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Curriculum Vitae

Pablo Ortiz

Original Compositions

1981 Falsas Apariciones for fl, cl, bsn, harp, vn, cello (premio ATC 1981)
1981 Brangel, for solo harp
1982 Dos canciones for soprano, fl, cl, vn, percussion (premio FST 1982)
1982 Coral con tropos for four flutes
1982 Tres aspectos de una idea, large orchestra
1983 Misa, for double choir SATB
1983 Moonlight song, solo guitar
1983 Adagietto for strings (also version for viola and strings)
1983 Variaciones sobre un tema isabelino (Walsingham), 2fl, 2cl,ob, bsn, hn
1983 Tres pequenas piezas sobre canones de Nessy Muhr, piano
1984 Angel's relics, chamber orchestra
1984 La dama del lago, fl, saxophone, perc., piano
1985 Five little pieces, fl, cl, vn, cello
1986 Passion reconsidered, cl, basscl viola, cello, piano
1986 Horse Latitudes, large orchestra
1986 Two studies for DX7, tape
1986 Crecimiento, voice and piano (short song)
1986 Crocodile tears, two celli
1987 Septet, ob, cl, bass cl, hn, tp, vn, cello (Boris&Edda Rappoport prize)
1988 Es ancho y negro el olvido, piano
1988 Vortex, string quartet
1989 It is safer to have been, fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, piano
1990 Sudor de tinta, organ
1990 Ciego como una cebolla, ob, bass cl, tp, marimba, DX7, piano
1991 In monte oliveti, satb
1992 El agua incierta, alto fl, vn, cello, perc, piano
1992 Vida Furtiva, cl, vn, piano
1993 Fear of tango, two pianos
1994 Trazos en el polvo, vn, cello, piano
1994 Impromptu, piano (premio Roberto Caamano)
1994 O vos omnes, satb
1995 Jubilo secreto, violin, tape
1995 Suite from the chamber opera The Proof of Love, for oboe, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, two percussionists, piano, violin and cello


Performances of original compositions

August 14, 1982 Brangel, solo harp, at Fundacion San Telmo, Magdalena Barrera Oro, harp
Oct 23, 1982 Brangel, at Centro Cultural San Martin, Magdalena Barrera Oro, harp
Nov 11, 1982 Dos canciones, sobre poemas de Juan L. Ortiz, Fundacion San Telmo, Gerardo Gandini, conductor
May 14, 1983 Adagietto para cuerdas, Orquesta de Camara de la Municipalidad de La Plata, Andres Spiller, cond.
June 28, 1983 Moonlight Song, for guitar and dobro guitar, Fundacion San Telmo, Mario De Rose, Dolores Costoyas, guitars
May 28, 1984 La Dama del lago, Fundacion San Telmo, Musicos de los lagos de Buenos Aires, Jorge de la Vega, flute; Nestor Tomassini, clarinet; Cesar Grimoldi, piano; Hector Sanchez, percussion
June 16, 1984 La dama del lago, Teatro Lasalle, same ensemble
August 3, 1984 Adagietto para viola y cuerdas, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Emir Omar Saul, cond., Tomas Tichauer, viola
August 6, 1984 Tres pequenas piezas sobre canones de Nessy Muhr, Centro Cultural Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Gerardo Gandini, piano
Nov 17, 1984 Variaciones sobre un tema isabelino (Walsingham), Fundacion San Telmo, Mario De Rose, cond.
Dec 4, 1984 Angel's Relics, Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford (Connecticut), Hartt Contemporary Players, Douglas Jackson, conductor
Dec 15, 1984 Angel's Relics, Mc Millin Theatre, Columbia University, same ensemble.
Feb 15, 1985 Falsas Apariciones, Mc Millin Theatre, Carlos Rausch,cond.
August 1, 1985 Angel's Relics, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires, Bohumil Gregor, cond.
Nov 1, 1985 Cinco pequenas piezas, Mc Millin Theatre, Mary KayFink, flute; Douglas Scott, clarinet; Marshall Coid, violin; Frank Cox, cello
August 9, 1986 Angel's Relics, Wellesley College, Composers Conference, Efrain Guigui, conductor
October 7, 1986 Tres pequenas piezas sobre canones de Nessy Muhr, Mc Millin Theatre, Frank Cox, piano
Feb 17, 1987 Crocodile Tears, Guild of Composers, Christ and St.Stephen's Church, Chris and Michael Finckel, celli
April 24, 1987 Passion Reconsidered, International House Auditorium, Jeff Talman, cond.
Nov 20, 1987 Mass, Kyrie, Gloria, Deo Gratias, St. Paul's Chapel,Columbia University, New Calliope Singers, Peter Schubert, cond.
August 13, 1988 Septet, Wellesley College, Composers Conference, Efrain Guigui, conductor
Dec 6, 1988 Es ancho y negro el olvido, Miller Theatre, Columbia University, Valerie Stephan, piano
March 8, 1989 Vortex, Donnell Library (NYC), Arditti String Quartet
August 13, 1989 It is safer to have been, Wellesley College, Composers Conference, Pablo Ortiz, cond.
April 27, 1990 Septet, St. Peter's Church (NYC),Music Mobile, Martin Matalon, cond.
May 15, 1990 Septet, Christ and St. Stephen's Church (NYC), Music Mobile, Martin Matalon cond.
June 24, 1990 Horse latitudes, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires, Pedro I. Calderon, cond.
March 14, 1991 Sudor de tinta, Guild of Composers, St. Michael's Church (NYC), Pascal Ianco, organ
April 13, 1991 Ciego como una cebolla, Salle Simon Patino (Geneve), Ensemble Contrechamps, Giorgio Bernasconi, cond.
April 26, 1991 Es ancho y negro el olvido, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Pitsburgh), Eric Moe, piano
May 19, 1991 In Monte Oliveti, Heinz Chapel (Pittsburgh), Bellefield Singers, John Goldsmith, cond.
Feb 17, 1992 Two studies for DX7, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Pittsburgh), tape
March 5, 1992 El Agua Incierta, St. Peter's Church (NYC) Music Mobile, Bruno Ferrandis, cond.
March 7, 1992 El Agua Incierta, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Pittsburgh), Music Mobile, B. Ferrandis, cond.
March 23, 1992 Ciego como una cebolla, Levy Hall (Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
May 23, 1992 Vida furtiva, Amerika Haus Frankfurt, Ensemble Continuum
May 26, 1992 Vida furtiva, Aspekte Festival, Salzburg, Ensemble Continuum
Nov 21, 1992 Vida furtiva, Alice Tully Hall (NYC), Continuum
March 1, 1993 El agua incierta, Veterans Building Green Room (San Francisco), San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Stephen Mosko, cond.
June 26, 1993 Vida Furtiva, The Music Shed, Norfolk, Connecticut, Speculum Musicae
July 23, 24,1993 Fear of Tango, The Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Stephen Gosling, Jennifer Hayghe, pianos
Nov 15, 1993 Vida furtiva, TheConsortium, Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Curtis Macomber, violin; Allen Blustine, clarinet; Martin Goldray, piano
Nov 16, 1993 Vida furtiva, The Consortium, Miller Theatre, Columbia University, same performers
Nov 30, 1993 Vida furtiva, Washington Square Contemporary Music Society, Weill Recital Hall (NYC), Curtis Macomber, violin; SheldonBerkowitz, clarinet; Eliza Garth, piano
Dec 9, 1993 Es ancho y negro el olvido, Guild of Composers, Christ and St.Stephen's Church (NYC), Lisa Moore, piano
Dec 20, 1993 Vida furtiva, Settlement Music School (Philadelphia), Speculum Musicae
April 19, 1994 Fear of Tango, version for computer and Kurzweil Micro piano, Stephen Foster Memorial Theater (Pittsburgh), Eric Moe, piano
Aug 11, 1994 Es ancho y negro el olvido, Goethe Institut, Buenos Aires, Gerardo Gandini, piano
Oct 30, 1994 Vida furtiva, Wyatt Pavillion, UC Davis Contemporary Music Players, Terry Baune, violin, Peter Josheff, clarinet, Betty Woo, piano
Dec 6, 1994 Impromptu, Montgomery Recital Hall, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Eliza Garth, piano
Dec 13, 1994 Impromptu, Weill Recital Hall (NYC), The League of Composers/ISCM, Eliza Garth, piano
April 22, 1995 Jubilo Secreto, Latin American Music Now, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Adrian Justus, violin


Awards and Commissions


1981 Premio ATC (TV Network) for Falsas Apariciones
1982 Premio Fundacion San Telmo for Dos Canciones
1986 Fellowship to Wellesley Composers Conference
1987 Boris and Edda Rapoport Prize for Septet
1988 Fellowship to Wellesley Composers Conference
1989 Commission, Wellesley Amateur Players It is safer to have been
1990 Commission, Pascal Ianco, Sudor de tinta
1991 Commission Fromm Music Foundation
1991 Commission, Ville de Geneve-Ensemble Contrechamps, Ciego como una cebolla
1992 Commission, Continuum Ensemble, Vida furtiva
1993 Guggenheim Fellowship
1994 Premio Roberto Caamano for Impromptu
1994 Ascap award
1995 Research Grant, Academic Senate, UC Davis, for Suite from The Proof of Love
1995 Commission, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Latin American Music Now Festival, Jubilo Secreto


Publications

1984 La citation dans la musique contemporaine argentine, Revue Contrechamps #3, Editions l'age d'Homme, Lausanne, Suisse
1986 Entretien avec Meredith Monk, Contrechamps #6, ibid.
1990 Entretien avec Mario Davidovsky, Contrechamps #9, ibid.
1984 Teoria de lo minimo, short article about the compositions of Juan Bautista Alberdi, Tiempo Argentino , Culture section, June 17


Music for Plays and for Films

1983 Dance of Death, August Strindberg, Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires, Laura Yusem, Director
1984 Gracias por el fuego, feature film directed by Sergio Renan
1984 El Campo, Griselda Gambaro, Teatro Cervantes, Buenos Aires, Alberto Ure, Director
1984 El sol naciente, Griselda Gambaro, Teatro Lorange, Buenos Aires, Laura Yusem, Director
1988 My sin was to love you, feature film directed by Esther Duran
1995 Much ado about nothing, Shakespeare, UCD Main Theatre, Stephen Unwin, Director