Jorge García del Valle Méndez
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| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Composer |
| Location | Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
| Introduction | Jorge García del Valle Méndez (1966*) grew up in Spain, where he studied bassoon and composition. Since 1996 he lives in Dresden, Germany and studied at the Hochschule für Musik Dresden: composition and electronic music. His compositions are worldwide premiered and broadcasted since 1993. He frequently receives commissions from various international institutions. Through electronic music he became interested in digital analysis and sound processing, which he has applied to his theoretical works as well as his musical compositions. He has also researched into digital analysis in Bassoon multi-phonics and their sound possibilities in the application to contemporary music. In 2005 he was scholarship holder of the "Kulturstiftung Sachsen". Prices: Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award Competition of the University of Illinois (USA), 4th Composition Award of the Sächsischer Musikrat (Germany) both 2006. 5th Composition Award of the Sächsischer Musikrat (Germany) in 2007. |
| Interests | New Music, Bassoon, Literature, Film, Architecture |
| Favorite movies | In The Mood For Love, Matrix, Age Of Innocency, Casablanca, Round Midnight, Seom, 2046, Eat Drink Man Woman, Hero Chungking Express, Samaria, Blade Runner, Bin Jip |
| Favorite music | Contemporary Music, Toshio Hosokawa, Olga Neuwirth, Tristan Murail, Gérard Grisey, Beat Furrer, Toru Takemitsu, Electroacoustic Music Claude Debussy, Sade, Eliane Elias, Youn Sun Nah, Pat Metheny, Sa Dingding, Norah Jones, Lura |
| Favorite books | Dance Dance Dance, After Dark, Age Of Innocency, Alexandria Quartett, Norwegian Wood, L'amant, Historias de cronopios y de famas |