[Voxnovus] 15-Minutes-of-Fame: modern tangos for Juan Maria Solare

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15-Minutes-of-Fame: modern tangos for Juan Maria Solare

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for Fifteen Minutes of
Fame: Juan Maria Solare, piano, to be performed at the July 17, 2012 Lunch
Concert at the University of Bremen (Germany) The one-minute tangos for
piano are to be written specifically for this project, which will be
performed by Juan Maria Solare, a recognized pianist of both tango argentino
and new music. All works must be 60 seconds or less.

Tango is a typical Argentine culture product, nevertheless the pianist -Juan
M. Solare- considers that it is also genuinely universal - therefore we are
intrigued to see how a composers from different cultural backgrounds
approach this musical genre. About the piano: the Theatre of the University
of Bremen (see http://www.konzerte.uni-bremen.de/info_saal.php) has a
Bösendorfer grand piano. This model has 4 more notes at the bottom (Ab, G,
Gb, F). Composers can make use of these notes BUT it is strongly recommended
that they consider a variant/solution when the piece is performed on other
"normal" pianos.

Submission guidelines:

- Submission Deadline May 25, 2012 (Argentina’s Independence Day)
- Works for piano written in tango style (however you consider a tango is or
could become)
- Works must be submitted as a PDF file with a picture of the composer,
50-word biography, and 50-word program note about the piece.
- Do not submit sound files
- Works must be realistically one minute or less in length. No works over a
minute will be reviewed.
- Works need to be submitted via email to: composersvoicesubmit at gmail.com
- The subject line should read - 15-Minutes-of-Fame: Juan Maria Solare-
Composer Name - Composition Title
- The 50-word biography and 50 word program notes must be pasted as text in
the body of the email. Please do not send these as attachments.
- The composer's picture must be attached as a jpg file.
- The score must be attached as a pdf. (performance notes should be included
with the score.)
- Include the dedication either "to Juan Maria Solare" or "to Vox Novus - 15
Minutes of Fame" on the score. The performer prefers only dedications born
out of sincerity.
- Works should be composed specifically for this project and its performers.
All pieces must be premieres and not previously written or performed.
No works over a minute will be reviewed. Multiple submission are
discouraged. Send your best work! The results will be announced by June 30,
2012 on the Vox Novus website, and composers of the 15 accepted works will
be notified by email.
Deadline: May 25, 2012
Web site: http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame

Juan María Solare * Pianist & composer - tango

He was born on 11th August 1966 in Buenos Aires, where he studied piano with
Alicia Belleville privately and with María Teresa Criscuolo and Perla
Brúgola at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música "Carlos López Buchardo"; at
this institution he graduated in 1989 with title of "Profesor Nacional
Superior de Piano", concluding his ten-years studies with a public
examination.

He also studied Conducting with Mario Benzecry and studied Composition with
Fermina Casanova, Valdo Sciammarella and Juan Carlos Zorzi at the mentioned
institution, where he achieved the title of "Profesor Nacional Superior de
Composición" in 1993. Paralelly he studied Music Analysis privately with
Francisco Kröpfl. After that he undertook postgraduate courses in
Composition in Germany (Hochschule für Musik in Cologne). He received the
title of Licenciado en Composición in April 2005 (IUNA, Instituto
Universitario Nacional del Arte, Buenos Aires).

He lives since 1993 in Germany with activities centres in Cologne & Bremen.

As a composer, besides having written tangos "post-Piazzolla", is the
originator of the musical genre of the tango deconstruido, that unites
elements of the tanguistic tradition and principles of the avant-garde,
using postmodern techniques of musical deconstruction (and reconstruction).
Within this musical genre he composed titles as "Fragmentango", "Viejo Fueye
Deconstruido" or "Atonalgotán", among others.

The orchestra of the University of Bremen, conducted by Susanne Gläß,
performed the premiere of the Concertango, for large orchestra, by Juan
María Solare, in the German cities of Varrel and Bremen, on 30th June and
1st July 2004 respectively. These concerts (that have been patronizes by the
Argentine Embassy in Berlin) were visited by some 300 persons each day.

Solare is (musical and artistic) director of the Orquesta no típica, a ten
members chamber music group devoted to tango, that is financed by the
University of Bremen. Bremen is thus one of the few European cities where
tango music is thaught at University level. In this ensemble Solare makes
the arrangements, plays the piano and conducts, besides managing he
concerts. The repertory of this group extends from the Guardia Vieja,
through Gardel, Troilo and Piazzolla, until nowadays tango. The Orquesta no
típica has premiered works by Juan Solare, Jorge Pítari, Gabriel Senanes,
Eduardo Kohan, Gustavo Lanzón, Héctor Maisano and Luis Mihovilcevic. See
www.tango.uni-bremen.de .

Solare has given also seminars and workshops "hands on" of tango music in
different German cities (Bremen, Bremerhaven). He also published articles on
tango topics, especially in his section "Mordentes" of the magazine Doce
Notas (Madrid). His essay about the notation of tango music (mgazine
L’Orfeo, Mexico, October 2008) must be mentioned, besides another article
about Tango Deconstruido, and a series of Ensemble Exercises.

On 13th April 2007 Solare gave at the Departamento de Artes Musicales y
Sonoras (of the IUNA, Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte) in Buenos
Aires a course on the subject "deconstructing tangos" for composers and
performers. On 25th April 2007 he read a paper about the "3 préludes" for
piano by Piazzolla at the Segundas Jornadas Internacionales Astor Piazzolla
in Buenos Aires. On 15th May 2009 he gave a lecture illustrated with cover
pages of old tango scores, "A short history of tango through visual arts",
within the frame of the First festival "Tango Rojo" organised by the
rojoynegroclub at the Latvian House, London. On 14th May 2010 he gave a
lecture about the history of the orquestas típicas (up to Troilo), in the
frame of the Second Festival "Tango Rojo".

He edited for the publishing house Ricordi München the album Arte del Tango,
with tangos by fifteen Argentine contemporary composers, that was presented
in March 2006 at the Internationale Musikmesse in Frankfurt (Ricordi, Sy
2765, ISBN 3-938809-13-2). Du to appear (end 2010) is another album for
Ricordi with tangos for piano four hands, and one monographic album with
works by Saúl Cosentino (2011).

During three years (2006-2008), Solare was artistic director of the cycle
Tango Spezial at the cultural centre westend in Bremen (8 anual concerts).

Together with saxophonist Eduardo Kohan, Solare released in August 2006 the
CD Tango Nómade, that besides traditional tangos features five own pieces.
His first CD as piano soloist is Tango Monologues (2010), that includes
twelve own works and eight traditional tangos.

As a pianist, Solare was part of the Trío Arrabal (together with Enrique
Martín "Pitu" Entenza, bandoneon, and Claudio Elías, double bass) and
integrates currently the piano duo Dinamitango, together with Gustavo
Lanzón. Solare plays also in the QuinteTTTango of Bremerhaven, in the Dúo
Diagonal (with cellist Gesa Biffio); and mainly mainly in the Dúo Tangente
(with the violinist Gert Gondosch), that expands up to the Ensemble Tangente
(with voice, bandoneon, cello/double bass and dance), and in the dúo Tango
Nómade (together with the saxophonist Eduardo Kohan).

Solare performed at the Sexta Cumbre Mundial del Tango (Sixthe World Tango
Summit) in Seville on 12th March 2005 (as part of the dúo Dinamitango),
representing officially to the city of Bremen (with the support of the
foundation Waldemar-Koch-Stiftung). He also played at the Octava Cumbre
Mundial del Tango (Eight World Tango Summit) in Bariloche (concertos on 6th
and 7th March 2009) and at the 22nd Festival Internacional de Tango in
Granada (concerts on 10th and 11th March 2010). He will also participate at
the Novena Cumbre Mundial del Tango (Ninth World Tango Summit) in Seinäjoki
(Finland) both with his Dúo Tangente and with Tango Nómade, in July 2011.

Alone or in groups, Solare performed some 500 concerts in several Argentine
cities (Buenos Aires & surroundings, Tandil, Córdoba, Zárate, Bariloche,
Mendoza, Tucumán, Córdoba) and European (Cologne, Berlin, Göttingen,
Worpswede, Verden, Bremen, Munich, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Hamburgo,
Heidelberg; Amsterdam, Geneva, Seville, Madrid, Granada, Oviedo, London,
Graz, etc.).

Besides giving tango recitals, Solare performs classical music of our time
(Cage, Schönberg, Scriabin, Liszt, Berio, Pärt, etc.) and his own
compositions. S soloist or in diverse chamber music line-ups.