José Evangelista

José Evangelista (born August 5, 1943 in Valencia ) is a Canadian composer of Spanish origin.

Evangelista studied physics at the University of Valencia from 1960 to 1967 and at the same time harmony, composition and orchestration at the city's conservatory with Vicente Ascencio . In 1979 he moved to Canada. There he studied from 1970 to 1973 at the University of Montreal with André Prévost and from 1976 to 1981 at McGill University with Bruce Mather . He also took part in the Darmstadt summer courses in 1974 and 1984 .

Evangelista has taught at the University of Montreal since 1972, and since 1979 as a professor. On trips to Java (1976), Bali (1980) and Burma (1986) he studied Javanese gamelan music and Burmese music. He then founded the Balinese Gamelan Workshop at the university . He was one of the founding members of the Événements du neuf , a concert society for avant-garde music, and the Traditions musicales du monde , a society devoted to the spread of non-Western music.

In 1986 Evangelista was Composer in Residence at the Akademi Musik Indonesia in Yogyakarta and guest composer at the Darmstadt Summer Courses, from 1993 to 1995 Composer in Residence of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra .

Works

• Sonatina for flute and piano, 1971
• Un mur à peine for soprano and eight musicians, 1972
• En guise de fête for soprano and chamber ensemble, 1974
• Monsieur Plume, un homme paisible for soprano and cello, 1974
• Arabesco for voice and cello, 1975
• Coros tejiendo, voces alternando for twelve voices, 1975
• Miroir fugace for string orchestra, 1975
• Va-et-vient for soprano, flute, clarinet and electric organ, 1976
• Consort for three voices, two harps and strings, 1977
• Immobilis in mobili for three wind instruments, three strings, two pianos and percussion, 1977
• Carrousel for Ondes Martenot and vibraphone, 1978
• Vent d'est , ballet music, 1979
• Motionless Move for three wind instruments, four strings, harp, keyboard, drums, two synthesizers and electric guitar, 1980
• Pentagrams , ballet music, 1980
• Rainbow , ballet music, 1981
• Light and Shade for 11 musicians, 1981
• Ay, luna for mixed choir, 1981
• Brisé for guitar, 1982
• Vision for mezzo-soprano, piano, harp, electric guitar, cello and vibraphone, 1982
• Clos de vie for piano, harp, harpsichord, electric guitar, banjo, four strings and vibraphone, 1983
• Kotekan for mixed choir, 1983
• Rodolphe , ballet music, 1983
• Duo staccato for violin and piano, 1984
• Rondo for lute ensemble, 1984
• Éléphant dans le noir for small orchestra, 1985
• Piano concertant for piano and orchestra, 1986
• Dans la nuit for harp, synthesizer, vibraphone and marimba, 1986
• Merapi for two wind instruments, three strings, harp and vibraphone, 1986
• Nocturn i Albada for guitar, 1986
• Dum esset rex for mixed choir, 1986
• O quam suavis est for mixed choir, 1987
• Ecos for organ, 1987
• La Porte , monodrama for soprano and percussion, 1987
• Monodas españolas for piano, 1988
• Monody Quartet for chamber ensemble, 1989
• O Bali for chamber ensemble, 1989
• Alice & friends , 1990
• Airs d'Espagne , 1992
• Symphony minute , 1994
• Alap & gat , 1998
• Exercices de conversation , opera (libretto by Eugène Ionesco ), 2000
• Cancionero , 2001
• Concertino , 2001
• Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse , Opera, 2001
• Concerto con brio for strings, 2004