Germán Cáceres (composer)

Germán Cáceres (born July 9, 1954 in San Salvador ) is a Salvadoran composer, conductor and music teacher.

Cáceres studied counterpoint, harmony and form theory with Esteban Servellón (1968–1971) and with Ion Cubicec (1971–1972). From 1973 to 1978 he studied chamber music and oboe with Ronald Roseman and composition with David Diamond and Stanley Wolfe at the Juilliard School of Music in New York . He took private composition lessons in New York with Julián Orbón , conducting lessons with José Serebrier , Ricardo del Carmen (1978–79) and Alejandro Muñoz Ciudad Real (1979–80). From 1987 to 1989, he completed postgraduate studies with Jonathan D. Kramer at the University of Cincinnati .

From 1979 to 1983 Cáceres was conductor of the Orquesta de Cámara de El Salvador , from 1985 to 1999 and from 2002 chief conductor and musical director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de El Salvador . He has also conducted orchestras in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay, the USA and Venezuela. From 1993 to 2002 he taught music history at the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas in San Salvador and from 2000 to 2002 he was director of arts and culture at the Universidad de El Salvador . He also lectured at California State University , Northridge, and the University of Southern California , Los Angeles in 2001 .

Works

Yulcuicat for orchestra, 1973
Cuarteto para cuerdas No. 1 , 1974
Tres Canciones (text by Arnaldo Sepúlveda ) for soprano and string quartet, 1975
Cuarteto para cuerdas No. 2 , 1976
Concierto for harp and orchestra, 1977
Bálsamo (ballet, scenario by Rubén Darío ), 1978
Concierto para Cuerdas , 1979
Concierto de Cámara No. 1 , for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano, 1979
Estáncias (text by Francisco Gavidia ) for soprano and orchestra, 1979
Tres Canciones Epigramáticas (text by Ernesto Cardenal ) for soprano and piano, 1979
Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, 1980
Concierto for viola and instrumental ensemble, 1980
Sonatina for guitar, 1981
Concierto for piano and orchestra, 1981
Tres Cantos (text by Hugo Lindo ) for mixed choir, 1981
Cuatro Cantos (text by Álvaro Menéndez Leal ) for soprano and piano, 1981
Premisas (cantata, text by Arnaldo Sepúlveda) for soprano and string quartet, 1982
Sonata for viola and piano, 1982
Sonata for oboe, cello and piano, 1983
Sinfonia , 1983
Sonata for piano, 1984
Cantos de Fácil Palabra (text by Hugo Lindo) for soprano, flute and harpsichord, 1985
Tres Piezas for bass clarinet, harp and vibraphone, 1987
Cinco Deploraciones for flute, 1988
Cuatro Piezas for flute and bassoon, 1988
Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, 1988
Concierto for small orchestra, 1988
Diferencias for orchestra, 1988
Tres Canciones (texts by Lucius Annaeus Seneca , Bernal Díaz del Castillo and Pedro Geoffroy Rivas ) for soprano and orchestra, 1988
Concierto for violin and orchestra, 1989
Tres Estudios sobre el Silencio for piano, 1989
Concierto de Cámara No. 2 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano, 1990
Cantos (texts by Garcilaso de la Vega and Garci Sánchez de Badajoz ) for soprano and orchestra, 1990
Trío for violin, cello and piano, 1991
Partitas for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello and harpsichord, 1992
Cantata (text by Cristóbal Humberto Ibarra ) for mixed choir and orchestra, 1992
Cuatro Piezas for violin, 1993
Deploración (in memoriam Julián Orbón ), 1993
Lacónicas I for piano, 1993
Concierto de Cámara No. 3 for two violins, cello and harpsichord, 1994
Fantasía sobre una Cadencia de Gesualdo for two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons and two horns, 1994
Cuarteto para cuerdas No. 3 , 1996
Fanfarria a San Salvador for 12 wind instruments, 1996
Tiento I for small orchestra, 1996
Villancico del Calendario (text by Álvaro Menéndez Leal ) for mixed choir, 1996
Tres Canciones (text by Francisco Morales Eró ) for soprano and piano, 1995
El Señor de la Casa del Tiempo (text by Ricardo Lindo Fuentes ) for soprano and piano, 1996
Lo que dice el Caracol (text by Salarrué ) for soprano and orchestra, 1997
Tiento II for clarinet, 1997
Tiento III for cello, 1997
Ocho Variaciones sobre un Conjunto de Ocho Notas for guitar, 1997
El Cristo Negro (opera, libretto by Hugo Lindo), 1998
Tiento IV for violin, 1999
Siete Canciones (text by Mariana Sansón Argüello ) for soprano and piano, 1999
Cuatro Canciones (text by Rafael Rodríguez Díaz ) for soprano and piano, 1999
Las Monedas bajo la Lluvia (text by Ricardo Lindo Fuentes) for voice and guitar, 1999
Tiento V for oboe, 2000
Concierto No. 1 for guitar and orchestra, 2000
Tiento VI for piano, 2000
Tiento VII for string orchestra, 2000
Concierto No. 2 for guitar and string orchestra, 2001
Concierto No. 3 for guitar and orchestra, 2001
Doble Concierto for violin, cello and orchestra, 2001
Tiento VIII for guitar, 2001
Lacónicas II , 2002
Tres Piezas for piano, 2002
Tiento IX for violin, cello and piano, 2003
Tiento X for flute and piano, 2003
Tres Piezas for violin and percussion, 2003
Llama y Espina (three sonnets by María Cristina Orantes ) for soprano and piano, 2004
Cartas Interdimensionales (3 songs, text by Juana Rosa Pita ) for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2004
Yo tengo que decir mi palabra (text by Elisa Huezo Paredes ) for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2004
Elegía de Junio (text by Cristóbal Humberto Ibarra ) for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2005
Loa del Hombre (text by Hugo Lindo) for mezzo-soprano, speaker and orchestra, 2005
Fantasía sobre una Cadencia de Vivaldi for string orchestra, 2005
Octostylus for piano, 2006
Concierto for cello and orchestra, 2007
Kinah (Lamentación Fúnebre Masónica ) for voice and orchestra, 2007
Tiento XI for clarinet and piano, 2008

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personal data
SURNAME	Cáceres, Germán
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Salvadoran composer, conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	July 9, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Salvador