THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT  

Juan José Iturriberry

(b. 24 October 1936, Pando).

Uruguayan composer of mostly chamber and piano works that have been performed throughout the Americas.

Mr. Iturriberry initially studied piano with Genoveva Fariña de Praga and Numen Vilariño in Montevideo. He then studied musicology at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo and counterpoint, harmony, musical forms, serialism, and the twelve-tone system privately with Angelo Turriziani. He later studied composition with Carlos Estrada, Manuel Fernández Espiro, Antonio Mastrogiovanni, and Héctor Tosar at the Escuela Universitaria de Música of the Universidad de la República. In addition, he twice participated in the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporánea in Piriápolis in 1971–72.

Among his honours are Primer Premio in the competition of the Escuela Universitaria de Música of the Universidad de la República (1969, for Variaciones). His music has been performed in South America and in the USA, including once at the ISCM World Music Days in Boston, Massachusetts (1976).

He is also active in other positions. He worked as a music critic for the newspaper Época in 1967, the weekly newspaper Marcha in 1969–70, the weekly newspaper Brecha in 1986–87, and the newspaper Lea in 1989, all in Montevideo. He was a contributor to the Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana in 1990–91. He is an active member of the Núcleo Música Nueva, Montevideo and the Sociedad Uruguaya de Música Contemporánea, the section in Uruguay of ISCM.

He has taught at various institutions, including the Escuela Universitaria de Música of the Universidad de la República.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: feritu@adinet.com.uy

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL:

Conglomerado-Disgregado, 1977

Introito (in memoriam Bloñilco), symphonic band, 1989

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Elegía, cello, piano, 1970

Seis Piezas breves, flute, guitar, 1970

Dos Piezas, cello, piano, 1971

Música nocturna, violin, cello, piano, 1973

Meditación, oboe, 1975

Tiempo de silencio, guitar, 1975, revised 1981

Auletas y citaristas, oboe, theorbo, 1977

La Auto-Reflautación de Bloñilco, flute, 1977

Citaristas, guitar, 1980

El Libro de las estatuas, oboe, string quartet, 1981 (also version for organ)

El Metro del Señor Lorenzo, saxophone, trombone, piano, 1999

Música para tres, tenor recorder/flute, guitar, piano, 2000

Aquí y allá, flute, saxophone, guitar, 2001

La Sembradora, flute, cello, piano, 2001–02

Cuarteto de cuerdas, string quartet, 2002

VOCAL:

Pequeño registro civil, speaker, guitar, 1962, revised 1974

Canciones del día (text by Georgette Pereira), soprano, piano, 1968

Cuatro Cantos, tenor, guitar, 1973

PIANO:

Variaciones, 1969

Seis Bagatelas, 1971

Maresatesandería, prepared piano, 1972, revised 1975

Preámbula, 1980

Fuera de la jaula, prepared piano, 1983

Respuesta para una carta no escrita, 1985, revised 2002

Los Olvidados, 1991

El Disfraz de los sosias, 1992

Los Inservibles, 1992

La Yegua del Distrito 5, 1995

Los Extravagantes, 1996

...sin querer, 1996

La Malcriada, 1997

Casi improvisado, 1997

ORGAN:

El Libro de las estatuas, 1998 (version of chamber work)