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Fernández, Agustín (b. March 10, 1958, Cochabamba). Bolivian composer, now resident in the UK, of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, and choral works that have been performed in the Americas and Europe.
Dr. Fernández studied at the Instituto Laredo in Cochabamba from 1967-73 and studied composition at the Universidad Católica Boliviana in La Paz. He did his post-graduate work at the University of Liverpool in 1984-85, where he earned his MMus, and then studied at City University from 1985-90 and earned his PhD. He has also studied composition privately with Akira Ifukube and Takashi Iida in Japan, as well as conducting with Daniel Asia in the UK and violin with Takeshi Kobayashi in Japan.
In Bolivia, he earned First Prize in the First Interprovincial Charango Competition in Cochabamba (1971) and the Sesquicentenario de la República First Prize in La Paz (1975). His other honors include the Training Award from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (1980-81), an award from the Rotary Club Tokyo (composition and violin studies, 1981-82), the FCO Award (post-graduate studies in the UK, 1984-89), and the Hamlyn Bursary (Dartington, 1991).
He taught at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in La Paz from 1977-80, before moving abroad. He taught as composer-in-residence at Queen's University in Belfast from 1990-94 and lectured at the Dartington College of Arts in 1994-95. He then taught as a lecturer at the University of Newcastle from 1995-2000, where he has been a senior lecturer since 2000.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: Agustin.Fernandez@newcastle.ac.uk
Street address (university): Dr. Agustín Fernández, Dept. of Music, Armstrong Bldg., University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Telephone (university): + 4419 1222 7636
Fax: + 4419 1222 5242
Website: http://www.agustinfernandez.com
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Crossroads Talk (music theatre work; percussionist speaks text), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), alto saxophone (+ baritone saxophone), violin (+ viola), piano (+ synthesizer), percussion, 1984; Teoponte (music theatre work), 6 mixed voices, tape, 1988; Botanic Journey (music theatre work, text by Robyn Archer), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1991; A Queen Has her Portrait Painted (music theatre work, text by Edward Kemp), 2 sopranos, piano, 1991; The Wheel (music theatre work, text by Felicity Hayes-McCoy), 4 mixed voices, guitar (+ mandolin), viola, double bass, piano, accordion, percussion, 1992-93, revised 2003; Books and Night (music theatre work), 4 sopranos, baritone, female chorus, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, 1995
ORCHESTRAL: Danza de la loma, 1986; Fuego, 1987; Peregrine, small orchestra (14 players), 1996; La yapa, string orchestra, 1999; A Hidden Music, string orchestra, 2003
CHAMBER MUSIC: Wounded Angel, charango (10-string guitar), tape, 1989; The Insomniac's Lullaby, guitar, 1992; Meditación No. 1, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, piano, harpsichord, 3 percussion, 1985; Botanic Spider, piano, string quartet, 1991; The Falcon's Kiss, soprano saxophone, piano, 1994; Munirando, clarinet, piano, 1994; Munirando II, violin, piano, 1998; A to Z, flutes (1 player), charango, 2000, revised 2002; Trio, violin, cello, piano, 2003
CHORAL: Tres canciones sobre poemas de Rachel, mixed chorus, 1976; Cantata de Navidad y Epifanía, baritone, speaker, children's chorus, 2 pianos, 1978; El Afilador, children's/mixed chorus, 1981; Approaching Melmoth, baritone, mixed chorus, orchestra, 2000
VOCAL: Pájaro negro (text by the composer), soprano, flute, 2 clarinets (1st + bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello, piano, 1986; The Song of the Morrow (text by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by the composer), soprano, tenor, piano, 1992
PIANO: Cinco piezas de plata, 1985; Portrait, 2 pianos, 1990
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Silent Towers, tape, 1990
(Last updated on November 19, 2004)
