"My young brother asked forgiveness of the birds: it seems senseless, yet it is right, for all is like an ocean, all flows and connects; touch it in one place and it echoes at the other end of the world".
"The Brothers Karamazov", Dostoevsky
Alexandre
Lunsqui was
born in Brazil
and now lives in New York City. After studying engineering and music at
University of Campinas, he pursued postgraduate studies in composition
at University of Iowa, Columbia University, and IRCAM (year-long cursus
of composition and computer music). Music teachers include 'recordings
of various kinds', Tristan Murail, José Augusto Mannis, Fred
Lerdahl, Jeremy Dale-Roberts, among
other artists/creators from various areas. His music background also includes
brazilian music,
jazz and contemporary improvisation. He has participated in Festivals
such as Gaudeamus Music Week, Darmstadt, Manca, CrossDrumming, Aspekte,
Time of Music, Musica Nova, Beijing Modern, Music at the Anthology,
Creative Music Festival, PASIC, and Resonances. His pieces have been
played in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Costa Rica, China, Denmark, England, Finland, France,
Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, and
around the US, by ensembles such as the Ensemble Aleph, Arditti String Quartet,
Argento Chamber Ensemble, Ensemble Piano
Possibile, Due East, Ensemble counter)induction, Manhattan
Sinfonietta, duo Nakamura-Beyer, Nieuw Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, MATA micro-orchestra,
International Contemporary Ensemble, Timetable Percussion, among others. He has been awarded
the Virtuose Prize given by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil. A monographic CD with his chamber was released in Spring 2008 - the project received the Petrobras Cultural Award. A CD featuring four composers from Sao Paulo was released in Fall 2008 by the Gravina Label. Forthcoming projects include premieres by the Nieuw Ensemble (Amsterdam), Ensemble L'arsenale (Treviso) and flutist Mario Caroli, Talea Ensemble (NYC), and Loadbang Ensemble (NYC). Other highlights of the season include the French and Japanese premieres of Ligare (with Olivier Maurel and Ayako Okubo), three Irish premieres of the Topografia cycle, and the world premiere of Entresons.Recreo at PASIC (with Greg Beyer and the NIU Percussion Ensemble). He has received a Fromm Commission from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University (2009-2010).
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UNESP – 2º Semestre de 2010
Composição - Alexandre Lunsqui
Notas iniciais: idéia e realização
Um compositor existe na intersecção de dois aspectos fundamentais: um é a criação em si, o ato de criar, de compor; o outro é a performance, a possibilidade de dar vida ao trabalho. Ambos aspectos são totalmente interdependentes. No entanto, isso caracteriza apenas o parte do processo. Há toda uma complexa série de desmembramentos que vai do estudo individual de cada um, das dificuldades de ser um Compositor na sociedade (função?), às barreiras estéticas e aspectos práticos de performance e dificuldades de fruição do trabalho num contexto local e internacional.
A universidade é, para o músico, motivadora de diferentes experiências, de aprendizado e de facilitação da atividade criativa. O ponto inicial e central de todo esse processo é o indivíduo, no caso, o compositor. Mas o que gere todo esse mecanismo é o grupo. Além disso, sem que se faça necessário o ato de compor, a criação é substituída, na melhor das hipóteses, por disciplinas históricas e analíticas – muito importantes na formação do músico – mas por vezes muito distantes dos desafios íntimos do processo criativo de cada um.
O compositor não vive às margens da sociedade. O compositor é parte dela, frequentemente ocupando uma posição marginal, principalmente quando falamos de uma linguagem em constante transformação. A marginalidade revela, entre outras coisas, as opções da própria sociedade. Opções políticas? Escolhas culturais? Questões históricas? Nada importa e tudo importa no universo criativo. Somos parte de um contingente bem mais amplo do que a partitura.
Qual a missão do compositor atual? Quais foram as mudanças dessa missão ao longo da história? Da música como entretenimento, das funções religiosas, da patronage, do “nascimento” do indivíduo, do mundo capitalista, da falta de independência, da subserviência, da resistência...Uma questão fundamental é: é necessário criar um universo paralelo para permitir a fruição da arte? Talvez.
Quase que simultaneamente, abre-se e fecha-se para o mundo. Sejá lá como for, a música é uma experiência. A liberdade só existe quando o fazer a experiência é possível. Isso envolve não só a idéia, mas também a logística. Alienação é negar essa realidade.
AL
SOUND SAMPLES
LIST OF WORKS
NEWS -
CD RELEASE:
PROJETO PETROBRAS CULTURAL
7 pieces for chamber music by Alexandre Lunsqui
Gravina Música
Spring 2008
Pieces:
-Spira Mondana for 13 instruments
-Tempi Intermedi for 6 instruments
-p-Orbital for 10 instruments
-Iris solo berimbau
-Glaes for prepared piano and percussion
-After Frottage
-Ligare
(CD available!)
Brasil: favor email: contact@lunsqui.com
United States and other countries, please email: contact@lunsqui.com or click below for purchase:
_______________________________________________________________
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CD RELEASE - AVAILABLE
TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 3 and RUPTURAS:
CD: Four Contemporary Visions - Four composers from Sao Paulo
Works by Alexandre Lunsqui, Felipe Lara, Leonardo Aldrovandi and Ignacio de Campos
Alexandre Lunsqui's works were recorded by Talea Ensemble (Alex Lipowski, Daria Bikowski, Rane Moore), and pianist Steve Beck
Gravina Música
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CD RELEASE!:
SHI - with TIMETABLE PERCUSSION TRIO - APRIL 2009
TIMETABLE PERCUSSION TRIO
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Previous CDs:
Tempo Absurdo for solo piano - Spectrum 3 - with Thalia Myers - 2000
Tornando-se for solo piano - Spectrum 4 - with Thalia Myers - 2004
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS -
SCORES:
SENSORIUM (for seven instruments)
Published by ArsPublica Edizioni Musicale - ITALY (link)
SHI (link)
TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 3 (link)
LIGARE (link)
RUPTURAS (link)
ENTRESONS.RECREO (for six percussionists)(link)
More information at:
BACHOVICH MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLE:
REVUE FILIGRANE
Music Globalization: Diversity, Banalization and Culturalization
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A video of DUE EAST performing Lunsqui's LIGARE can be found here.
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CONCERTS 2009
* LIGARE
Ayako Okubo; Olivier Maurel
December 16th
TOKYO
JAPAN
* LIGARE
Ayako Okubo; Olivier Maurel
December 12th - JAPANESE PREMIERE
TOKYO
JAPAN
* LIGARE
Erin Lesser, Greg Beyer; Due East
December 5th
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
LEXINGTON, KY
* TOPOGRAFIA 2
Erin Lesser, Greg Beyer; Due East
December 5th
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
LEXINGTON, KY
* LIGARE
Erin Lesser, Greg Beyer; Due East
December 4th
MARSHAL UNIVERSITY
HUNTINGTON, WV
* TOPOGRAFIA I
Erin Lesser, bass/alto flutes
November 24th
National Concert Hall
DUBLIN
IRELAND
* TOPOGRAFIA 2
Sonorities Festival - Queens University Belfast
Erin Lesser, flutes; Alex Lipowski (percussion)
November 21st
BELFAST
IRELAND
* TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 3
Sonorities Festival - Queens University Belfast
Erin Lesser, flutes; Carl McGonnell (clarinets); Alex Lipowski (percussion)
November 21st
BELFAST
IRELAND
* LIGARE
Ayako Okubo; Olivier Maurel
Le Fil d'Eau
November 20th - French premiere
LA WANTZENAU
FRANCE
* ENTRESONS.RECREO (WP)
For six percussionists – Greg Beyer, director
November 12th
PASIC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
* REPERCUSSIO
For six berimbaus
November 11th
PASIC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
*SENSORIUM.RHYTHMUS for seven instruments
Winner - Ensemble L'arsenale chiamata alle musiche
Ensemble L'arsenale (with soloist Mario Caroli)
November 5th
Teatro delle Voci
Treviso
ITALY
* TOPOGRAFIA I
Filipe Castro, bass flute
November 2009
Universidade Livre de Música
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
* REPERCUSSIO
For six berimbaus – Greg Beyer, director
November 2nd
Northern Illinois University
DEKALB, ILLINOIS
* ENTRESONS
For six percussionists – Greg Beyer, director
November 2nd
Northern Illinois University
DEKALB, ILLINOIS
* DEFLECTERE I
violino Ricardo Amado, clarinete Thiago Tavares
October 31st 2009
XVIII Bienal de Música Contemporânea
Sala Cecília Meireles
RIO DE JANEIRO
BRAZIL
* DRAWINGS FOR IBERÊ for 10 instruments
Nieuw Ensemble
October 18th
Den Haag
THE NETHERLANDS
* TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 2 (WP)
TALEA ENSEMBLE - Alex Lipowski, Alice Teyssier
Comme Vous Emoi
October 6th
PARIS
FRANCE
* DRAWINGS FOR IBERÊ for 10 instruments (WP)
Nieuw Ensemble
September 10th
Gaudeamus Music Week
Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
* REPERCUSSIO
For six berimbaus – Greg Beyer, director
October 15th
Northern Illinois University
DEKALB, ILLINOIS
* SHI
TIMETABLE PERCUSSION TRIO
August 17th
Berkshire Fringe Festival
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA
* GUTTURAL I and II
Loadbang Ensemble
August 10th
Noontime Concert Series
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA
* OBJETO-QUASE
Lei Nakamura, prepared piano
July 25th
Ettelbruck
LUXEMBOURG
* GUTTURAL I and II
Loadbang Ensemble
July 19th
Trinity Concert Series
FREEPORT, PA
* GUTTURAL I and II
Loadbang Ensemble
July 18th
Garfield Artworks
PITTSBURG, PA
* SHI
TimeTable Percussion
July 17th
Salihara Festival
Jakarta
INDONESIA
* RUPTURAS
Radio USP FM 8PM - José Augusto Mannis, director
July 5th
Sao Paulo
BRAZIL
* REPERCUSSIO
For six percussionists – Greg Beyer, director
May 29th
Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
San Jose, COSTA RICA
* GLAES
Echoi Ensemble
May 17th
UCSD Spring Festival
University of California, San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA
* DEFLECTERE II (WP)
Miranda Cuckson, Carol McGonnell, Alex Lipowski
May 15th
Juilliard School
NEW YORK
* RUPTURA(s)
Talea Ensemble
May 6th
Juilliard School
NEW YORK
* SHI
Timetable Percussion trio
April 3rd
The Players Theater
NEW YORK
* GLAES
Radio Cultura FM
March 1st
Sao Paulo
BRAZIL
* REPERCUSSIO
For six percussionists
NIU Percussion Ensemble - Greg Beyer, director
January 29th
CHICAGO, IL
* REPERCUSSIO
For six percussionists
NIU Percussion Ensemble - Greg Beyer, director
January 24th
DEKALB, IL
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CONCERTS 2008 -
* LIGARE
Duo Echoi (Alice Teyssier, flute/Jon Hepfer, percussion)
January 4th 8pm
Studio Z
St. Paul, Minnesota
* LIGARE
Due East (Erin Lesser, flute/Greg Beyer, percussion)
January 15th
Lawrence University
Appleton, Wisconsin
* CONTOURS...DISTANCES (WP of the revised version)
Steve Beck, solo piano
New Paths/New Music
February 9th
Columbia University
NYC
* TEMPO ABSURDO (solo piano)
Konstantin Schmidbauer
February 10th
Mozarteum Universitat
Salzburg, Austria
* Presentation on recent works
February 21st
New York University
NYC
* LIGARE
Duo Echoi (Alice Teyssier, flute/Jon Hepfer, percussion)
February 19th
UCSD
San Diego
* LIGARE
Due East (Erin Lesser, flute/Greg Beyer, percussion)
March 5th
Arts Ke-nekt' Performing Arts Series
State University of New York
Oswego, NY
* CONTOURS...DISTANCES
Steve Beck, solo piano
ECCE
March 17th
Denver, CO
* AREIA II (for 10 instruments)
International Contemporary Ensemble
April 5th
Merkin Hall
NYC
* LIGARE
Echoi - Alice Teyssier, flute/Jon Hepfer, percussion
April 13th
Warner Concert Hall
Oberlin, OH
* LIGARE
Echoi - Alice Teyssier, flute/Jon Hepfer, percussion
April 16th
Lippes Concert Hall
Buffalo, NY
*RADIO BROADCAST-PAISAGEM
p-ORBITAL for 10 instruments
SPIRA MONDANA for 13 instruments
GLAES for percussion and prepared piano
IRIS for solo berimbau
June 1st 8:00PM
Radio USP FM93,7 MHZ/ CDMC UNICAMP
BRAZIL
* GLAES, for prepared piano and percussion - Italian premiere
Anna D’Errico, Enrico Bertelli
June 19th 2008
Paese, ITALY
*TOPOGRAFIA_INDEX 3A (for trio)
Talea Ensemble: Daria Binkowski, flutes, Rane Moore, clarinets, Alex Lipowski, percussion
June 27th
Kennebunkport, Maine
* GLAES, for prepared piano and percussion
Anna D’Errico, Enrico Bertelli
July 9th 2008
University Square
Treviso, ITALY
* IRIS
Greg Beyer
July 19th
The Stone
NYC
* LIGARE
Due East
National Flute Association Competition (Due East - Winner)
August 10th 2008
Kansas
* SHI, for percussion Trio (WP)
Timetable Percussion
October 12th
New York City
* LIGARE
Due East
October 2008
Lewis University
Romeoville, IL
* LIGARE
Due East
Concert Artists Guild
October 16th
New York City
* LIGARE - German premiere
Christoph Dorner, Udo Diegelmann
October 19th 2008
Frankfurt, GERMANY
* SPIRA MONDANA, for 13 instruments
NY Concert Artists
October 25th
152 West 66th Street 7:30PM
New York City
* LIGARE
Due East
UNCG New Music Festival
October 28th
Greensboro, NC
* REPERCUSSIO, for six percussionists
November 13th Greg Beyer, director
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
* SHI, for percussion Trio
Timetable Percussion
School of Art and Design
December 5th
New York City
* GLAES
RADIO BROADCASTING
December 7th
RADIO CULTURA - SP
BRASIL
* RUPTURAS
December 10th
TALEA ENSEMBLE: Alex Lipowski, vibes; Anthony Cheung, prepared piano
Players Theatre 8PM
plus works by Ferneyhough, Murail, Webern, Hurtado, Kreppein, Vanoni
New York City
* TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 1
December 15th
Filipe Castro, bass flute
Faculdade Santa Marcelina
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
* DEFLECTERE (WP)
Leirson Correa, clarinet; Rodolfo Lota, violin
December 15th 2008
Faculdade Santa Marcelina
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
* RUPTURAS
December 16th
TALEA ENSEMBLE
Juilliard School
New York City
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* TOPOGRAFIA-INDEX 3 (WP)
February 3rd
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall - Symphony Space
Erin Lesser, Rita Mitsel, Sarah Beaty, Carl Bettendorf
New York City
* CARRETÉIS for ensemble
Pedro Bittencourt, sop. sax; Mark Williams, conductor
http://biblio.zkm.de/DegemWebradio/programm.htm
Webradio (Program D - from 29.1 to 25.2.07 - Germany)
* LIGARE
Due East
March 6h
Southern Oregon University
Ashland
* LIGARE
Due East
March 9h
Monmouth
* LIGARE
Due East
March 10th
Lewis & Clark College / Evans Auditorium
Portland
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
March 17th 2007
Festival Le Printemps des poètes
Carcassome-Cité
France
* LIGARE
Due East
March 23th 2007
Manhattan School of Music
New York City
* LIGARE
Due East
March 24th 2007
Tenri Cultural Institute
New York City
* AFTER FROTTAGE (clarinet/cello)
New Paths/New Music
March 31st
Manhattan School of Music
NYC
* LIGARE
Due East
April 9th 2007
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
* LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (ECCE)
April 12th 2007
Virginia Commonwealth University
* LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (ECCE)
April 13th 2007
American Composers Forum
Washington, DC
* LIGARE
May 5th
Talea Ensemble inaugural concert
(with works by Grisey, Harvey, Cheung, Sciarrino)
Juilliard School NYC
* LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski
May 14th
AltaVoz Concert Series
Juilliard School NYC
* LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (ECCE)
May 29th 2007
Maine
*ARTICLE - June 2007
"Music and Globalization: Diversity, Banalization and Culturalization"
REVUE FILIGRANE - PARIS
Under the direction of Makis Solomos
http://revuefiligrane.free.fr/
* RUPTURA(s) (World Première)
June 16th
Alex Lipowski, vibraphone; Steve Beck, piano
Greenwich Music Festival
Connecticut
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
July 4th 2007
Festival Time of Music, Kestikitie 10, Vlitasaari
Finland
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
July 9th 2007
Theatre de Cluny
France
* REPERCUSSIO
Greg Beyer
August 9th 2007
University of Campinas
Brazil
* LIGARE
Due East
August 9th 2007
University of Campinas
Brazil
* LIGARE
Due East
August 13th 2007
UNESP (State University of Sao Paulo)
São Paulo
Brazil
* REPERCUSSIO
Greg Beyer
August 13th 2007
UNESP
São Paulo
Brazil
* 11th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music
September 2007
Music Papers Program Committee
São Paulo
Brazil
* MOBILE.MUTATIO for String Quartet (WP) (with pieces by Ferneyhough, Lara, Ligeti, Menezes, Xenakis)
Arditti String Quartet
September 2007
FESTIVAL MÚSICA NOVA
Brazil
* LECTURE at Faculdade Santa Marcelina (FASM)
October 1st 11am
São Paulo
Brazil
* P-ORBITAL for 10 instruments (former GIRO)
October 4th and 7th
MATA Festival 10th anniversary
CounterStream Radio
* TIME.FRACTUS (WP)
Takae Ohnishi, Harpsichord
November 1st
University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
* LIGARE
Due East
November 12th
Masterclass at New York University
NYC
* LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (plus works by Ferneyhough, Aperghis, Berio and Manoury)
Friday, November 30, 7 PM
Samsung Center, Time Warner Building
Columbus Circle at 59th St., 3rd Floor
NYC
* GLAES (WP)
Commissioned by the Netzwerk Musik Saar
November 30th
Lei Nakamura, piano;
Greg Beyer, percussion
Saarbrücken, Germany;
* OBJETO-QUASE (WP)
Commissioned by the Netzwerk Musik Saar
Lei Nakamura, solo piano
November 30th
Saarbrücken, Germany;
* IRIS
November 30th
Greg Beyer
Saarbrücken, Germany
* GLAES
December 1st
Lei Nakamura, Greg Beyer
Luxembourg Fest 2007
* OBJETO-QUASE
December 1st
Lei Nakamura, piano
Luxembourg Fest 2007
* IRIS
December 1st
Greg Beyer
Luxembourg Fest 2007
* TEMPI INTERMEDI for flute, clarinet, trombone,e-guitar, violin, cello
(plus works by Chong, Grisey and Kampela)
December 17th
Argento Chamber Ensemble
Michel Galante, conductor
NYC
* TEMPI INTERMEDI
December 22nd
Argento Chamber Ensemble
National Gallery - Dublin
Ireland
* AREIA for 12 instruments
Commissioned by Ensemble Piano Possibile
Carl Bettendorf, conductor
December 14th
Munich, Germany
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
November 24th
Theatre Dunois, 7 rue Louisse Weiss, Paris
http://www.radio-music.org
http://www.theatredunois.org/aleph.html
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
November 14th
Festival MANCA, Espace Magnan 31 rue Louis de Coppet
Nice, France
* LIGARE
Due East
November 8th
Percussion Ars Society International Convention
Austin, Texas
http://www.pasic.org/
* IRIS
Greg Beyer
October 29th
George State University US
* IRIS
Greg Beyer
October 27th
Atlanta State University US
* MUTUUS
October 2006
Ensemble Aleph
Festival Aspekte, Salzburg, Austria,
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
September 6th
Gaudeamus Music Week
The Netherlands - Muziekgebouw - Piet Heinkade 5
* IRIS
July 14
Warsaw,Poland, Greg Beyer solo concert
* IRIS
July 04
Bielsko-Biala, Poland, Greg Beyer solo concert
* LIGARE
July 02
Warsaw, Poland, Due East
* IRIS
June 27
RICMA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Greg Beyer solo concert
* IRIS
May 28th
Beijing New Music Festival, China, Greg Beyer, Percussion
* REPERCUSSIO for 6 percussionists
April 14th
NIU, Illinois
* p-ORBITAL for 10 instruments
Carl Bettendorf, conductor
March 26th
Merkin Hall NYC
* LIGARE
Due East
March 6h
New Music Festival at Western Illinois University
* SPIRA MONDANA for 13 instruments
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
February 13th
Merkin Hall, NYC, US
*After Frottage, New York City, January 28, Ensemble CounterInduction
*Ligare, Illinois, February 16, Due East(Beyer/Lesser)
*Ligare, NYC, February 18
*Ligare, NYC, February 20
*Entresons, Campinas, Brasil, February 20
*Carreteis, Bourdeaux, France, April 02; Bourdeaux Conservatoire Ensemble
Pedro Bittencourt, soprano sax/Mark Williams, conductor
*Contours, distances, NYC, April 11
*April 28th to September 11th 2005 (music excerpts used in "Circo de Rins e Figados by Gerald Thomas, SP/Rio)
*Entresons, Pennsylvania, July 14
*Ligare, Yellowbarn Festival, Due East, August 02
*After Frottage, Tenri Hall, NYC, September 09
*After Frottage, Rockefeller University, NYC, September 08
*New Work for ensemble, MATA Festival, NYC, October 1st
*After Frottage, New Music Week, Boston Conservatory, November 09
*Tornando-se, Royal Academy, London, November 21st
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INTERNET LINKS
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UNESP – 2º Semestre de 2010
Composição - Alexandre Lunsqui
Notas iniciais: idéia e realização
Um compositor existe na intersecção de dois aspectos fundamentais: um é a criação em si, o ato de criar, de compor; o outro é a performance, a possibilidade de dar vida ao trabalho. Ambos aspectos são totalmente interdependentes. No entanto, isso caracteriza apenas o parte do processo. Há toda uma complexa série de desmembramentos que vai do estudo individual de cada um, das dificuldades de ser um Compositor na sociedade (função?), às barreiras estéticas e aspectos práticos de performance e dificuldades de fruição do trabalho num contexto local e internacional.
A universidade é, para o músico, motivadora de diferentes experiências, de aprendizado e de facilitação da atividade criativa. O ponto inicial e central de todo esse processo é o indivíduo, no caso, o compositor. Mas o que gere todo esse mecanismo é o grupo. Além disso, sem que se faça necessário o ato de compor, a criação é substituída, na melhor das hipóteses, por disciplinas históricas e analíticas – muito importantes na formação do músico – mas por vezes muito distantes dos desafios íntimos do processo criativo de cada um.
O compositor não vive às margens da sociedade. O compositor é parte dela, frequentemente ocupando uma posição marginal, principalmente quando falamos de uma linguagem em constante transformação. A marginalidade revela, entre outras coisas, as opções da própria sociedade. Opções políticas? Escolhas culturais? Questões históricas? Nada importa e tudo importa no universo criativo. Somos parte de um contingente bem mais amplo do que a partitura.
Qual a missão do compositor atual? Quais foram as mudanças dessa missão ao longo da história? Da música como entretenimento, das funções religiosas, da patronage, do “nascimento” do indivíduo, do mundo capitalista, da falta de independência, da subserviência, da resistência...Uma questão fundamental é: é necessário criar um universo paralelo para permitir a fruição da arte? Talvez.
Quase que simultaneamente, abre-se e fecha-se para o mundo. Sejá lá como for, a música é uma experiência. A liberdade só existe quando o fazer a experiência é possível. Isso envolve não só a idéia, mas também a logística. Alienação é negar essa realidade.
AL
SOUND SAMPLES
LIST OF WORKS
CD RELEASE:
PROJETO PETROBRAS CULTURAL
7 pieces for chamber music by Alexandre Lunsqui
Gravina Música
Spring 2008
Pieces:
-Spira Mondana for 13 instruments
-Tempi Intermedi for 6 instruments
-p-Orbital for 10 instruments
-Iris solo berimbau
-Glaes for prepared piano and percussion
-After Frottage
-Ligare
(CD available!)
Brasil: favor email: contact@lunsqui.com
United States and other countries, please email: contact@lunsqui.com or click below for purchase:
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
CD RELEASE - AVAILABLE
TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 3 and RUPTURAS:
CD: Four Contemporary Visions - Four composers from Sao Paulo
Works by Alexandre Lunsqui, Felipe Lara, Leonardo Aldrovandi and Ignacio de Campos
Alexandre Lunsqui's works were recorded by Talea Ensemble (Alex Lipowski, Daria Bikowski, Rane Moore), and pianist Steve Beck
Gravina Música
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
CD RELEASE!:
SHI - with TIMETABLE PERCUSSION TRIO - APRIL 2009
TIMETABLE PERCUSSION TRIO
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Previous CDs:
Tempo Absurdo for solo piano - Spectrum 3 - with Thalia Myers - 2000
Tornando-se for solo piano - Spectrum 4 - with Thalia Myers - 2004
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
RECENT PUBLICATIONS -
SCORES:
SENSORIUM (for seven instruments)
Published by ArsPublica Edizioni Musicale - ITALY (link)
SHI (link)
TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 3 (link)
LIGARE (link)
RUPTURAS (link)
ENTRESONS.RECREO (for six percussionists)(link)
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REVUE FILIGRANE
Music Globalization: Diversity, Banalization and Culturalization
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A video of DUE EAST performing Lunsqui's LIGARE can be found here.
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* LIGARE
Ayako Okubo; Olivier Maurel
December 16th
TOKYO
JAPAN
* LIGARE
Ayako Okubo; Olivier Maurel
December 12th - JAPANESE PREMIERE
TOKYO
JAPAN
* LIGARE
Erin Lesser, Greg Beyer; Due East
December 5th
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
LEXINGTON, KY
* TOPOGRAFIA 2
Erin Lesser, Greg Beyer; Due East
December 5th
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
LEXINGTON, KY
* LIGARE
Erin Lesser, Greg Beyer; Due East
December 4th
MARSHAL UNIVERSITY
HUNTINGTON, WV
* TOPOGRAFIA I
Erin Lesser, bass/alto flutes
November 24th
National Concert Hall
DUBLIN
IRELAND
* TOPOGRAFIA 2
Sonorities Festival - Queens University Belfast
Erin Lesser, flutes; Alex Lipowski (percussion)
November 21st
BELFAST
IRELAND
* TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 3
Sonorities Festival - Queens University Belfast
Erin Lesser, flutes; Carl McGonnell (clarinets); Alex Lipowski (percussion)
November 21st
BELFAST
IRELAND
* LIGARE
Ayako Okubo; Olivier Maurel
Le Fil d'Eau
November 20th - French premiere
LA WANTZENAU
FRANCE
* ENTRESONS.RECREO (WP)
For six percussionists – Greg Beyer, director
November 12th
PASIC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
* REPERCUSSIO
For six berimbaus
November 11th
PASIC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
*SENSORIUM.RHYTHMUS for seven instruments
Winner - Ensemble L'arsenale chiamata alle musiche
Ensemble L'arsenale (with soloist Mario Caroli)
November 5th
Teatro delle Voci
Treviso
ITALY
* TOPOGRAFIA I
Filipe Castro, bass flute
November 2009
Universidade Livre de Música
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
* REPERCUSSIO
For six berimbaus – Greg Beyer, director
November 2nd
Northern Illinois University
DEKALB, ILLINOIS
* ENTRESONS
For six percussionists – Greg Beyer, director
November 2nd
Northern Illinois University
DEKALB, ILLINOIS
* DEFLECTERE I
violino Ricardo Amado, clarinete Thiago Tavares
October 31st 2009
XVIII Bienal de Música Contemporânea
Sala Cecília Meireles
RIO DE JANEIRO
BRAZIL
* DRAWINGS FOR IBERÊ for 10 instruments
Nieuw Ensemble
October 18th
Den Haag
THE NETHERLANDS
* TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 2 (WP)
TALEA ENSEMBLE - Alex Lipowski, Alice Teyssier
Comme Vous Emoi
October 6th
PARIS
FRANCE
* DRAWINGS FOR IBERÊ for 10 instruments (WP)
Nieuw Ensemble
September 10th
Gaudeamus Music Week
Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
* REPERCUSSIO
For six berimbaus – Greg Beyer, director
October 15th
Northern Illinois University
DEKALB, ILLINOIS
* SHI
TIMETABLE PERCUSSION TRIO
August 17th
Berkshire Fringe Festival
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA
* GUTTURAL I and II
Loadbang Ensemble
August 10th
Noontime Concert Series
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA
* OBJETO-QUASE
Lei Nakamura, prepared piano
July 25th
Ettelbruck
LUXEMBOURG
* GUTTURAL I and II
Loadbang Ensemble
July 19th
Trinity Concert Series
FREEPORT, PA
* GUTTURAL I and II
Loadbang Ensemble
July 18th
Garfield Artworks
PITTSBURG, PA
* SHI
TimeTable Percussion
July 17th
Salihara Festival
Jakarta
INDONESIA
* RUPTURAS
Radio USP FM 8PM - José Augusto Mannis, director
July 5th
Sao Paulo
BRAZIL
* REPERCUSSIO
For six percussionists – Greg Beyer, director
May 29th
Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
San Jose, COSTA RICA
* GLAES
Echoi Ensemble
May 17th
UCSD Spring Festival
University of California, San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA
* DEFLECTERE II (WP)
Miranda Cuckson, Carol McGonnell, Alex Lipowski
May 15th
Juilliard School
NEW YORK
* RUPTURA(s)
Talea Ensemble
May 6th
Juilliard School
NEW YORK
* SHI
Timetable Percussion trio
April 3rd
The Players Theater
NEW YORK
* GLAES
Radio Cultura FM
March 1st
Sao Paulo
BRAZIL
* REPERCUSSIO
For six percussionists
NIU Percussion Ensemble - Greg Beyer, director
January 29th
CHICAGO, IL
* REPERCUSSIO
For six percussionists
NIU Percussion Ensemble - Greg Beyer, director
January 24th
DEKALB, IL
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* LIGARE
Duo Echoi (Alice Teyssier, flute/Jon Hepfer, percussion)
January 4th 8pm
Studio Z
St. Paul, Minnesota
* LIGARE
Due East (Erin Lesser, flute/Greg Beyer, percussion)
January 15th
Lawrence University
Appleton, Wisconsin
* CONTOURS...DISTANCES (WP of the revised version)
Steve Beck, solo piano
New Paths/New Music
February 9th
Columbia University
NYC
* TEMPO ABSURDO (solo piano)
Konstantin Schmidbauer
February 10th
Mozarteum Universitat
Salzburg, Austria
* Presentation on recent works
February 21st
New York University
NYC
* LIGARE
Duo Echoi (Alice Teyssier, flute/Jon Hepfer, percussion)
February 19th
UCSD
San Diego
* LIGARE
Due East (Erin Lesser, flute/Greg Beyer, percussion)
March 5th
Arts Ke-nekt' Performing Arts Series
State University of New York
Oswego, NY
* CONTOURS...DISTANCES
Steve Beck, solo piano
ECCE
March 17th
Denver, CO
* AREIA II (for 10 instruments)
International Contemporary Ensemble
April 5th
Merkin Hall
NYC
* LIGARE
Echoi - Alice Teyssier, flute/Jon Hepfer, percussion
April 13th
Warner Concert Hall
Oberlin, OH
* LIGARE
Echoi - Alice Teyssier, flute/Jon Hepfer, percussion
April 16th
Lippes Concert Hall
Buffalo, NY
*RADIO BROADCAST-PAISAGEM
p-ORBITAL for 10 instruments
SPIRA MONDANA for 13 instruments
GLAES for percussion and prepared piano
IRIS for solo berimbau
June 1st 8:00PM
Radio USP FM93,7 MHZ/ CDMC UNICAMP
BRAZIL
* GLAES, for prepared piano and percussion - Italian premiere
Anna D’Errico, Enrico Bertelli
June 19th 2008
Paese, ITALY
*TOPOGRAFIA_INDEX 3A (for trio)
Talea Ensemble: Daria Binkowski, flutes, Rane Moore, clarinets, Alex Lipowski, percussion
June 27th
Kennebunkport, Maine
* GLAES, for prepared piano and percussion
Anna D’Errico, Enrico Bertelli
July 9th 2008
University Square
Treviso, ITALY
* IRIS
Greg Beyer
July 19th
The Stone
NYC
* LIGARE
Due East
National Flute Association Competition (Due East - Winner)
August 10th 2008
Kansas
* SHI, for percussion Trio (WP)
Timetable Percussion
October 12th
New York City
* LIGARE
Due East
October 2008
Lewis University
Romeoville, IL
* LIGARE
Due East
Concert Artists Guild
October 16th
New York City
* LIGARE - German premiere
Christoph Dorner, Udo Diegelmann
October 19th 2008
Frankfurt, GERMANY
* SPIRA MONDANA, for 13 instruments
NY Concert Artists
October 25th
152 West 66th Street 7:30PM
New York City
* LIGARE
Due East
UNCG New Music Festival
October 28th
Greensboro, NC
* REPERCUSSIO, for six percussionists
November 13th Greg Beyer, director
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
* SHI, for percussion Trio
Timetable Percussion
School of Art and Design
December 5th
New York City
* GLAES
RADIO BROADCASTING
December 7th
RADIO CULTURA - SP
BRASIL
* RUPTURAS
December 10th
TALEA ENSEMBLE: Alex Lipowski, vibes; Anthony Cheung, prepared piano
Players Theatre 8PM
plus works by Ferneyhough, Murail, Webern, Hurtado, Kreppein, Vanoni
New York City
* TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 1
December 15th
Filipe Castro, bass flute
Faculdade Santa Marcelina
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
* DEFLECTERE (WP)
Leirson Correa, clarinet; Rodolfo Lota, violin
December 15th 2008
Faculdade Santa Marcelina
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
* RUPTURAS
December 16th
TALEA ENSEMBLE
Juilliard School
New York City
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| CONCERTS/NEWS 2007 |
* TOPOGRAFIA-INDEX 3 (WP)
February 3rd
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall - Symphony Space
Erin Lesser, Rita Mitsel, Sarah Beaty, Carl Bettendorf
New York City
* CARRETÉIS for ensemble
Pedro Bittencourt, sop. sax; Mark Williams, conductor
http://biblio.zkm.de/DegemWebradio/programm.htm
Webradio (Program D - from 29.1 to 25.2.07 - Germany)
* LIGARE
Due East
March 6h
Southern Oregon University
Ashland
* LIGARE
Due East
March 9h
Monmouth
* LIGARE
Due East
March 10th
Lewis & Clark College / Evans Auditorium
Portland
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
March 17th 2007
Festival Le Printemps des poètes
Carcassome-Cité
France
* LIGARE
Due East
March 23th 2007
Manhattan School of Music
New York City
* LIGARE
Due East
March 24th 2007
Tenri Cultural Institute
New York City
* AFTER FROTTAGE (clarinet/cello)
New Paths/New Music
March 31st
Manhattan School of Music
NYC
* LIGARE
Due East
April 9th 2007
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
* LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (ECCE)
April 12th 2007
Virginia Commonwealth University
* LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (ECCE)
April 13th 2007
American Composers Forum
Washington, DC
* LIGARE
May 5th
Talea Ensemble inaugural concert
(with works by Grisey, Harvey, Cheung, Sciarrino)
Juilliard School NYC
* LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski
May 14th
AltaVoz Concert Series
Juilliard School NYC
* LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (ECCE)
May 29th 2007
Maine
*ARTICLE - June 2007
"Music and Globalization: Diversity, Banalization and Culturalization"
REVUE FILIGRANE - PARIS
Under the direction of Makis Solomos
http://revuefiligrane.free.fr/
* RUPTURA(s) (World Première)
June 16th
Alex Lipowski, vibraphone; Steve Beck, piano
Greenwich Music Festival
Connecticut
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
July 4th 2007
Festival Time of Music, Kestikitie 10, Vlitasaari
Finland
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
July 9th 2007
Theatre de Cluny
France
* REPERCUSSIO
Greg Beyer
August 9th 2007
University of Campinas
Brazil
* LIGARE
Due East
August 9th 2007
University of Campinas
Brazil
* LIGARE
Due East
August 13th 2007
UNESP (State University of Sao Paulo)
São Paulo
Brazil
* REPERCUSSIO
Greg Beyer
August 13th 2007
UNESP
São Paulo
Brazil
* 11th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music
September 2007
Music Papers Program Committee
São Paulo
Brazil
* MOBILE.MUTATIO for String Quartet (WP) (with pieces by Ferneyhough, Lara, Ligeti, Menezes, Xenakis)
Arditti String Quartet
September 2007
FESTIVAL MÚSICA NOVA
Brazil
* LECTURE at Faculdade Santa Marcelina (FASM)
October 1st 11am
São Paulo
Brazil
* P-ORBITAL for 10 instruments (former GIRO)
October 4th and 7th
MATA Festival 10th anniversary
CounterStream Radio
* TIME.FRACTUS (WP)
Takae Ohnishi, Harpsichord
November 1st
University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
* LIGARE
Due East
November 12th
Masterclass at New York University
NYC
* LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (plus works by Ferneyhough, Aperghis, Berio and Manoury)
Friday, November 30, 7 PM
Samsung Center, Time Warner Building
Columbus Circle at 59th St., 3rd Floor
NYC
* GLAES (WP)
Commissioned by the Netzwerk Musik Saar
November 30th
Lei Nakamura, piano;
Greg Beyer, percussion
Saarbrücken, Germany;
* OBJETO-QUASE (WP)
Commissioned by the Netzwerk Musik Saar
Lei Nakamura, solo piano
November 30th
Saarbrücken, Germany;
* IRIS
November 30th
Greg Beyer
Saarbrücken, Germany
* GLAES
December 1st
Lei Nakamura, Greg Beyer
Luxembourg Fest 2007
* OBJETO-QUASE
December 1st
Lei Nakamura, piano
Luxembourg Fest 2007
* IRIS
December 1st
Greg Beyer
Luxembourg Fest 2007
* TEMPI INTERMEDI for flute, clarinet, trombone,e-guitar, violin, cello
(plus works by Chong, Grisey and Kampela)
December 17th
Argento Chamber Ensemble
Michel Galante, conductor
NYC
* TEMPI INTERMEDI
December 22nd
Argento Chamber Ensemble
National Gallery - Dublin
Ireland
| Concerts/News 2006 |
* AREIA for 12 instruments
Commissioned by Ensemble Piano Possibile
Carl Bettendorf, conductor
December 14th
Munich, Germany
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
November 24th
Theatre Dunois, 7 rue Louisse Weiss, Paris
http://www.radio-music.org
http://www.theatredunois.org/aleph.html
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
November 14th
Festival MANCA, Espace Magnan 31 rue Louis de Coppet
Nice, France
* LIGARE
Due East
November 8th
Percussion Ars Society International Convention
Austin, Texas
http://www.pasic.org/
* IRIS
Greg Beyer
October 29th
George State University US
* IRIS
Greg Beyer
October 27th
Atlanta State University US
* MUTUUS
October 2006
Ensemble Aleph
Festival Aspekte, Salzburg, Austria,
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
September 6th
Gaudeamus Music Week
The Netherlands - Muziekgebouw - Piet Heinkade 5
* MUTUUS, for voice, cl(+bass), trumpet, perc, pno, vln, cello
Ensemble Aleph (Dominique Clement, clarinet/bass clarinet; Monica Jordan, voice; Lutz Mandler, trumpet, Sylvie Drouin, piano; Jean-Charles Francois, percussion; Noemie Schindler, violin; Christophe Roy, cello).
August 23rd
Kulturrhaus, Dresden, Germany
* SPIRA MONDANA for 13 instruments
July 28th
Wellesley Composers Conference Ensemble; Efrain Guigui, conductor
Ensemble Aleph (Dominique Clement, clarinet/bass clarinet; Monica Jordan, voice; Lutz Mandler, trumpet, Sylvie Drouin, piano; Jean-Charles Francois, percussion; Noemie Schindler, violin; Christophe Roy, cello).
August 23rd
Kulturrhaus, Dresden, Germany
* SPIRA MONDANA for 13 instruments
July 28th
Wellesley Composers Conference Ensemble; Efrain Guigui, conductor
* IRIS
July 14
Warsaw,Poland, Greg Beyer solo concert
* IRIS
July 04
Bielsko-Biala, Poland, Greg Beyer solo concert
* LIGARE
July 02
Warsaw, Poland, Due East
* IRIS
June 27
RICMA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Greg Beyer solo concert
* IRIS
May 28th
Beijing New Music Festival, China, Greg Beyer, Percussion
* REPERCUSSIO for 6 percussionists
April 14th
NIU, Illinois
* p-ORBITAL for 10 instruments
Carl Bettendorf, conductor
March 26th
Merkin Hall NYC
* LIGARE
Due East
March 6h
New Music Festival at Western Illinois University
* SPIRA MONDANA for 13 instruments
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
February 13th
Merkin Hall, NYC, US
| Concerts 2005 |
*After Frottage, New York City, January 28, Ensemble CounterInduction
*Ligare, Illinois, February 16, Due East(Beyer/Lesser)
*Ligare, NYC, February 18
*Ligare, NYC, February 20
*Carreteis, Bourdeaux, France, April 02; Bourdeaux Conservatoire Ensemble
Pedro Bittencourt, soprano sax/Mark Williams, conductor
*Contours, distances, NYC, April 11
*April 28th to September 11th 2005 (music excerpts used in "Circo de Rins e Figados by Gerald Thomas, SP/Rio)
*Entresons, Pennsylvania, July 14
*Ligare, Yellowbarn Festival, Due East, August 02
*After Frottage, Tenri Hall, NYC, September 09
*After Frottage, Rockefeller University, NYC, September 08
*New Work for ensemble, MATA Festival, NYC, October 1st
*After Frottage, New Music Week, Boston Conservatory, November 09
*Tornando-se, Royal Academy, London, November 21st
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