Jorge García del Valle Méndez

Jorge García del Valle Méndez (* 1966 in Bad Säckingen ) is a Spanish-German composer .

Life

Jorge García del Valle Méndez was born in Bad Säckingen in 1966, but grew up in Spain. His first music studies took place in Spain in the subjects of bassoon and composition . He has lived in Dresden since 1996 , where he studied composition with Jörg Herchet and electronic music with Wilfried Jentzsch at the Hochschule für Musik . In addition, he took courses with composers such as Luis de Pablo , Mario Lavista , Leo Brower , George Benjamin , José Manuel López López , Beat Furrer and Helmut Lachenmann .

His works are regularly performed in several continents and broadcast by various radio stations. He receives orders from various institutions. Through electronic music he came to the digital analysis and processing of sound, which he used in his theoretical work as well as in his compositions. His article on the digital analysis of bassoon sounds, their tonal possibilities and their use in contemporary music was published in the journal " Rohrblatt ".

Jorge García del Valle Méndez was a scholarship holder of the Saxony Cultural Foundation in 2005 . In 2006 he received second prize at the “ Martirano Composition Award ” of the University of Illinois (USA) for his work 석양 종 [seok yang jong] for violin, cello, piano and electronics, and first prize at the 4th Saxon Composition Competition Music council for the work Wutpunkt for orchestra. This work was in November 2008 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus premiered . In the same year he was commissioned by the Technical University of Dresden to set several documentaries to music.

In 2007 he was commissioned by the "Carl Maria von Weber" Academy of Music in Dresden with the realization of a multi-channel electronic work. This work was premiered in November 2008 for the opening of the new concert hall.

In 2009 he received second prize in the 5th composition competition of the Saxon Music Council for the work After Dark .

In 2010 and 2011 he devoted himself to the preparation of various concerts in the USA and Japan. In 2012 he received a scholarship from the Kulturstiftung Sachsen for the composition of a work for a large chamber ensemble.

Works

1993 Tres poemas for bassoon and piano Tres piezas para piano for piano Tres miniaturas for clarinet, violoncello and piano 1994 Interior for oboe, bassoon and piano Cuadros for woodwind quintet, timpani and 2 percussionists Grete for flute, bassoon, marimba, percussion and piano Desidia for soprano and bassoon Después for choir 1995 Fuegos for string orchestra Gárgolas for brass quintet and timpani Monólogo for violoncello 1996 Block suite for 2 recorders 1997 Finsterer Falter for flute, bassoon, violoncello, marimba and percussion 1998 Human for bassoon All fire to fire for 4-channel tape 1999 Absence for violin and double bass Radio play for organ Monotony for chamber ensemble Inner demons (Entre cisnes y diablos) for bassoon and 2-channel tape 2000 Cronopio for 2-channel tape Babel for 13 strings Shadows for flute, clarinet, violin, 4 pianos and 2 percussionists 2001 Ostrich for bassoon and orchestra An AB for vocal ensemble and live electronics Réplica for clarinet or saxophone and piano 2002 Anger point for orchestra Error for clarinet and percussion

2003 Trialog for woodwind trio You, your, you, you for 4-channel tape ¿Dónde está el mar? for flute, violoncello, piano and 2-channel tape Esbozo de un sueño for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano and electronics 2004 Música - Máquina for chamber ensemble and electronics 석양 종 [seok yang jong] for violin, violoncello, piano and electronics 풍경 1 [pungkyeong 1] (임의 소식 을 전해 다오) for 2-channel tape 2005 I dream you dreamed about me for chamber ensemble 2006 Waterdreams for 2 trumpets, 2 trombones and electronics 2007 Tales of Time for chamber ensemble Insane for 2-channel tape 풍경 2 [pungkyeong 2] for 2-channel tape Islands for flute, violoncello, harp and accordion 2008 Silence and I for 13 strings The other side for electronics (11 channels) After Dark for clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello and piano 2009 Blue Water, Dark Sky for oboe and electronics Floating Voices for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and electronics 2010 Road, River and Rail for chamber ensemble and electronics 黒 い 雨 [Kuroi ame] for recorder and electronics 2011 Far away from anywhere for flute and piano Visions of the Void for piano and electronics 2012 no sun, no moon for bass flute and electronics Extremely, irrevocably ... for chamber ensemble

Web links

• Jorge García del Valle Méndez's blog
• Composers Forum - Jorge García del Valle Méndez

Individual evidence

1. ^ García del Valle Méndez, Jorge: Mehrklänge on the bassoon. A computer analysis. Rohrblatt Magazin Schorndorf: Verlag Karl Hofmann (June 2003, 18th year)
2. ↑ Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award, Wikipedia (English)
4. ↑ CrossOver
5. ↑ TU-Dresden, media center: Sven Hedin  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ TU Dresden, Media Center: Sour Dough ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Sächsischer Musikrat ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ counterinduction.blogspot.com
9. ↑ Saxony Cultural Foundation