José Manuel Serrano

I am extremely happy to know I was awarded with the Civitella Ranieri Music Composition Fellowship for 2022. Located in a 15th century castle in the Umbrian region of Italy, Civitella is a residency program for international writers, composers, and visual artists. More info at: https://civitella.org/newly-awarded-music-composition-fellows/ Continúa leyendo Civitella Ranieri Music Composition Fellowship

The portrait article on my music, made by musicologist and musician Wolfgang Rüdiger at the renowned german magazine Musiktext (Köln), is now available as website version too. It is possible to read the full article at this link: https://texte.musiktexte.de/mt-163/258/zum-werk-des-argentinischen-komponisten-jose-manuel-serrano I would like to give my thaks again for this honour to the maganize Musiktexte and … Continúa leyendo Porträt in Musiktexte (Das Wiedererblühen der Rose) now in website/online version

My new piece Retratos de Al-Fayyum for solo bass flute, electronics and two prerecorded bass flutes, commissioned by flutist and friend Richard Craig, will be premiered at the festival MUSIC CURRENT 2021, organized by Dublin Sound Lab, in Ireland next November 11th of 2021. Program info: http://www.musiccurrent.ie/2021/richard_craig.html Continúa leyendo Premiere of Retratos de Al-Fayyum at MUSIC CURRENT 2021(Ireland) by Richard Craig

I received a new commission to write a piece for corno di bassetto and cello will be premiered on October 3th of 2021 in the framework of the MUSIKFESTIVAL UNTERNEHMEN GEGENWART NAHSICHT 2021 in the city of Regensburg (Germany). The concert will be a homage to Mozart and will include several new pieces by different … Continúa leyendo New commission for corno di bassetto and cello to be premiered at Regensburg next October

Horn player Kevin Newton will perform and premiere my new piece for amplified horn and prerecorded and processed horns in a streming concert next August 5th. The piece is the result of a collaborative project between the Fromm Foundation Composer Fellows and the Fromm Foundation Contemporary Performance Institute Fellows, 2020 and 2021. Video here: Continúa leyendo Premiere of my piece ‘Ecos oníricos de la Basílica de San Marcos’ for horn and electronics

My new piece for bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, viola and contrabass will be premiered at the Composers Conference 2021 (Waltham, USA), as part of the Fromm Foundation Composer Fellows project. The piece will be premiere next Friday, August 6th of 2021, by conductor Michael Lewanski in a program that will include premiere pieces by … Continúa leyendo Premiere of ‘Ruiseñor en el reflejo’ at Composers Conference 2021 (Waltham, USA)

My new piece for bass flute and electronics, called Retratos de al-Fayyüm, will be premiered at the festival Dublin Sound Lab on April 17th of 2020. The piece is a commission given by flutist and friend Richard Craig (UK).More info at: http://www.dublinsoundlab.ie/index.html Continúa leyendo Premiere at Dublin Sound Lab 2020 by Richard Craig (cancelled by Covid)

I am deeply honored to have a portrait in the prestigious Musiktexte magazine, especially for having been made by my dear friend and colleague Wolfgang Rüdiger. My most sincere thanks to Wolfgang and the editors. The edition can be acquired here: https://musiktexte.de/epages/dc91cfee-4fdc-41fe-82da-0c2b88528c1e.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/dc91cfee-4fdc-41fe-82da-0c2b88528c1e/Products/MT-163 Continúa leyendo Das Wiedererblühen der Rose (Porträt in Musiktexte)

My duo piece «Hojas que arrebató un soplo frío», for cello and piano, will be performed in Roma at the Accademia di Spagna next 8th of November by Francesco Dillon and Emanuele Torquati. Continúa leyendo Soplo frío in Roma

The project “BRUNO SCHULZ – EINE ANNÄHERUNG” (a collaboration between the german duo Un Fil Rouge, the french choreographer Samuel Feldhandler, the french dancer Lena Schattenberg and the german actress Renate Obermaier and actor Heinzl Spagl, and music by myself) will be performed again in August of 2019. This time will be performed at the … Continúa leyendo «A Bruno Schulz» performed in France by Un Fil Rouge