Mariano Etkin

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Mariano Etkin

Mariano Etkin (born November 5, 1943 in Buenos Aires , † May 25, 2016 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine composer and music teacher.

Etkin studied in Buenos Aires with David Epstein , Guillermo Graetzer and Julian Emilio Martini , then at the Juilliard School of Music in New York with Luciano Berio , in Basel with Pierre Boulez , in Siena with Franco Ferrara and with Alberto Ginastera , Maurice Le Roux , Roger Sessions , Iannis Xenakis , Earle Brown and Mario Davidovsky . From 1968-69 he took lessons in electronic music from Gottfried Michael Koenig at the University of Utrecht .

Etkin was visiting professor at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag , inaugural professor at the Simon Bolivar Chair for Composition in Caracas and lecturer at the Darmstadt Summer Courses . He taught composition and music theory at McGill University in Canada and gave lectures at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart, the Musikhögskolan Stockholm, the Folkwang Music School in Essen, the University of the Arts in Berlin and at the Conservatory for Music in Biel. Mainly he was professor of composition and music analysis at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata .

He mainly composed works for chamber music and piano pieces, as well as plays and film music. He also wrote a large number of music theory and aesthetic essays for various magazines.

Works

  • Tres piezas for piano, 1959
  • Interludios for piano, 1959
  • Variants for flute, 1960
  • Quinteto aleatorio for wind quintet, 1961
  • Tres parábolas for chamber ensemble, 1963
  • Elipses for string orchestra, 1964
  • Entropías for two horns, trumpet, two trombones and tuba, 1965
  • Estáticamóvil I for two trombones, harpsichord, harmonium, two percussionists and three double basses, 1966
  • Homenaje a Filifor forrado de niño for two flutes, two clarinets and percussion, 1966
  • Estáticamóvil II for violin, viola and cello, 1966
  • Soles for flute, horn and double bass, 1967
  • Distancias for piano, 1968
  • Juego uno for two trombones, 1969
  • Muriendo entonces for horn, trombone, two percussionists, viola and double bass, 1969
  • IRT-BMT for flute and double bass, 1970
  • Dividido dos for accordion and tape, 1971
  • Copla for flute, clarinet, bassoon and horn, 1971
  • Música ritual for symphony orchestra, 1974
  • Otros soles for bass clarinet, trombone and viola, 1976
  • Umbrales for flute and alto flute, 1976
  • Lo uno y lo otro for piano, 1977
  • Otros tiempos for string quartet or orchestra, 1978
  • Paisaje for string orchestra, 1979
  • Aquello for two pianos, 1982
  • Frente a frente for flute, clarinet, voice, percussion and double bass, 1983
  • Caminos de cornisa for flute, clarinet, piano and percussion, 1985
  • Resplandores sombras for symphony orchestra, 1986
  • Arenas (a la memoria de Morton Feldman ) for piano, 1988
  • Caminos de Caminos for alto flute, bass clarinet, voice, piano and viola, 1989
  • Perpetual tango for piano, 1989
  • Locus solus for two percussionists, 1989
  • Trío for trumpet, trombone and tuba, 1991
  • Cifuncho for solo violin , 1992
  • Swan song Mambo for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and double bass, 1992
  • Taltal for four percussionists, 1993
  • La sangre del cuerpo for trombone, percussion, piano, cello and double bass, 1997
  • Lo que nos va dejando for solo percussion , 1998
  • de la indiferencia for bass clarinet, trombone, percussion, violin and cello, 1998
  • Sotobosque for horn, flugelhorn, trombone, tuba and percussion, 1999
  • La naturaleza de las cosas for clarinet, trombone, cello and piano, 2001
  • Pobres triunfos pasajeros for piano, 2002
  • Drama music to:
  • Film music for Los siete locos by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Essays

  • Actual state at the periphery. New Music in Argentina , in: MusikTexte 50, August 1993, 5–6.

Secondary literature

  • Omar Corrado: On the edge of established categories. Composing in view of the impossible synthesis , in: MusikTexte 60, August 1995, 12–22.
  • Monika Fürst-Heidtmann: In a state of waiting. The Argentine composer Mariano Etkin , in: MusikTexte 80, August 1999, 27–33.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Etkin, Mariano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 2016
Place of death Buenos Aires