Esteban Benzecry

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Esteban Benzecry (born 1970) is an Argentine classical composer.

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Early years

Benzecry was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1970 to Argentine parents. He grew up in Argentina where he studied musical composition with Sergio Hualpa and Haydee Gerardi. He moved to Paris in 1997, where he studied composition with Jacques Charpentier, Professor of the Conservatoire Superieur de Paris. He obtained the "Premier Prix a l'unanimitè" in composition in 1999. He also studied composition with Paul Méfano, and Electro acoustic music with Luis Naón and Laurent Cuniot. He became a French citizen in 2011.

Career

In 1992 he was named "The young revelation of the Season" by the Musical Critics Association of Argentina. The same association awarded him with the prize "The best Argentine work premiered in the Season 1994, 2006, 2009, 2017". He has been a fellow of the Interamerican Music Friends of Washington (USA), Mozarteum Argentino, [1] and Academie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France. [2] In 1995 he was invited as Resident Composer at the Yehudi Menuhin Academy (Switzerland).

The Academie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France [3] awarded him the prize from the Foundation Delmas in 1999, the prize Tronchet in 2002, and the prize Georges Wildenstein in 2006. In 2004, he received the Fondation groupe d’entreprise Natexis Banques Populaires Award for music. He is Resident Composer at the Casa de Velazquez [4] of Madrid for 2004–2006 (Academie de France a Madrid). In 2008 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Music Composition. In 2019 he receives the Konex Platinum award as the best composer of the decade in Argentina.

Compositions

He has written three symphonies. His first symphony, "El compendio de la vida" (1993) was inspired by four of his own canvases. He has also written other symphonic and chamber works. His most recent works attempt a fusion between rhythms with Latin American roots and the diverse aesthetic currents of European contemporary music creating a personal language, an imaginary folklore.

Le Monde de la musique has called him a distant heir to Villa-Lobos and Ginastera because of his imaginative use of the Latin-American musical patrimony.[ citation needed ]

Performances

His works have been played in Europe and the United States. Among the interpreters that have performed his works are: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Tampere Philharmonic, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Hamburg Philharmoniker Orchester, Orquesta Gulbenkian of Lisbon, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE (Radio Televisión Española), Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de Montpellier Archived 2006-04-06 at the Wayback Machine , Orchestre Colonne de Paris, Orchestre de Concerts Pasdeloup, Orchestre Lamoureux, Orchestre Symphonique de Cannes-Côte d’Azur, la Sinfonietta de Paris, Orchestre de la Basse Normandie, Orchestre Universitaire de Strasbourg, l’ensemble l’Itineraire, Grup Instrumental de Valencia, Ensamble LIM, Orquesta Sinfonica National de Argentine, Orquesta Filarmonica del Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires, Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela, Orquesta Filarmonica Nacional de Venezuela, Orquesta Nacional de Colombia, Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota (Colombia), Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (Peru), l’Ensemble de l’Université Carnegie-Mellon de Pittsburgh (USA), Orchestre Symphonique de Klaipėda (Lituanie), Orquesta Sinfonica Carlos Chavez (Mexique) la Camerata Lysy – Gstaad (Suisse), la Camerata Basel (Suisse), la Camerata Bariloche (Argentine), “London’s Schubert Chamber Orchestra” (UK), Unitas Ensemble – Boston – USA, Filarmónica de Stat Targu Mures (Rumania), Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, Zaporizhzhya Symphony Orchestra, Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra (Ukraine), Solaris String Quartet.

His works have also been performed by renowned artists such as Gustavo Dudamel, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Giancarlo Guerrero, Diego Matheuz, Manuel Lopez Gomez, David Alan Miller, Simone Young, Enrique Diemecke, Pablo Boggiano, Laurent Petitgirard, Alain Altinoglu, Daniel Kawka, Wolfgang Doerner, Mark Foster, Alain Pâris, Nemanja Radulovic, Rolf Schulte, Alberto Lysy, Gautier Capuçon, Sol Gabetta, Jesús Castro-Balbi, Sergio Tiempo, Horacio Lavandera, Anaïs Gaudemard, Marielle Nordmann, Ayako Tanaka among others.

His works have been performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, Lincoln Center (also in New York), Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Sydney Opera House, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Festival Hall in London, Philharmonie de Paris, Salle Pleyel, Salle Gaveau, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Théâtre Mogador, Maison de Radio France, Palais de l'Unesco de París, Palais des Festivals a Cannes, Opéra de Montpellier, Sydney Opera House, Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Festival Rencontres d'ensembles de violoncelles de Beauvais, Concours International d'harpe Lily Laskine, Juilliard School in New York, Bard Music Festival – NY – USA, Boston Conservatory, Festival Présences de Radio France, Festival Pontino d'Italie, Festivals of Brighton and Dartington (England), Festival de Música de Islas Canarias, Festival Estoril de Portugal, Miso Music Portugal, Festival Musica Viva de Lisboa, Festival Ensems de Valencia, Festival de Morelia (Mexico), Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition – Morelia, Mexico, Festival Latinoamericano de Música de Caracas, Festival Iberoamericano de Puerto Rico, Museo Guggenheim de Bilbao, Festival BBK, Van Cliburn Foundation of Fort Worth, Concours international de piano d'Orléans, Busoni International Piano Competition.

Selected works

Orchestra
String orchestra
Concertante
Large ensemble (6 or more players)
Chamber music
Piano

Recordings

– FWSO LIVE – Caminos del Inka – Filarmonika Publishing

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References

  1. Mozarteum Argentino
  2. "Academie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France". Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2006-04-12.
  3. "Academie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France". Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2006-04-12.
  4. "Casa de Velazquez". Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2006-04-12.