Juan María Solare

Juan María Solare
Also known as DonSolare
Born (1966-08-11) August 11, 1966
 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres Classical, tango, electroacoustic music, fluxus
Occupation(s) Composer, Pianist, Conductor
Instruments piano
Years active 1986-present
Labels Janus Music & Sound
Associated acts Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mauricio Kagel, Luciano Berio, Clarence Barlow, John Cage, Astor Piazzolla, Luis Alberto Spinetta
Website http://www.JuanMariaSolare.com


Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentine composer and pianist.

Education

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Solare studied and received his diploma in piano (María Teresa Criscuolo), composition (Fermina Casanova, Juan Carlos Zorzi) and conducting (Mario Benzecry) at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música Carlos López Buchardo. He also studied privately with Francisco Kröpfl.

Between 1993 and 1996 he undertook postgraduate studies on Composition at the Musikhochschule in Cologne (Germany) under the guidance of Johannes Fritsch, Clarence Barlow, and Mauricio Kagel, in the frame of a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Between October 1997 and February 1999, he did postgraduate studies with Helmut Lachenmann in Stuttgart. (Between July 1998 and June 1999 he held a scholarship from the Heinrich-Strobel Foundation (Baden-Baden).) Between 1999 and 2001 studied electronic music with Hans Ulrich Humpert in Cologne, with diploma. From June 2001 until May 2002 he was composer in residence at the Art colony Worpswede, Germany.

In April 2005 he obtained the title "Licenciado en Composición" (Master's degree) from the Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte (IUNA) in Buenos Aires. Since 1993 he has regularly attended and participated in seminars given by Karlheinz Stockhausen. He passed the Konzertexamen (master) in electroacoustic composition at the Musikhochschule in Cologne on 5 December 2007. Currently he is working on a PhD in music education at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Teaching positions

From 1986 until 1993 he taught Harmony, Morphology, and Chamber Music at the Conservatory of Tandil (Argentina). Since January 2002 he has given piano lessons at the Musikschule Bremen (Germany). Since October 2002 he has conducted the Orquesta No Típica, a chamber music group devoted to tango at the University of Bremen. Since October 2004 he has taught piano at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen. From December 2007 to April 2008 he was Assistant Professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Since 2008 he teaches New Music Theatre at the University of Bremen, where he conducts the Ensemble Kagel.

He has given courses and lectures on contemporary music at the Institut für neue Musik und Musikerziehung (Darmstadt), the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD), the Ateneo de Madrid[1] or the Université permanente[2] (Nantes, France), Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas).

In addition, he teaches piano and composition privately, and has presented public seminars on tango music. He gives courses and lectures on contemporary music.

Compositions

See also List of compositions by Juan María Solare

Solare has composed around 300 works, over half of them already performed. His pieces are broadcast regularly (Radio Nacional de España, Deutsche Welle, Radio Bremen, Radio Fabrik Salzburg, Radio Universitaria São Paulo, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Radio Berlin Brandenburg, Bayerischer Rundfunk).

In 2002 he received a commission from the CDMC (Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea, Madrid), in 2003 from the Kunststiftung NRW (Düsseldorf); in 2004 again from CDMC (Spain) and from the Landesmusikrat Bremen (Bremen Music Council), in 2011 from Eva Espoleta (Geneva). On 30 June 2004 his Concertango was premiered by the Orchestra of the Universität Bremen (cond.: Susanne Gläß).

Film music

He also composed the music for six short films:

Solare has also written music for internet animations, mainly for movies of the Catalan artist Nuria Juncosa.[3]

As a pianist

As a pianist, his repertoire has four centers: classical music from the late Romanticism (such as Franz Liszt or Alexander Scriabin), contemporary classical (John Cage, Arnold Schoenberg), Argentine composers (including tango; Ástor Piazzolla), and his own compositions - both as soloist and in different chamber music groups, notably:

Solare has performed in cities of Argentina, Germany, the rest of Europe and USA:

His first professional recording as a pianist was in July 2006 in Geneva: together with the Saxophonist Eduardo Kohan he recorded the CD Tango Nómade.[5][6] His first solo cd appeared in January 2010: Tango Monologues.[7] Recording ("digital only" versions, as EP) of his pieces "Acuarelas junto al río inmóvil" (2014), "Aphorismen" (2014), and "Sechs kleine Klavierstücke" von Arnold Schönberg (2014).

Juan María Solare also participated with Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame, a concert performance series with Vox Novus[8][9]

As a conductor

Awards

His compositions have been awarded prizes and awards in

As a pianist, Solare received awards at the following competitions:

Jury member

Recordings

Thirteen CDs from different performers include at least one of his pieces:

Works dedicated to Juan María Solare

Solare has been dedicated pieces by several colleagues:

Publications

Some of his works have been published by Dohr Verlag[15] (Cologne), Ricordi München[16] (Munich), and peermusic[17] (Hamburg).

Beside his compositional and pianistic activities he also has written for diverse publications, such as the New Grove (Solare 2001), La Sibila Sevilla, Doce Notas and ABC Madrid, Pauta and L'Orfeo (Mexico), Tempo (UK), as well as for the radio stations Deutsche Welle and Südwestfunk (SWF).

About 30 of his 200 published articles (mostly in Solare's mother tongue, Spanish) can be found online.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "ateneodemadrid.com" (in Spanish). ateneodemadrid.com. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  2. ↑ "up.univ-nantes.fr". up.univ-nantes.fr. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  3. ↑ Nuria Juncosa. "la-nuria.com". la-nuria.com. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  4. ↑ "Duo Tangente | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com. 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  5. 1 2 "Tango Nomade | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com. 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  6. 1 2 "tangonomade.blogspot.com". tangonomade.blogspot.com. 2006-08-01. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  7. ↑ Juan Maria Solare (2013-05-25). "CD Tango Monologues | Juan María Solare | composer & pianist". Juanmariasolare.com. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  8. ↑ "Konzerte an der Universität Bremen". Konzerte.uni-bremen.de. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  9. ↑ "Juan Maria Solare - Fifteen Minutes of Fame". Voxnovus.com. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  10. ↑ Juan Maria Solare. "tango.uni-bremen.de". tango.uni-bremen.de. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  11. ↑ "bremerorchestergemeinschaft.de". bremerorchestergemeinschaft.de. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  12. ↑ Clariperu. "Musical Marathon - Prize for Most Creative Interpretation". Clariperu. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  13. ↑ rio leon. "cosentino.com.ar". cosentino.com.ar. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  14. ↑ http://galeria.walkala.eu/v/bilder_fuer_komponisten/bestaendigkeit_des_nebels_juan_+solare.jpg.html
  15. ↑ "dohr.de". dohr.de. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  16. ↑ "ricordi.de". ricordi.de. 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  17. ↑ "peermusic-classical.de". peermusic-classical.de. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  18. ↑ "Juan Maria Solare - Compositor". Ciweb.com.ar. Retrieved 2013-12-14.

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