Alejandro Civilotti

Alejandro Gabriel Civilotti Carvalho (born June 22, 1959, La Plata, Argentina). Argentine composer settled in Barcelona, Spain, considered one of the biggest names of his generation in the contemporary Spanish music scene-.[1]

Civilotti studied harmony, counterpoint and composition in La Plata with Enrique Gerardi, who studied with Alberto Ginastera and was in Paris a Pierre Schaeffer and Nadia Boulanger's pupil. Civilotti studied composition and orchestration in Barcelona with Josep Soler i Sardà also.

In 1995 he won the Queen Sofía Composition Prize for his work Cinco Grabados para Orquesta.

In 2005 he began working as a professor in the Graduate Chamber Music Composition of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Currently is teacher of Harmony and Composition in the Badalona Conservatory of Music and member of the Catalan Association of Composers.

Key works

Choral works

Inframundi (1998) I. Teotihuacan Text II. Text of Seneca the Younger (Latin) about Orpheo.

Salve Regina. White Voices Choir and Organ.

Orchestral works

String orchestra

Solo voice and orchestra

Solo with orchestra

Concert band

Awards

References

  1. Franco Manera, Enrique: Musicas Nocturnas was the star of the concert offered by Maite Berrueta in the Fundación Botín Alerta (Santander), June 1993 Foundation.

External links

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