Alejandro Núñez Allauca facts for kids
Alejandro Núñez Allauca is a talented composer and accordion player from Peru. He was born on April 18, 1943. He has performed his music in many countries around the world.
About His Life
Alejandro Núñez Allauca was born in Moquegua, Peru. When he was just nine years old, he played the accordion on the radio in Cerro de Pasco. This was his first public performance as a solo artist.
In 1955, he moved to Lima, Peru's capital city. There, he studied music theory with a famous organist named Manuel Cabrera Guerra. He also learned to play the cello at the National Conservatory of Music. Later, he continued his studies in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with well-known music teachers like Francisco Kröpfl.
From 1972 to 1973, Alejandro was a concert accordionist in the United States. Since 1987, he has lived in Milan, Italy. Because of this, he might be more famous in Europe than in his home country of Peru. In 1995, one of his pieces, Sonrisa de Jesus, was played at a Christmas concert in the Vatican.
His Musical Style
Alejandro Núñez Allauca's music style changed over time. At first, his music sounded very traditional. Then, he started using a style called atonalism, where the music doesn't always sound like it has a clear "home" note.
Later, he began to add fancy musical decorations, like in Baroque music. His works also show a special kind of nationalism. This means he included sounds and ideas from traditional Andean music from the mountains of Peru. He also added touches of a style called neo-Romanticism.
His Musical Works
Alejandro Núñez Allauca has composed many different types of music. Here are some of his notable works:
- Suite Koribeni for orchestra.
- Fisuras for two flutes.
- Salmo 100 for chorus.
- Trío para vientos (flute, oboe, bassoon).
- Gravitación humana for magnetic tape.
- String quartet.
- El alba for chorus (1965).
- Diferenciales I y II for piano (1967).
- Variables for 6 and magnetic tape (1967).
- Cuarteto de cuerda nº 1 (1970).
- Concierto para orquesta (1970).
- Moto ornamentale e perpetuo for piano (1970).
- Sinfonía ornamental (1972).
- Ornamenti per 3 flauti e pianoforto Op. 3 (1973-7).
- Invention I, II, III and IV for orchestra (1978).
- Ornamentos for piano (1979).
- Movimiento ornamental for guitar (1980).
- Concierto ornamental for orchestra (1981).
- Cuarteto peruano (1981).
- Huatyacuri, a ballet (1982).
- Cantata Bolívar for soloists, choir, and orchestra (1983).
- Rapsodia y Serenata for harp (1988).
- Aleluya del Alba for tenor, mixed chorus, and orchestra (1989).
- Wiesbaden Konzert for piano and orchestra.
- Sonrisa de Jesús.
- El Hijo del Sol (1997).
- Flor de Nieve for two singers and orchestra (1997).
- Missa Andina for soloists, choir, organ and orchestra (1997–98).
- Omaggio a Piazzolla (Milano, V - 1998).
- Canción del alma (1999, orchestrated 2003).
- La montaña de Luz for three singers and orchestra (1998).
- Koribeni for solo guitar.
See also
In Spanish: Alejandro Núñez Allauca para niños
