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2020

— April 2020, Salamanca, Spain, Festival Primavera USAL, performance of different works by the New Made Ensemble.

— April 2020, Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León (Salamanca, Spain), Composition Masterclass.



2019

- 12.2019, Essen, Germany, Folkwang Universität der Künste, Lacrymosa I (2001), for accordion or any aerophone instrument, concert by Vincent Lhermet, 

- 25.09.2019, Latina, Italy, Conservatorio "O. Respighi, Lacrymosa I (2001), for accordion or any aerophone instrument, Vincent Lhermet, accordion.

- 17.10.2019, Mexico City, Auditorio Blas Galindo, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Lacrymosa I (2001), for accordion or any aerophone instrument, Vincent Lhermet, accordion.

- 16.10.2019, Mexico City, Casa de Francia, Lacrymosa I (2001), for accordion or any aerophone instrument, Vincent Lhermet, accordion.

- 12.10.2019, Guanjuato, Mexico, Lacrymosa I (2001), for accordion or any aerophone instrument, Vincent Lhermet, accordion, Festival Internacional Cervantino.

- 10.10.2019, Guanajuato, Mexico (more information soon), Lacrymosa I (2001), for accordion or any aerophone instrument, Vincent Lhermet, accordion.

- 3.10.2019, Paris, Institut Culeturel du Mexique, Lacrymosa I (2001), for accordion or any aerophone instrument, Vincent Lhermet, accordion.

— 5 to 7 June 2019, Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et Danse of Lyon, France, Electroacoustic Composition Seminar.

— 15.04.2019, Pamplona, Spain, Conservatorio Superior de Música de Navarra, Composition Masterclass, live performance of Orior, Candida Felici (piano).

— 10 to 14.04.2019, Zaragoza; Spain, Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón (Spain), Composition Masterclass: "Modelos Naturalísticos y Artificiales en mi Música", live performance of Orior, Candida Felici (pianist).

— 04.04.2019, Conservatorio de las Rosas, Morelia, Mexico, Tres Estudios para Violín (2001), Julián Martínez Vázquez (violin).

— 20.03.2019, Brest (France), De Ignoto Cantu (2005, version for five players and electronics) and Tiento (2000), version for violoncello and electronics -French premiere-, Ensemble Sillages, International Festival Electr()cution (opening concert), Centre Culturel d'Art Cotemporain "Passerelle". Download the PRESS KIT of the Electr()cution Festival.

— 17.02.2019, Mexico City, Orior (1997), for solo piano. Carlos Adriel Salmerón (piano), concert season "El arte del piano", Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes,

- Phoenix Ensemble of Basel, commission, new work: Double-concert for two guitars and ensemble, dedicated to Pablo Márquez and Maurizio Grandinetti.

- New work for oboe and electronics commissioned by Pilar Fontalba.

- New work commissioned by the New Made Ensemble.

2018


— 08.12.2018, Mozarteum in Salzburg (work commissioned by the Mozarteum), International Contemporary Music Festival Crossroads, Salzburg: World premiere of High over the distant horizon (2018), for electric-organ, piano, cello and five players in movement (flute, bass-clarinet, percussions, violin) and electronics, Work composed for the 60Th anniversary of the Mozarteum's Electronic Music Studio - World Premiere: Solitaar Saal, Mozarteum In Salzburg, New Arts and Music Ensemble Salzburg.

— 06.12.2018, Festival Crossroads, Zimmer 4006, Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg — Lecture: "Beyond the Distant Perceptive Horizon: Naturalism, Artificiality and Musical Invention".

— 06.10.2018, Jake Arditti And The Arditti Quartet, World Premiere: ...un lume per lo mar ... (2016-2018), for counter tenor and string quartet — XL Foro Internacional De Musica Nueva "Manuel Enriquez", Sala Principal, Palacio de Bellas Artes, México City.

— July 21 to 29, Ciclo Internacional De Música "Laberintos Sonoros" (3th Edition), Centro Nacional De Las Artes, Mexico City_

-21 July 2018, Concert "Harmonices Mundi", work performed: Imágenes de la Caída de Altazor (2003), for two pianists and two percussionists, Ensemble Sillages Candida Felici and Mara Dobresco (pianos), H. Combotti (perc.) and Victor Hocquet (percussions), Auditorio Blas Galindo, Cenart.

-26.07.2018, 19:00 h, Concert: "Astronomia Nova", in memoriam Graciela Agudelo.

Auditorio Blas Galindo, Cenart, 19:00 h, work performed: Invención, for solo violin. Young performers of Taller de Música Contemporánea of the Unidad Académica de Artes, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Joel Morales Rodríguez, Juan Diego Hernández Cervantes, Isaías Villalpando Dávila, Fabián Rivas de Santiago. Mtro. Alejandro Barrañón.

-July 16 to 28, Composition masterclasses and lectures, CENTRO NACIONAL DE LAS ARTES, Mexico City, CICLO INTERNACIONAL DE MÚSICA LABERINTOS SONOROS, CENART, MEXICO:
-19.07.2018: CD PRESENTATION, Salón 212 o 213, Escuela Superior de Música, "Sidereus Nuncius (the sidereal messenger)": presentation of the monographic CD  the more recent essay by Javier Torres Maldonado.  well as the poetic texts by José Manuel Recillas created ex profeso for the work. Javier Torres Maldonado & José Manuel Recillas. 

-21.07.2018: Salón 222 o 212, Escuela Superior de Música, 16:30 h Ronde table "Sonido e idea, proceso de composición y complejidad perceptiva: ¿elementos para una escucha ideal de la música del siglo XXI?" Invited artists: Phillippe Arri-Blachette, Ludwig Carrasco, Francisco Cruz, José Manuel Alcántara, Chair: Javier Torres Maldonado.

25.07.20128, Salón 222 de la ESM, 10:00 h Lecture: "Objetos sonoros, dramaturgia musical y proceso compositivo" , Javier Torres Maldonado. 

-26.07.20128, Salón 222 de la ESM, 12:00 h, Masterclass for composers and clarinetists: "Desde el instante" de Javier Torres Maldonado, aspectos técnicos e interpretativos, Prof. Camilo Irizo (Clarinet Professor, Conservatorio Superior de Música "Manuel Castillo" de Sevilla) and Javier Torres Maldonado. 

- 28.07.20128, 16:00 h, ronde table: "Retos de la Música del Siglo XXI". Artists invited: Fabián Panisello, Ludwig Carrasco, Marcela Rodríguez, Ignacio Torner, Camilo Irizo, Javier Torres Maldonado. Chair: Dulce Huet Covarrubias.

— 15.06.2018, Festival International du Domaine Forget de Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada, Interstizi, for violin and cello. Concert: "Prelude à l'été", Quatuor Bozzini [Alissa Cheung (Violin), Isabelle Bozzini (Cello)], Concert Hall Domaine Forget.

— June 10 to 23 2018, Invited Professor, Composition Masterclasses, International Music Academy "Le Domaine Forget", Canada. Ensemble In Residence: Quatuor Bozzini.

— June 10 to 23, 2018, Le Domaine Forget, Canada: Javier Torres Maldonado is the Invited Professor to teach masterclasses in composition,  International Music Academy Le Domaine Forget. Application deadline: February 15, 2018. Ensemble in residence: Quatuor Bozzini. For more information please visit the link to  Domaine Forget international music academy: Composition Course.

— May 16-17, 2018, Conservatoire de Strasbourg (Académie Supérieure de Musique), France: composition and electro-acoustic composition masterclasses.

— Sibila (No. 54), Spanish magazine specialized in contemporary art, music and literature will dedicate its monographic CD to Javier Torres Maldonado, work included: Sidereus Nuncius (2007), for 3 percussionists and interactive electroacoustic system.

— 21.04.2018, Freiburg, Switzerland: Lacrymosa I (2001), for solo accordion. Vincent Lhermet, accordion. Conservatoire de Fribourg, Route Louis Braille 8 - Freiburg, Switzerland.

— 24.03.2018, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Masih (2012), for saxophone quartet, X Mallorca Saxophone Festival 2018, Komea Sax Quartet, Conservatorio Superior de Música de les Illes Baleares, works by Berio, Mendelssohn, Escaich and Torres Maldonado. Concert program (pdf).

— 17.03.2018, Helsinki, Finland — Lacrymosa I (2001), for solo accordion. Vincent Lhermet, accordion. Concert organized as part of the celebration of the 40 years of Sibelius Academy Accordion Class. Musiikkitalo, organo sali.Mannerheimintie 13 - Helsinki, Finlande. Sibelius Academy event (pdf).

— 28.01.2018, Mexico City, Figuralmusik II (1997), for ensemble (10 players). Ensemble Cepromusic conducted by José Luis Castillo. Palacio de Bellas Artes, Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Mexico City. Concert program.

— 2018-2021, Mexico City: Javier Torres Maldonado has been nominated as member of  Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (National Endowment for Culture and Arts) of Mexico.

— Spain, new CD: Alborada (2005), version for soprano saxophone and electronics is included as the opening work of the new CD S3 Spectral Sax Style. Performers: Jesús Núñez (saxophones) and Juan D. García Aguilera (electronics). 

— Mexico, new CD: Orior (1997), for piano or fortepiano was included as opening work in the new CD "Odisea Avant-Garde, Mexican Piano Music", a project ot the pianist Alejandro Barrañón. Link to Spotify.