Julio Estrada
Julio Estrada (born April 10, 1943 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican composer and musicologist.
biography
The son of Spanish emigrants studied composition with Julián Orbón from 1960 to 1962 and was then a student of Olivier Messiaen (1965–1968), Nadia Boulanger and Iannis Xenakis (1967–1969). He also attended courses with Karlheinz Stockhausen and György Ligeti (at the Darmstadt Summer Course in 1972). Finally, he studied Indian music with Kwan-Faré-Tzé in 1987.
Estrada has been teaching composition at the Escuela Nacional de Música (ENM) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) since 1971 , where he has directed a seminar in composition theory since 1985 and the Laboratorio de Creación Musical since 1995 . He also works as a musicologist at the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of the UNAM, where he has been in charge of the research project Música, Sistema Interactivo de Investigación-Composición, since 1990 .
Estrada was visiting professor at the universities of Stanford (1981), San Diego (1982 to 1985), New Mexico (1987) and Rostock (1994) and lecturer at the Darmstadt Summer Courses (1984, 1992, 1998). Between 1984 and 1988 he edited the ten-volume encyclopedia La música de México .
Works
- Murmullos del páramo , multi-opera, 1992-2006
- "Doloritas", first part of the opera Pedro Páramo , radio opera, 1992
- yuunohui'tlapoa for harpsichord, piano or organ, 1998–1999
- ishini'ioni , String Quartet, 1984-1990
- quatre yuunohui , 1983-1990
- eolo'oolin
- eua'on'ome for orchestra, 1994–95
- eua'on for electronic instruments, 1980
- Diario for fifteen strings, 1980
- Canto ad libitum, arrullo for female voice, solo or with accompaniment, 1979
- Canto naciente , 1975-1979
- Canto alterno for cello, 1978
- Canto oculto for violin, 1977
- Canto tejido for piano, 1974
- Canto mnémico, fuga for string quartet, 1983
- Melódica , 1974
- Imaginaria , 1973, 1995
- Solo para uno , 1972
- Memorias, para teclado for piano, accordion or percussion, 1971
- solo
- Persona for three voices, 1969
- 3 instantes for cello and piano, 1966, 1983
- Suite for piano, 1959–1960
Web links
- Works by and about Julio Estrada in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Julio Estrada in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Homepage of Julio Estrada
Footnotes
- ↑ German: National Music School
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Estrada, Julio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican composer and musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |