Alejandro Román
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Alejandro Román, is an Spanish
composer
and pianist
. Musician of eclectic style, his works cover both current symphonic composition like jazz or film music.
Román is from Madrid
. He is an eclectic musician, his works include modern symphonic compositions, jazz and film music.
He studied composition with Anton Garcia Abril
, Valentín Ruiz and Zulema de la Cruz
at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid. From 1991 to 1995 he was awarded scholarships by the AIE (Society of Artists and Performers) for studies of Jazz with Tony Heimer, Jorge Villaescusa and Ricard Miralles (piano), Claudio Gabis, Eva Gancedo and Miguel Blanco (harmony, composition and arrangements , music theater), Bob Sands and Victor Merlo (improvisation and ensemble). He belonged to several Jazz
and Rock
groups with whom he recorded a dozen albums.
He has composed over fifty works for piano, voice, guitar, orchestra, chamber, electroacoustic, and teaching music, modern (jazz, pop) and film music, theatre and dance. He has scored fifteen short films and three feature films.
In 2007 he obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Philosophy from the Department of Aesthetics, UNED, after completion of his thesis "The Musivisual Language, aesthetics and semiotics of audio-visual music", where he analyses the connections between the language of image and musical language.
In 2003 he became a Professor at the department for Audiovisual Composition of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, where he launched the Classroom "CINEMA" (Composition and Research in the Audiovisual Media).
2005 Award from the I Forum of Young Composers of the Fundación Sax-Ensemble by Argos
, for saxophone quintet, two percussionists and piano
2005 4th Prize "Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga" by Ménades
for chamber orchestra, the "Young Composers XVI Premio SGAE"
2007 2nd Prize "Angel Iglesias" by Dos Estudios Extraños, for guitar, in "II Guitar Composition Competition Ciudad de Badajoz"
1992 Oniroplastia Eco, electroacoustic (out of print)
1997 Tres preludios nocturnos (Miniaturas, Orillas del Manzanares y Zarabanda) para piano
1998 Dicen que no me quieres, popular song for singing and piano
1999 Sonatina para piano
2000 Sonata para clarinete, violoncello and harp
2001 Cuarteto de Cuerda
2002 Estudio para Orquesta
2003 Bacantes, suite for orchestra (out of print)
2004 Nocturno de Luz, for piano
2005 Piezas Extrañas, for guitar
2006 Don Quixote en New York, for big-band
2007 Tirsos, for flute and harp
2008 Kithara
, for harp
2009 Balcania, for five flutes, contrabass and percussion (and optional video)
2010 Acuarelas de Irlanda, for full orchestra
Director: Zoé Berriatúa
Director: Víctor Pedreira
Director: Miguel Yusty
Director: Nydia García Vacas
Director: Juan Carlos Claver
Director: Miguel Yusty
Director: Toni Bestard
Director: Jorge Barrau
Director: Juan Carlos Claver
Director: Miguel Yusty
Director: Juan Carlos Claver
Director: Toni Bestard
Director: Daniel Román
Director: Toni Bestard
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín
Director: Daniel Román
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín
Director: Isidro Carbajal
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín
Director: Carlos Manrique
Director: Carlos Manrique
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
. Musician of eclectic style, his works cover both current symphonic composition like jazz or film music.
Biography
Román is from Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
. He is an eclectic musician, his works include modern symphonic compositions, jazz and film music.
He studied composition with Anton Garcia Abril
Antón García Abril
Antón García Abril is a Spanish composer and musician. In 1997 Plácido Domingo created the role of Lucero in his Divinas Palabras at the Teatro Real in Madrid.-Biography:...
, Valentín Ruiz and Zulema de la Cruz
Zulema de La Cruz
Maria Zulema de la Cruz Castillejo is a Spanish pianist and composer.-Life:Zulema de la Cruz was born in Madrid and studied at the Madrid Conservatory for piano and composition and Stanford University in California for composition and computer music, with professors including Carmelo Bernaola and...
at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid. From 1991 to 1995 he was awarded scholarships by the AIE (Society of Artists and Performers) for studies of Jazz with Tony Heimer, Jorge Villaescusa and Ricard Miralles (piano), Claudio Gabis, Eva Gancedo and Miguel Blanco (harmony, composition and arrangements , music theater), Bob Sands and Victor Merlo (improvisation and ensemble). He belonged to several Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and Rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
groups with whom he recorded a dozen albums.
He has composed over fifty works for piano, voice, guitar, orchestra, chamber, electroacoustic, and teaching music, modern (jazz, pop) and film music, theatre and dance. He has scored fifteen short films and three feature films.
In 2007 he obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Philosophy from the Department of Aesthetics, UNED, after completion of his thesis "The Musivisual Language, aesthetics and semiotics of audio-visual music", where he analyses the connections between the language of image and musical language.
In 2003 he became a Professor at the department for Audiovisual Composition of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, where he launched the Classroom "CINEMA" (Composition and Research in the Audiovisual Media).
Awards
2004 Award for Best Original Soundtrack by Niño Vudú by Toni Bestard in "IX Festival de Cine Ciudad de Zaragoza"2005 Award from the I Forum of Young Composers of the Fundación Sax-Ensemble by Argos
Argos
Argos is a city and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. It is 11 kilometres from Nafplion, which was its historic harbour...
, for saxophone quintet, two percussionists and piano
2005 4th Prize "Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga" by Ménades
Menades
Menades is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France....
for chamber orchestra, the "Young Composers XVI Premio SGAE"
2007 2nd Prize "Angel Iglesias" by Dos Estudios Extraños, for guitar, in "II Guitar Composition Competition Ciudad de Badajoz"
Catalog of works
1990 Danza Espectral for violin, flute, clarinet, trombone and piano (out of print)1992 Oniroplastia Eco, electroacoustic (out of print)
- PicnicPicnicIn contemporary usage, a picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors , ideally taking place in a beautiful landscape such as a park, beside a lake or with an interesting view and possibly at a public event such as before an open air theatre performance,...
, electroacoustic (out of print)
1997 Tres preludios nocturnos (Miniaturas, Orillas del Manzanares y Zarabanda) para piano
- Tres Gymnopedias Satiéricas for piano
- OrestesOrestesOrestes was the son of Agamemnon in Greek mythology; Orestes may also refer to:Drama*Orestes , by Euripides*Orestes, the character in Sophocles' tragedy Electra*Orestes, the character in Aeschylus' trilogy of tragedies, Oresteia...
, for prepared piano (out of print)
1998 Dicen que no me quieres, popular song for singing and piano
- A pie van mis suspiros for singing and piano (out of print)
- Aquí te traigo María, carol for mixed choir
- Tres piezas infantiles, for three cellos and piano and cello
1999 Sonatina para piano
- SonatinaSonatinaA sonatina is literally a small sonata. As a musical term, sonatina has no single strict definition; it is rather a title applied by the composer to a piece that is in basic sonata form, but is shorter, lighter in character, or more elementary technically than a typical sonata...
, version for flute orchestra (out of print) - Suite “Bacantes”, for flute and harpsichord (or piano)
2000 Sonata para clarinete, violoncello and harp
- Homenaje a Bartok for violin, oboe, cello and piano
- Entre Arrecifes for piano
2001 Cuarteto de Cuerda
- Variaciones para Orquesta sobre un tema de Rameau
- Tres Sonetos de Amor for singing and piano
- La persistencia de la memoria, electroacoustic
- Misa Nupcial de los Pianistas, for singing, violin, cello and organ (out of print)
2002 Estudio para Orquesta
- El Criado de don Juan, chamber opera in one act, two tables and four scenes
- Tríptico for guitar
- Black Cage, for prepared piano and electroacoustic
- Vid-erunt Om-nes!!!, electroacoustic
2003 Bacantes, suite for orchestra (out of print)
- Clavicosmos, educational pieces for harpsichord
- Suite Antigua, for small orchestra
- Bacantes, version of the suite for instrumental ensemble (out of print)
2004 Nocturno de Luz, for piano
- Monólogo de Sancho Panza, for double bass (with or without reciter)
2005 Piezas Extrañas, for guitar
- ArgosArgosArgos is a city and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. It is 11 kilometres from Nafplion, which was its historic harbour...
, for saxophone quintet, two percussionists and piano
- El Intrépido Soldadito de Plomo, musical tale for flute, piano, tuba, bass and percussion
- MénadesMenadesMenades is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France....
, for instrumental ensemble
2006 Don Quixote en New York, for big-band
- Ludus Ludovico, for flute, harp and string quartet
- Dos princesas for violin and harp
- Treno por Gea for violin, clarinet, cello and piano
2007 Tirsos, for flute and harp
- Seguiriya, for bassoon quartet
- Bacantes, version for flute and harp
2008 Kithara
Kithara
The kithara or cithara was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the lyre or lyra family. In modern Greek the word kithara has come to mean "guitar" ....
, for harp
- Catálogo de elfos y hadas, for harp
- Levedad del amor, for flute, cello and harp
2009 Balcania, for five flutes, contrabass and percussion (and optional video)
- Iberia, doce perlas de la aeronáutica española, for flute, violin, violoncello, bandurria and guitar
- Eterna Juventud, for two flutes and organ
2010 Acuarelas de Irlanda, for full orchestra
- Violituras para Lydia, for violin
Film Music
- Quédate Conmigo (2010). Short 35 mm
Director: Zoé Berriatúa
- DueloDueloDuelo is a Tejano band from Roma, Texas with a norteño style. The band is also known as Grupo Duelo and Duelo Norteño. The group rose to prominence in late 1990s and continues to record as of 2009, when their album Necesito Más de Tí debuted in the top slot on the Billboard Top Latin Albums...
(2010). Short 35 mm
Director: Víctor Pedreira
- Dito, el niño despertador (2008). Short 35 mm
Director: Miguel Yusty
- Vámonos de aquí (2008). Short 35 mm
Director: Nydia García Vacas
- Intrusos (en Manasés) (2007). Feature Film
Director: Juan Carlos Claver
- Luces (2007). Animation Short 35 mm
Director: Miguel Yusty
- Equipajes (2006). Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard
- La pelota vasca en Madrid (2006). Short
Director: Jorge Barrau
- Electroshock (2005). TV-Movie
Director: Juan Carlos Claver
- El Perro Ambicioso (2005). Animation Short 35 mm
Director: Miguel Yusty
- El Cruce (2004). TV-Movie
Director: Juan Carlos Claver
- Niño Vudú (2004). Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard
- El TúnelEl TúnelThe Tunnel is a dark, psychological novel written by Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato about a deranged porteño painter, Juan Pablo Castel, and his obsession with a woman...
(2004). Video-art
Director: Daniel Román
- El Viaje (2002). Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard
- Gatos (2001). Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín
- AnagnórisisAnagnorisisAnagnorisis is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Anagnorisis originally meant recognition in its Greek context, not only of a person but also of what that person stood for...
(2001). Short
Director: Daniel Román
- Sólo por un tango (2000). Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín
- Luz de Inocencia (2000). Short 35 mm
Director: Isidro Carbajal
- Die Grünne Dattel (1999). Short 16 mm
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín
- Macho Wells (1998). Short
Director: Carlos Manrique
- Versos y Tabúes (1993). Short
Director: Carlos Manrique
Discography
- 2009 Electroshock, Soundtrack of the movie / CD Mousiké
- 2008 Ludus Ludovico and Sonata para flauta, violoncello y arpa in "El arpa en la música de cámara española contemporánea", CD Arlu Discos
- 2008 Music for Shortfilms, compilation CD / CD Mousiké
- 2007 Ménades, para orquesta de cámara in "XVI-XVII PREMIO SGAE Jóvenes Compositores", CD Fundación Autor
Books published
- 2008 El Lenguaje Musivisual, semiótica y estética de la música cinematográfica, Editorial Visión Libros, Madrid
- 2008 Indeterminación y minimalismo, pop y vanguardias, Lulu
- 2008 Manuel de Falla y la filosofía española, Lulu
Articles
- 2009 Estética de la música cinematográfica, aspectos diferenciadores, in "Reflexiones en torno a la música y la imagen desde la musicología española", edition by Matilde Olarte, Salamanca
- 2009 Enseñanza de la música de cine en España, in the magazine "Música y Educación", number 78, year XXII
- 2007 Cine, Música, Arquitectura. Ejercicio Interdisciplinar de percepción del espacio y memoria auditiva, in "Experiencias de innovación docente en la Universidad de Alcalá", Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
External links
- Web site de Alejandro Román
- Alejandro Román en Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- Alejandro Román en MySpace
- Noticia XVI Premio SGAE Jóvenes Compositores
- Página del Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid
- Web site of the book El Lenguaje Musivisual, semiótica y estética de la música cinematográfica