Alejandro Núñez Allauca facts for kids

Alejandro Núñez Allauca (born April 18, 1943) is a talented Peruvian composer and accordion player. He is known for sharing his music not just in Peru, but also in other countries.

Biography

Alejandro Núñez Allauca was born in Moquegua, Peru, on April 18, 1943. He started playing music at a very young age. When he was just nine years old, he performed on the radio in Cerro de Pasco as a solo accordion player.

In 1955, he moved to Lima, the capital of Peru. 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, at the Instituto Torcuato di Tella. He had great teachers there, including Francisco Kröpfl, Gabriel Brncic, and Gerardo Gandini.

From 1972 to 1973, Alejandro traveled to the United States. He performed as a concert accordionist, sharing his music with audiences there. 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.

One of his special pieces, Sonrisa de Jesus (which means "Smile of Jesus"), was played at a Christmas concert in the Vatican in 1995. This shows how well-known his music became.

Musical Style

Alejandro Núñez Allauca's music style changed over time. At first, his music sounded very traditional. Then, he explored a style called atonalism, where music doesn't always follow traditional scales.

Later, he started adding lots of musical decoration to his pieces. This was inspired by the old Baroque style. His music also often shows a special kind of nationalism. This means he includes sounds and ideas from traditional Andean music in Peru. You can also hear hints of neo-Romanticism in his works, which means his music can be very expressive and emotional.

Works

Alejandro Núñez Allauca has composed many different pieces of music. Here are some of his well-known works:

• Suite Koribeni for orchestra
• Fisuras for two flutes
• Salmo 100 for chorus
• Trío para vientos (for flute, oboe, and bassoon)
• Salmo 100 for 8 soloists
• 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 (String Quartet No. 1) (1970)
• Concierto para orquesta (Concerto for Orchestra) (1970)
• Moto ornamentale e perpetuo for piano (1970)
• Sinfonía ornamental (Ornamental Symphony) (1972)
• Ornamenti per 3 flauti e pianoforto Op. 3 (1973-77)
• 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 (Peruvian Quartet) (1981)
• Huatyacuri, a ballet (1982)
• Cantata Bolívar for solo singers, 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 (Smile of Jesus)
• El Hijo del Sol (The Son of the Sun) (1997)
• Flor de Nieve for two singers and orchestra (1997)
• Missa Andina for soloists, choir, organ, and orchestra (1997–98)
• Omaggio a Piazzolla (Homage to Piazzolla) (Milan, 1998)
• Canción del alma (Song of the Soul) (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