Sergio Hualpa

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Sergio Hualpa (born January 3, 1941 in Godoy Cruz , † July 18, 1990 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine composer , pianist and music teacher .

Hualpa studied piano and composition at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo until 1965 . He then continued his training with Erwin Leuchter in Buenos Aires and 1967–68 at the University of Indiana and 1972–73 in Paris.

Hualpa has taught at the Conservatorio Provincial Gilardo Gilari and the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata . With Santiago Santero he founded the Grupo Estudio Contemporáneo in 1986 , which was devoted to the study of contemporary Argentinean music and which he directed until his death. His students included u. a. Esteban Benzecry , Zaida Saiace , Jorge Voronovitzki , Elsa Justel , Lorena Di Florio , Alejandro Schaikis , Edu Zvetelman , Omar Cyrulnik , Cecilia Gauna and Mariano Moruja .

In the area of ​​composition, Hualpa said: “The creation of music with a Latin American identity is the basis for my creative process”, but he refrained from using folkloric or regional material and oriented his search to humanistic and poetic motivations or existential questions.

Works

  • Fiesta de la Vendimia de Mendoza for large orchestra, 1967
  • Variaciones for flute, bass clarinet, harp, violin and cello, 1967
  • Quinteto for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, 1968
  • Tres preludios for piano, 1969
  • Variaciones for clarinet and piano, 1970
  • Música para piano I , 1972
  • Dos secuencias for clarinet and piano, 1973
  • Música para piano II , 1974
  • Orquestal for large orchestra and tape, 1975–76
  • Trío for violin, cello and piano, 1977–1978
  • Voces song based on a text by Antonio Porchia , 1979
  • Seis esposas de Enrique VIII, Variaciones sobre un tema de W. Byrd , 1980
  • Sonata for flute and piano, 1980–1981
  • Sonata for oboe and piano, 1982
  • Sonata for clarinet and piano, 1983–1984
  • Invocaciones americanas for violin, viola, cello and piano, 1986
  • Tríptico for guitar, 1986–1987
  • Arcanos de Buenos Aires , four songs based on texts by Jorge Luis Borges for contralto, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, 1987
  • Laberintos de Buenos Aires for seven instruments, 1987–1988
  • Expansiones for violin and piano, 1990

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personal data
SURNAME Hualpa, Sergio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Godoy Cruz , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1990
Place of death Buenos Aires , Argentina