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Peruvian composer (born 1965)
Rafael Leonardo Junchaya
Born (1965-09-19 ) September 19, 1965 (age 58) Occupation(s) Composer, conductor and researcher
Rafael Leonardo Junchaya Rojas (born September 19, 1965) is a Peruvian
composer ,
conductor , and
researcher .
Biography
Junchaya was born in
Lima , the son of physician/composer Rafael Junchaya Gómez.
He began his musical education at the age of seven, learning
piano . Two years later he enrolled in the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (National Musical
Conservatory of
Peru ) to study
violin but did not finish. At the end of his
secondary education , he entered the Faculty of
Architecture at the
National University of Engineering , but returned to the Conservatory in 1988 to major in
composition . Studying under such professors as
Enrique Iturriaga and
Celso Garrido Lecca , Junchaya graduated in 2005 with a second specialty in composition teaching.
Junchaya has participated in
master classes and
workshops with
Mario Lavista ,
Aurelio Tello and
Cirilo Vila , among others. He studied conducting with
Miguel Harth-Bedoya and
Eduardo García-Barrios , and also participated in workshops with
David MacKenzie and
Carlos Fernández Aransay between 2002 and 2003. In 1995 he travelled to
New York City as a visiting student at
Juilliard School .
He has been the assistant conductor, then principal conductor, of the Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música of Lima, and has led the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lima, the POV (Summer Orchestral Programme), and "La Filarmónica" orchestras. He has also attended workshops and
seminars in musical research with
Alfonso Padilla from the
University of Helsinki .
Junchaya has been
professor of Composition and Music History at the CNM and the Instituto de Arte of the
Universidad San Martín de Porres . He is a founding member of
Círculo de Composición del Perú (CIRCOMPER). He is currently a
Ph.D. student at the
University of Helsinki .
Works
Chamber music
Marinera for
string quartet (1989)
Yaraví for violin or
viola and piano (1989)
Preludio for piano Op.1 (1989)
Variantes Motímbricas for clarinet,
trumpet , and
synthesizer (1990)
Hojarasca for violin,
bassoon , and piano (1992)
Cuarteto para cuerdas (1992)
Marsyatikos Op.4 for
flute and piano (2003)
Tres danzas episkénicas Op.7, for clarinet,
saxophone , and piano (2005)
Sincronismos Op.9, for
wind and
percussion (2005)
Minibazz Op.11, for bass clarinet (2005)
Al soffio della notte Op.13, for bass clarinet,
French horn , and
cello (2007)
Die Abschiede Op.15, for
viola and piano (2008)
Michiqkuna Op.16, for
flute and
string quartet (2011)
Satsi Op.17, for solo clarinet (2011) commissioned by
Clariperu for the I Latin American Clarinet Contest (
Score )
Michiqkuna Op.16b, for
flute and
piano (2011)
Järven ääressä Op.18 for solo
viola (2012) commissioned by violist Clara Petrozzi
Qepakunanchik Op.19 for trumpets and piano (2012) commissioned by trumpetist Fredy Fuertes
String quartet Op.20 "Classical" (2013)
Vocal music
Picaflor Esmeralda (Dile que he llorado ) for
a cappella mixed
choir (1988)
Lied so pre-texto Eguren for voice and piano (1990)
Estancias for
soprano and
string orchestra (words by Javier Sologuren) (1992)
Soneto XCIV for mixed choir (poem by
Pablo Neruda ) (1995)
Estancias II Op.3 for soprano and string quartet (2000)
Estancias II Op.3a for soprano and piano (2001)
Cuatro motetes cuasi profanos Op.6, for a cappella mixed choir (2004)
Magnificat Op.8, for two sopranos, flute,
oboe , and French horn (2005)
Score and
Audio
María Fernanda se reb(v)ela en el salón de los espejos , operatic scene for soprano and three cellos (2012). Text by
Maritza Núñez
Orchestral music
Momentos for chamber orchestra (1993)
Dos Estudios for large orchestra (1994)
Movimiento sinfónico Op.2 (1995)
Esquisse , Op.5 (2004, rev. 2007)
Sincronismos II Op.10, for chamber orchestra (2005)
Varidanzas Op.12 (2006) first prize for Composition for the 60th anniversary of the Conservatorio
Concertino Silvestre Op.14, for bass clarinet, percussion, and string orchestra (2007)
Concerto Silvestre Op.14a, for bass clarinet and orchestra (2008)
Michiqkuna Concerto for
flute and string orchestra Op.16a (2011)
Electronic music
Piedra del Q’osqo ,
electronica (1991)
Qoyllurcha for flute and computer-assisted synthesizer (1993)
In-vita ,
electroacoustic music (2000)
Madrigal , electroacoustic (2002)
Die Erscheinung , electronica (2003)
Sevoc Anatos , electronica (2005)
Tambok , electronica (2005)
Other
Writing
"Las llamadas de clarín en la música agrícola de Cajamarca. Análisis de dos ejemplos musicales" (2000)
"Lo peruano en Homenaje a Stravinsky de Enrique Iturriaga" (2006)
"Time and Organicity in Music Composition" Conference (2008)
Various article translations
Awards
Komposer Kombat composition contest (2005) for Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar, for Magnificat Op.8 (first prize, acoustic works)
Composition contest for the 60th anniversary of Conservatorio Nacional de Música and the 125th anniversary of the birth of
Béla Bartók for Varidanzas Op.12 (2006, first prize)
Peruvian
scholarship trust for music (2007)
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