Manuel de Elias

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Manuel de Elías, 1959

Manuel Jorge de Elías (born June 5, 1939 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican composer.

Elías received training from his father Alfonso de Elías and Luis Herrera de la Fuente as well as from Karlheinz Stockhausen and Jean-Etienne Marie, and studied at the Conservatory and the University of Mexico. In 1970 he was one of the founders of the group of composers for new music Grupo Proa . In 1980 he founded the Veracruz Symphony Orchestra . From 1984 to 1986 he was artistic director of the chamber orchestra of the National Institute of Fine Arts. In 1987 he became conductor of the Guadalajara Symphony Orchestra and in 1988 founded the Jalisco Symphony Orchestra . From 1991 to 1993 he was the coordinator for music and opera at the National Institute of Fine Arts. Among other things, he is a member of the Academia de Artes .

In addition to symphonic and chamber music works, he also composed pieces for electronic music and tape.

Works

  • Vitral 1 for chamber orchestra
  • Vitral 2 for chamber orchestra and tape
  • Vitral 3 for orchestra
  • Divertimento for drums
  • Aphorism 1 for a cappella choir
  • Aphorism 2 for flute and tape
  • Aphorism 3 for flute solo
  • Speculamen for two violins, two violas, two cellos and double bass
  • Momento for recorders, speakers, mixed choir and strings
  • Per pax for tape
  • Sonata 1 for piano
  • Sonata 2 for piano
  • Sonata 3 for trumpet, trombone and horn
  • Sonata 4 for orchestra

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Academia de Artes: Manuel de Elías
personal data
SURNAME Elías, Manuel de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elías, Manuel Jorge de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city