Orlando Jacinto García

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Orlando Jacinto García (* 1954 in Havana ) is an American composer of Cuban origin.

García came to the United States in 1961. In 1984 he graduated from the University of Miami with a master's degree in composition . As a Fulbright scholar , he gave master classes in Caracas from 1991–92 and gave courses in music theory and composition at the University of Salamanca from 1997–98 . In 1993, on a Rockefeller Foundation grant, he composed a work for the Simon Bolivar Orchestra , which premiered at the 2002 Latinoamericano de Musica Festival in Venezuela.

Auschwitz was written in 1994 for orchestra and choir, which was played in New York in 2003 and 2010 after its world premiere. In 2001 he received a Florida State Scholarship and won first prizes in the Nuevas Resonancias Competition in Mexico and the Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation Competition . For the latter, he composed a cello work for Maya Beiser , which was recorded on CD by Madelaine Shapiro after the world premiere . In 2003 he composed a work for piano and electronics for Kathleen Supove , which was premiered at New York University .

Electroacoustic works were performed at the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in New Orleans in 2004 and the SEAMUS festivals in 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2014. Multimedia works were created in connection with the video artists Jacek Kolasinski , John Stuart , Daniel Viñoly and Eric Goldemberg . His experimental video opera transcending time was premiered in 2008 at the Zagreb Biennale. The Miami Symphony Orchestra under Eduardo Marturet gave the world premiere of his orchestral work In Memoriam Earle Brown in 2011 . viento distante for clarinet and orchestra was premiered in 2012 by the Lviv Philharmonic under Krzesimir Dębski with the soloist Wojciech Mrozek .

García wrote violin concertos for Jennifer Choi and Mari Kimura (2015), a work for two guitars and a string quartet for the Latin American String Quartet and the guitarists Jaime Marquez and Carlos Martinez . In 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2015, García's compositions were nominated for a Grammy in the category of best contemporary classical composition. He is the founder and director of the Miami section of the International Society for Contemporary Music , the New Music Miami Festival , the NODUS Ensemble , and the FIU New Music Ensemble and professor at the Florida International University Music School in Miami.

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SURNAME García, Orlando Jacinto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana