Adina Izarra Facts for Kids

Adina Izarra (born in 1959) is a talented Venezuelan musician, music educator (someone who teaches music), and composer (someone who writes music).

Biography

Adina Izarra was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She loved music from a young age and studied it with Alfredo del Mónaco in Caracas. Later, she earned her Ph.D. (a high-level university degree) in music composition from York University in England in 1988. Her teacher there was Vic Hoyland.

After finishing her studies in 1988, Izarra returned to Caracas. She became a professor of composition at Simón Bolívar University, teaching others how to create music. From 1999 to 2001, she was part of the main committee for the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), which is a group that supports new and modern music.

Today, Adina Izarra lives in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She teaches at the University of the Arts. She specializes in "live electronics," which means using electronic devices to create music during a performance. She also works with "audio-reactive visuals," where sounds create moving images.

She performs in a duet with Rubén Riera. He plays old and new string instruments, like the vihuela. Together, they create their own improvisations (music made up on the spot) and play their own songs. They also perform old music, but they change it using electronics to give it a new sound.

Adina recently earned another degree, a Master's in Digital Audiovisual Postproduction, from ESPOL in Guayaquil.

Works

Adina Izarra has composed many different pieces of music. Here are some of her works:

10 ° 29 'N. (Acousmatic music, 2007)
All my life I loved hos (video, 2006)
Vihuela for Vihuela (electronic collaboration with Rubén Riera, 2005)
Third Aria for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (2004)
3c Aria for flute, bassoon and guitar (2004)
The Earth is our home (for string quartet, 2004)
In Visée (MP3 to Theorbo and Laptop, 2004 videos)
Caucus (for piano solo, 2003)
Two Medieval Miniatures (for clarinet in Bb and piano, 2003)
Folias of Spain (for harp alone, 2002)
Guacaipuro (Opera for old instruments, chamber orchestra, chorus and soloists, 2000)
Three Short version (for piano and flute, 2001)
A Two (MP3 Flute and Guitar, 1991)
Two Movements for Quintet (Guitar and String Quartet, National Award 1990, 1991)
Guitar Concerto (Guitar and Chamber Orchestra, 1991)
Tribute (Chamber Orchestra, National Award 1991, 1991)
Luvina (Bass Flute and Delay, 1992)
The Grinder (Flute Alone, 1992)
Incidental music for Euripides' TROJAN (Municipal Theatre Award 1994, 1993)
Reeds (Single Flute, 1994)
Folias of Spain (Guitar Sola, 1995)
Landini cadence Study (Piano Solo, 1996)
Profane Oratorio (Soprano, baritone, Flute, Harp, Guitar and percussion, 1997)
Portraits of Macondo (Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano, 1997)
Concert Harp (Harp and Chamber Orchestra, 1997)
Three short films: 1st short, short slow, the 2nd short (Flute & Guitar, 1998)
Oshunmare (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 1982)
Watch (Two pianists and narrator, National Composition Prize 1984, 1983)
Arpilleras Weaver Magic Orchestra (National Award 1985, 1985)
Plumismo Flute, Piccolo (1986)
Sulphuratus Pitangus (Concerto for Flute and Strings, 1987)
Vojm (Voice and Electronic Equipment, 1988)
Through some Transparencies Alone (Harp, 1989)
1989 Margarita (Soprano, Guitar and Flute, 1989)
1989 Margarita (Mezzo, Flute, Harp, Oboe, Keyboards and Bass, 1989)
Silences (Single Guitar, 1989)
Reverón (Flute, Oboe and Bass, 1989)
Querrequerre (Two piccolos or Piccolo and Oboe, 1989)
From a window with Parrots (Guitar Sola, 1989)

Adina Izarra facts for kids

Biography

Works

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