Saturday, December 1st, 2012, 19.00
SHUT UP AND LISTEN! AWARD 2012
Aurélio Edler-Copes (BR/F)
Cantiga - For accordion and sound projection
Cantiga
for accordion and sound projection
In "Cantiga" (“Song”) I have taken as reference the Cantigas de Santa Maria, of Alfonso X
- in particular those of number 1, 252, and 326 - with the aim of bringing to mind
archaic sonorities establishing a dialogue with the sound universe of the electronic
music.
The accordion seemed to me the ideal instrument due to its high pitch and technical
potentials which allow it to approach some textures typical of the electronic music as
the same time as it creates sounds and articulations close to instruments of medieval
music.
[Aurélio Edler-Copes]
Aurélio Edler-Copes
Aurélio Edler-Copes (Brazil, 1976) Graduated in Composition with Gabriel Erkoreka at the
Basque Country Advanced Centre of Music, Spain; Master Degree in Composition at the
Hochschule der Künst Bern by the tutelage of Georges Aperghis; postgraduate in
Composition and Computer Music at the annual IRCAM’s Cursus in Paris. He also studied
with Sciarrino, Saariaho, Furrer, Ferneyhough, Lang, Leroux, Hurel, Andre, López-López,
Sotelo, Sánchez-Verdú, among others, in festivals as Acanthes, Impuls, Matrix, Injuve…
His pieces have been awarded in a dozen of composition competitions (Injuve, Franz
Joseph Reinl-Stiftung, Ensemblia, Pablo Sorozabal, Cátedra Manuel de Falla, Fundación
Autor’s Prize, Verdi Competition, BAMDialogue, HIC-USA, Francisco Escudero, Prix Roma…)
and are interpreted by soloists and ensembles as Klangforum Wien, MusikFabrik, Quatuor
Diotima, Itinéraire, Vortex, Sond’ar-te Ensemble, OENM, Grup Instrumental de Valencia,
Bilbao’s Symphonic Orchestra, Orchestra National de Lorraine, among others. He was Prix
Roma of the Spanish Government working as composer in residence at the Royal Academy
of Spain in Rome in 2010- 2011. He was also artistic member and composer in residence
at the French Academy in Madrid - Casa de Velázquez in 2011-2012.
He currently lives in Paris, works in different composition projects and is artistic director
of the Krater Ensemble, from Spain. From July to September 2013 he will be composer in
residency at the Kyoto Arts Center in Japan.
http://www.edler-copes.com
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shut up and listen! 2012
Interdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art