Pedro Vilarroig
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Pedro Vilarroig (Madrid, November 8, 1954) is a Spanish composer and mining engineer.
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[edit] Biography
Pedro Vilarroig graduated as Mining Engineer Doctor, he reads music studies at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música of Madrid. He belonged to the Laboratorio de Interpretación Musical (Music Performance Lab) LIM along two years acting as a collaborator, performer and composer in electroacoustics. Founder of the Asociación Musical Verda Stelo, he conducted a choir and a chamber orchestra during seven years. He reads choral studies with the Czech professor Petr Fiala, a composition workshop conducted by Carmelo Bernaola, choral conducting in courses organized by the Federación Coral of Madrid and incidental music in courses carried out by Eduardo Armenteros and José Miguel Martínez at the SGAE in Madrid.
He has composed chamber and symphonic music, soundtracks for shorts and commissions of soundtracks, among them an audiovisual for the Spanish Foreign Office and two for the Natural Sciences National Museum of Madrid. Though he has composed numerous works for electroacoustics, his style is clearly neotonal with a lot of influences of Mahler, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Sibelius, among others.
He is president of the Asociación Española de Compositores Neotonales and president of the Federación Coral de Madrid since 1999. He is also teacher of Physics and Cosmology at the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid since 1980.
[edit] Records
- Three symphonies for orchestra published in audio tape.
- Coauthor of the collection «Happy Baby» in CD for babies, with adaptations of classical pieces, as well as his own works with the general title Variations about six child songs.
- CD tittled "Venite Adoremus" by the choir Matritum Cantat with the carol Camino de Belén va una estrella.
- Anniversary of the creation of the choir Villa de las Rozas with the work Wo leia sawola ni.
- CD tittled "Ave María" by the choir Surá of Costa Rica with his Ave María.
- CD titled "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra" with the Praga Symphony Orchestra with the works:
- String Quartet
- Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
under the record label Verso.
- He is planning a new CD in 2008 with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.
[edit] Courses and lectures
- Computer Generated Sound and Music Fractals (electroacoustics) and Consciousness Geometry at the Civil Engineer Association.
- Introduction of the software Ondaedit, for the generation of arbitrary shaped sound, at the Contemporary Music Spreading Center (CDMC). This software was created by himself.
- Application of Astronomical data for the Musical Composition, at the CDMC also.
- He took part in the Film Music Workshop carried out at the SGAE facilities with the introduction of the software TCFilm, also developed by himself and used for image and score synchronization in a film.
[edit] Concerts and premieres
[edit] 1983
First premiere as he was at the LIM with the work Ondas 1 (Waves I), for audio tape and three synthesizers.
[edit] 1991
He participated in the show of theatre and music «Hydros», that took place in Segovia, with several snippets of his composition for electroacoustics 1980S26 The Saturn’s New Satellite.
[edit] 1992
Zodiac Suite performed by the pianist Javier R. Van-Baumbergen in 1992 at the Mining School of Madrid.
[edit] 1994
- his work Lux Æterna for choir and brass ensemble was premiered in the concert of the First Choir Conducting Course by the Grup Reial de Metall conducted by Francisco Serra.
- First cantata for choir and orchestra La Profil´de viaj spuroj in Esperanto language, that was performed for the first time by the choir Verda Stelo and the Valencia Symphony Orchestra at the Palau de la Música of this town.
[edit] 1995
Esferas (Spheres), for string quartet and electroacoustics, at the Auditorio del Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
[edit] 2000
A piano and saxophone sonata was performed by Joaquín Franco and Blanca Calvo, both of them teachers at the Conservatory of Madrid. From this event, and ordered by the saxophone professor, Joaquín Franco, he composed a concerto for saxophone and orchestra.
[edit] 2004
- A sonatina for violin and piano ordered by the duo Blanca Calvo (piano) and Joan Espina (Second violins Principal of the National Orchestra of Spain).
- Premiere at the cinema hall of Hervás (Cáceres) with the work Cosmological Suite, an audiovisual presentation by means of computer generated animation, also introduced in the new technologies festival Maquinarte at the Auditorium of Cáceres, Alcobendas, Museo de las Ciencias de Castilla La Mancha (Cuenca) and Centro Cultural Gaya Nuño (Soria).
[edit] 2005
- The choral meeting Matritum Cantat, organized by the city council of Madrid, took place. There, the participating choirs sang his Ave Maria for mixed choir as the compulsory work.
- 25th Anniversary of the creation of the Laboratorio Oficial José María de Madariaga. Closing concert with his Saxophone Quartet performed by the Joaquín Franco Quartet.
[edit] 2006
- He organized a concert in the chamber hall of the Auditorio Nacional. In this concert his Wind Quintet was performed among works of several Spanish composers. The event was a great success.
- Two concerts with the String Quartet performed by the group «Cuarteto Neotonal» (Centro cultural Nicolás Salmerón and Junta de Distrito Centro).
- The Sonata for alto saxophone and piano was also performed in October of 2006 at the Instituto Cervantes of New York by Joaquín Franco and Jesús María Gómez.
[edit] 2007
- Soundtrack of the show Más Abajo del Aire, a theatre work with the same name by Sergio Masís. It took place on May, 2007, at the Universidad Nacional of Costa Rica.
- Premiere of Paisajes (Landscapes) (flute and guitar version) by the guitar player Claudio Ferrer and the flautist Helena Ramos at the Conservatorio Teresa Berganza of Madrid
[edit] List of works
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CATALOGUE Work Instruments Opera prima (Op. 1) Piano Three sonatas Piano Sonata for two pianos Piano Bells of the night Piano Zodiac Suite Piano The black cliff Piano Studio in E Piano Sonata for violín and piano Piano and violin Sonatina for violín and piano Piano and violin Sonata for piano and alto saxophone Piano and saxophone Work for piano and cello Piano and violoncello String quartet Chamber Saxophone Quartet Chamber Wind Quintet Chamber Two fantasies Organ Landscapes Guitar Landscapes Guitar and flute version Variations for harp and string quartet from a theme by Alonso de Mudarra
Harp and string quartet Symphony chamber poem Panegiricum cuprae Brass, saxophones and percussion Ten choral works: - Ave María
- Wo leia sawola ni
- Campos de Castilla
- Looking for the paradise (spiritual)
- Jesus redemptor
- Kaj la neĝo kovris la valoj
- Esu
- Salmo 103
- Camino de Belén va una estrella (Christmas carol)
Choir a capella Children's choir - The Garden
- Bells of Madrid
Missa brevis: - Kyrie
- Gloria
- Sanctus
- Benedictus
- Agnus Dei
Choir a capella Lieder - Lied for soprano and piano
Vocal Two songs: - Azulejos de colores (Mezzo-soprano and piano)
- Canto del no morir: Aria for Bajo and piano
Vocal El nia nio inta Tenor and guitar/piano Lux Æterna Choir and brass ensemble Sonata for strings String orchestra Symphony nº 1 Symphony orchestra Symphony nº 2 Symphony orchestra Symphony nº 3 "Philosophical" Symphony orchestra Symphony nº 4 "Cosmos" Symphony orchestra and choir Symphony nº 5 "Rebirth" Symphony orchestra Symphony nº 7 "Storm" Symphony orchestra and choir Symphony nº 8 Symphony orchestra Symphony nº 9 "Genesis" Symphony orchestra choir and soloists Concerto for piano and orchestra Symphony orchestra and soloist Concerto for saxophone and orchestra Symphony orchestra and soloist Concerto for violín and orchestra Symphony orchestra and soloist Suite "Ages of Music" Symphony orchestra Symphony-Poem “The Odyssey” Symphony orchestra, choir and a soloist Dream Classical orchestra La profil´de viaj spuroj Cantata Choir, soloists and orchestra Two motetes for choir and orchestra: - O Magnum Mysterium
- Hodie Christus Natus Est
Choir and orchestra Work for audio tape and three synthesizers Electroacoustics Esferas (Spheres) String quartet and audio tape Symphony nº 6 Electroacoustics Two suites for electroacoustics: - 1980S26, The Saturn's New Satellite
- Cosmological Suite
Electroacoustics Concerto for sound card Electroacoustics Several pieces for electronics Electroacoustics Variations for six child songs Electroacoustics
[edit] External links
- Listen to his works in mp3 format
- Neotonal Composers
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