Jimmy Lopez

Jimmy Lopez in 2009

Jimmy Lopez (born 21 October 1978) is a classical music composer from Lima, Peru.[1] He has won several international awards and pieces composed by him have been performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Concert Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Peru, and the Lima Philharmonic Orchestra.[1] In 2000, he moved to Helsinki to study at the Sibelius Academy, and since 2004, has been a member of the Society of Finnish Composers.

Education

In 1998, Lopez began studying at the National Conservatory of Music in Lima, where he worked with the Peruvian composer Enrique Iturriaga. He was admitted to the Sibelius Academy in 2000, and studied there with Veli-Matti Puumala and Eero Hämeenniemi. After being awarded a Master of Music degree, he was admitted to University of California, Berkeley where he is currently studying for a PhD in Composition.[2] He has participated in masterclasses with Magnus Lindberg, Jouni Kaipainen, Michael Nyman and Marek Kopelent, among others.[3]

Works

In 2004, a ballet, "Los Magos del Silencio" ("The Magicians of Silence") was produced in Lima and Lopez's "Concerto for Koto and Orchestra" was performed by the Dutch UMA Kamerorkest (Chamber orchestra).[2] In 2005, a work for four recorder players and three percussion players, "Kraftmaschine", was commissioned by the German A*Devantgarde festival.[4] In March 2007, Lopez presented several works, "A Wedding Blast", "Varem", "Epiphany" and "América Salvaje" ("Wild America") at a concert held in Helsinki's Temppeliaukion kirkko, conducted by the Sibelius Academy's Roberto Fores, Leo McFall and David Claudio. The compositions included use of traditional Peruvian instruments such as the pututo and the ocarina and inspired by Peruvian culture. "América Salvaje" was commissioned by the Ministry of Education on the occasion of the opening of the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú (National Library of Peru) in 2006.[5][6]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jimmy López: Curriculum vitae". Finnish Music Information Centre. August 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "List of Composers". Filarmonika. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jimmy López". Kohobeat. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  4. ↑ "Sétimo concierto veraniego de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional". RPP Noticias (in Spanish) (GrupoRPP S.A.). 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  5. ↑ "Se estrena en Finlandia “América salvaje” del compositor peruano Jimmy López" (Press release). Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations. 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  6. ↑ Estrada, Francisco (2005-09-02). "Estrenan biblioteca con nueva pieza sinfónica". Peru 21 (in Spanish) (Prensa Popular SAC). Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  7. ↑ "The ALEA III International Composition Prize 2003". Alea III. 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  8. ↑ "Result of the 26th IRINO PRIZE for chamber Music, 2005". The Irino Prize Foundation. 2005-07-25. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  9. ↑ "Kranichstein Music Award of the International Summer Course for New Music 2006". Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt. 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  10. ↑ "SävellYS 2006 - tulokset". Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat. 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
  11. ↑ "Kranichsteiner Musikpreis winners". Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-22.

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