Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann

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Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann (* 1973 in Lima ) is a Peruvian composer and music teacher.

Grossmann took violin and composition lessons in his hometown before moving to Brazil in 1989. Here he studied violin at the Faculdade Santa Marcelina in São Paulo. From 1998 he studied composition at Florida International University in Miami. In 2004 he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University . His composition teachers were Paulo Maron , Fredrick Kaufman , John Harbison and Lukas Foss .

His composition Siray was one of the finalists of the ALEAIII International Competition in 2005 . In 2007 he received the Aaron Copland Award , a Charles Ives grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a grant from the Brazilian Vitae Associação de Apoio à Cultura . In 2004 he became a member of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and head of their music ensemble NEXTET , later he also became co-director of the Nevada Encounters of New Music . Since 2010 he has been teaching composition at Ithaca College .

Works

  • Tres Danzas Peruanas for guitar, 1987
  • Ave Maria for a cappella choir, 1989
  • Piano Sonata 1993
  • Pequena Suite for string orchestra, 1993
  • Prelude and Fugue for organ, 1993–97
  • Eleusis for cello and piano, 1994–97
  • Prelude and Toccata for piano, 1997
  • Elegia Póstuma - [in memoriam Alfonso de Silva ] for alto saxophone and piano, 1997
  • Terpsychore Suite for string orchestra, 1997
  • O Quam Suavis for a cappella choir, 1997
  • La Leyenda Ayar for symphony orchestra, 1997–98
  • Las Ruinas Circulares, a dance piece in two scenes for symphony orchestra, 1998
  • La Sombra es un Pedazo que se aleja for string quartet, 1998
  • Quadros de Dom Quixote for flute, clarinet, bassoon and horn, 1998
  • Omaggio a Berg for piano, 1999
  • Reflejos for soprano, flute, violin, double bass, marimba and vibraphone, 1999
  • Exu´s letters , electronic music, 1999
  • Movement for String Quartet , 1999-2002
  • Dialogues and Monologues for oboe or clarinet and piano, 2000
  • Dialogues and Monologues, II for bassoon and piano, 2000
  • Alma for violin and tape, 2000
  • Partita Concertante for clarinet, harpsichord, double bass, percussion and strings, 2000
  • Pasiphaë for symphony orchestra, 2000–02
  • De Profundis for cello, 2001
  • Etudes after "Mecanismos" for piano, 2001
  • Mecanismos for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion, 2001
  • Homenagem for guitar, 2002
  • String Quartet No. 1 , 2002
  • The lower leaves of trees for choir a cappella, 2002
  • De Profundis Clamavi , electronic music, 2002
  • Backyard scenes for violin and piano, 2002–03
  • String Quartet No. 2 ... a emaranhada forma humana corrupta da vida que muge e se aplaude , 2003
  • Away for 14 players, 2003
  • Sinfonietta for 14 players and soprano (text: Vicente Huidobro ), 2004
  • Twenty-four tonal fugues on given and original subjects , 2004
  • La Ricerca della Spiritualità Trascendente for violin, 2004–07
  • Se Había Extinguido en Nosotros una Claridad for bassoon, 2005
  • Siray for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, 2005
  • Pensar Geometrico al Trasluz for recorder, cello and percussion, 2005
  • Trio for violin, horn and piano, 2006, 2008
  • Sialia for clarinet, cello and piano, 2006
  • Sol Negro (Soleil Noir) for organ, 2006
  • Tres Piezas for piano, 2006–07
  • Joc-Partit for violin and double bass, 2007
  • Miniature Minotaur for violin and clarinet, 2007
  • Se Había Extinguido en Nosotros una Claridad, II for bassoon and piano, 2008
  • Valdrada for symphony orchestra, 2008
  • Cinco Bagatelas Opacas y Translúcidas for violin, bass clarinet and piano, 2009
  • String Quartet No. 3 música fúnebe y nocturna , 2009
  • The Lark's voice doth us affray for soprano and orchestra, 2009-10
  • Cinco Bagatelas Opacas y Translúcidas, II for violin and piano, 2010
  • Dois Aforismos com Interlúdio for piano and electronic sounds, 2010
  • Four Yoshitada Songs for a cappella choir, 2010
  • Concerto Elegiaco for piano and strings
  • Aude Dictum for narrator, violin and piano

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personal data
SURNAME Grossmann, Jorge Villavicencio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Peruvian composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Lima