Gustavo Díaz-Jerez facts for kids

Gustavo Díaz-Jerez (born 27 February 1970) is a Spanish pianist and composer. He is known for his unique way of mixing math and computers into his music. He also teaches piano and has created a special virtual reality channel for classical music.

Who is Gustavo Díaz-Jerez?

His Musical Journey

Gustavo Díaz-Jerez was born on 27 February 1970 in Tenerife, Spain. He started learning piano at a young age. He studied piano at the Conservatorio Superior of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Later, he went to the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.

Gustavo has played piano all over the world. He has performed in Europe, Asia, South America, the UK, and the US. He has worked with famous conductors like Ivan Fischer. He has also played with many important orchestras, including the Budapest Festival Orchestra. He has been invited to play at many big music festivals.

How He Creates Music

Gustavo also studied how to compose music. He learned from Giampaolo Bracali and Ludmila Ulehla. His music style is very special. He uses ideas from math and science to create his pieces. He combines sounds that focus on the "color" or texture of music. He uses computer programs to help him make these sounds.

Even though he uses computers, Gustavo's main goal is to write music for traditional instruments. This means he takes the sounds made by computers and carefully changes them. He makes them so that human musicians can play them on instruments like pianos or violins. He also wrote a free computer program called FractMus. This program helps explore how math can be used to create music. He has written articles about his ideas for music magazines.

His Teaching and VR Work

Since 2002, Gustavo has been a piano professor. He teaches at the Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco in Spain. He is also a member of the Real Academia Canaria de Bellas Artes. This is an important arts academy in the Canary Islands.

Gustavo loves virtual reality (VR). He created the first YouTube channel for classical music that is only in VR. This lets people experience classical music in a new, immersive way.

What Music Has He Written?

Gustavo Díaz-Jerez has written many different kinds of music. Here are some of his main works:

Music for Orchestras

• Ricercare: D. Schostakovitch in Memoriam for viola d'amore and string orchestra
• Ymarxa for orchestra
• Aranfaybo for chamber orchestra
• Havan, concertino for viola d'amore and chamber orchestra
• Ayssuragan, symphonic poem for clarinet and orchestra
• Tajogaite, concerto for piano and orchestra

Music for Small Groups

• Trio for violin, cello and piano
• Sidhe, for violin, viola, cello and piano four-hands
• Sonata for violin and piano
• Sonata for viola and piano (2003)
• Partita for viola d'amore, piano, vibraphone, marimba and multi percussion
• Ricercare: D. Schostakovitch in Memoriam for viola d'amore and piano
• Dhyana for viola d'amore and piano
• Akhkhazu for alto saxophone and piano
• Plerion for trumpet and piano
• Tiamat for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
• Three Pieces for clarinet and piano
• Tephra for violin, viola, cello, and piano
• Olokun for marimba duo

Music for Solo Instruments

• Gehenna for piano solo
• Phase Space for viola d'amore
• Nous for solo flute
• Metaludios, Book I
• Metaludios, Book II
• Metaludios, Book III
• Metaludios, Book IV
• Metaludios, Book V

Music with Voices

• Zenith, for violin, viola, cello, flute, harp and voice
• Songs of Garajonay, for voice and piano
• Nudo de luz, for voice sextet

Opera

• La casa imaginaria

About His Family

Gustavo Díaz-Jerez is married to Belinda Sánchez Mozo. They have a son named Pablo Díaz Sánchez.

See also

In Spanish: Gustavo Díaz-Jerez para niños