • Syntagma (A) for trombone and tape, 1971–72
  • Syntagma (B-flat) for trombone, 1972
  • Tropicos for tape, 1972
  • Synus 12/25/1971 for tape, 1972
  • Solentiname for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion, 1972–73
  • Estudio electronico III for tape, 1974
  • Encuentros del eco for two pianos and percussion, 1976
  • Tupac-Amaru for large orchestra, 1977
  • Cuarteto para voces for four speakers, 1978
  • Cronoformantes , 1978
  • Chants for flute, 1988
  • Tientos de la noche imaginada for guitar and orchestra, 1990–91
  • Tientos del vespero for guitar, 1991
  • Tlalolc for piano, 1991
  • Lyrica for oboe, 1992
  • Cantos de la noche alta for female voice and orchestra, 1992
  • Visiones del caminante for two guitars, 1995
  • Aforismos for bass flute and guitar, 1998
  • Memorial for orchestra, 2000–02

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on the website of the Colegio de Compositores Latinoamericanos de Música de Arte , accessed on October 30, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Mónaco, Alfredo del
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Caracas
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 2015
Place of death Caracas