Carlos Malcolm (composer)

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Carlos Malcolm (born 1945 in Guanabacoa, Cuba) is a Cuban composer and pianist. [1]

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Academic training

Carlos Malcolm began his musical education with professors Juana María Quiñones and Sonia Montalvo. In 1962, he went to the National Art Schools (Cuba), where he studied with Alicia Perea Maza (piano) and Federico Smith (composition). At a later time he continued his training at the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory with professors Margot Rojas (piano) and Carmen Valdés (music theory). He concluded his studies at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba.

Since 1990, Malcolm lives in Poland, where he has studied at the Frédéric Chopin Music University. [1] [2]

Professional activity

Since he was 16 years old, Malcolm participated as a pianist in diverse musical ensembles. He has composed incidental music for theater, dance, cinema and radio events. [1]

Malcolm worked as pianist and composer for the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT). In 1980, he collaborated with a dance ensemble in Ecuador, for which he created the piece titled "Eclosión", which was premiered at Quito during that same year. Also in Ecuador, Malcolm gave contemporary harmony and musical composition courses.

Carlos Malcolm toured through different countries, such as Mexico (1979-1981), Jamaica (1980), and Canada (1986), where he interpreted his own works. In 1985, Malcolm participated in the Warsaw Autumn festival in Poland, where his played his piece titled "Quetzalcóatl", for flute and piano. While he stayed in Warsaw during years 1987, 1988 and 1989, he met the famous composer Iannis Xenakis, who exerted a great influence in his style. Malcolm has utilized diverse contemporary music techniques, such as aleatorism in his Studies for piano (1963) and his Adagio for four hands (1974), as well as dodecaphonism and serialism in Articulaciones (1970).[ citation needed ]

Carlos Malcolm is a member of the Polish Composers Union. [2]

Works

Band

Choir

Piano

Piano and orchestra

Concierto, 1981.

Voice and instrumental ensemble

Tonos de orquesta, 1968.

Voice and piano

Recognitions

Carlos Malcolm has received several recognitions for his work in Cuba. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Carlos Malcolm: Orovio, Helio: Cuban Music from A to Z, DukeUniversity Press, Durham, U. S., 2004
  2. 1 2 Carlos Malcolm: CMBF Radio Musical Nacional: http://www.cmbfradio.cu/articulo.php?art=2639 Archived 2017-01-07 at the Wayback Machine