Gabriel Senanes

Gabriel Senanes, 2006

Gabriel Senanes (born April 16, 1956 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine composer and conductor.

Life

Senanes has received numerous commissions from Brazilian and international artists and cultural institutions since the 1990s. The Organization of American States and the Interamerican Music Council commissioned him to compose the opera Ring Side . For Fernando Suárez Paz , the violinist Astor Piazzollas , he wrote the Concierto en canto negroriano in 1996 , which Suárez Paz premiered and recorded under his direction. Tres retratos entrañables were written for the Orquesta Mayo in 1997 , the premiere of which the orchestra played under the direction of Dmitri Manolov . For the 100th birthday ofHe composed Jorge Luis Borges Proa al Este and conducted the world premiere in 1999 with the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina. His Cubamericargie Quintet was commissioned by Paquito D'Rivera and the American Saxophone Quartet , and the Suite antipopular was commissioned by Jorge de la Vega and Andrea Merenzon . On behalf of the French saxophonist Claude Delangle , he wrote pieces for the Musica 99 Strasbourg Festival .

Many of his works have been broadcast on radio or television and recorded on CD. Musicians such as León Gieco , Fernando Suárez Paz , Liliana Vitale , Roberto Fernández , Andrea Merenzon and Gabriel Pérsico contributed to the LP Cartón lleno (1987) and the CD Vía Libre . In 2000 the CD Kasakoff plays Senanes was released , on which Susana Kasakoff played Senanes' piano works. In the same year Senanes released an album with the tango poet Enrique Cadícamo and the musicians Leopoldo Federico , Néstor Marconi , Julio Pane , Fernando Suárez Paz, Nicolás Ledesma , Horacio Cabarcos , Aníbal Arias and Lucho González . The CD Riberas (Shores) , on which Paquito D'Rivera and the Cuarteto de cuerdas Buenos Aires played Senanes' Certeza incierta, la vida and Piazzolla's Concierto para quinteto , was the first Argentinian classical recording to win a Grammy (2004).

Senanes also works as a music journalist - his book 4 × 4 = Rock, diálogos con músicos de rock argentinos was published in 1980 - and was a juror at various music competitions. In 2002 he was appointed music director of the city of Buenos Aires and from 2002 to 2004 he was general director and musical director of the Teatro Colón . In 2007 he was appointed composer in residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Since 2006 he has been leading the trio SenaneS 3 with Pablo Marcovsky and Diego Arnal .

Works

Bandada , Symphony for Brass Music, 1986
Bandida (Sinfonía para Banda) for brass music, 1986
Oboids for oboe and orchestra, 1992
Suite a cuerda for string orchestra, 1991
Ring-Side, opera en siete rounds , 1995
Hércules en la Perfumería for orchestra, 1995
Campechana for string orchestra, 1995
Concierto en canto negroriano for violin and orchestra, 1996
Four fatos for Fats for trumpet and orchestra, 1996
Tres retratos entrañables for orchestra, 1997
QuinteTo Cante (¿Quin te toca ante?) For wind quintet, 1998
Cuartetango for string quartet, 1999
En una petite garconiere de Paris (texts by Enrique Cadícamo ), 1999
Gatongo Atunaleza for flute, clarinet, violin and cello, 1999
Cubamericargie Quintet , 1999
En claves celestiales , 1999
Proa al este (Monumento sonoro a Borges) for orchestra, 1999
Suite antipopular for flute, bassoon and orchestra, 1999
Certeza incierta, la vida , three movements for clarinet and string quartet, 2001
Prosa Sinfónica for large orchestra, 2002
Altergato (Tres Tristes Traviesos en Treviso) for orchestra, 2004

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personal data
SURNAME	Senanes, Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentine composer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 16, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buenos Aires