(b. 25 February 1973, Málaga).
Spanish composer of orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in the Americas, Asia and Europe.
Mr. Vadillo received a degree in piano performance and music theory at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga and a composition degree with honours at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, where he studied with Zulema de la Cruz, Antón García Abril and Luis de Pablo. He studied with Julian Anderson, Sir George Benjamin and Edwin Roxburgh at the Royal College of Music in London, where he earned his MMus, on a scholarship from the government of Andalusia and the Stanley Picker Award. He studied the history and sciences of music with José Peris Lacasa at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and there earned his PhD.
Among his honours are the Premio Flora Prieto (2000) and Primer Premio in a competition for composers from Spain (2001, for Riviera). His music has been performed in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL:
Remembranzas, small orchestra, 1998
Simún, 1998, revised 2000
Terral, small orchestra, 1998–99
Mistral, small orchestra, 1999
Requiem Symphony, 1997–2000
Winds of Enchantments I, large orchestra, 2000
Winds of Enchantments II, small orchestra, 2000
Alisios, small orchestra, 2000
Khamsin (Concerto for Orchestra), large orchestra, 2000
Zephyr, small orchestra (15 players), 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC:
String Quartet I, 'Oración', 1997, revised 1998
Responsoræ Tenebræ (Ritual), clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1997, revised 2000
Piscis, French horn, piano, 1999
Siroco, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1999–2000
Etesios, oboe, piano, bassoon, 2000
Perfil del viento, 4 clarinets, 2000
Riviera, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), oboe (+ oboe d'amore, English horn), clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2001
Harmattan, flute, clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2001
Mediterranean Chants, violin, cello, piano, 2001
Antibes, flute, 2001
Requies Chants, cello, fixed media, 2001
Jiseiyi, flute (+ piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, 2001–02