Mercè Capdevila

Mercè Capdevila Gaya (born March 25, 1946 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish composer .

Life

After studying at the Conservatorio Municipal de Música de Barcelona, Mercè Capdevila deepened her education in the field of electronic music in the studio of the Fundación Phonos with Gabriel Brnčić and attended courses with Luigi Nono , Josep Mestres Quadreny and Luis de Pablo . She incorporates multimedia elements in her compositions . It combines acoustic and electroacoustic music as well as musique concrète with painting , light and video art . In 1993/1994 she was composer in residence at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, City University of New York .

Compositions

• Baobab (1985) for guitar, wooden bottleneck and reverberation . Premiere 1986 Barcelona. Lluís Melero (guitar), Mercè Capdevila (sound design)
• Primer artifici
  • (1st version, 1985) for tape , violin, cello, double bass and guitar
  • (2nd version, 1986) for tape, guitar, clarinet, double bass and percussion
• Safir (1986) for tape, guitar, clarinet, double bass, percussion and piano
• Perquè no cantin els pirates (1988) for flute, clarinet, guitar, double bass, percussion and live electronics . WP 1988 Alicante (Auditorio de Caja del Mediterráneo). Grupo Instrumental Vol Ad Limitum (Direction Jordi Russinyol)
• Nu (1990) for guitar and live electronics. WP 1990 Barcelona. Jordi Rossinyol (guitar)
• Fons de mar ("Depth of the Sea", 2003). WP May 10, 2003 Fürth ( Church of the Resurrection ). Wilfried Krüger (horn), Sirka Schwartz-Uppendieck (organ and tape)

Web links

• Interview with Donne in musica
• Biography at Mujer y guitarra española
• Biography at the Associació Catalana de Compositors

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