Arturo Rodas
Born: 3 March 1954, Quito (Ecuador)
Died:
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Music
Main Catalogue
- Entropía, Orchestra (3 Trp, Perc, 13 Vl I, 12 Vl II, 8 Vla, 6 Vlc, 4 Cb), 9’50" Paris 1980-81. Orch de L’Ille de France-Alexandre Myrat. This work was ‘Finalist Laureat’ at the ‘Max Deutsch’ International Contest for orquestral composition.
- Movimiento, Harp solo, 10’, Paris 1983. Cité des Arts, Paris, Annie Poirier
- Arcaica Orchestra (1.2.1.2.1.2/2.3.2.1/1/7.6.5.4.4),15’, Paris 1983-84. OSN, Quito-Alvaro Manzano. Score & Recording
- Andino III, Flute solo, 11’30", Paris 1983 Guillermo Portillo Unesco Auditorium, Paris. Score & Rec. (Luciano Carrera)
- Mordente, 4 clarinets B flat, 9’50", Hungary 1984 Quartet of the Budapest’s Academy 1983, Györ. Score & Rec (Miguel Jiménez)
- Clímax Orchestra, (1.2.1.2.1.1./3.2.2./1/5.3.2.2.), 13’20", Quito 1985. OSN Quito-A. Manzano. Score & Tape.
- Espacios Invertidos, Percussion solo, 8’50", Quito, 1985. Pablo Valarezo 1985. Score & Rec.
- Ramificaciones temporales, Clarinet solo, variable time, Quito 1985, Miguel Jiménez.
- Güilli gu, Orchestra (3.3.4.2/2.3.2./3/75.4.4.), variable time, Quito 1985.
- Oh...! Trumpet, 9’25", Quito, 1986. Goethe Auditorium, Santiago de Chile, 1987, John Schroeder, Score.
- Melodías de Cámara Chamber music, 12’30", Quito 1987.
- Oh...! Piano solo 12’10", Quito, 1987. Score & Rec (Christo Iliev)
- Introitus, 6’
- Kyrie, 5’ (4 singers, 2 choirs, organ, orchestra) Quito 1987-88.
- Dies Irae, 10’
- Obsesiva, (narrator, electronic music, orchestra) 12’, Quito 1987-88. IBM Commission 1988-OSN. Score
- Obstinado, Violoncello solo, 9’10", Quito 1987. Carlos Nozzi, Teatro Colón-Bs Aires, 1988. Score.
- La, Choir & Orchestra. Work for a single pitch, 8’, 1988.
- A,B,C,D, String quartet, 30’ Guayaquil 1988-89.
- Había una vez, (voices, 1 percussion, strings), 11’, London 1990.
- Andante, Saxo, 3 Perc, Piano, Organ 16’ Valencia-London 1991.
- Obstinado II, Violoncello solo, 12’50", London 1992.
- Andino IV, Flute solo, 14’10", London 1992. St James Piccadilly 1993, Robert Aitken
- Lied, Percussion solo, 12’, London 1992. 1st performance at Bolivar Hall, London on 4/Nov/1996, Alonso Mendoza. Score.
- Mordente II, (poetry and music) 4 clarinets B flat 11’45", London 1993.
- Full Moon Business, Picc, 2 Fl, Fl Sol, Cl Mib, 2Cl Sib, Bass Cl, Bsn, Perc. 15’ London 1996. Score. Played in Freiburg, Germany in June 1997
Catalogue by formations
Soli
- Harp solo, 10’, Paris 1983. Score.
- Andino III, Flute solo, 11’30", Paris 1984. Score, Tape.
- Ramificaciones temporales, Mixed-media work (Music & painting) Work in colaboration with Ana Placencia. Clarinet solo, variable time, Quito 1985. Coloritura (Score-painting).
- Espacios Invertidos I, Percussion solo, 8’50", Quito 1985. Score & Tape.
- Oh...! Trumpet, 9’25", Quito 1986. Score.
- Oh...! Piano solo 12’10", Quito 1987. Score & Tape.
- Obstinado, Violoncello solo, 9’10", Quito 1987. Score.
- Obstinado II, Violoncello solo, 12’50", London 1992. Score.
- Andino IV, Flute solo, 14’10", London 1992. Score.
- Lied, Percussion solo, 12’, London 1992. Score.
Chamber music
- Melodías de Cámara, Chamber music (1.1.1.1/Horn/Piano, 2 Perc/1.1.1.1.1.) 12’30", Quito 1987. Score.
- Mordente, 4 clarinets B flat, 9’50", Hungary 1984. Score & Tape.
- A,B,C,D, String quartet, 30’ Guayaquil 1988-89. Score.
- Había una vez, (voices, 1 percussion, strings), 11’, London 1990. Score.
- Andante, Saxo, 3 Perc, Piano, Organ 16’ Valencia-London 1991. Score.
- Mordente II, Work in colaboration (poetry and music) with Diego de Jesús. For narrator & 4 clarinets in B flat 11’45", London 1993. Score.
- Full Moon Business, Picc, 2 Fl, Fl Sol, Cl Mib, 2Cl Sib, Bass Cl, Bsn, Perc. London 1996. Score. Played in Freiburg, Germany in June 1997
Orchestra & choir & electroacustics
- Entropía, Orchestra (3 Trp, Perc, 13 Vl I, 12 Vl II, 8 Vla, 6 Vlc, 4 Cb), 9’50" Paris 1980-81. Score.
- Arcaica, Orchestra (1.2.1.2.1.2/2.3.2.1/1/7.6.5.4.4), 15’, Paris 1983-84. Score & Tape.
- Clímax, Orchestra, (1.2.1.2.1.1./3.2.2./1/5.3.2.2.), 13’20", Quito 1985. Score & Tape.
- Güilli gu, Work in colaboration (painting & music) with Ana Placencia. Orchestra (3.3.4.2/2.3.2./3/75.4.4.), variable time, Quito 1985. Coloritura (score & painting)
- Introitus, 6’
- Kyrie, 5’
- Dies Irae, 10’ The last three pieces are for: 4 singers, 2 choirs, organ, orchestra Quito 1987-88. Score available.
- Obsesiva, Piece comisioned by IBM (narrator, electronic music, orchestra) 12’, Quito 1987-88. Score.
- La, Choir & Orchestra 8’, 1988. Score. Work for a single pitch. Score.
Biography
General
I started my studies of music in Ecuador at the Conservatorio Nacional de M&uacyte;sica. From 1972 to 1976 I did a degree in Law at the Universidad Central del Ecuador After graduating, I stayed six years in France where I studied countrepoint, fugue and composition at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. While studying I was for one year assistant to the French composer Jose Berghmans, who contributed to the revival of Ecuadorian Art Music.
I also studied electronic composition at the Centre Europeen de Recherche Musicale in Metz, as well as concrete music and composition at the Conservatoire National de Paris. I have followed several short courses, among which one with Luciano Berio (Centre Acanthes Aix-en-Provence, 1983). Among my teachers, José Berghmans, Ginete Keller, Gerardo Guevara, Mesias Maiguashca, Michel Philipot, Guy Reibel, Yoshihisa Taira, Claude Lefebvre, Michelle Reverdy.
I was "Premier Nommé" in the study of superior counterpoint at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris (1981/82) and was awarded diplomas in analysis, scoring (1982/83) and composition (1983/84).
In 1983, I was finalist in the international competition Max Deutsche for orchestral composition (Paris) and my work ‘Entropy’ was played by L’Orchestre de L’Ille de France conducted by Alexandre Myrat.
Together with Petros Korelis I created the French musical group ‘Denosjours’. We specialized in contemporary music from around the world and traveled in France and abroad under the sponsorship of the Action Artistique Francaise and other organizations.
Back in Quito I was editor of the magazine Opus from 1986 to 89. In 1989 a record of my music was sponsored by the ‘Banco Central del Ecuador’. At that time I was given one-year financial support from the Unesco for me to write music.
Since 1990 I have been living in Europe again. This time as a free lance composer and a teacher. Apart from a year in Rome (98-99) I have spent all those years in London.
Commissions
Among them: IBM, Denosjours from Paris, American pianist Gary Barnett, Mexican percussionist Alonso Mendoza, Banco Central del Ecuador, Ensems de Cambra in Valencia, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional del Ecuador, etc.
Some Concerts
Sala Escalante in Valencia, University of Kansas; North Recital Hall - Louisville, Festival Por la Musica en las Americas at Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Bolivar Hall in London, Sacem’s Auditorium in Paris, UNESCO Auditorium in Paris, Agrupacion Musical Anacrusa from Santiago de Chile, South Bank Center London, Institut für Neue Musik in Friburg, IL Punto di Svolta in Rome, St James Church Piccadilly in London, Royal Academy of Music in London, Gaudeamus in Amsterdam etc. Also several broadcastings among them at BBC radio 3, BBC World Service and France Musique.
Scholarships
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Credito Educativo y Becas (IECE), French Government, Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, Centre Europeen pour la Recherche Musicale in Metz, UNESCO, Centre Acanthes.
Publications
Nuestros Dias a book about contemporary music, published by the Ecuadorian
Centro de Investigacion y Cultura.
Rodas, an LP album with seven compositions published by Banco Central del Ecuador;
Musica de Nuestro Tiempo, an LP album with pieces of several composers from the
Ecuador published by the DIC of the Ecuadorian Conservatorio National.
Ecuadorian Piano Music, a home-made CD by the American pianist Gary Barnett who
commissioned the compositions of "24 1/2 preludes for piano", played and
premiered them in several concert halls around the world
Opus, several articles and essays written for this magazine and published by
the Musicoteca del Banco Central in Ecuador.
Arcadia Editions, several of my compositions were published by them (ArcadiaEditionsaol.com).
Concerts
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Events
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Links
- http://www.arturo-rodas.com
- http://home.wanadoo.nl/eli.ichie/arodas.html
- http://coma.org/cgi-bin/library.pl?item=921
- http://composers21.com/compdocs/rodasa.htm
- His publisher: http://www.virtualscore.com. (his publisher’s site)
- arcadiaeditions@aol.com
- arturodas@yahoo.com (a permanent e-mail address)
