Juan María Solare was born in Buenos Aires on August
11th, 1966. Studies and diploma in Piano, Composition and Conducting at the
Conservatorio Nacional. Between 1993 and 1996 he undertook postgraduate studies
on Composition at the Musikhochschule in Cologne (Germany) under the guidance
of Johannes Fritsch, Clarence Barlow and Mauricio Kagel, in the frame of a scholarship
of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Between October 1997 and February
1999, postgraduate studies with Helmut Lachenmann in Stuttgart. Between 1999
and 2001 studied electronic music with Hans Ulrich Humpert in Cologne, with
Diploma.
From 1986 until 1993 he taught Harmony, Morphology and Chamber Music at the
Conservatory of Tandil (Argentina). Since January 2002 he gives piano tuition
at the Musikschule Bremen (Germany). Since October 2002 conducts a chamber music
group devoted to tango at the University of Bremen.
Beside his compositional activities he also writes for diverse publications
and for the radio (Deutsche Welle, SWF). He gives courses and lectures on contemporary
music (Institut für neue Musik und Musikerziehung, Darmstadt; Salzburg
Experimental Academy of Dance).
He obtained prizes and awards in Argentina, United Kingdom, Austria, Germany
and Spain. In January 2002, jury (piano) in Jugend Musiziert. Between July 1998
and June 1999 he held a scholarship of the Heinrich-Strobel Foundation (Baden-Baden).
Since June 2001 until May 2002 he had a scholarship at the House of Artists
in Worpswede.
More than 240 works composed, about a third of them performed.
His pieces are broadcasted regularly (Radio Nacional de España, Deutsche
Welle, Radio Bremen, Radio Fabrik Salzburg, Radio Universitaria Sao Paulo).
In 2003 he received commissions from the CDMC (Centro para la Difusión
de la Música Contemporánea, Madrid) and from the Kunststiftung
NRW (Düsseldorf).
As a pianist, his repertoire has four main centres: classical music of the turn
of the century (Liszt, Scriabin), music of our time (Cage, Schoenberg), Argentine
composers (inclusive tango) and his own works - both as soloist as in diverse
chamber music groups.
More Links featuring Solare:
http://www.ciweb.com.ar/Solare
http://www.kunstkontakte.org/deutsch/kuenstler/solare/index.html
http://home.swipnet.se/sonoloco11/solare/electro1.html
(article by Ingmar Loco Nordin about Solare's electronic music)
http://www.la-nuria.com
(web animations, together with the Spanish artist Nuria Juncosa)
http://www.dohr.de/autor/solare.htmJuan
María Solare
http://www.geocities.com/clariperu/Juan_Maria_Solare
(Interview made to Solare by Marco Mazzinni in Clariperú,
a web page devoted to clarinet in Spanish)
WORKS WITH FLUTE
(as of 8th June 2004)
A) STAGE WORKS
- "Veinticinco de agosto, 1983" [August
the 25th, 1983]. (1992/1993) [37'30"] Chamber Opera in one Act and fifteen
scenes, after the homonymous tale by Jorge Luis Borges. Libretto by Javier Adúriz.
Dramatis Personae: Old Borges (Bass), Young Borges (Tenor), Speaker (Baritone/Tenor),
Owner of the Hotel (Baritone/Bass). Instrumentalists: Flute, Tenor Saxophon,
String Quartet, Piano, one percussionist (Suspended Cymbal, 2 Anvils, Glockenspiel,
Vibraphone, 5 Temple blocks, 3 Tomtoms, Tenor Drum), six-part Mixed Choir.
B) CHAMBER MUSIC
- "Suite Modal" for flute and clarinet (1985)
[5']. First performed by Silvia Gelós and Amelia Saftich at the Anfiteatro
Promúsica in Buenos Aires on 12/SEP/1986. Published: Dohr Verlag (Köln)
ED 95286 (ISMN M-2020-286-5). Recording by Regine Kuhn (flute) and Heidi Voss
(clarinet), CD "Pifferari - Werke für Flöte und Klarinette",
July 2001, Label Heidi Voss (Wiesbaden, Germany).
- "Cuatro Croquis" [Four Sketches] for flute
and piano (1988) [2']
- Sonata for flute and piano (1988) [12']
- "Seis bagatelas" for trio of flutes (1987)
[8'15"]. Published: Editorial Dohr (Köln) ED 96307. World premiere
in Mendoza on 15/NOV/2000 at the Auditorio of the Escuela de Música of
the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, by Virginia Rivarola, Cecilia Ulloque and
Irina Gruszka (concert "Argentine Music for Flute"). First European
performance the Trio Soli Sono at the Berliner Kabarett Anstalt, Berlin, on
26/DEC/2000.
- "Siete monedas" [Seven Coins] for Flute,
Viola and Violoncello. (1991) [12'45"]
- "Extraños preludios y doble canon"
[Strange preludes and double canon] for Wind Quintet. (1992) [6'30"]. To
Cristina Galarza.
- "Ben Oni", for Flute, Clarinet and Violoncello.
(1992) [4'30"]. To Catherine Seymour. First perfomed by Tasneem Hanfi (Fl),
Claudia Giesing (Cl) and Sonia Asselhofen (vcl) at the Musikhochschule of Cologne
(Germany) on December the 21st, 1994.
- "Two Still Lives in Free Fall" for flute
and cello. (Cologne, 8-18/JUN/1998) [5'30"] To Tasneem Hanfi and Caroline
Stinson. 6 pages.
- "Spaghettisssimo" for variable Formation
(1 to 6 performers). For Tom Johnson, for his 60th birthady. [2'00"]. Stuttgart,
July 1998. 1 page (plus examples). First performed in Paris (in "Les instants
chavirés") on 10/NOV/1999 and repeated in Amsterdam (in "Felix
Meritis") on 14/NOV/1999, both times in the frame of the Festival Tom Johnson,
by Laurence Vialle (violin), Finn Möricke (viola), Nanja Breedijk (harp),
Gilbert Delor (guitar) and Kees Wieringa (piano); Frédéric Inigo
(conductor).
- "Zugzwang (fifteen authentic miniatures about the strategy
of chess)" for quartet: violin (or flute), Saxophone contralto
(or clarinet), doublebass (or cello) and piano (or syntethiser). Cologne, 29/JAN-6/FEB/1999.
[3'15"]. To the GM Lothar Schmid.
- "Constelación (Nueva Suite Modal)"
[Constellation (New Modal Suite)], five pieces for flute und clarinet (Preámbulo,
Diálogo, Fragmentación, Rítmico and Coral). Cologne, 14th
November to 4th December 2000. [7'00"] 11 pages. Dedicated to Mabel García
Martínez. Premiered on 12/JUL/2003 in the Hall Diana Franceschi (Villa
Mazzacorati, Bologna, Italy) by members of the ensemble Octandre (Massimo Ghetti,
flute, & Antonio Calzone, clarinet), in the frame of the third Rassegna
Internazionale de composizione "Alfeo Gigli".
- "Icarus" for quintet: flute, clarinet,
violin, cello and piano. Stuttgart and Cologne, 1998-99 & 2001. [6'00"]
First performed in Cologne (Hall Alte Feuerwache) on 6th December 2001 by the
Thürmchen Ensemble: Evelin Degen (flute), Diego Montes (clarinet), Clemens
Merkel (violin), Caspar Johannes Walter (violoncello), Dorothea Eppendorf (piano),
conductor: Erik Oña.
- "Schwebend" [Suspended] for Piccolo flute
and string trio (Violin, Viola & Cello). Train Stuttgart -> Cologne 14/OCT,
Cologne 15/OCT/2002. [4'30"] 3 pages.
- "Frère Jacques the Ripper (deconstructing the Canon)"
for Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Cello. Cologne, 27-29/JAN/2003. [5'15"]
- "Dimensión" [Dimension] Tango for
sextet: Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Guitar, Bass, Piano. Worpswede & Köln,
JAN-FEB/2003. [3'45"] First performed by the Orquesta no típica
(conductor: Juan María Solare) on 31/MAY/2003 in the Community Hall of
the Zionskirche in Worpswede. Second version: for two pianos, Worpswede, 17/JAN/2004
(premiere by the Duo Dinamitango, Solare & Gustavo Lanzón, on 12/MAR/2004
at the Brauhauskeller in Bremen). Third version: for Salon Orchestra (Fl+Cl+Bsn+2
Vln+Vcl+Pno), Köln 1/FEB/2004.
- "Ölflecke auf dem Wasser" [Oil spots on the water] for Wind
Quintet (Fl+Ob+Cl+Hn+Fg) Worpswede, 20-22/FEB/2003. [4'30"]
- "Anamnesis" for Septet (Flute, Clarinet,
Tenor Saxophone, Violin, Cello, Piano and Percussion [Vibraphone, Tam-tam and
temple blocks]). Kürten, Köln & Worpswede, August 2002-26/MAR/2003.
Commissioned by the Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea
(Madrid). Written especially for the Plural Ensemble and dedicated to Elisabeth
Dierlich. [13'00"] First performed on 13/MAY/2003 at the Auditorio Nacional
de Música (Madrid) by the Plural Ensemble (conducted by Jean Paul Dessy).
- "Cristal plateado" [silvery cristal] for
flute & vibraphone. Worpswede, 2003-JAN/2004 [5'30"]
- "Flaute" [dead calm], for four flutes.
Airplane Frankfurt->Chicago, 19/JUL/2003, & Köln 6-7/AUG/2003. To
Silvina Wainszelbaum [5'45"]
- "Seasons" for Alto Flute, English horn
& Guitar.
1) Autumn [8'15"] (Worpswede & Köln, 16/JAN-2/FEB/2004)
2) Winter [3'30"]
3) Spring [4'40"]
4) Sommer (in progress)
- "Korrupter Walzer" [Corrupted Waltz] fore
Flute & Piano. Köln & Worpswede, 14-18/APR/2004. To Cordula Bösze.
[3'30"]
- "Nómade" (second movement of SONATANGO)
Lilienthal, 13/JUN/2002. [3'00"] Version for quintet [Fl+Clar+Vln+Guit+Bass],
premiered at the University in Bremen on 9/DEC/2002 by the Orquesta no Típica).
- "Akemilonga" Köln, 23/JUN/2003. [1'45"]
To Akemi Ishijima. Version for flute, clarinet, 2 violins, guitar and Bass,
made on 9/JUL/2003 in Worpswede.
- "Para Lisa" [For Lisa] Walz-Bagatelle.
Worpswede, 15-17/OCT/2003. [2'00"] For Elisabeth Dierlich. Version for
sextet (Fl+Cl+2Vln+Guit+Bass) train Bremen->Köln 21/FEB/2004 & Köln,
22/FEB/2004.
C) SOLO INSTRUMENT
-"Soliloquium 2" [Soliloquy nr. 2] for flute.
Köln, 26/AUG-1/SEP/2004. [4'00"]. To Katrin Dapper-Helmerding.
- "Epiclesis" for flute (Cologne, 25-30
September 1995) [4'30"]. First performed by Thomas Brögger at the
Musikhochschule in Cologne on 26/JAN/1996. Performed by Thomas Brögger
at the Städtischen Museum in Gelsenkirchen (Germany) on 28/FEB/1996. Second
Honorific Mention in the First National Competition "Juan Carlos Paz",
organized in 1996 by the Fondo Nacional de las Artes (National Endowment for
the Arts) in Argentina (cathegory "piece for unaccompanied instrument").
Performed by Tatjana Morozov on May 27th 1998 at the auditorium "Freie
Kammerspiele Köln", in Cologne (Germany). Northamerican first performance
by Christine Perea on 15/FEB/2003 at the A.R.T./New York's South Oxford Space
(Brooklyn, New York), in the frame of the project "Love and Loss"
organized by Vox Novus and Birmingham Art Music Alliance. The piece was worked
by Carla Rees during a Workshop at the Royal Academy of Music, London, on 29/APR/2004,
and on 8/JUL/2004 performed.
- "QAMAR", for flute. Buenos Aires, September
24th to October 14th, 1999. [5'30"] To Mario Alberto Domínguez,
Paul Locaux. First performed by Lars Nilsson in Mendoza on 19th September 2000.
- "Weise weiße Weisen" [Wise white
melodies] for any monodic instrument. [Total Duration: 13'20"]
1) Kanon zu einer Stimme (canon at one voice). Worpswede 10-11/DIC/2001. [3'30"].
2 pages. In memoriam George Harrison.
2) Simetrías por doquier [Symmetries everywhere]. Worpswede-Lilienthal,
10-27/JAN/2002. [4'00"] 2 pages. To Patricia Boschin.
3) Marea [Tide] (particularly for flute). Darmstadt, 23-27/MAR/2002. [3'00"]
To Luisa Sello.
4) (No title yet) Bus Worpswede -> Bremen, 5/MAY/2003. [1'10"]
5) (No title yet) Worpswede, 6/SEP/2003. [1'40"] To Elisabeth Dierlich.
- "Estrofas Gregorianas" [Gregorian Strophes],
five pieces for any melodic instrument or for voice (solo or choir bocca chiusa).
May be performed as Duo: two muted instruments unisono. Composed in Köln
3-8/MAY/2004. [5'40" (1'10" + 1'00" + 0'45" + 1'20"
+ 1'25"].
D) LIEDER / WITH VOICE
- "Schwächen" [Weaknesses] (Bert Brecht),
for any voice and any melodic instrument. (Köln, NOV 1993) [2'] First performed
in two versions: by Ligia Liberatori (soprano) and Ulrich Krieger (tenor saxophone),
and by Richard Mix (bass) and Ulrich Krieger during the Vacation Courses of
New Music in Darmstadt, on 3/AUG/1994.
- "Aus der Niemandrose" [From Nobody's Rose],
two songs with texts by Paul Celan, for voice and any melodic instrument (violin,
viola, Cello, clarinet, alto flute or english Horn):
I) Stumme Herbstgerüche [Dumb Autumn Smells] (2'15") Worpswede &
flight Bremen-London, 16/NOV/2002
II) Erratisch [Erratic] (2'00") London, 16/NOV/2002.
E) MIXED CHOIR
- "Wanderers Nachtlied" [Wanderer's night-song]
(Johann Wolfgang Goethe). Mixed Choir and Flute. (1992) [2'15"]. To Kirsten
Reiher.And also in symphonic music, as normal member of the orchestra.
* JMS *
Most of these pieces are available as PDF File. Ask the composer:
Juan María Solare
Adam-Stegerwald-Strasse 15
D - 51063 Köln (Germany)
Tel & Fax: + 49 221 881474
e-mail: solare@surfeu.de
12 September 2004