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Luis Fernando Amaya (Luis Fernando Amaya Muñoz) (born 4 July 1992) is a Mexican composer and musician based in Oslo.^[1]

Biography

Amaya was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico. He began studies in composition and Latin American percussion in high school and completed a bachelor’s in theory and composition at the Centro de Investigación y Estudios de la Música (CIEM)^[2]. Amaya went on to earn a master’s and PhD in composition from Northwestern University, where he was the school’s first recipient of a Presidential Scholarship in composition^[3]. His primary teachers include Víctor Rasgado, Jay Alan Yim, María Antonieta Lozano, and Alex Mincek.

Amaya’s music has been featured in the Americas and Europe at festivals that include the Lucerne Festival^[4], Ultima Festival of Contemporary Music^[5], and Ear Taxi Festival^[6]. In 2014, he represented Mexico at the 61st International Rostrum of Composers of UNESCO in Helsinki.

His works are published by Babel Scores.^[7]

Selected works

Árbol de Bocas (2018-2022): multi-media opera for 24 voices, saxophone quartet, four instrumental soloists, two percussionists, and video. Visuals by Elana Meyers and Jane Bergkotte
"comentarios inaudibles" (2021) for solo violoncello, transducers, and video
Bestiario series (2019 - present)
Dialectos de árbol (“Tree DIalects”) series (2018 - present)
"Tinta Roja, Tinta Negra" (2017, rev. 2019) for open instrumentation ensemble
Preguntas (“Questions”) series (2014 - present)

Discography

2023 — Cortahojas (Protomaterial Records); Monographic album.
2022 — Tinker, Tailor: performer: Shepherdess; enclosed: "Pregunta no.3: Fonón" for mezzo-soprano, violin, and electronics
2022 — Axis Mundi (SideBand Records); performer: Ben Roidl-Ward; enclosed: "Pregunta no.4: Quimera" for bassoon solo
2022 — Miúin Sampler 1 (Miúin Records); enclosed: "quebrada" for fixed media
2022 — New Music by Living Composers: Volume 2 (Petrichor Records); performer: Brandon Quarles; enclosed: "la mano izquierda es la que escribe las mentiras chiquitas" for tenor saxophone and electronics
2022 — New Music by Living Composers: Volume 6 (Petrichor Records); enclosed: "que (no) te cubras de sombra for fixed-media"
2020 — The Same Old Wonder (New Focus Recordings); performer: Hasco Duo; enclosed: "Tinta Roja, Tinta Negra" arranged for soprano, electric guitar, and electronics
2020 — Fang Poet I (Guilded Records); performer: Fat Pigeon; music co-composed by Emily Beisel, Craig Davis Pinson, and Luis Fernando Amaya
2017 — Gather 2017 Mixtape (Gather); performer: Eli Namay; enclosed: Objeto/Espacio no.2 for prepared/flawed string instrument
2015 — Cuerdas Sin Cordura (Urtext Digital Classics); performer: Cuarteto Arcano; enclosed: "Navío al Garete" for string quartet

References

^ "Luis Fernando Amaya". komponist.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-09-11.
^ "Meet The Composers (2024) – Constellation Men's Ensemble". Retrieved 2024-09-11.
^ "Composition student receives Presidential Fellowship". Northwestern Bienen School of Music. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
^ ""Looking Forward"". www.lucernefestival.ch. Retrieved 2024-09-11. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
^ "Dusk Meditations I • ultima • oslo contemporary music festival". www.ultima.no. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
^ "Ear Taxi Festival". Fonema Consort. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
^ "BabelScores". Luis Fernando Amaya. Retrieved 2024-09-11.

[1] "Luis Fernando Amaya". komponist.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-09-11.

[2] "Meet The Composers (2024) – Constellation Men's Ensemble". Retrieved 2024-09-11.

[3] "Composition student receives Presidential Fellowship". Northwestern Bienen School of Music. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-09-11.

[4] ""Looking Forward"". www.lucernefestival.ch. Retrieved 2024-09-11. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

[5] "Dusk Meditations I • ultima • oslo contemporary music festival". www.ultima.no. Retrieved 2024-09-11.

[6] "Ear Taxi Festival". Fonema Consort. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2024-09-11.

[7] "BabelScores". Luis Fernando Amaya. Retrieved 2024-09-11.

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