Boris Cepeda

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Boris Cepeda (born September 26, 1974 in Quito ) is a German - Ecuadorian pianist , conductor , arranger , diplomat and cultural manager .

Boris Cepeda

Career

Cepeda received his first piano lessons at the age of four. He first appeared on Ecuadorian television when he was five. In 1981 he gave his first concert in Quito. Since then he has given concerts worldwide a. in the Berlin Philharmonie , in the Konzerthaus Berlin , Laeiszhalle , Istana Budaya in Kuala Lumpur, Casa de la Música Quito, Teatro Nacional Sucre and at the music festivals Kissinger Sommer and Kurt-Weill-Fest in Dessau. Boris Cepeda studied in Kurt Seibert's class at the University of the Arts in Bremen . As a song accompanist , Boris Cepeda has dealt in particular with the work of Franz Schubert , Max Reger , Aribert Reimann and Moritz Eggert . Together with the baritone Peter Schöne , he initiated the Schubertlied project in 2004. In 1998 Boris Cepeda and his wife Katja founded the Max Reger piano duo, which performed and recorded the most important works by this composer for this line-up. Boris Cepeda is also active as a piano teacher and has given master classes, seminars and lecture concerts at schools, music schools, music conservatories and cultural institutions in Germany, Ecuador, Malaysia, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Since the season 2009/2010 Boris Cepeda worked as deputy director of studies and accompanist at the Anhalt Theater in Dessau . Since spring 2016 he has been working as a study director at the Münster Theater in Westphalia . In this task he works with singers from the theater. He works as a choir director at the Münster Concert Choir.

conductor

In the 2012/13 season, Cepeda took over the musical direction of the children's opera “ Bastien and Bastienne ” by WA Mozart (director: Jana Eimer) at the Anhaltisches Theater. For this production he created an arrangement for wind quintet. In the 13/14 season he directed the operetta “ The beautiful Galathée ” by Franz von Suppè (stage set: Felix Losert) at the Anhaltisches Theater.

arranger

Boris Cepeda has been working as a processor since 2002. He has u. a. arranged the music for the play "The Good Man of Sezuan" (director: Josef Pausch) for the Leuchtenberg Castle Festival in 2002, in 2012 an arrangement for wind quintet of the opera "Bastien und Bastienne" by WA Mozart for the Anhaltisches Theater and in 2014 a version for Salon orchestra of festival music "Castra Vetera" brought out by Max Reger.

diplomat

Boris Cepeda worked as cultural attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of Ecuador in Berlin from 2002 to 2007. In this function he was a. a. responsible for the organization of the cultural program of Ecuador for the soccer World Cup 2006.

Cultural manager

During his music studies in Bremen, Boris Cepeda helped organize interdisciplinary projects at the Bremen University of the Arts, such as B. “From the depths of the soul” and “Johannes Brahms”. In 1999 he worked as assistant to the artistic director of the 1st Weiden Max Reger Day. In the same year he directed the Festival of Ibero-American Music in Bremen. In 2009 he founded the international music festival Mendelssohnfest.

Scholarships and Awards

  • 1982: 1st prize at the national music competition in Cuenca, Ecuador
  • 1985: 1st prize at the 1st national “Guillermo Wright Vallarino” competition in Quito
  • 1989: 1st prize at the 3rd national “Guillermo Wright Vallarino” competition in Quito
  • 1985–1990: Scholarship from the Guayasamín Foundation, Quito
  • 1980–1992: Scholarship from the German School Quito (1980–1992)
  • 1989: Winner of the Pedagogical Exchange Service
  • 1992: Prize for the best student in “German as a Foreign Language”, Quito
  • 1988–1990: Scholarship from the Zaldumbide Rosales Foundation, Quito
  • 1990–1992: Grant from the Juan Esteban Cordero Foundation, Quito
  • 1990–1992: Scholarship from the Quito Philharmonic Society
  • 1993–1998: Scholarship from the Waldemar Koch Foundation Bremen
  • 1994 Scholarship from the Richard Wagner Association
  • 1993 Scholarship from the Esquel Foundation, Quito
  • 2004 Order " Vicente Rocafuerte " of the Ecuadorian Parliament for merits in art and culture
  • 2009 Prize of the German Schubert Society, Duisburg

Discography, radio recordings

  • 1994: Franz Schubert: 3rd movement from the Sonata in A minor D-784, studio recording for Radio Bremen
  • 1996: CD “Max Reger, Piano Music”, Max Reger: Four special studies for the hand alone
  • 1998: Karol Szymanowski: Variations on a Polish Theme Op. 10, studio recording for Radio Bremen
  • 1998: CD “Desde la mitad del mundo” with works by the Ecuadorian composer Juan Pablo Muñoz Sanz
  • 1999 Max Reger: Variations on a Theme by WA Mozart for 2 pianos together with Katja Cepeda, studio recording for Radio Bremen
  • 2003: Robert Schumann: Concerto in A minor for piano and orchestra together with the Junge Philharmonie Ecuador, live recording of a concert in the Berlin Philharmonic on May 2, 2003, DeutschlandRadio.
  • 2005: CD “Boris Cepeda, piano” with works by Karol Szymanowski, Franz Liszt, Max Reger and Gerardo Guevara.
  • 2006: CD "Voces en la Sombra", piano works by Juan Pablo Muñoz Sanz
  • 2006: CD and radio broadcast of Aribert Reimann's “Shine and Dark” for baritone and piano (left hand), live recording of the award winners' concert of the ARD music competition 2006, Bayerischer Rundfunk

Trivia

A character in the novel “Itinerario de Trenes” by the Ecuadorian diplomat and writer Jaime Marchán, published in 2000, is named Boris Cepeda. There he is described as a painter and cultural attaché for the Embassy of the Republic of Ecuador in Vienna.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Alemanes ovacionan a la Sinfónica Juvenil” ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article in the Ecuadorian daily Hoy on May 4, 2003, accessed on August 14, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hoy.com.ec
  2. ↑ Boris Cepeda has nerves like wire ropes. In: Der Tagesspiegel . June 7, 2007, accessed August 14, 2014 .
  3. ↑ "Boris Cepeda plays virtuoso piano music in the Laeiszhalle" , press release by Boris Cepeda, accessed on August 14, 2014
  4. ↑ "Nuevo consentido del Teatro Sucre" , article in the Ecuadorian daily El Comercio on December 13, 2012, accessed on August 14, 2014
  5. ↑ Information brochure with the program for the Kissinger Summer 2007
  6. ↑ Deathly quiet noise in the white hall. In: Mainpost . July 2, 2007, accessed August 14, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Program highlights of the 2012 Kurt Weill Festival
  8. ↑ Search database of the music publisher Schott ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schott-musik.de
  9. ↑ The name says it all . In: Der Tagesspiegel . June 12, 2007, accessed August 14, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Announcement of a master class at the National Conservatory in Quito
  11. ↑ "Cinco días para hablar del país en Alemania", article in the Ecuadorian daily newspaper Hoy from April 25, 2002, accessed on August 14, 2014 ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hoy.com.ec
  12. ^ Announcement of a lecture by Boris Cepeda at the Instituto Cervantes in Munich.
  13. ^ Prelude for a Cactus. Report on a project for children about John Cage at the Bauhaus Dessau . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . August 6, 2012, accessed August 14, 2014 .
  14. ^ List of the employees of the Anhaltische Theater
  15. ^ Münstersche Zeitung: He also sings along from time to time. In: Müsterschezeitung. Retrieved May 24, 2016 .
  16. ^ Information from the website of the Anhaltisches Theater
  17. ^ Entry in the date database of opera productions
  18. ^ Information from the website of the Anhaltisches Theater
  19. ↑ Boris Cepeda's press release of May 9, 2014, accessed on August 14, 2014
  20. ↑ A diplomat at the piano. In: Berliner Morgenpost . June 12, 2007, accessed August 14, 2014 .
  21. ↑ 2006 World Cup: Ecuador presents a top-class art and culture program ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Report of the German Football Association from March 12, 2006, accessed on August 14, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dfb2012.yum.de
  22. ↑ Report on the 1st International Music Festival Mendelssohnfest by Peter Cossé for Classical Today from December 14, 2009, accessed on August 14, 2014
  23. ↑ German Schubert Society honors Peter Schöne and Boris Cepeda , message from Klassik.com dated June 23, 2009, accessed on August 14, 2014
  24. ^ Library of the German-Maltese Circle
  25. ^ "Pianist, diplomat and Max Reger ambassador, Boris Cepeda publishes his solo piano CD with a unique repertoire", Oberpfälzer Nachrichten of July 8, 2005, accessed on August 14, 2014
  26. ^ Holdings in the Library of Congress catalog, accessed on August 14, 2014
  27. ↑ Mention of the fictional character Boris Cepeda in the novel "Itinerario de Trenes" by Jaime Marchán
personal data
SURNAME Cepeda, Boris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Ecuadorian pianist, conductor, arranger, diplomat and cultural manager
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Quito