Oscar Carmona (1975- )
Oscar
Carmona was born in Santiago of Chile in 1975. He is a graduate of
the Facultad de Artes at the Universidad de Chile where he studied
music composition with Aliocha Solovera. In 1998 he received the first
prize in the Vicente Huidobro Composition Competition and, in 2002 a
special prize in the Composition Competition at the Universidad
Católica de Chile. His music has been performed mainly in Chile,
but also by ensembles around the world (Lithuanian National Symphony
Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lorraine,
Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Irvine Arditti, Satoko Inoue, Excelsior
Quartet, Hinko Haas, Bojan Gorisek, Ensamble Contemporáneo, Francis
Yang, Jorge Pepi-Alos, Matthias Ziegler and Camilla Hoitenga)
and at
festivals such as World Music Days, Gaudeamus Music Week, Centre
Acanthes, Two Days and Two Nights of New Music, Encounters, ArtCologne,
and Festival Encuentros. In 2004, he was finalist in the Gaudeamus
Music Composition Competition, with his work Cygnus X - 1,
for piano and electronics. Currently he also is professor of music
composition, counterpoint, analysis, harmony and orchestration at the
Facultad de Artes of the Universidad de Chile and at the Escuela de
Música of the Universidad Arcis, in Santiago, Chile.COMPOSITIONS Carmona Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Wind Quintet (1997)
Ausencias, soprano and piano (1995-97)
Horizón Carré, female voice, piano and 2 percussionists (1998)
Poema Crucificado "El Abandonado", 16 voices a cappella (1999)
"New Work", 2 marimbas (2006-07)
Corrente, flute and piano (2001-04)
Du - Elle, 2 pianos (2000)
Configuraciones, 2 pianos and 4 percussionists (2000)
Kinesis, tape (2000)
Nebula IV, amplified flute (2001)
String Quartet (1998-2001)
Nebula IX, amplified clarinet (2002)
Hymn, choir (2003)
Cygnus X - 1, piano and tape (2003)
Nebula VII, amplified violin (2002-04)
Jeux, piano (2005)
Segundo Juego, trumpet, bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, vibraphone and piano (2005)
"New Work", bass clarinets and live electronics (2005- )
Esquisses, bass clarinet and live electronics (2006-2007)
Esente dal Tempo, piano (2007)
Le Jeu Suivant, 8 instrumentalists (2007)
En Dehors II, orchestra (2007)
En Dehors II (b), orchestra (2007-2008)
At the Moment, flute/alto, clarinet/bass cl, violin, viola, cello and piano (2008)
Mecanismos, 2 marimbas (2008)
En la Soledad de los Mundos, tape (2008)
New Work, violin and 16 instruments (2008) [in progress]
Distenso, tenor sax and electronics (2009)
WORKS BY GENRE Carmona Links ~ top of page ~
Orchestra
En Dehors II, orchestra (2007)
En Dehors II (b), orchestra (2007-2008)
Soloist(s) & Orchestra/Ensemble
New Work, violin and 16 instruments (2008) [in progress]
Choral
Poema Crucificado "El Abandonado", 16 voices a cappella (1999)
Hymn, choir (2003)
Chamber
Wind Quintet (1997)
Configuraciones, 2 pianos and 4 percussionists (2000)
String Quartet (1998-2001)
Corrente, flute and piano (2001-04)
Segundo Juego, trumpet, bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, vibraphone and piano (2005)
"New Work", bass clarinets and live electronics (2005- )
"New Work", 2 marimbas (2006-07)
Le Jeu Suivant, 8 instrumentalists (2007)
At the Moment, flute/alto, clarinet/bass cl, violin, viola, cello and piano (2008)
Mecanismos, 2 marimbas (2008)
Solo Instrument
Nebula IV, amplified flute (2001)
Nebula IX, amplified clarinet (2002)
Nebula VII, amplified violin (2002-04)
Esquisses, bass clarinet and live electronics (2006-2007)
Distenso, tenor sax and electronics (2009)
Piano
Du - Elle, 2 pianos (2000)
Cygnus X - 1, piano and electronics (2003)
Jeux, piano (2005)
Esente dal Tempo, piano (2007)
Vocal
Ausencias, soprano and piano (1995-97)
Horizón Carré, female voice, piano and 2 percussionists (1998)
Electronic
Kinesis, tape (2000)
Cygnus X - 1, piano and electronics (2003)
Esquisses, bass clarinet and live electronics (2006-2007)
En la Soledad de los Mundos, tape (2008)
Distenso, tenor sax and electronics (2009)
CARMONA LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Composer's website
Carmona @ MySpaceMusic
Carmona @ Frans Waltmans
Streaming Audio
Carmona @ MySpaceMusic
Carmona @ YouTube
[none at the moment]
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