Mesías Maiguashca (born 24 December 1938) is an Ecuadorian composer and an advocate of '' Neue Musik'' (New Music), especially electroacoustic music.

Biography

Born in Quito, Maiguashca studied music at the Conservatorio Nacional de Quito, at the

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(1958–65), with Alberto Ginastera at the Instituto di Tella in Buenos Aires, and at the

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in Cologne. In 1965–66 he returned to Quito to teach at the National Conservatory, but then moved back to Germany to attend the

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in Darmstadt, and the Fourth Cologne Courses for New Music in 1966–67 where he studied with

Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th and early 21st-century ...

. He is regarded as one of the central figures of the Cologne School, active since the mid-1970s. Maiguashca worked closely with Stockhausen in the Electronic Music Studio of the

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (''West German Broadcasting Cologne''; WDR, ) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the conso ...

in Cologne from 1968 to 1972, and joined Stockhausen's ensemble for performances at the German Pavilion at

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in Osaka. He also prepared the recording of the collective composition ''

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'', organized by Stockhausen for the Darmstadt Courses in 1967. In 1971 he became a founding member of the

Oeldorf Group The Oeldorf Group was a musicians' collective active in Germany in the 1970s. Based in the village of Oeldorf, near Cologne, their performances emphasized live-electronic music. History The Oeldorf Group was founded in 1972 or 1973 and remained ...

of composers and performers, as well as beginning work at the Centre Européen pour la Recherche Musicale in

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, at

IRCAM IRCAM (French: ''Ircam, '', English: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of avant garde and electro-acoustical art music. It is ...

in Paris, and at the ZKM, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe. He has taught in Metz, Stuttgart, Basel, Quito, and

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, amongst other places. From 1990 to 2004 he was Professor of Electronic Music at the Musikhochschule of Freiburg im Breisgau, the town where he has lived since 1996.

Works

Compositions

*''Iridiscente'', for orchestra, sound objects & electroacoustics, 2009 *''Ton-Geographie IV'' for sound installation, violin, cello, flute, trombone & sound objects, 2007 *''Boletín y elegía de las Mitas'', scenic cantata on the text by César Dávila Andrade, 2006–2007 *''El Tiempo'' for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos, 2 percussionists & electronics, 1999–2000 *mini-ópera ''Los Enemigos'', premiered: 31 October 1997 Karlsruhe, Germany. *''The Spirit Catcher'' for cello & live electronics, 1993 *''La Seconde Ajouteé'' for 2 pianos. 1985 *''Fmelodies II'' for cello, percussion & tape, 1984 * ''...y ahora vamos por aquí...'' for 8 instruments & tape, 1977 * ''ÜBUNGEN'' for violin & synthesizer, 1972 * ''AYAYAYAYAY'' concrete music & electroacoustics, 1971 *:Note: for a complete catalogue refer to th
composer's website

Writings

*Maiguashca, Mesias. 1975. "Information zu ''Übungen'' für Violine, Klarinette und Violoncello." ''Feedback Papers'' 9 (Summer): 228–32. *Maiguashca, Mesias. 1985. "Zu FMELODIES" ''Neuland Jahrbuch'' 5:288–96. *Maiguashca, Mesias. 1987. "Espectro—armonía—melodía—timbre". ''Opus Magazine'', no. 13 (June, edited by Arturo Rodas and translated by Ramiro Salvador Roldán): 10–19. *Maiguashca, Mesias. 1991. "Spectre—harmonie—mélodie—timbre." In ''Le timbre, métaphore pour la composition'', edited by

Jean-Baptiste Barrière Jean-Baptiste Barrière (2 May 1707 – 6 June 1747) was a French cellist and composer. He was born in Bordeaux and died in Paris, at 40 years of age. Musical career Barrière first studied the viol, and published a set of viol sonatas. In due cou ...

, Catherine Delaruelle, and Anne Grange, translated by Esther Starkier and Alain Galliari, 402–11. Paris: Bourgois.

Discography

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Wergo WERGO is a German record label focusing on contemporary classical music. It was founded in 1962 by German art historian and music publisher (1903–1975) and the musicologist Helmut Kirchmeyer. Their first release, filed under "WER 60001", was ...

20252): ::Mesias Maiguashca, ''Fmelodies II'' and works by :: J. Harvey, G. Loy,

Kaija Saariaho Kaija Anneli Saariaho (; ; born 14 October 1952) is a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho has received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Inte ...

, D. Smalley *
Reading Castañeda
' (Wergo 20532): ::Mesias Maiguashca: ::''The Spirit Catcher'', ''The Tonal'', ''Sacatecas Dance'', ''The Wings of Perception II'', ''El Oro'', ''The Nagual''. *''FEEDBACK STUDIO KÖLN'' CD 2: ::Mesias Maiguashca, ''Übungen'' for violin & Shynth. Other works by D. Johnson, ::K. Barlow, S. Foretic, P. Eötvös y John McGuire. ::K.O. Studio Freiburg *''ORGEL MUSIK UNSERER ZEIT IV'': ::''Zs. Szathmáry spielt Werke'' from Mesias Maiguashca (Nemos Orgel) ::und W. Michel, Zs. Szathmáry, H. Otte, C. Lefebvre. *SurPlus Contemporáneos: ::Published by Sumak, ''Música académica ecuatoriana del Siglo XX'' ::Mesias Maiguashca, ''La Noche Cíclica'' and works by ::J. Campoverde, P. Freire, A. Rodas, L. Enríquez, E. Flores & M. Estévez. ::''CCEN del Azuay''

References

Sources * * *

External links

Composer’s homepage
(in German)

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