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Szewach, Julieta (b. 1971, Buenos Aires). Argentinean composer of chamber, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed throughout the Americas and elsewhere; she is also active as a pianist.
Ms. Szewach studied composition privately with Alejandro Iglesias Rossi in Buenos Aires and with Gabriel Valverde at CEAMC in Buenos Aires from 1994–99, where she also studied analysis and orchestration with Mariano Etkin, Gerardo Gandini, Francisco Kröpfl, Guillermo Scarabino, and Julio Viera and where she earned her master's degree. She also studied piano with Claudio Espector and Haydée Schvartz both privately and at CEAMC.
Her honors include a recommendation at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (1998, for El Cementerio Marino [original version]), the Premio TRINAC in Buenos Aires (1998, for El Cementerio Marino [original version]), the Premio TRIME from the Argentinean section of UNESCO (2002, for Clamor, silencio e infinito), and Second Prize at the UNESCO TRIMALCA (2002, for Clamor, silencio e infinito). Her works have been featured at numerous festivals, including three times at the ISCM World New Music Festival (1998, Bucharest; 2002, Hong Kong; 2004, Switzerland) and once at the Juilliard Focus festival in New York City (2006).
As a pianist, she has primarily performed contemporary music in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. She co-founded the ensemble Fronteras del Silencio in 2001 and has been a member of it since and of the Orquesta de Instrumentos Autóctonos y Nuevas Tecnologías of the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF) since 2004, both based in Buenos Aires and conducted by Alejandro Iglesias Rossi, in which she plays caracola (snail shell), glass harp, percussion, quena (Andean flute), siku (Andean panpipes), tarka (wooden Andean flute), telar de cuerdas (invented instrument with dismantled upright piano [with tapes inside strings], water), and other instruments.
She taught piano and solfège at CEAMC from 1999–2002 and has taught music technology at UNTREF since 2004.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: julietaszewach@yahoo.com.ar
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
CHAMBER MUSIC: Nanuq, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1998; Serpentario, string quartet, 2000; El Cementerio Marino, telar de cuerdas, 2003 (version of work for 2 prepared pianos); Viento de piedra, quena, 2-track tape, 2004
VOCAL: Dikyrion (text from the Pater Noster [Aramaic translation]), mezzo-soprano, 2-track tape, 2005
PIANO: El Cementerio Marino, 2 prepared pianos, 1997 (also version for telar de cuerdas)
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Clamor, silencio e infinito, tape, 2002; Alabanzas del desierto, 2-track tape, 2004
FILM SCORE (DIRECTOR): Negro Che, 2006 (Alberto Maslíah; collaboration with Mariano Agustín Fernández, Pedro Furio)
(Last updated on June 13, 2007)
