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O'Reilly Viamontes, Mónica (b. 1975, Havana). Cuban composer of mostly chamber and electroacoustic works that have been performed in the Americas and Europe.
Ms. O'Reilly studied piano at the Conservatorio Manuel Saumell from 1982-89 and choral conducting with María del Carmen Domínguez at the Conservatorio Amadeo Roldán from 1989-93 and earned diplomas in both subjects. She studied composition with Roberto Valera at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana from 1993-98, where she earned her BMus. She has also attended seminars by Edgar Alandia Canipa, Harold Gramatges, Alejandro Iglesias Rossi, and Giancarlo Schiaffini and has worked at both the Estudio de Música Electroacústica y por Computadoras and the Laboratorio Nacional de Música Electroacústica in Havana.
Among her honors are honorary membership in the Instituto Ecuatoriano-Cubano José Martí (1996), the Premio EGREM (1997, for a recording of her choral arrangements) and a prize in the competition Cantándole al Sol for best vocal arrangements (1998). Most recently, she received the Premio Cubadisco for best choral CD (2004, for the EGREM CD of her Soneto con Gallo and works by other Cuban composers). Her music has been heard in Chile, Cuba, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, and the UK.
She served as the arranger of the annual children's song competition Cantándole al Sol from 1996-2001.
She taught as Profesora de Apreciación de la Música at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana from 1995-99 and analysis, ear training, harmony, and score reading there in 1996, where she has again taught these subjects since 2001. She has also served as the coordinator of its Taller de Música del Siglo XX since 2002. In addition, she has taught as Profesora de Dirección Coral y Arreglo Coral at the Escuela Nacional de Música since 2000.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: vorelly@infomed.sld.cu
Street address: Ms. Mónica O'Reilly, 5ta C #9010 entre 90 A y 92, Playa, Havana, Cuba
Telephone: 537 206 4908
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: El pescador (incidental music, play by members of the Alianza Teatro), 1997; Alicia en el país de las maravillas (incidental music, play by Jaime Fort), 1998; Mundo Interior, dancer, tape, film, 2000 (collaboration with Irina Escalante Chernova); Gallos (choreography by Isabel Busts), dance troupe, tape, 2002 (collaboration with Fernando Rodríguez)
ORCHESTRAL: Siete Miniaturas, 1997; Tres Miniaturas, 1998; Pizz and 5, string orchestra, 2003; Cinéfilo – Episodio La, 2004
CHAMBER MUSIC: Trío No. 1, 'Mambrú varió en la guerra', flute, clarinet, piano, 1995; Trío No. 2, flute, clarinet, piano, 1995; Conjunto de Percusión, 4 percussion, 1996; Cuarteto, string quartet, 1996; Sonata para conjunto de cámara, oboe, bassoon, trombone, viola, cello, double bass, 1997; For-four-Xilo-phones, 4 xylophones, 2000; Mentiras, violin, tape, 2003; Del pi al pa, clarinet, 2004
CHORAL: Del Pobre B.B. (text by Bertolt Brecht), female chorus, 1993; Stabat Mater, 5 female voices, cello, 1994; Soneto con Gallo (text by Nicolás Guillén), mixed chorus, 2002; Haikus I-III, female chorus, 2004
VOCAL: Epitafios (text by Yanella Duarte), voice, piano, 1999; Luz (text by Yanella Duarte), voice, piano, 1999
PIANO: Ciclo de seis piezas, 1994
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Infinitamente, tape, 1998 (music for exhibition by painter Joel Moreno); Moniobra, tape, 1998; El segundo de un compay eterno, tape, 2000; Psss, tape, 2000; Bbpino, tape, 2001; De lo que dejaron las congas (Un besito a papito), tape, 2001 (collaboration with Irina Escalante Chernova); El indio está que pela, tape, 2002; Tres little escenas de Mr. Pérez, tape, 2002; Martí: muerte y razón, tape, 2002; Gestual, tape, 2002; Jardines del Rey, tape, 2002; Pinar del Río, tape, 2002
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR): Ciclo cerrado, 1997 (Raonel González); rrring, 1998 (Pavel Giroud); Hecha para dar cariño, 2000 (collaboration with Roberto Hernández) (Janet Capetillo, J. Luis Mederos); No hay que por bien no venga, 2000 (collaboration with Roberto Hernández) (Felix de la Nuez); Si te quieres por el pico divertir, 2000 (collaboration with Roberto Hernández) (Felix de la Nuez)
DISCOGRAPHY
La gota de Rocío (Silvio Rodríguez). Alina Orraca/Schola Cantorum Coralina (UNICORNIO, 2001)
Soneto con Gallo. Alina Orraca/Schola Cantorum Coralina (EGREM, 2002)
(Last updated on June 28, 2004)
