Roberto Sierra

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Roberto Sierra (born October 9, 1953 in Vega Baja , Puerto Rico ) is a Puerto Rican composer.

Life

Roberto Sierra studied at the Conservatory and the University of Puerto Rico. He continued his education at the Royal College of Music in London and the Instituut voor Sonologie of the Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht and was a student of György Ligeti at the Hamburg University of Music from 1979 to 1982 .

Upon his return to Puerto Rico, he became director of the University's Department of Cultural Activities and Chancellor of the Conservatory. In 1989 he became composer in residence of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra . Since 1992 he has been teaching composition at Cornell University .

Sierra became known in 1987 for his first large orchestral work Júblio , which was performed by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall . In 2003 he received the Academie Award for Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters , and in 2004 he won the Kenneth Davenport Competition with his First Symphony.

In the 2004/05 season he was composer in residence of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra . In 2006 his Missa Latina (Pro Pax) was premiered under Leonard Slatkin at the Kennedy Center . In 2010 Sierra was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Works

  • El mensajero de plata , chamber opera in two acts (libretto: Myrna Casas), world premiere at the Interamerican Festival in San Juan on October 9, 1986
  • Júbilo , 1987
  • Concierto Caribe for flute and orchestra
  • Imágenes for violin, guitar and orchestra
  • We've Got Rhythm
  • Evocaciones , Violin Concerto, 1994
  • Saludo
  • Ritmo , 1995
  • Concerto for Orchestra
  • Concerto for Saxophones
  • Fandangos , 2002
  • Symphony No. 1 , 2004
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Symphony No. 4 , premiered by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra on October 1, 2009
  • Fanfarria, aria y movimiento perpetuo
  • Double Concerto for Violin and Viola
  • Songs from the Diaspora
  • Folias , guitar concert
  • Concierto Barroco for guitar and orchestra
  • Missa Latina (Pro Pax) , 2006

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personal data
SURNAME Sierra, Roberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Vega Baja , Puerto Rico