Roberto López Corrales (born 28 June 1974, in
Alicante
Alicante (, , ; ; ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean port. The population ...
), also known by the artistic pseudonym ROLOCO, is a Spanish visual artist and composer.
Biography
A multidisciplinary artist, working with sound and visual art. His works are characterized by the superposition of independent planes, this is called by Roberto López as visual and sonorous intoxication.
Roberto López took an interest in art from an early age, developing his painting skills and then completing studies in arts and industrial-graphic design at the School of Arts and Crafts in Alcoy. At the same time, he studied piano and violin at the Professional Conservatory of Music of his home town, continuing his training with a postgraduate course in Composition at the ECCA (Alcoy School of Composition and Creation) and at the INJUVE Composition Meetings.
In 1998 he met
Sergi Jordà and Carlus Padrissa and collaborates with
La Fura dels Baus
La Fura dels Baus () is a Spanish theatrical group founded in 1979 in Moià, Barcelona (Spain), known for their urban theatre, use of unusual settings and blurring of the boundaries between audience and actor. "La Fura dels Baus" in Catalan me ...
for FMOL (Faust Music On Line) Project for their show
Faust v.3.0(1998) an
D.Q. Don Quijote en Barcelona(2000) opera by
José Luis Turina.
In 2002 he wrote a work at the request of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, through the Directorate-General of Cultural Cooperation and Communication, to represent Spain in the EE.UU. in the conferences on Spanish Music and Architecture in the 20th century: Modernist Barcelona and the last avant-gardes.
He was awarded 1st prize at the Injuve Composition Meetings 2001 and 2002. In these meetings he met composers as José Manuel López López,
Mauricio Sotelo
Mauricio Sotelo (born 2 October 1961 in Madrid) is a Spanish composer and conductor.
Sotelo began his musical studies as a self-taught player of the guitar, and later at the Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid. In 1979 he moved to Vienna to s ...
,
Beat Furrer
Beat Furrer (born 6 December 1954) is a Swiss-born Austrian composer and conductor. He has served as professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 1991. He was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2018 ...
, Joan Cerveró and also Indonesian composer & pianist Ananda Sukarlan who then performs his piano work, as well as composers of his generation as Voro Garcia, Aureliano Cattaneo or Eneko Vadillo.
He has conducted the Barcelona Municipal Symphony Band at th
LEM Festival part of the 6th International Experimental Music Festival in Barcelona 2002.
He was selected in 2003 by the Reading Panel of the Spanish Section of the ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music).
In 2003, he was composer-in-residence at the JONDE (Spanish National Youth Orchestra).
In 2007 he was awarded 2nd prize CDMD - Fundación Autor
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His music has been edited by Piles Editorial and recorded by RNE - RTVE.
Roberto López has worked especially closely wit
Grup Instrumental de Valencia
an
Espai Sonor Ensemble
Main Festivals
International Contemporary Music Festival of Alicante.
* Concert seaso
CDMC
Madrid.
* Concert seaso
National Auditorium
Madrid.
* Concert seaso
Musicadhoy
Madrid.
* International Contemporary Music Festival of Valenci
* International Contemporary Music Festival of Suec
MOSTRA SONORA
Rozart Mix XXI Festival
Solo XXI, Valencia.
Festival d´Ensembles.
Músicas del S.XXI, Barcelona.
Festival Otoñal Soriano.
Festival Década I.
Música 2000, Zaragoza.
* International Contemporary Music Festival of Salamanc
SMASH
* Opus 9.1 Festival of Bordeaux.
Main Halls and Spaces
(MNCARS), Madrid.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid.
Circulo de Bellas Artes
Madrid.
IVAM
Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia.
* Talia Theatre, Valencia.
* Principal Theater, Alicante.
* Arniches Theater, Alicante.
* National Auditorium, Madrid.
* CUNY Graduate Center, New York
* Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (TNC; ; ''National Theatre of Catalonia'') is a public theatre located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was created by the Culture Department of the Catalan Government to normalize and enhance the theatre and dance ...
, Barcelona.
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Barcelona.
* Auditorio L´Espai, Barcelona.
* L´Auditori, Barcelona.
* Auditorium - Palacio de Congresos, Zaragoza.
Art Center DA2
Salamanca.
References
External links
Roberto López (Official Website)
La Fura dels Baus (FMOL project)
JONDE (Spanish National Youth Orchestra)
INJUVE
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1974 births
Living people
Artists from Alicante
Musicians from Alicante
Composers from the Valencian Community
Spanish male classical composers
Painters from the Valencian Community
20th-century Spanish painters
20th-century Spanish male artists
Spanish male painters
21st-century Spanish painters
Spanish contemporary artists
20th-century Spanish classical composers
20th-century male composers
21st-century Spanish classical composers
20th-century Spanish musicians
20th-century Spanish male musicians
21st-century Spanish male musicians
21st-century Spanish male artists