Sergio Luque is a
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
of vocal, instrumental and
electroacoustic music
Electroacoustic music is a genre of popular and Western art music in which composers use technology to manipulate the timbres of acoustic sounds, sometimes by using audio signal processing, such as reverb or harmonizing, on acoustical instrumen ...
. His work often involves
computer-aided algorithmic composition and
stochastic processes
In probability theory and related fields, a stochastic () or random process is a mathematical object usually defined as a family of random variables. Stochastic processes are widely used as mathematical models of systems and phenomena that appe ...
.
His music has been performed by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Les Jeunes Solistes, Garth Knox, the Nieuw Ensemble and the Schönberg Ensemble, among others, and has been presented in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, the United States, Mexico, Cuba, El Salvador, Chile, Argentina, Japan and Australia.
He has a PhD in Musical Composition from the
University of Birmingham, where he studied with
Jonty Harrison and
Scott Wilson, and was a member of
BEAST (
Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre
Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre, or as it is more commonly known, BEAST, is a sound diffusion system specifically designed for the performance of electroacoustic music. It is a long-running project of the Electroacoustic Music Studios at ...
). During his PhD, he worked on the development of
stochastic synthesis, a synthesis technique invented by
Iannis Xenakis.
In 2006, he received a master's degree with Distinction in
Sonology from the
Institute of Sonology The Institute of Sonology is an education and research center for electronic music and computer music based at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague in the Netherlands.
Background
The institute was founded at Utrecht University in 1960 under the n ...
at the
Royal Conservatory of The Hague, studying with
Paul Berg and
Kees Tazelaar.
In 2004, he received a master's degree in Composition from the
Conservatory of Rotterdam, studying with
Klaas de Vries and
René Uijlenhoet
René ('' born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus.
René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminin ...
. He has a bachelor's degree in Composition from the Musical Studies and Research Centre (CIEM, Mexico).
External links
Official site
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21st-century classical composers
Mexican classical composers
Musicians from Mexico City
Living people
Royal Conservatory of The Hague alumni
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Mexican male classical composers
21st-century male musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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