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Benzecry, Esteban (b. 1970, Lisbon). Portuguese-born Argentinean-French composer of
orchestral and chamber works that have been performed throughout the Americas
and in Europe.
Mr. Benzecry studied composition
privately with Haydée Gerardi and Sergio Hualpa and graduated from the fine
arts school Prilidiano Pueyrredon in Buenos Aires in 1992. From 1997-99, he
studied with Jacques Charpentier at the Paris Conservatoire, where he earned a
unanimous premier prix in 1999. In 2000-01, he studied composition with Paul
Méfano and electroacoustic music with Laurent Cuniot and Luis Naón at the same
school.
His honors include the distinction
as the Young Revelation of the Season by the Asociación de Criticos Musicales
de la Argentina (1992) and his Symphonie No. 1, ‘El
compendio de la vida’ was named the Best Argentinean Work in 1994. In 1995,
he was an invited composer at the Yehudi Menuhin Academy in Switzerland and in
1999, he earned a prize from the Fondation Tronchet et Delmas at the Académie
des Beaux-Arts at the Institut de France.
His works have been performed
throughout Argentina and France and in Colombia, Italy, Lithuania, Switzerland,
the UK, the USA, and Venezuela. He has received commissions from the
Carnegie-Mellon Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Fundación Banco Mayo
(Argentina), l’Orchestre de Cannes, l’Orchestre Colonne, l’Orchestre National
de France, the Orquesta Filarmónica de México, Radio France, and the Sinfónica Nacional
de Argentina, among other organizations.
He has lived in France since 1997.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address:
esteban.benzecry@noos.fr
Street address: Mr. Esteban Benzecry, 3
rue de Cottages, 75018 Paris, France Telephone/fax: + 0033 1425 53894 COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS ORCHESTRAL: Concertino, cello, string orchestra,
1992; Adagio fantastique, violin,
viola, string orchestra, 1993; Symphonie
No. 1, ‘El compendio de la vida’, large orchestra, 1993; Obertura Tanguera (Hommage à Astor Piazzolla), large orchestra, 1993; Poème intérieur, violin, orchestra,
1993; Paysage nocturne, violin,
string orchestra, 1994; Sinfonietta
Americana, string orchestra, 1995; Symphonie
No. 2, large orchestra, 1996; Présage de l’aube, small orchestra (16 players), 1998; Scherzo Latino-Américaine,
string orchestra, 1999; Symphonie No.
3, ‘Preludio para un nuevo milenio’, large orchestra, 1999; Mosaïque Sudaméricaine, string
orchestra, 2000; Inti Raymi (La fiesta del sol de los Incas), 2001; Colores de la cruz del sur, large
orchestra, 2002; Patagonia, string
orchestra, 2002 CHAMBER MUSIC: Introduction et Caprice, violin, 1990; Toccata et Mystère, cello, piano, 1991; Trio, violin, cello, piano, 1994; Sermoneta, violin, 1995; Rhapsodie, clarinet, piano, 1997; Quatuor à cordes No. 1, string quartet, 1998; Inti, flute, piano, 2000; La lumière de Pacha Caman (concerto),
cello, ensemble (7 celli), 2000; Quatre
petites pièces, oboe, 2000 (also version for bassoon, 2000); Rapsodia Andina, cello, piano, 2002 DISCOGRAPHY Symphonie No. 1, ‘El
compendio de la vida’; Obertura
Tanguera (Hommage à Astor Piazzolla);
Concertino; Sinfonietta Americana. Orquesta Sinfónica de Simón Bolívar;
Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá; Orquesta de Cámara Mayo (Éditions Cosentino:
IRCO 299, 1997) Adagio fantastique.
Andrés Gabetta, violin; Natalya Alexandrova, viola; Andrés Gabetta/Camerata
Basel (Musik-Akademie Basel, 1998) (Last updated on February 11, 2003)
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