Focus World Premiere
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Rodrigo Herrera Munoz was born in Santiago in 1981. He studied music composition at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile between 2001 and 2004 with composers Alejandro Guarello, Rafael Diaz and Pablo Aranda. Between 2015 and 2016 he completed a Master's degree in composition at King's College London with composer Silvina Milstein. He has also taken courses in orchestral and choral conducting with Helmut Rilling (Germany), Szolt Nagy (Hungary), Santiago Santero and Luis Gorelik (both from Argentina). In parallel he has performed as a horn player in some chamber and symphonic ensembles both in Chile and England, such as the Sibelius Ensemble of Valparaiso, the Chamber Orchestra of the UACH Conservatory, and the King's College Symphony Orchestra of London. Since 2017 he has been a horn player in the recently created PDI Symphonic Band. His music has been performed in Chile, Spain, England, Brazil, United States and Germany, by ensembles such as; Orquesta de Cámara de Chile, Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile, Orquesta Sinfónica de Concepción, Concerto Vocale, Ensamble Bartok Chile, Ensamble In-vento, Ensamble Lontano de Londres, Cuarteto Latin Strings de Alemania, Orquesta Sinfónica de Porto Alegre and Sylvan Winds among others.
Rodrigo Herrera's work is normally edited and published by Editorial Nacional and Cayambis Music Press.
He has recently obtained the following distinctions in composition competitions and competitions.
2020 First Prize in the Third New World Orchestra Composition Competition with the work Postre Colchaguino.
2020 First Prize at the 1st Coronahorns Composition Competition in Brazil with the work Concierto Austral.
2016 First prize at the 3rd Marga Marga Orchestra Composition Competition with the work Fantasía Angol
2016 Finalist in the 2nd Carlos Riesco Composition Competition with the work Muerte y Resurrección (Death and Resurrection)
2014 Third prize in the 1st Carlos Riesco Composition Competition with the piece Cantos de Otoño performed by the Ensamble Bartok.
About the piece
The Trio Elegiac for Violin, Cello and Piano is a work that was written between 2003 and 2004. This work arose from my interest in composing in classical formats such as this trio, and also from my interest at that time in working with more closed forms, especially with works written in one movement following the idea of Arnold Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony Opus 8. The work is composed on the basis of two ideas, one of a rhythmic character, with which the work begins, and a second idea of a more lyrical character. These two ideas are presented separately in the first section of the work. Then there is a short moment, like an interlude where these two ideas interact, to give way to a slower section, of a ritual character, where the lyrical aspect of the second idea is further developed. This is followed by a second interlude, with a more playful character, in the manner of a scherzo, to give way to the final section, which bears a certain resemblance to the first section in terms of its rhythmic character. The title of the work is inspired by the moments in which I began to write the piece, moments marked by intense personal memories mixed with the times the country was going through at the time. That's why I wanted to give it the title elegiac, to pay homage to that past time, and its rupturist ending and resolution.
Musicians for this Work
Proceso
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