Luis Quintana
Play all audio recordingsLuis Quintana is an internationally prized composer who develops his work in the field of contemporary music, extending the frontiers of his musical universe from instrumental music to acousmatic pieces and immersive sound installations.
Winner of several international awards, he obtained the first prize at the 'New Classics' International Composition Competition in Moscow, as well as the first prize at the Iannis Xenakis International Electronic Music Competition, the Martirano Award, the Grand Prize of the Ise-Shima art committee, and the composition prize from the Académie des beaux-arts.
His work has been showcased all over the world and has been performed by ensembles like Ensemble Intercontemporain, L’Instant Donné, Studio for New Music Ensemble, Illinois Modern Ensemble … and has been played in festivals like Festival Manifest, Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Biennale de Musiques Exploratoires (B!ME), the Born Creative festival in Japan… and his catalog is partly published by Babel Scores.
Chamber Ensemble (5 - 9 instruments)
Tryptique au parfum antique for baroque ensemble (2021)
Smudges over dripping ink pour piano et ensemble / for piano and ensemble (2018)
Chamber Group ( 2 - 4 instruments )
Débris d'instants furtifs for bass clarinet, viola and percussion (2021)
Soloist (Instrument or Voice) and Fixed Electronic Media
La nature de l'importun pour saxophone alto et électronique / for alto saxophone and electronics (2018)
Solo Instrument
Desnudo (2017)
Memento for piano solo (2015)
Apuntes interrumpidos pour guitare seule / for guitar solo (2011)
Instrumental Music
Tryptique au parfum antique for baroque ensemble (2021)
Débris d'instants furtifs for bass clarinet, viola and percussion (2021)
Smudges over dripping ink pour piano et ensemble / for piano and ensemble (2018)
Acople, ou la simplicité du geste for 3 clarinets (2017)
Desnudo (2017)
Memento for piano solo (2015)
Apuntes interrumpidos pour guitare seule / for guitar solo (2011)
Ensemble (Instruments or Voices) and Real Time Electronics
Glitch for flute piccolo, percussion and electronics (2016)
Apuntes interrumpidos pour guitare seule / for guitar solo (2011)
Débris d'instants furtifs for bass clarinet, viola and percussion (2021)
Desnudo (2017)
Glitch for flute piccolo, percussion and electronics (2016)
La nature de l'importun pour saxophone alto et électronique / for alto saxophone and electronics (2018)
Memento for piano solo (2015)
Smudges over dripping ink pour piano et ensemble / for piano and ensemble (2018)
Tryptique au parfum antique for baroque ensemble (2021)