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Torres Maldonado, Javier
(b. 1968, Chetumal). Mexican composer, now resident in Italy, of mostly orchestral,
chamber and vocal works that have been performed in the Americas and Europe.
Mr. Torres initially studied
composition at the Conservatorio Nacional de México and continued his studies
at the Accademia Lorenzo Perosi and Accademia Chigiana with Franco Donatoni
from 1996-98. He then studied with Sandro Gorli and
Alessandro Solbiati at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan from 1996-99, with
Azio Corghi at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome in 1998-99 and with
Ivan Fedele at the
Conservatoire National de Région de Strasbourg from 2001-03. He also
participated in composition courses and masterclasses with George Benjamin,
György Ligeti and other composers from 1996-98 and studied electronic music at
the Conservatorio G. Verdi from 2000-03.
Among his many
honors are First prizes in the Città di Barletta (Italy, 1997, for Ximohua), Ad Referendum II (Montréal,
1998, for Figuralmusik II), Reine
Maria José (Geneva, 2000, for Luz),
and Alfredo Casella (2001-02, for Como el
Viento) competitions. He has also earned two Second prizes in the Salzburg
Mozarteum Competition (1997-99, for Orior;
2001-03, for Tres Estudios para Violín)
and was honored with the Mozart Medal from the governments of Austria and
Mexico (2000).
He has received many
commissions, mainly in Italy and Mexico, but also from prestigious ensembles,
festivals, institutions, and soloists in Austria and New Zealand. In 2000 and
2002, the Ensemble Niccolò Castiglioni gave portrait concerts of his works at
the Tiroler Festspiele Erl and in 2002, the San Francisco Contemporary Music
Players performed his Figuralmusik II.
Since 2000, he
has been artistic director of the Dynamis Ensemble, which specializes in new
music.
Edizioni Suvini
Zerboni and Universal Edition publish his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: tmjavier@yahoo.com or
javiertorres@libero.it
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Ex abrupto, 3 orchestral groups (15 players
total), 1997-98; Figuralmusik III,
flute, oboe, clarinet, string orchestra, 1998; Silueta, 2000; Como el Viento,
2001; Currentes, 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: Quinteto, flute, oboe, clarinet, French
horn, bassoon, 1994; Figuralmusik I,
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1996; Figuralmusik II, flute, oboe, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bassoon,
violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1996 (also versions with
tape as Figuralmusik II/a, 2001; without bassoon, with CD as Figuralmusik II/b, 2001); Ad Imitationem
Moduli, violin, viola, cello, 1997; Luz
(concerto), accordion, string quartet, 2000; Tiento, cello, 2000; Sones,
violin, cello, piano, 2000; Reflejo
Espiral, alto flute, percussion, 2000; Tres
Estudios para Violín, 2001; Lacrymosa
I, accordion, 2001; Claroscuros,
clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bass clarinet, tenor-bass trombone, cello, double
bass, 2001; Hemisferios Artificiales,
flute (+ piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2001; Imágenes de la Caída de Altazor, 2
pianos, 2 percussion, 2001; Ecos, 2
ensembles (oboe, English horn, 2 bassoons, French horn; 2 clarinets, French
horn), 2002; Invención, violin, 2002;
Desde el Instante, clarinet, 2002
CHORAL: Uris, 16 mixed voices, 1999
VOCAL: Ximohua (text by Nezahualcoyotl), tenor,
flute, oboe (+ English horn), clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1996; Bianco, soprano, violin, 1998; …En el Aire… (texts by Eduardo Torres
Maldonado, the composer), female voice, flute, clarinet (+ bass clarinet),
violin, cello, piano, 1999 (also version without bass clarinet doubling, 2000);
Oscuridad Plena (text by José Manuel
Recillas), female voice, violin, cello, 2000
PIANO: Orior, piano/fortepiano/harpsichord, 1997
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Aurae, tape, 2000; Fontane, tape, 2001
(Last updated on February 14, 2003)
