Marc Garcia Vitoria
Spanish composer born in 1985 in Valencia.
Marc Garcia Vitoria was born in Spain in 1985. After studying violin and piano in his home city of Valencia, he enrolled in the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC) in Barcelona, where he studied with Luis Naón, Ramon Lazkano, and Gabriel Brnčic. He earned a degree in composition and a masters in electroacoustic and instrumental composition at the Geneva University of Music, where he studied with Michael Jarrell, Luis Naón, and Eric Daubresse. He then participated in Cursus 1 and 2 (IRCAM’s composition and computer music course).
In 2010, with fellowships from the La Caixa foundation and the Association des amis de Royaumont, he particpated in courses with Brian Ferneyhough, Liza Lim, and Francesco Filidei a the Voix nouvelles composition session at Royaumont.
His compositions have been performed in France, Spain, and Switzerland, by groups such as Ensemble Contrechamps, the Linea ensemble, the Ensemble intercontemporain and the Trio de Magia, and he has received commissions from institutions such as the Institut Valencià de la Música and Radio France.
In 2007 he represented ESMUC at the sixth Rencontres Internationales de Composition Musicale in Cergy-Pontoise, where L’union libre received a Jury Prize. He was then selected as a composer-in-residence by La porta clàssica for the Joves Intèrprets Catalans IV in 2007-2008. No hay olvido was chosen by the Barcelona and and Geneva conservatories for their percussion degree examination and Microscopi 1: Malson was a finalist in the prestigious Reine Marie José competition in Switzerland. He was also a finalist for the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) Music Prize in 2011. In 2011-12, he participated in the “Transforme/Écrire” program of the Fondation Royaumont and in 2014 he participated in the ensemble Recherche’s Klassenarbeit program. In 2013, he won the 24th SGAE - CNDM Foundation Young Composers Prize.
Between 2011 and 2014, he was a teaching assistant in the Geneva University of Music composition program.
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Sources
Marc Garcia Vitoria
- Solo (excluding voice)
- Tumbao for piano (2006), 7 mn, Periferia Music
- elec Microscopi 1: Malson for clarinet in Bb and electronic device (2008), 10 mn
- elec Microscopi 2: Bolero for percussion and electronic device (2008), 7 mn
- elec Microscopi 3: Calc for violin and electronic device (2008), 10 mn
- elec ircam Ircam cursus The P-project for tenor saxophone and electronics (2010), 5 mn
- Chamber music
- Pedocràcia a Lil·liput for saxophone quartet (2007), 10 mn
- Interruptus II for saxophone, percussion and piano (2010), 9 mn
- Plastic Trio for string trio (2010), 7 mn
- Cadmium Quartet for string quartet (2014), 9 mn
- Mans Enceses for flute, oboe and clarinet (2014), 7 mn
- Instrumental ensemble music
- L'heurtoir vassal for saxophone ensemble (2006, 2010), 9 mn
- Capsa for orchestra (2008), 12 mn
- Interruptus I for ensemble (2009), 6 mn
- Relleu for brass and percussion (2009), 7 mn
- elec Una cortina de fum for ensemble (2009), 15 mn
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Mimesis for five instrumentalists (2011), 19 mn [program note]
- Alias for six instruments (2012), 7 mn
- Tanzmusik mit B. for orchestra (2012), 9 mn
- Aroma for eight instruments (2013), 10 mn
- Primera Escena for orchestra (2013), 16 mn
- Perpendicular for six instruments (2014), 8 mn
- Concertant music
- No hay olvido for solo percussion and four percussionists (2007), 20 mn
- elec The P Extensions for saxophone and solo trumpet and orchestra (2010), 14 mn
- elec ircam Trencadis for accordion, two percussions, ensemble and electronics (2014-2015) [program note]
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- L'union libre for soprano and ensemble (2007), 8 mn
- Dictionnaire à l’usage des oisifs for eight solo voices and accordion (2014), 17 mn
- Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
- elec stage Collision hétérogène for two dancers, piano and electronics (2013), 20 mn
- 2015
- elec ircam Trencadis for accordion, two percussions, ensemble and electronics [program note]
- 2014
- Cadmium Quartet for string quartet, 9 mn
- Dictionnaire à l’usage des oisifs for eight solo voices and accordion, 17 mn
- Mans Enceses for flute, oboe and clarinet, 7 mn
- Perpendicular for six instruments, 8 mn
- 2013
- Aroma for eight instruments, 10 mn
- elec stage Collision hétérogène for two dancers, piano and electronics, 20 mn
- Primera Escena for orchestra, 16 mn
- 2012
- Alias for six instruments, 7 mn
- Tanzmusik mit B. for orchestra, 9 mn
- 2011
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Mimesis for five instrumentalists, 19 mn [program note]
- 2010
- Interruptus II for saxophone, percussion and piano, 9 mn
- Plastic Trio for string trio, 7 mn
- elec The P Extensions for saxophone and solo trumpet and orchestra, 14 mn
- elec ircam Ircam cursus The P-project for tenor saxophone and electronics, 5 mn
- 2009
- Interruptus I for ensemble, 6 mn
- Relleu for brass and percussion, 7 mn
- elec Una cortina de fum for ensemble, 15 mn
- 2008
- Capsa for orchestra, 12 mn
- elec Microscopi 1: Malson for clarinet in Bb and electronic device, 10 mn
- elec Microscopi 2: Bolero for percussion and electronic device, 7 mn
- elec Microscopi 3: Calc for violin and electronic device, 10 mn
- 2007
- L'union libre for soprano and ensemble, 8 mn
- No hay olvido for solo percussion and four percussionists, 20 mn
- Pedocràcia a Lil·liput for saxophone quartet, 10 mn
- 2006
- L'heurtoir vassal for saxophone ensemble, 9 mn
- Tumbao for piano, 7 mn, Periferia Music
Liens Internet
- Site personnel de Marc Garcia Vitoria : www.garcia-vitoria.com (lien vérifié en août 2011).
- Fondation Royaumont : http://royaumont.voixnouvelles.fr (lien vérifié en août 2011).