Carlos Stella

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Carlos Stella (* 1961 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine composer .

Stella studied piano at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Buenos Aires and self-taught composition. He was invited by Krzysztof Penderecki to the Krakow Music Academy in 1985 . Back in Buenos Aires, he received other grants from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes and the Antorchas Foundation and began to work at the Teatro del Sur with the director Alberto Félix Alberto . He has lived in Berlin since 1999 .

His style is characterized by the combination of elements from different musical traditions, such as Gagaku , Nō and Kabuki , sequences and tropics , Ragam-tanam-pallavi , Baroque and Rococo , Kebyar , brass bands , Thai piphat , circus music , gamelan , organa , tango , Tibetan ritual music etc. and by exploring the possibilities of variation , imitation , parody , montage , transcription , copy , quotation , paraphrase , trope and repetition . His use of ideas such as the kaleidoscope , the labyrinth , the mosaic , the spiral , the echo and the mirror is also typical .

Works

  • the frog, the moon, buddha and me , based on haikus by Basho , Issa , Buson and Shiki , for female voice and piano
  • transformation of an own theme into another by beethoven for 3 horns
  • orchestral pieces with mirrors and a counterpart
  • trio: or, commedia for oboe, bass trumpet and tuba
  • quartet: pastiches, parodies and variations on two themes by stravinsky and berio for clarinet piccolo, trombone, xylorimba and vibraphone
  • sinfonia containing various themes which may or may not be recognized by the listener; with many parodies, imitations, variations and mere repetitions affecting them (symphony that contains several themes which the listener can or cannot recognize; with many parodies, imitations, variations and mere repetitions) for 31 players
  • duetto: a parody, a transcript and an imitation by Beckett for bassoon and cello
  • hockney's choclo: 10 variations, imitations and paraphrases on piazzolla's arrangement of the tango ' el choclo ' after a picture by david hockney for accordion, piano, violin, electric guitar and bass
  • adieu à venise , based on a poem by Georges Perec , for female voice and accordion
  • piano piece in the form of a mosaic composed of several modifications and conversions, transfers and imitations of known and unknown motifs
  • the indian post: a piece for wind orchestra based on a march by sousa after a south indian form
  • 15 movements from la muerte en marcha for orchestra
  • brahms in the mirror cabinet for piccolo, violoncello and piano
  • why do you smoke so much, lili? after a piece by Tennessee Williams , for accordion and piano
  • after all, vinnie, I am your mother! (a piece for two soloists and continuo, a string trio and kagebayashi) for cor anglais , trumpet, guitar, violin, viola, violoncello, counter tenor and piano
  • antigonai (an opera made from fragments based on Sophocles and Hölderlin for three choirs and a female trio)

Music for theater, film and video

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personal data
SURNAME Stella, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires