Gustavo Díaz-Jerez

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Gustavo Díaz Jerez

Gustavo Díaz-Jerez (born February 27, 1970 in Tenerife ) is a Spanish pianist and composer .

Act

As a pianist

Gustavo Díaz-Jerez studied piano with JA Rodriguez at the Conservatorio Superior in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and then with Solomon Mikowsky at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He is the winner of the Maria Canals International Music Competition .

He has given many concerts in continental Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, the Royal Festival Hall in London, the Sydney Opera House and other locations . He has worked with conductors such as Iván Fischer , Victor Pablo, Cristian Mandeal, Matthias Bamert , Günther Herbig , Adrian Leaper , José R. Encinar, Stanisław Skrowaczewski and international orchestras such as the Budapest Festival Orchestra , the Turin Symphony Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia and the great Spanish orchestras (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Galicia, Nacional de Cataluña, Castilla y León, Sinfónica de Madrid). He played u. a. at the International Music Festival of the Canaries, Quincena Musical Donostiarra and Santander. Since 2002 he has been professor of piano at the Centro Superior de Música by País Vasco .

As a composer

Díaz-Jerez studied composition with Giampaolo Bracali and Ludmila Ulehla at the Manhattan School of Music. His compositional language can be described as algorithmic and spectral . He combines elements from the spectral movement around Gérard Grisey , Tristan Murail , Horațiu Rădulescu , where timbre plays a fundamental role, with processes that emerge from mathematical disciplines such as cellular automaton theory , Lindenmayer systems , fractals , genetic algorithms , number theory and methods, etc. a. acoustic spectral analysis , additive synthesis and psychoacoustics .

The use of computer programs is indispensable for Díaz-Jerez's work, with results often in the form of electronic music. His main interest, however, is not in electroacoustics , but rather in “transcribing” these results for traditional acoustic instruments. This presupposes a considered and thorough quantization of elements of melody, rhythm and timbre so that the music can be adequately performed by human musicians. This transcription should nevertheless preserve the essence of the underlying process. His works are published by Periferiamusic. Díaz-Jerez wrote a PC program FractMus , which he offers as freeware , with which fractal and algorithmic processes for musical composition can be researched. He has published articles on the subject in specialist magazines such as Electronic Musician .

Works (selection)

Orchestral music

  • Ricercare: D. Schostakovitch in Memoriam for viola d'amore and string orchestra
  • Anaga for orchestra
  • Aranfaybo for chamber orchestra
  • Concerto for viola d'amore and chamber orchestra
  • Concerto for clarinet and chamber orchestra

Chamber music

  • Trio for violin, cello and piano
  • Sidhe , for violin, viola, cello and piano four hands
  • Sonata for violin and piano
  • Sonata for viola and piano (2003)
  • Hymenoptera , clarinet quartet
  • Partita for viola d'amore, piano, vibraphone, marimbaphone and percussion instruments
  • Ricercare: D. Schostakovitch in Memoriam for viola d'amore and piano
  • Dhyana for viola d'amore and piano
  • Akhkhazu for alto saxophone and piano
  • Plerion for trumpet and piano
  • Tiamat for violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano
  • Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano
  • Tephra for violin, viola, cello and piano
  • Songs of Garajonay for voice and instrumental ensemble
  • Granular I , guitar quartet

Solo pieces

  • Gehenna for piano
  • Sisyphus for piano
  • Nous for flute

Song singing

  • Zenith for violin, viola, cello, flute, harp and voices, with a text by Belinda Sánchez Mozo
  • Songs of Garajonay for voice and piano, with a text by Belinda Sánchez Mozo

Choral singing

  • Nudo de luz for mixed choir; based on a poem by Belinda Sánchez Mozo

Essay

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personal data
SURNAME Díaz-Jerez, Gustavo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Tenerife