Julio Roloff (born 1951 in
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. ) is a Cuban composer that has collaborated with the Laboratorio Nacional de Música Electroacústica (LNME) founded by composer
Juan Blanco
Juan Blanco (June 29, 1919 in Mariel, Cuba – November 5, 2008 in Havana) was the first Cuban composer to utilize electroacoustics, spatial music and multimedia.Orovio, Helio. Cuban music from A to Z. Tumi Music Ltd. Bath, UK. 2004. P.29.
Educat ...
, where he created numerous electroacoustic pieces.
Studies
Julio Roloff studied double bass and music theory at the Amadeo Roldán and Ignacio Cervantes Conservatories. He also studied musical composition with
Roberto Valera Roberto Valera Chamizo (b. Havana, 1938) is a Cuban composer and pedagogue that has a made a substantial contribution to the development of music in Cuba.The living composers project. Roberto Valera. http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/valerar.htm
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and
Carlos Fariñas
Carlos Fariñas (1934 in Cienfuegos – 2002 in La Habana) was a Cuban composer. He was one of the most important masters of the Cuban avant-garde in the 1960s along with Leo Brouwer and Juan Blanco.
He received his firsts musical orientatio ...
at the
Instituto Superior de Arte The University of Arts of Cuba / Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) was established on September 1, 1976, by the Cuban government as a school for the arts. Its original structure had three schools: Music, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts.
History ...
(ISA).
[Orovio, Helio. Cuban music from A to Z. Tumi Music Ltd. Bath, UK. 2004. P.186.]
Performer
Roloff worked as a double bassist in several orchestras and as a musical adviser at EGREM records.
Composer
In the 1980s a group of composers that included Julio Roloff, started receiving instruction and working at the ICAP Electroacoustic Studio in Havana, Cuba. The works of Julio Roloff have been performed by soloists such as Cuban guitarist Carlos Molina and Czech percussionist Tomás Koubek, as well as various instrumental ensembles, in concerts and Festivals such as the International Electroacoustic Music Festival "Primavera en Varadero", celebrated in Varadero Beach, Cuba, the Festivales Latinoamericanos de Música and the Subtropics Festival, in Miami, Florida.
Since 1993, Julio Roloff established his residence in the US, where he has closely collaborated with the South Florida Composers Alliance, directed by Venezuelan composer
Gustavo Matamoros.
See also
Music of Cuba
The music of Cuba, including its instruments, performance, and dance, comprises a large set of unique traditions influenced mostly by west African and European (especially Spanish) music. Due to the syncretic nature of most of its genres, Cuban mu ...
References
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Cuban composers
Cuban male composers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Instituto Superior de Arte alumni
Cuban male musicians