Alejandro Román

Alejandro Román, (1971) is an Spanish composer and pianist. Musician of eclectic style, his works cover both current symphonic composition like jazz or film music.

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Biography

Román is from Madrid. He is an eclectic musician, his works include modern symphonic compositions, jazz and film music.

He studied composition with Anton Garcia Abril, Valentín Ruiz and Zulema de la Cruz at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid. From 1991 to 1995 he was awarded scholarships by the AIE (Society of Artists and Performers) for studies of Jazz with Tony Heimer, Jorge Villaescusa and Ricard Miralles (piano), Claudio Gabis, Eva Gancedo and Miguel Blanco (harmony, composition and arrangements, music theater), Bob Sands and Victor Merlo (improvisation and ensemble). He belonged to several Jazz and Rock groups with whom he recorded a dozen albums.

He has composed over fifty works for piano, voice, guitar, orchestra, chamber, electroacoustic, and teaching music, modern (jazz, pop) and film music, theatre and dance. He has scored fifteen short films and three feature films.

In 2007 he obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Philosophy from the Department of Aesthetics, UNED, after completion of his thesis "The Musivisual Language, aesthetics and semiotics of audio-visual music", where he analyses the connections between the language of image and musical language.

In 2003 he became a Professor at the department for Audiovisual Composition of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, where he launched the Classroom "CINEMA" (Composition and Research in the Audiovisual Media).

Awards

2004 Award for Best Original Soundtrack by Niño Vudú by Toni Bestard in "IX Festival de Cine Ciudad de Zaragoza"

2005 Award from the I Forum of Young Composers of the Fundación Sax-Ensemble by Argos, for saxophone quintet, two percussionists and piano

2005 4th Prize "Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga" by Ménades for chamber orchestra, the "Young Composers XVI Premio SGAE"

2007 2nd Prize "Angel Iglesias" by Dos Estudios Extraños, for guitar, in "II Guitar Composition Competition Ciudad de Badajoz"

Catalog of works

1990 Danza Espectral for violin, flute, clarinet, trombone and piano (out of print)

1992 Oniroplastia Eco, electroacoustic (out of print)

Picnic, electroacoustic (out of print)

1997 Tres preludios nocturnos (Miniaturas, Orillas del Manzanares y Zarabanda) para piano

Tres Gymnopedias Satiéricas for piano
Orestes, for prepared piano (out of print)

1998 Dicen que no me quieres, popular song for singing and piano

A pie van mis suspiros for singing and piano (out of print)
Aquí te traigo María, carol for mixed choir
Tres piezas infantiles, for three cellos and piano and cello

1999 Sonatina para piano

Sonatina, version for flute orchestra (out of print)
Suite “Bacantes”, for flute and harpsichord (or piano)

2000 Sonata para clarinete, violoncello and harp

Homenaje a Bartok for violin, oboe, cello and piano
Entre Arrecifes for piano

2001 Cuarteto de Cuerda

Variaciones para Orquesta sobre un tema de Rameau
Tres Sonetos de Amor for singing and piano
La persistencia de la memoria, electroacoustic
Misa Nupcial de los Pianistas, for singing, violin, cello and organ (out of print)

2002 Estudio para Orquesta

El Criado de don Juan, chamber opera in one act, two tables and four scenes
Tríptico for guitar
Black Cage, for prepared piano and electroacoustic
Vid-erunt Om-nes!!!, electroacoustic

2003 Bacantes, suite for orchestra (out of print)

Clavicosmos, educational pieces for harpsichord
Suite Antigua, for small orchestra
Bacantes, version of the suite for instrumental ensemble (out of print)

2004 Nocturno de Luz, for piano

Monólogo de Sancho Panza, for double bass (with or without reciter)

2005 Piezas Extrañas, for guitar

Argos, for saxophone quintet, two percussionists and piano
El Intrépido Soldadito de Plomo, musical tale for flute, piano, tuba, bass and percussion
Ménades, for instrumental ensemble

2006 Don Quixote en New York, for big-band

Ludus Ludovico, for flute, harp and string quartet
Dos princesas for violin and harp
Treno por Gea for violin, clarinet, cello and piano

2007 Tirsos, for flute and harp

Seguiriya, for bassoon quartet
Bacantes, version for flute and harp

2008 Kithara, for harp

Catálogo de elfos y hadas, for harp
Levedad del amor, for flute, cello and harp

2009 Balcania, for five flutes, contrabass and percussion (and optional video)

Iberia, doce perlas de la aeronáutica española, for flute, violin, violoncello, bandurria and guitar
Eterna Juventud, for two flutes and organ

2010 Acuarelas de Irlanda, for full orchestra

Violituras para Lydia, for violin

Film Music

Director: Zoé Berriatúa

Director: Víctor Pedreira

Director: Miguel Yusty

Director: Nydia García Vacas

Director: Juan Carlos Claver

Director: Miguel Yusty

Director: Toni Bestard

Director: Jorge Barrau

Director: Juan Carlos Claver

Director: Miguel Yusty

Director: Juan Carlos Claver

Director: Toni Bestard

Director: Daniel Román

Director: Toni Bestard

Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín

Director: Daniel Román

Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín

Director: Isidro Carbajal

Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín

Director: Carlos Manrique

Director: Carlos Manrique

Discography

Books published

Articles

See also

External links

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.