Juan-José Eslava Cabanellas

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TEACHING

 

Composition and Orquestration in Conservatorio Superior de Música de Navarra, Spain (currently)

 

Composition and Orchestration in Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón, Spain (until 2022).

 

Electroacoustic Composition in Conservatorio Superior de Navarra (until 2019)

 

and in Conservatorio Superior de Salamanca (until 2013)

 

 

 

CREATIVE WORK

 

 

 

Recently

 

2023. "eszku". Performative installation. Commissioned by Trio Zukan. Produced by E7.2 artistic collective and Trio Zukan. In Oteiza Foundation, Navarra, Spain

2023. "tanta i intzi tanta", installation. Commissioned by Baluarte Foundation and Gobierno de Navarra. Artistic Encounters of Navarra.

2022. "de cerca", for grand piano (commissioned by Gobierno de Navarra). A collaboration with piano player Lluïsa Espigolé

2022. "cuerpo abierto", for bass-baritone, electroacoustic and actor. Commissioned by Nicholas Isherwood & Museo Universidad de Navarra. With Javier Álvaro, actor.

2022. "desprendida voz", for txistu, accordion, percussion and electronics. Commissioned by Trio Zukan. In collaboration with Patxi Araujo (video)

2021. "Canta madera, grita!", for solo amplified 5 octaves marimba and resonnators. Commissioned by Juanjo Guillén (Neopercusión)

2021. “el tercero es la sombra”, for quintet (flute, bass clarinet, violon, celo, piano)

2020. "Melos", for baritone oboe and electronics. Commission by Pilar Fontalba, oboe player

2019. "shut down", for guitar and koto. Commissioned by Norio Sato

2019. "máscaras" (solo electronics, octaphonic system)

2019. “Oteiza”: A work on the sculptor, poet and essayist Jorge Oteiza. For ensemble, basse and electronics. Commissioned by the Collective E72 and Ópera de Cámara de Navarra. First performance by Nicholas Isherwood, Nacho de Paz, Ensemble E7.2, Ángel Faraldo, Pablo Ramos, Ópera de Cámara de Navarra, Museo de la Universidad de Navarra, Spain. 

Other projects, commissions

 

 

2017. “Sin horizonte”, for mesotonic accordion. Commissioned by Ander Tellería.

2017. "Scapeland", for piano, cello, gestures and words. Commissioned by Alberto Rosado and David Apellániz

2016. “Robar Belleza”, Commissioned by the collective E7.2, (collaboration with the choreographer Bertha Bermúdez and NeoPercusión ensemble)

 

Other commissions by the BBVA Foundation, Li(Luo) dance company, André Malraux cultural center, Fund. Author/AEOS, Fund. Pablo Sarasate, CNDM, Plural Ensemble, ORCAM, Quincena Musical, Grupo Enigma.

 

 

Works in progress

 

De Cerca: expansión, for grand piano. A research project in collaboration with piano player Lluïsa Espigolé

 

En la piel de la cuerda. For alto solo

 

MotoAusculpt: for a Guzzi motorcycle and electronics. For two or three percussionists

 

 

FESTIVALS

 

Encuentros Pamplona 2022, World New Music Days, Labirinti sonori, Time-of-Music, Seoul International Computer Music Festival, ICMC, World Saxophone Congress, Puentes, Jornadas Argentinas de Música Contemporánea, Résonnances, festival d’Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence, Punto de Encuentro, Son, Musikaste, Contemporary Music Circuit of Euskadi, International Festival of Alicante, and concert halls such as the Tokyo Opera City, Kunitachi College of Music, Ircam, La Croix du Nord (Paris), Instituto Cervantes (Paris, Tokyo), Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Auditorio 400, Teatros del Canal, Museo Universidad de Navarra and others.

 

 

 

AWARDS

 

International Computer Music Conference’s prix to the best European work (2008); Finalist in the  Transitio International Festival of Electronic art (Mexico)

 

 

 

RESEARCH

 

Collaborations with Ircam (Paris) and the Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo)

 

Aid to the International Mobility of the City of Madrid (2008)

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Ritmos infantiles: tejidos de un paisaje interior (Octaedro, 2007)

 

Ritmos infantis: tecidos de uma paisagem interior (revised) (Pedro % João, 2020)

Soinuzko Begiradak. Take 2. Trio Zukan. IBS classical, 2023

Tempo. Pilar Fontalba, oboe. Cezanne, 2022

 

Horors (fronteras). Ander Tellería (Cezanne, 2020. Melómano de Oro 2020-09)

 

Truths. The saxophone in the early 21st Century. Ángel Soria (IBS classical, 2017)

 

Utopías. New music for saxophone quartet. Sigma Project (Sigma records, 2013)

 

Momentos: cantos entre balbuceos. Incidental music for video (UPNA, 2002)

 

 

 

ACADEMIC TRAINING

 

Composition studies achieved at the National Superior Conservatory of Paris, the High Conservatory of Music of Aragon, IRCAM (Composition Cursus of Computer Music), Royaumont-Voix-Nouvelles Foundation, Centre Acanthes, Veruela, Szombathely, and Composition Academy of Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (France).

 

Research degree from the Public University of Navarra in the field of musical pedagogy.

 

 

 

MAIN PROFESSORS

 

Claude Ballif, Emmanuel Nunes, Gérard Grisey, Michael Lévinas, Marc-André Dalbavie, Luis Naon, José Manuel López-López, Teresa Catalan, Philippe Manoury, Philippe Leroux, Tristan Murail, Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey, Mikhail Malt

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Ordered by year. Most recent works appears first

Soloist (Instrument or Voice) and Fixed Electronic Media


Cuerpo Abierto for bass-baritone, electroacoustic and an actor (2022)
Under Construction for acoustic guitar and electronics (2009)
Skin's Traces for frame-drum and electronics. Dediated to Rie Watanabe (2007)
El umbral de una línea For saxophones (one player: Baritone, tenor, soprano) and electronics (2006)

Solo Instrument


De Cerca para gran piano de cola. (2022)
Sin horizonte para acordeón mesotónico (2018)

Ensemble (Instruments or Voices) and Fixed Electronic Media


Desprendida voz para txistu, acordeón, percusión y electrónica (2022)
L'Oeil for saxophone quartet (Soprano; Tenor/Soprano; Baritone; Bass) and electronics. (2010)

Chamber Ensemble (5 - 9 instruments)


El tercero es la sombra for quintet (flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano) (2020)
La acústica de la chirimoya Para flauta, clarinete bajo, trompa, cello, percusión y piano. (2013)

Chamber Group ( 2 - 4 instruments )


Shut Down for 25 strings koto and guitar (2019)
ScapeLand for piano and cello. (2018)
Suave Ubicuidad for flute, bass clarinet and cello (2011)

Opera


Oteiza monodrama about Jorge Oteiza's artistic work. (2019)

Voices and Instruments


Nozarashi for 16 voices and three percussionists. (2012)

Symphony Orchestra


Senderos de la risa For symphonic orchestra, electronics, 5 voices and wind quartet (2011)
Cuerpo Abierto for bass-baritone, electroacoustic and an actor (2022)
De Cerca para gran piano de cola. (2022)
Desprendida voz para txistu, acordeón, percusión y electrónica (2022)
El tercero es la sombra for quintet (flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano) (2020)
El umbral de una línea For saxophones (one player: Baritone, tenor, soprano) and electronics (2006)
L'Oeil for saxophone quartet (Soprano; Tenor/Soprano; Baritone; Bass) and electronics. (2010)
La acústica de la chirimoya Para flauta, clarinete bajo, trompa, cello, percusión y piano. (2013)
Nozarashi for 16 voices and three percussionists. (2012)
Oteiza monodrama about Jorge Oteiza's artistic work. (2019)
ScapeLand for piano and cello. (2018)
Senderos de la risa For symphonic orchestra, electronics, 5 voices and wind quartet (2011)
Shut Down for 25 strings koto and guitar (2019)
Sin horizonte para acordeón mesotónico (2018)
Skin's Traces for frame-drum and electronics. Dediated to Rie Watanabe (2007)
Suave Ubicuidad for flute, bass clarinet and cello (2011)
Under Construction for acoustic guitar and electronics (2009)