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Tag Archives: Bel Canto
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There are some things for which one is never truly prepared, and losing a parent is definitely one of them. December 4, 2016 carved a wound in my heart. It has now slowly started to heal, but it will leave … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanea
Tagged Bach, Beethoven, Bel Canto, Churrigueresque, Fallingwater, Fallingwater house, Finland, Finnish Embassy in Lima, Frank Lloyd-Wright, Guardian of the Horizon, Javier López Caipo, Le Corbusier, Lima Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Angelo, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Mozart, National Symphony Orchestra of Peru, Oscar Niemeyer, Renee Fleming, Sibelius Academy, Sistine Chapel, Sphinx Organization, Urban Planning
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Epiphany: a sonic vision
Eight years ago, at the start of my second year at UC Berkeley, I was talking to a good friend of mine in the lobby of the International House about my desire to break the barriers that hinder contemporary classical … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanea
Tagged Atlanta Symphony, Bel Canto, Catherine Curtin, Cole Horibe, concertino for piano & orchestra, David Johnston, Epiphany, Epiphany Foundation for the Arts, Heleno Leitao, I-House, International House, James Daniel, Jimmy Lopez, Kevin Newbury, Larry Keigwin, Matthew Principe, Minnesota Orchestra, Monsura is Waiting, New Hampshire, New York City Opera, Orange is the New Black, Philadelphia Orchestra, Reed Luplau, Stag, UC Berkeley, University of California at Berkeley, Vita Tzykun
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The birth of a symphony
I have just delivered the score of my first symphony, “Los Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda: Symphony in Four Movements” titled after the homonymous novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Commissioned by the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España to commemorate the … Continue reading
Posted in Composing
Tagged Bel Canto, David Afkham, David Bowie, Festival Internacional Cervantino, First Symphony, Giacinto Scelsi, Guanajuato, Gustav Mahler, Jimmy Lopez, Los Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda, Low, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Miguel de Cervantes, National Orchestra of Spain, OCNE, Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, Roxane Coss, Symphony
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The final stretch
All things must come to an end, but sometimes the end can signify new beginnings. Just a few days ago I delivered the final piano/vocal score of “Bel Canto”: over 400 pages of some of the most inspired music I’ve … Continue reading
Taking a stance
I have always thought that transcendental art exists in a realm beyond time, geographical/cultural context, and politics, but a few recent events have made me put this into question, so I’ve decided to explore this topic a bit further. First, … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanea
Tagged Alberto Fujimori, Alice Goodman, Andrey Razumovsky, Art, Beethoven, Bel Canto, Eroica Symphony, Ferdinand von Waldstein, John Adams, Lima, Miraflores, Mozart, MRTA, music, Napoleon Bonaparte, Nikolaus I, Op. 59 No. 1, Peru, Politics, Prince Esterházy, Razumovsky quartets, Shining Path, Shostakovich, Tarata bombing, The Bolt, The Death of Kilnghoffer, The Marriage of Figaro
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Pushing the right buttons
Few things can be more rewarding for a composer than a standing ovation after the premiere of a new work, but last weekend I got to experience the same rush of excitement inside a rehearsal room, with only four people … Continue reading
A knight, a diva and an opera house
Forty minutes might seem like a lot of music, but in the context of a full-evening opera, we’re just getting started. That’s how much I’ve written so far, which means only another hundred minutes remain to be written. Sigh. Granted, … Continue reading
It’s time for music!
There’s no feeling like flying back home; especially after a rewarding stay in Chicago, a city that has welcomed me on more than one occasion and always succeed in making me feel like one of its own. This flight is … Continue reading
Posted in Bel Canto
Tagged Anthony Freud, auditions, Bel Canto, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago Tribune, Colin Ure, Danielle DeNiese, Jimmy Lopez, John von Rhein, Juilliard School of Music, libretto, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera of New York, Nilo Cruz, Otello, Renee Fleming, Robert Lepage, Simon Boccanegra, Stephen Wadsworth, Sunday Afternoon in the Park with George, The Tempest, Thomas Adès, Verdi
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Back to the Magic City
Miami, August 2, 2011. After an overnight flight from San Francisco I finally arrive to my hotel, eager to meet Nilo Cruz in the city that he has called home since he first arrived to the US as a little … Continue reading
Posted in Bel Canto
Tagged Anthony Freud, Bel Canto, Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Jimmy Lopez, Miami, Nilo Cruz, Renee Fleming, Stephen Wadsworth
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