Alejandro Albornoz (1971) - Curriculum Vitae http://alejandroalbornoz.wordpress.com http://www.soundcloud.com/mankacen contact: [email protected] Mobile phone: 07469820715
BIO Composer, sound and visual artist. He studied electroacoustic composition with Rodrigo Sigal and Federico Schumacher and works on acousmatic and live electronics since 2004. His music has been performed in several and prestigious festivals like Synthèse (Bourges, France), JIEM (Madrid), Bienal Internacional de Música Eletroacústica (São Paulo) and Sonoimágenes (Buenos Aires). He is an active member of the Electroacoustic Music Community of Chile (www.cech.cl) and of the Latin American Sound Art Network (www.redasla.org) Usually he composes for theatre and dance. He has been producer of several concerts, meetings, conferences and publications, highlighting the International Festival of Electroacoustic Music of Chile “Ai-maako” and CD collections of Chilean electroacoustic music. He currently is a PhD researcher on Electroacoustic Composition in the Department of Music at the University of Sheffield. The central topics in his research are the human voice, poetry, algorithms and language.
EDUCATION
Bachelor Degree, Visual Arts, Universidad Mayor, Chile (2012-2013) Technical Degree, Photography, Escuela de Foto Arte de Chile (1996-1998) Pedagogy in Visual Arts, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (1989-1991)
Selection of featured courses:
Sound synthesis techniques course by Rodrigo Cádiz. Musical Technology Lab, Institute of Music, Universidad Católica de Chile. January, 2010.
Spatialization of acousmatic music, workshop by Annette Vande Gorne. October 2 & 3, 2009, organized by the Chilean Electroacoustic Community for the International Festival of Electroacoustic Music of Chile, Ai-maako.
Electroacoustic composition Master class by Francis Dhomont. October 16, 2008, School of Music of the Universidad Arcis, during the Ai-maako Festival.
Electroacoustic composition course by Federico Schumacher. Arcis computer Music Lab (LAIM), School of Music of the Universidad Arcis, September-November, 2007. Acousmatic composition course by Federico Schumacher. Organized by the Chilean Electroacoustic Community and Centro de Música y Tecnología de la SCD. May, 2005.
Electroacoustic composition, private classes with Rodrigo Sigal. January-March, 2005
WORKS Acousmatic Music:
Acousmatic Cycle “La Lumière Artificielle”
The whole cycle was inspired by an interview of 1919, where the Chilean avant-garde poet Vicente Huidobro, talked about a new project: "The creationist and simultaneist poem La Lumiere artificielle, for three voices on gramophone with new procedures (...)"(1). This plan was never done. In the future, the poet would create works with sound as central axis and in Spanish and French, becoming an important reference for sound poetry in the Spanish speaking world. This is a work in progress, a cycle inspired by Huidobro’s statement and the idea of voices in a fixed media, dealing with these issues: languages, abstract sounds by voice, new and old technologies. This Cycle is part of my research project as PhD student in the University of Sheffield.
(1) Huidobro, 1919, cited in García-Huidobro, 2012: 34: García-Hudobro, Cecilia. A la interperie (entrevistas 1915-1946). Santiago de Chile: Ed. Ocho Libros, 2012
Until May 2016, there are three pieces finished for the cycle:
“La Lumière” (2015) 9’45”. Format: 8 channels, third place ex-aequo in the 2016 SIME Electroacoustic Music competition, Lille, France. Voice: Mathilde Rioton. Premeried: University of Sheffield Concerts cycle ‘Sound Junction’ October 2015.
Listen stereo reduction at: https://soundcloud.com/mankacen/la-lumiere-2015
“Overture” (2015) 10’06”. Format: 8 channels Voices: Alejandra Caro, Mathilde Rioton, Natalie Verhaegen. Premeried: Festival Sónar Sound Santiago 2015.
“La Luz” (2016) 9’12”. Format: 8 channels Voice: Alejandra Caro, Not premeried. “Un regalito misterioso” (2014 – 2015) 9’22” Stereo. This acousmatic work is a tribute to Matilde Pérez, Chilean visual artist who passed away in 2014. Composed at the author's personal studio in Santiago de Chile and the University of Sheffield Sound Studios. Pérez was a pioneer in the kinetic art and the confluence of art and technology. The piece uses synthetic and recorded sounds, combining “manual" techniques and random algorithmic procedures for some structures and materials. Taken from an interview, the artist's voice tells in Spanish her ideas on art in general, the creative process, the discovery of vocation and the the role of technology in art. Work finalist at the Fundación Destellos competition 2015. Premeried at the EMS 2015 Conference, Sheffield 2015. Listen at: https://soundcloud.com/mankacen/un-regalito-misterioso-2015
“Concretamente” (2012) 15’19” Stereo. Commissioned by the Laboratorio de Informática Musical Arcis (LAIM), Universidad Arcis, Santiago de Chile. Premiered: Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Chile Ai-maako 2012. Listen at: https://soundcloud.com/mankacen/concretamente-2012
“Abro la escucha de par en par” (2012) 3’50” Stereo. Commissioned by the Spain Cultural Centre of Santiago, for the art exhibition “20 años, 20 artistas”. The piece and the printed spectrogram of a section of the work were exhibited in the art gallery together with the works by other artists. Listen at: https://soundcloud.com/mankacen/abro-la-escucha-de-par-en-par
“Radio Tarro Chilena” (2010) 10’. Four channels acousmatic piece. Composed at the composer’s personal studio. Premeried: Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Chile Ai-maako 2010.
“Pornofonía” (2009) 4’40” Stereo. Acousmatic miniature. Commissioned by the sound artist Rainer Krause for a sound installation at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile.
“El Papel del Vidrio” (2009) 10’14” Stereo. Composed at the composer’s personal studio. Work finalist at the Fundación Destellos competition 2010. Premiered: Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Chile Ai-maako 2009. Included in the triple CD “Panorama Electroacústico” (Chilean composers compilation. 2011: Fonmus/Pueblo Nuevo/LAIM) and in “RedAsla Vólumen III” (Latinamerican composers compilation. 2011: CMMAS, SECUM, CONACULTA, CENART y Michoacán Trabaja) http://www.electrocd.com/en/cat/pn_cd_009/ http://cmmas.org/store.php?lan=es&accion=viewDetail&id=52 Listen at: https://soundcloud.com/mankacen/el-papel-del-vidrio “El Sueño de la Razón produce Monstruos” (2009) 12’31” Stereo. Inspired by the Francisco de Goya images. Composed at the composer’s personal studio. Premeried: Electroacoustic Music Concerts cycle organized by Laboratorio Arcis de Informática Musical an the SCD (Author’s right society), September, 2009, Santiago de Chile. Listen at: https://soundcloud.com/mankacen/el-sue-o-de-la-raz-n-produce
“Presencia & Encuentro” (2008) 9’05” Stereo. Acousmatic piece for contemporary dance. Choreography by Alejandra Caro. Premeried: Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Chile Ai-maako 2008.
“Del papel al hecho hay mucho trecho” (2007) 3’47” Stereo. Miniature composed during a acousmatic composition course with Federico Schumacher. Included in the Book+CD “Libro- CD Experimentaclub LIMb0″ (Spanish American sound artists compilation. 2010: (Experimentaclub-Limb0)
“Perro-campo / Tarro-ciudad” (2007) 3’20” Stereo. Acousmatic miniature. Composed at the composer’s personal studio.
“Inicio” (2007) 7’59” Stereo. Acousmatic piece for contemporary dance. Choreography by Alejandra Caro. Premeried: Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Chile Ai-maako 2007.
“A SU Árbol Retorno” (2006) 8’33” Stereo. Work dedicated to José Vicente Asuar, chilean pioneer of electroacoustic music. Composed at the composer’s personal studio. Premeried: Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Chile Ai-maako 2006.
“Ciento veinte millones” (2005) 10’44” Stereo. Commissioned by the Laboratorio de Informática Musical Arcis, Universidad Arcis, Santiago de Chile. Premeried: Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Chile Ai-maako 2005. Included in the triple CD “50 años de Música Electroacústica en Chile, 1956 – 2006” (Chilean composers compilation. 2006: Fonmus/Pueblo Nuevo/LAIM), Prize to the best compilation at the Qwartz prizes 2008, France. http://www.electrocd.com/en/cat/pn_cd_001/
“Noche de Metales” Stereo. Acousmatic cycle (2004 - 2005) Three pieces inspired by the poetry of Gabriela Mistral. “Noche de Metales, primera parte” (2004) 8’09” “Noche de Metales, segunda parte” (2005) 7’19” Premeried: Festival Sonoimágenes 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Listen at: https://myspace.com/alejandroalbornoz/music/song/noche-de-metales-segunda- parte-15208329-15009514 “Noche de Metales, tercera parte” 7’57” (2005) No premeried yet.
“Ejercicio 2” (2005) 5’ Stereo. Acousmatic miniature. Composed at the composer’s personal studio during a electroacoustic composition course with Rodrigo Sigal. Listen at: https://myspace.com/alejandroalbornoz/music/song/ejercicio02-15241267- 15042452
“Eeeh…jercicio” (2004) 2’53” Stereo. Acousmatic miniature. Composed at the composer’s personal studio.
Selected live electronics preformances and concerts
Acousmatic work in the chilean concert at the IX Bimesp - Bienal Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo, Agoust 30th, 2012
MkM, Telematic concert. Live electronics improviosation via internet 2 with José Manuel Berenguer (live from Barcelona) and Julio Catalano (live from Córdoba, Argentina). Sound Art Festival “Cruces Sonoros”, Santiago de Chile, April 2012.
Acousmatic and live electronics improvisation concert within the concerts cycle of the Laboratorio de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias Buenos Aires Cero, Alianza Francesa de Buenos Aires. June 18th, 2010.
Work in the 3th CIME concert at Festival Synthèse 2009, Bourges, Maison de la Culture, May 31th.
Acousmatic and live electronics improvisation concert. Cycle “Sesiones Piso Tres”, November 21th, 2009, Santiago de Chile.
Acousmatic concerts, spatializing works by chilean composers and personal piece:
Fundación Phonos: May 31th, 2006, Barcelona
Escuela Superior de Música de Cataluña, Aula de Cor, May 31th, 2006, Barcelona Sala Mompou de la SGAE, June 1, 2006, Barcelona
Synthèse, International Festival of Electroacoustic Music, Bourges, June 5th, 2006
Universidad de Aveiro, sala de conciertos, June 12th, Aveiro, Portugal
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Auditorio principal, en el marco de las JIEM (Jornadas de Informática y Electrónica Musical), June 21th, Madrid. Music for theatre and dance (selected works)
2011: Sound design and acousmatic music for “Intentar no construir-lo”, theatre play based on the novel “Abahn, Sabana, David” by Marguerite Duras. Play directed by José Ignacio García. Honorific mention by the Critics Circle of Chile as the best of 2011. Santiago de Chile.
2011: Acousmatic music and electronica, plus Pure Data programming for the dance- multimedia play “Cartografías”. Original idea and multimedia by Pamela Cuadros, choreography by Karin Costa. Santiago de Chile. Listen at: https://soundcloud.com/mankacen/nacimiento-flujo https://soundcloud.com/mankacen/cartografias_el_acompanante
2010: Music for “En casa en el zoológico” the Edward Albee’s theatre play, premeries on March 19th. Teatro La Cuarta Vía Company. Teatro de la Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
DISCOGRAPHY
Panorama Electroacústico (2011) Red ASLA, Vol. III (2011) Libro-CD Experimentaclub LIMb0 (2010) 50 años de Música Electroacústica en Chile (2006)
See details and links at: http://alejandroalbornoz.wordpress.com/discografia/
COMISSIONS / CURATORIAL / PRODUCTION
2014: Organization of a sound art exhibition, about the soundscapes and ecological documentation recorded by the Orquesta del Caos (Barcelona) for March – April 2014. Currently in develop, this project is a commission by the Spain Cultural Centre of Santiago de Chile. www.ccespana.cl
2011: Curatory, production and texts for the triple collection of Chilean Electroacoustic Music published by Fonmus/Pueblo Nuevo/LAIM. Three triple CD’s with the complete electroacosutic production of Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt and José Vicente Asuar and the compilation of chilean composers “Panorama de la Electroacústica Chilena” http://www.electrocd.com/en/cat/pn_cd_007/ http://www.electrocd.com/en/cat/pn_cd_008/ http://www.electrocd.com/en/cat/pn_cd_009/
2 0 0 9 – 2011: Executive producer of the Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Chile “Ai-maako”. www.aimaako.cl 2 0 0 7 y 2008: General producer of the Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Chile “Ai-maako”.
LECTURES / TEACHING
2015: Paper "Computer Music in Chile: The Beginning and some paths to the future: An historical review " presented at the EMS 2015 Conference "The Art of Electroacosutic Music" organized by the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network.
2000 – 2010: Teaching Photography & Audiovisual, Escuela Foto Arte de Chile. www.efach.cl
October 2009: Workshop “Introduction to the Acousmatic Music” Spain Cultural Centre, Santiago de Chile. http://mankacen.blogspot.com/2009/10/taller-introduccion-la-musica.html
2009 May - July: Course “Brief History of Electronic Music, from tube machines to the digital circuits” at the Psychology Faculty, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile. http://bhmusicaelectronica.blogspot.com
January 2008 Workshop “Sound Art for kids” Spain Cultural Centre, Santiago de Chile. http://mankacen.blogspot.com/2008/01/taller-de-arte-sonoro-para-nios.html http://mankacen.blogspot.com/2008/01/primeras-grabaciones-en-taller-para.html
Lecture “Acousmatic music, sound art & instalations” at the theory encounter “Transferencias, reflexiones sobre Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología”, organized by Instituto Arcos. Santiago de Chile, December, 2006.
Lecture “Interactive composition, processes & prospects” with Lars Graugaard (Dinamarca) y Mirko Petrovich (Chile) at ALMA (Aula Laboratorio de Música y Audio de la U. Diego Portales) December, 2006
May 31th, 2006: Lecture: History of the Chilean Electroacoustic Music, Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya, Barcelona.
June 12th, 2006: Lecture: History of the Chilean Electroacoustic Music, Universidad de Aveiro, Portugal.
June 21th, 2006: Lecture: History of the Chilean Electroacoustic Music, Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea en el Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Lecture "Historical review of the Electronic Music in Chile" at the Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Rosario Juan B. Castagnino, "Festival Internacional de Arte Electrónico 404" www.404festival.com.ar December, 2004.
RESEARCH
Musical and historical content assistant for the documentary movie “Variaciones Espectrales” (2013), a film by Carlos Lértora. This movie narrates the life and work of José Vicente Asuar, Chilean pioneer of electroacoustic music, both composer and inventor of sound devices and a special computer. He is one of the prominent creators in the history of art & technology in Latinamerica. This film won the first prize for the category documentary of the 2013 “In-Edit” Festival of musical films. http://vimeo.com/13914892 http://www.inedit-nescafe.cl/destacados/los-ganadores-3/
“Sound Installation ‘Sillon Fermé’, an acousmatic and quadraphonic piece”. Thesis for the Bachelor degree on visual arts (2013) Digital version (currently only in spanish): http://issuu.com/mankacen/docs/tesina_albornoz_def
“Body extension and technological simbiosis within the Stelarc performances”. Essay (2012) Digital version (currently only in spanish): http://issuu.com/mankacen/docs/ampliacion_del_cuerpo_y_simbiosis_tecnolo
Liner notes for the triple Cd’s “Gustavo Becerra, obra electroacústica” (2011) and “José Vicente Asuar, obra electroacústica” (2011). These notes are brief reviews and analysis of each work within the cd’s. For Becerra exists in spanish and english and for Asuar only spanish. To read them, please click in the name of each piece at: http://www.pueblonuevo.cl/pn_site/pn_cat_cd_007.htm (Becerra) http://www.pueblonuevo.cl/pn_site/pn_cat_cd_008.htm (Asuar)
5.1 version for the work “Poema para percusiones sampleadas [Música Cibernética]” (2008) original acousmatic piece by Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt. (http://www.gbecerra.scd.cl/bio.htm). December 08 / January 2009. Independent project commissioned by Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, and premeried at the tribute concert organized by the LAIM of the Arcis University for his death at 2010.
“Music & Technology in Chile: Thoughts on its development and its implications”. Essay published in the book “Installing, Art & Digital Culture” (Ed. Troyano 2007). Digital version: http://issuu.com/mankacen/docs/instalando_book? e=6744578/5345863