Edgar Barroso

Edgar Barroso (* 1977 ) is a Mexican composer.

Barroso studied digital art, composition, and electro-acoustic music. He obtained a Ph.D. with Hans Tutschku , Brian Ferneyhough , Helmut Lachenmann , Michael Gandolfi and Chaya Czernowin at Harvard University , where he has taught since 2010 and heads the Harvard Group for New Music . In 2006 he received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service , and in 2007 a grant from the Spanish Phhonos Foundation. He has now won the Grand Prix at Harvard University's Live Electronics International Composition Competition . He was also a finalist in the composition competition of the Ensemblia Festival 2007 and the International Jurgenson Competition for Young Composers in Russia.

Electroacoustic music and multimedia works are at the center of Barroso's compositional oeuvre. He received the Best Audio Award at the international Black & White Multimedia Festival in Lisbon . In cooperation with the poet Juan de Dios Vázquez , the filmmaker Aryo Danusiri and the designer Yen-Ting Cho , the multimedia Nahua operetta Zazanilli was created in 2010-11 .

Works

• "Kuanasi Uato" for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
• "Over Proximity" for flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, one snare drum, two maracas and piano
• "Ataraxia" for Percussion and Live Electronics
• "Utterance" for Baritone and One Speaker
• "Noemata" for electric guitar, saxophone, percussion and piano
• "An Inward Flow" for Soprano, Saxophone and Live Electronics
• Sketches of Briefness for flute, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass
• Metric expansion of space for amplified accordion
• Engrama for string quartet
• Binary opposition for video and electronics
• No-Iss-Pa for ensemble
• Pylon for percussion quartet
• Metamorphoseon for six singers
• Lunarda for cello, piano and four percussionists
• Echoic for violin, gamelan and live electronics
• Speciations , miniatures for orchestra
• Ataraxia for a percussionist
• Catalyst for viola solo
• Logos for clarinet, bassoon, piano and live electronics
• Acu - 8.0 , electro-acoustic multichannel piece
• Morphometrics , electroacoustic miniature
• Kapsis for flute solo
• Aion for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass
• The Life of a Fly , music for the animation film by Yen-Ting Cho
• Miserere for twelve mixed voices a cappella
• La Percusión de tu Frecuencia for flute and live electronics
• Ome - Ic - Aini , three improvisation pieces
• Aini for ensemble
• Pieza para Tiza , music for the animation short film by Karina Letelier , Marina Lobo , Rocío Naranjo and Triana Raya
• Iodine for tenor saxophone and live electronics
• Cyt , multichannel piece
• El Sigilo de tu Elipsis for cello and live electronics
• Dew , multichannel piece
• Odd , multichannel piece
• Rd Tu Danza for symphony orchestra
• Dux
• Ensueno , video art film
• Tu Soplo que transporta for clarinet and live electronics

Web links

• Homepage of Edgar Barroso

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• Vox Novus - Edgar Barroso
• Art radio - Edgar Barroso
• The Film Study Center at Harvard University - Fellows 2010-11