Sergio Vitier

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Sergio Vitier García-Marruz (born January 18, 1948 in Havana ; † May 1, 2016 there ) was a Cuban composer and guitarist.

Vitier, son of the poet couple Cintio Vitier and Fina García-Marruz, studied at the Conservatory and the "High School for Music" in Havana. There he joined the “Group for Experimental Music” at the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), which was directed by Leo Brouwer and to which the most prominent representatives of the Nueva Trova belonged. He then worked as a guitarist in the “Cuban Orchestra for Modern Music”, as a concert soloist and teacher at the “School for Modern Music”. From 1968 to 1986 he led the group Oru with Rogelio Furé, which tried to mix classical, jazz and Afro-Cuban music.

In addition to experimental pieces, he composed numerous guitar songs.

Works

Chamber and electro-acoustic music

  • Raíces for tape
  • Danzanría for tape
  • Nacimient-vida for tape
  • Heights and horizons for guitar, drums, prepared piano, organ and tape
  • Piece for guitar, tenor and tape
  • Divinas palabras for organ, harpsichord, guitar, flute, clarinet, trombone, xylophone, percussion and choir
  • Destiempos for piano
  • Zona con algo de son for flute
  • Pequeña sesión de ritmo for percussion

For orchestra

  • Desprendimiento

Film music

  • Girón
  • The programa de Moncada
  • De cierta manera
  • La tierra y el cielo
personal data
SURNAME Vitier, Sergio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vitier García-Marruz, Sergio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban composer and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana , Cuba
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2016
Place of death Havana , Cuba