Julio Estrada
Encyclopedia
Julio Estrada Velasco was born in Mexico City
, April 10, 1943. His family was exiled from Spain
in 1941. He is a composer
, theoretician, historian
, pedagogue, and interpreter.
. In Paris
from 1965-69 he studied with Nadia Boulanger
, Olivier Messiaen
and attended courses and lectures of Iannis Xenakis
. In Germany
he studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen
in 1968 and with György Ligeti
in 1972. He completed a Ph.D in Musicology
at Strasbourg University from 1990-1994.
Since 1974 he became researcher in music at the UNAM
Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, where he was appointed as the Chair of a project on Mexican Music History and as the head of "Música, Sistema Interactivo de Investigación y Composición", a musical system designed by himself. He is the first music scholar to be honored as member of the Science Academy of Mexico, and by the Mexican Education Ministry as National Researcher since 1984. He created a Composition Seminar at UNAM, where he has been teaching compositional theory and philosophy of composition.
He has written about a hundred articles based on his research. Some have been translated into English, French, German, Italian and Japanese. He is the General Editor of La Música de México He wrote with Jorge Gil (IIE UNAM, Mexico 1984). He has postulated a General Theory of Intervallic Classes, applicable to macro and microintervallic scales of duration and of pitch. In the field of the continuum Estrada has developed new methods of multidimensional graphic description of several parameters of sound or rhythm. His research on the continuum field was published in 1998 in France : Ouvrir l’horizon du son : le continuum.
He has been a visiting professor at Stanford, California
, San Diego, New Mexico
, Musikwissenschaft Institut, Rostock
and Darmstadt
.
scales:
improvisational processes:
compositional mechanos:
finite Group Algebra:
networks:
intervallic identities:
continuum macro-timbre and sound spacialisation:
new instrumental developments:
continuum:
multiparametric poliphony:
topological continuum variations:
continuum-discontinuum modulation:
Prehispanic ceremonial conception of music:
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, April 10, 1943. His family was exiled from Spain
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...
in 1941. He is a 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...
, theoretician, historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, pedagogue, and interpreter.
Life
He began his musical studies in Mexico from 1953–65, where he studied composition with Julián OrbónJulián Orbón
Julián Orbón was a Spanish composer. He lived in Cuba from 1940 to 1960, moving to Mexico...
. In Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
from 1965-69 he studied with Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor and teacher who taught many composers and performers of the 20th century.From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, but believing that her talent as a composer was inferior to that of her younger...
, Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
and attended courses and lectures of Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers...
. In Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
he studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
in 1968 and with György Ligeti
György Ligeti
György Sándor Ligeti was a composer of contemporary classical music. Born in a Hungarian Jewish family in Transylvania, Romania, he briefly lived in Hungary before becoming an Austrian citizen.-Early life:...
in 1972. He completed a Ph.D in Musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
at Strasbourg University from 1990-1994.
Since 1974 he became researcher in music at the UNAM
Unam
UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...
Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, where he was appointed as the Chair of a project on Mexican Music History and as the head of "Música, Sistema Interactivo de Investigación y Composición", a musical system designed by himself. He is the first music scholar to be honored as member of the Science Academy of Mexico, and by the Mexican Education Ministry as National Researcher since 1984. He created a Composition Seminar at UNAM, where he has been teaching compositional theory and philosophy of composition.
He has written about a hundred articles based on his research. Some have been translated into English, French, German, Italian and Japanese. He is the General Editor of La Música de México He wrote with Jorge Gil (IIE UNAM, Mexico 1984). He has postulated a General Theory of Intervallic Classes, applicable to macro and microintervallic scales of duration and of pitch. In the field of the continuum Estrada has developed new methods of multidimensional graphic description of several parameters of sound or rhythm. His research on the continuum field was published in 1998 in France : Ouvrir l’horizon du son : le continuum.
He has been a visiting professor at Stanford, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, San Diego, New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
, Musikwissenschaft Institut, Rostock
Rostock
Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...
and Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
.
Music
His music is associated to compositional research on diverse domainesscales:
- Suite, piano 1960;
improvisational processes:
- Persona, vocal trio 1969
compositional mechanos:
- Memorias for a Keyboard 1971
finite Group Algebra:
- Melódica, 1973
- Canto mnémico 1973-83;
networks:
- Canto tejido, piano 1974
- Canto alterno, cello 1978
- Ensemble'yuunohui, strings 1983-90
intervallic identities:
- Canto naciente, brass octet 1975-78
continuum macro-timbre and sound spacialisation:
- eolo'oolin, six percussionists 1981-90
new instrumental developments:
- Canto oculto, violin 1977
- the four yuunohui
continuum:
- eua'on
multiparametric poliphony:
- the yuunohui 1983-90
topological continuum variations:
- ishini’ioni, string quartet 1984-90
continuum-discontinuum modulation:
- yuunohui’tlapoa, harpsichord 1994-97
Prehispanic ceremonial conception of music:
- opera Pedro Páramo : "Doloritas" 1992-2006
Books
Musica Y Teoria De Grupos Finitos: 3 Variables Booleanas Con Un Resumen Al Inglés, Estrada, Julio, Jorge Gil. UNAM, 1st edition , (1984). (Format: Book (Illustrated), 221 pages, ISBN 9688370053,ISBN 9789688370056)Statement
The techniques and theories I have developed are based on mathematics and acoustics ; the more neutral they remain, the better they serve the description of the imaginary : it is my ear---there everything is allowed---that gives birth to my music, which becomes the accurate, almost phonographic representation, of every detail coming from my inner hearing experiences.
Awards
- Premio Universidad Nacional (2000)
- Ordre des Arts et des LettresOrdre des Arts et des LettresThe Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an Order of France, established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture, and confirmed as part of the Ordre national du Mérite by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963...
awarded by the French Ministry of Culture, (1981, 1986)
