Works

A "letter" for Mich (2011)

for solo clarinet

Duration: ad libitum

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American birds (2020)

for horn quartet

Duration: 7'

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Ania jest... (2015)

for solo clarinet

Duration: 5'

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Music Text

Juan Manuel Abras

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World Premiere

22/09/2016

BarStudio, Warsaw (International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn")

Michał Górczyński, clarinet

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Astor in Astorga (2017)

for violin and accordion

Duration: 4'

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World Premiere

18/05/2017

Conservatorio Superior de Música de Navarra, Auditorio Guelbenzu, Pamplona (Ciclo Piazzolleando - Astor in memoriam)

Irati Sanz, violin / Itsaso Mungia, accordion

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Institutional commission

Work commissioned by Aula de Acordeón del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Navarra, Spain

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Bandoneon concerto "Sedekte" (orchestral version) (2000/2001)

for solo bandoneon and string orchestra

Duration: 21'

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Awards

Gold Medal Award in Composition 2001, CSMMF
TRINAC Mention 2002, EIMC - International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) - CAMU - International Music Council (IMC) - UNESCO

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Bandoneon concerto "Sedekte" (ensemble version) (2000/2001)

for solo bandoneon and string quartet

Duration: 21'

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Awards

Gold Medal Award in Composition 2001, CSMMF
TRINAC Mention 2002, EIMC - International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) - CAMU - International Music Council (IMC) - UNESCO

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Blutgletscherstück (2013)

for ensemble

Duration: 4'

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Scoring

asax.bn-trbn.ttuba-perc-vln.vla.vlc.db

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Bossa nova scriabinosa (2014)

for solo viola

Duration: 6'

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Bossa nova scriabinosa (cello version) (2014)

for solo cello

Duration: 6'

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Chacarera beatboxera (2008)

for beatboxer and ensemble

Duration: 6'

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Scoring

beatboxer-cl-perc:tam-t/bongos/susp.cym/SD/tom-t/vib-pft-vln

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World Premiere

25/09/2008

Ochota Sports Centre, Warsaw (International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn")

Patryk "TikTak" Matela, beatboxing / Kwartludium Ensemble

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Institutional commission

Work commissioned by 51. International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn", Poland

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​Recommended Recording

Patryk "TikTak" Matela / Kwartludium Ensemble ("Sound Chronicle of the Warsaw Autumn 2008 No. 5")

Polish Music Information Centre Polmic 045 (Poland, 2008)

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​Chacarera meets the Puna (2005)

for solo violin

Duration: 5'

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World Premiere

20/09/2013

Szilády Áron Református Gimnázium, Kiskunhalas

Édua Zádory, violin

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Recommended Recording

Alejandro Drago, violin ("Obras para Violín Solo de Compositores Argentinos Vol. II")

Tradition TR060427 (Argentina. 2007)

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Conceptio, gestatio et partus (2005)

for symphony orchestra

Duration: 20'

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Scoring

2.afl.2.corA.2.Ebcl.2.dbn-2.2.2.1-perc(2):BD/tam-t/crystal glass/crot/vib-pft-strings

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Cueca wagneroide (2015)

for solo viola

Duration: 5'

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Cueca wagneroide (cello version) (2015)

for solo cello

Duration: 5'

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Debussyan chacarera (2010)

for solo piano

Duration: 5'

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World Premiere

16/05/2011

Consejo Profesional de Ciencias Económicas de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Natalia González Figueroa, piano

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Recommended Recording

Natalia González Figueroa, piano ("Homeland: Piano Music from Argentina, Vol. 1")

Natalia González Figueroa (Argentina, 2008)

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De Coelesti Hierarchia (2002)

for male choir, ensemble and soundtrack

Duration: 4'

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Scoring

vib-org-vc-soundtrack

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Music Text

Sacred texts

Dialogues between Moses, Demosthenes, Virgil and Turing (2004)

for string quartet

Duration: 15'

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Dialogues between Moses, Demosthenes, Virgil and Turing (mixed ensemble version) (2004, arr. 2005)

arranged for flute, clarinet, violin and cello

Duration: 15'

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Diálogos franciscano(n)s (Saint François d’Assise) (2012)

for bass flute and soundtrack

Duration: 7'

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Discursos argentinos (2011)

for solo oboe

Duration: 5'

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World Premiere

24/06/2015

Circolo Italiano, Buenos Aires

Marcelo Baus, oboe

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Drunken fugue (1999)

for saxophone trio

Duration: 4'

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Scoring

ssax.tsax.barsax

World Premiere

28/07/2002

La Scala de San Telmo, Buenos Aires

Carolina Cervetto, soprano sax / Diana Magalí Carballo, tenor sax / Sabina Egea Sobral, bariton sax

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Estelango (2002)

for solo piano

Duration: 4'

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World Premiere

09/02/2003

York University, Ontario

Estela Telerman, piano

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Estelango (2002)

for bandoneon and piano

Duration: 4'

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Estelango (2002)

for piano four hands

Duration: 4'

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World Premiere

21/05/2005

Casal de Catalunya, Buenos Aires

Estela Telerman & Guillermo Carro, piano

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Recommended Recording

Estela Telerman & Guillermo Carro, piano ("Los compositores académicos argentinos y el Tango II")

Pretal PRCD 138 (Argentina, 2007)

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Estelango (2002)

for percussion ensemble

Duration: 4'

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Scoring

timp.perc(4):I=glsp; II=xyl; III=marimba; IV=vib

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World Premiere

25/10/2010

Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Salón de Actos, Buenos Aires

Ensamble de Percusión del Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires "Astor Piazzolla" / Marina Calzado Linage

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Euskal oroipenak (2018)

for txistu with tamboril, marimba and accordion

Duration: 10'

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World Premiere

 04/06/2018

Conservatorio Superior de Música de Navarra, Auditorio Fernando Remacha, Pamplona

Ainara Martínez, txistu / Isaac Irimia, marimba / Itsaso Mungia, accordion

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Institutional commission

Work commissioned by Aula de Acordeón del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Navarra, Spain

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Five rivers (2019)

for orchestra

Duration: 11'

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Scoring

2.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(2):t.bells/anvil/cyms/BD/tam-t-strings
 

Flumen Dei, ager arkanus (2003/2004)

for orchestra

Duration: 20'

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Scoring

2.2.0.0-2.2.0.0-perc(2):BD/tam-t/crystal glass/crot/vib-pft-strings

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Harmonie - Alpha et Omega (2001/2002)

for soprano and piano

Duration: 5'

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Music Text

Otto Vicenzi

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World Premiere

25/04/2002

Palais-Pálffy, Vienna

Marika Ottitsch, soprano / Lourenço César Finatti, piano

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Recommended Recording

Marika Ottisch, soprano / Lourenço César Finatti, piano ("Harmonie heute?!")

Harmonia Classica Records HCR 022 (Austria, 2002)

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Huayno meets the milonga (2009)

for vibraphone and five-octave marimba

Duration: 6'

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World Premiere

10/06/2011

Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Gonzalo Pérez, vibraphone / Martín Diez, marimba

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Innandöme (2020)

for orchestra

Duration: 12'

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Scoring

2.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(2):vib/anvil/susp.cym/vibraslap/tpl.bl/BD/tam-t-pft-strings

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In purgatorium (De profundis) (2008)

for mixed choir, percussion and strings

Duration: 6'

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Music Text

Sacred texts

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Scoring

perc(2):susp.cym/BD/tam-t-strings(1.1.1.1.1)

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Interiörer (2020)

for ensemble

Duration: 7'

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Scoring

1.1.1.1-0.0.0.0-perc(1):anvil/susp.cym/vibraslap/tpl.bl/BD/tam-t-pft-vln.vla.vlc

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Kinderlachen (2015)

for soprano or tenor recorder

Duration: 7'

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World Premiere

18/09/2016

Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin

Sylvia Hinz, recorder

Kleriodapsis - A butterfly’s life (2002)

for symphony orchestra

Duration: 20'

solo violin-solo cello-2.2.0.0-2.2.0.0-perc(2):BD/tam-t/crystal glass/crot/vib-pft-strings

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La chacayalera (1999)

for children’s choir

Duration: 5'40"

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Music Text

Miguel A. Camino

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La fuga de Valentino (1999)

for piano six hands

Duration: 8'15"

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World Premiere

17/11/2000

Centro Cultural General San Martín, Buenos Aires

Juan Manuel Abras (electroacoustic version)

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La fuga de Valentino (symphony orchestra version) (1999)

for symphony orchestra

Duration: 8'15"

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Scoring

2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.2.3.1-timp-harp-strings

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Libertas? - 47 (1999)

for instrument(s) and/or voice(s)

Duration: 4'

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World Premiere

22/06/2011

Arte Gallery, Sofia

Music students from the New Bulgarian University

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Awards

Grafimuse Prize, Brussels

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Milonga meets malambo (2011)

for cello and piano

Duration: 6'

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World Premiere

18/06/2012

Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (Foro Internacional de Música Nueva "Manuel Enríquez")

Juan Hermida, cello / Misa Ito, piano

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Milonga meets malambo (violin and piano version) (2011, arr. 2014)

arranged for violin and piano

Duration: 6'

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Missa (2000)

for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra

Duration: 30'

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Music Text

Sacred texts

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Scoring

SATB-mixed choir-2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(2):t.bells/BD/SD/anvil-harp-cel-strings

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Moment musical sur un thème de P. et M. Hill (2012)

for soprano and ensemble

Duration: 30"

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Music Text

Juan Manuel Abras

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Scoring

S-cl-tpt-marimba-pft-vln.vlc

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World Premiere

04/06/2013

Théâtre Dunois, Paris

Ensemble Aleph

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Muchos rostros, una Madre (Homilía del Santo Padre Juan Pablo II) (2006)

for solo voices, mixed choir and chamber orchestra

Duration: 13'

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Music Text

Pope John Paul II and sacred texts

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Scoring

SATB-mixed choir-hn-harp-1.1.1.1.0

World Premiere

07/05/2006

Parafia p.w. Ofiarowania Pańskiego w Warszawie, Warsaw

Barbara Wnuk, soprano / Bożenna Jurkiewicz, alto / Piotr Szmyt, tenor / Ryszard Morka, bass / Chór "Cantate Domino" / Zuzanna Sawicka, harp / Natolińska Orkiestra Kameralna / Adrianna Róża Szmyt

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Institutional commission

Work commissioned by Fundacja Argentyńska, Poland

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Munda me (Miserere) (2006/2008)

for mixed choir a cappella

Duration: 6'

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Music Text

Sacred texts

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Musik für "In 3 Tagen bist du tot (Filmsequenz)" (2010)

for ensemble

Duration: 4'

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Scoring

bcl(2)-hn-perc:BD/tam-t/t.bells/vib-vln.vlc.db

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World Premiere

Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, Vienna (International Film Music Symposium Vienna)

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Awards

2nd Wiener Filmmusik Preis 2010, Vienna

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Noches para olvidar (2002)

chamber opera in one act

Duration: 14'

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Music Text

Libretto by Juan Manuel Abras, based on the story by Neli Marche

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Scoring

S,T,B-fl.cl-hn-timp.perc:susp.cym/wdbl-pft-strings(1.1.1.1.1)

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Only one note (2014)

for solo piano

Duration: 1'

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World Premiere

24/06/2014

Universität Bremen, Bremen

Juan María Solare, piano

Österreichische Reden (2011)

for solo oboe

Duration: 2'

Pentecostés (Veni Sancte Spiritus) (2007)

for mixed choir and soundtrack

Duration: 7'

Music Text

Sacred texts

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World Premiere

26/05/2007

Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie. Krakow (19. Międzynarodowe Dni Muzyki Kompozytorów Krakowskich)

Chór Kameralny "Pogratulujmy Mrówkom" / Grzegorz Brajner

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Awards

TRINAC Mention 2014, EIMC - International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)

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Perpetuum tanguile (2013)

for solo violin

Duration: 5'

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World Premiere

26/07/2014

Klang im Bild. Brick-5 Verein zur Förderung der multimedialen Kunst und Technik, Vienna

Édua Zádory, violin

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Recommended Recording

Édua Zádory, violin ("Heavy")

GENUIN classics GEN17473 (Germany, 2017)

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Pésame (Actus contritionis) (2006)

for narrator, mixed choir, ensemble and soundtrack

Duration: 6'

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Music Text

Juan Manuel Abras and sacred texts

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Scoring

narrator-mixed choir-perc:t.bells/vib-pft-db-tape

World Premiere

13/01/2007

Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie, Krakow

Warsztat kompozytorsko-wykonawczy. Wojciech Leonowicz, narrator / Chór Kameralny Muzyki Współczesnej / Wiktoria Chrobak, percussion / Piotr Grodecki, double bass / Michał Pawełek, piano / Grzegorz Brajner

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Awards

TRINAC Prize 2008, EIMC - International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)

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Piano concerto "Telesiadas" (Variations on a theme by Chazarreta) (2002/2009)

for piano and symphony orchestra

Duration: 10'

Scoring

solo piano-2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2):harp-cel-strings(14.12.10.8.6)

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Awards

TRINAC Prize 2017, EIMC - International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)

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Ploratus acerbos infantem edere (2013)

for solo clarinet

Duration: 3'

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World Premiere

20/08/2014

Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte, Buenos Aires

Griselda Giannini, clarinet

Pomeranian rhapsody (2017)

for oboe d'amore and harpsichord

Duration: 8'

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Music Text

Latin phrases

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World Premiere

14/10/2017

Pałac Biskupa Erazma Ciołka, Krakow (Pianoforte Fundacja - "Między Bachem a Abrasem")

Katarzyna Pilipiuk, oboe d'amore / Anna Huszczo, harpsichord

Przemówienia polskie (2011)

for solo oboe

Duration: 3'

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World Premiere

22/06/2016

Circolo Italiano, Buenos Aires

Andrés Spiller, oboe

Quatuor pour un petit soldat de plomb (1999)

for string quartet

Duration: 11'

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Awards

Special Mention - Concurso de Composición Orquesta de Cámara Sibelius "Bicentenario", Banfield

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Quatuor pour un petit soldat de plomb (string orchestra version) (1999)

for string orchestra

Duration: 11'

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Awards

Special Mention - Concurso de Composición Orquesta de Cámara Sibelius "Bicentenario", Banfield

Recuerdos de un 11-M (2006/2007)

for solo piano

Duration: 5'

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Ricercare (1999)

for flute, clarinet, violin and cello

Duration: 8'

World Premiere

19/06/1999

Stiftung  Mozarteum Salzburg, Wiener Saal, Salzburg

Son Youn Hwa, flute / Víctor Estarelles, clarinet / Samuli Tuomikoski, violin / Pejman Memarzadeh, cello

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Recommended Recording

Son Youn Hwa, flute / Víctor Estarelles, clarinet / Samuli Tuomikoski, violin / Pejman Memarzadeh, cello ("Argentina - Música de Cámara Vol. 1") AAC–2705 (Argentina, 2006)

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Ricercare (string quartet version) (1999)

for string quartet

Duration: 8

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Seriallemande (1997)

for piano 4 hands

Duration: 3'

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World Premiere

04/12/1997

Centro Cultural General San Martín, Buenos Aires (Conciertos del Caracol 1997)

Alicia Clausi & Ping-Hui Ho, piano

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Sitwa Raymi (Oración primera al Hacedor) (2014)

for mixed choir and soundtrack

Duration: 9'

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Music Text

Sacred texts

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World Premiere

14/06/2015

Basílica de María Auxiliadora y San Carlos, Buenos Aires

Ensamble Vocal Cámara XXI / Miguel Pesce

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Institutional commission

Work commissioned by Ensamble Vocal Cámara XXI, Argentina

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Recommended Recording

Ensamble Vocal Cámara XXI / Miguel Pesce ("Bavel - Obras Corales Contemporáneas")

Ensamble Vocal Cámara XXI (Argentina, 2006)

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Sonata "Medina" (1997)

for solo piano

Duration: 6'

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World Premiere

03/12/1999

La Casa de San Telmo, Buenos Aires (Mudrub-Mudrus)

Sergio Elena, piano

Sueño y chacarera (2001)

for flute and clarinet

Duration: 8'

World Premiere

08/08/2001

Auditorio de Radio Nacional, Buenos Aires

Javier Blanco, flute / Alfredo Gómez, clarinet

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Awards

TRIMARG Mention 2002, EIMC - International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) - CAMU - International Music Council (IMC) - UNESCO

Suite argentina (chamber orchestra version) (2000/2001)

for chamber orchestra

Duration: 13'

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Scoring

2.2.2.2-timp.perc:t.bells/wdbl-strings

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World Premiere

07/06/2002

Franz Josef Reinl-Stiftung. Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, Vienna

Tonkünstler Ensemble / Werner Hackl

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Awards

2nd Reinl-Preis 2002, Vienna

Suite argentina (symphony orchestra version) (2000/2001)

for symphony orchestra

Duration: 13'

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Scoring

2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(2):t.bells/BD/SD/wdbl/anvil-harp-cel-strings

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Awards

2nd Reinl-Preis 2002, Vienna

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The Dante sketches (Divina Commedia) (2006/2007)

for narrator, mixed choir and symphony orchestra

Duration: 40'

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​​Music Text

Dante Alighieri

Gustave Doré's illustrations for "La Divina Commedia" by Dante Alighieri and texts from the same work

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Scoring

narrator-2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.2.1-timp.perc(2):anvil/BD/susp.cym/tam-t/thunder sheet/cricket-guiro/crot/vib-strings(16.14.12.10.8.6)

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The hermit (Der Einsiedler) (2015)

for violin and dancer

Duration: 16'

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World Premiere

09/03/2016

Nádasdy Ferenc Múzeum, Sárvár

Édua Zádory, violin / Beatrix Simkó, dance

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The hermit (Der Einsiedler) (revised version) (2015, rev.2016)

for solo violin and optional dancer

Duration: 16'

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World Premiere

09/03/2016

Nádasdy Ferenc Múzeum, Sárvár

Édua Zádory, violin / Beatrix Simkó, dance

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Recommended Recording

Édua Zádory, violin ("Heavy")

GENUIN classics GEN17473 (Germany, 2017)

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The song of Anna O. (2005)

for soprano and ensemble

Duration: 7'

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Music Text

Josef Breuer

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Scoring

soprano(=tam-t)-Ebcl-tpt(=didgeridoo,train whistle)-perc:marimba-pft-vln.vlc

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World Premiere

06/09/2006

Bimhuis-Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)

Ensemble Aleph

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Awards

Selected Work - Ensemble Aleph (Paris) - 4th International Forum for Young Composers 2006 (Program "Culture 2000" - European Union)

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Recommended Recording

Ensemble Aleph ("4e Forum International des Jeunes Compositeurs - Oeuvres sélectionnées")

Ensemble Aleph - Cdmc (France, 2006)

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Toccata argentina (2020)

for organ

Duration: 4'

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Un réquiem lorquiano (Balada de la placeta) (2009)

for soundtrack

Duration: 5'

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World Premiere

04/01/2014

Associazione Cultura e Musica G. Curci, Barletta (Soundiff - Diffrazioni Sonore)

Nicola Monopoli, interactive sound diffusion

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​Recommended Recording

Juan Manuel Abras ("Electroacoustic & Beyond Vol. 2")
RMN Classical CLS170901 (United Kingdom, 2017)

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Your kisses break the silence of the hours (2020)

for soundtrack

Duration: 3'

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Yubarta Yakarta (2015)

for solo cello

Duration: 5'

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N.B. This work list is currently under revision.