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Minsburg, Raúl (b. 1965, Buenos Aires). Argentinean composer of mostly electroacoustic music that has been heard in the Americas and Europe.

Mr. Minsburg initially studied history and philosophy at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He then studied chamber music with Antonio Russo, guitar with Irma Constanzo and music history with Yolanda Velo at the Conservatorio Juan José Castro in Buenos Aires from 1982-88, where he also received guidance from Enrique Belloc.

Among his honors are the Prix de Résidence in the Bourges competition (1994, for El otro espejo), First Prize in the Juan Carlos Paz competition in Buenos Aires (1996, for Voces del recuerdo) and a scholarship from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes in Buenos Aries (1997, to compose Días después...). His music has been heard in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, France, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA.

Mr. Minsburg is also active in other positions. He co-founded with Susana Espinosa and Daniel Schachter the festival Sonoimágenes in Lanús in 2000 and has since served as its co-director with them. He later co-founded the Red de Arte Sonoro Latinoamericano (RedASLA) in 2004.

He has worked as a researcher of musical perception at the Universidad Nacional de Lanús since 1999, where he has also taught analysis and sound processing as a professor since 2001 and where he has served as academic coordinator since 2004. In addition, he has taught as a professor of sound processing at both Maimónides University in Buenos Aires since 2001 and the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires since 2003.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: minsburg@fibertel.com.ar

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

CHAMBER MUSIC: Pieza, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1990; Música para septeto de cámara, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, piano, 1993; Tiempos imaginarios, oboe, piano, 2 samplers, CD, 1999

ELECTROACOUSTIC: La huella de Vincent, CD, 1992; El otro espejo, CD, 1994; Un oído en el desierto, CD, 1995; Voces del recuerdo, CD, 1995-96; Las Formas del Silencio, CD, 1996; Días después..., CD, 1997-98; Cientos de voces, CD, 1999; Entre sueños, CD, 2001; El mismo camino, CD, 2003; A tu memoria (Para Naúm Minsburg), CD, 2005

DISCOGRAPHY

Días después... (Universidad Nacional de Lanús/Universidad de La Serena, 2000)

Voces del recuerdo. (IRCO, 2000)

Entre sueños. (RedASLA, 2006)

(Last updated on May 7, 2006)


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