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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


— 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).

— 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".

— 17.02.2019, Orior (1997), for solo piano. Mexico City, Carlos Ariel 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.

— 06.10.2018, 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, Le Domaine Forget, Canada: Javier Torres Maldonado was the Invited Professor to teach masterclasses in composition,  International Music Academy Le Domaine Forget. Ensemble in residence: Quatuor Bozzini

— 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.

— 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.

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

— 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 has been 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.



2017


2016-2017, Germany: composition commission, Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, new piece for the Ensemble Klangforum of Vienna - World premiere: Festival Internacional Cervantino, Mexico.

01.12.2017, Seville: Spanish premiere, Espira I, II (2005), for guitar, violin, violoncello and piano. Pablo Gómez, guitar, Ensemble Taller Sonoro, Festival "Encuentros Sonoros 2017", Sala Joaquín Turina of Seville Cultural Center.

01 & 02.12.2017, Seville, Spain, Composition masterclass, Conservatorio Superior de Música "Manuel Castillo" of Seville. 

24.11.2017, III Festival de Música Contemporánea de La Rioja, Spain: De ignoto cantu (2003), version for bass-clarinet, percussion and violoncello. Ensemble Taller Sonoro, Spanish tour, Sala de Usos Multiples de la Gota de Leche, Logroño, Spain. Link, Taller Sonoro website.

16.11.2017, German premiere: Un posible día, quasi un radio dramma, for female voice, actor, ensemble, interactive electroacoustic system and video (ad libitum). Ensemble Courage, Klangnetz Dresden, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden. Info (pdf).

8.11.2017, Berlin: Desde el instante (2002), corno di bassetto version, Antonio Rosales, corno di bassetto, concert of the Ensemble Xelmya, Bach contemporaneo project, Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin. 

25,10,2017, Móvil, cambiante, for ensemble (14 instruments), work commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation and the Festival Internacional Cervantino for the Ensemble Klangforum of Vienna. World premiere: 25.10.2017, Ensemble Klangforum of Vienna conducted by Bas wiegers, Teatro Juárez, Guanajuato, Festival Internacional Cervantino. Processi e Traiettorie, an article about "Móvil, cambiante" published by ESZ News Magazine, No. 74, October 2017, in Italian.

25,10,2017, Academia Cervantina (Festival Internacional Cervantino), composition masterclass on his work.

24.10.2017, Pamplona: Huayra-Yana (2012 version), for bass-flute and electronics. Alessandra Rombolà, bass-flute, Juan José Eslava (electronics), International Festival of Music Experimentation "After Cage", Teatro Gayarre of Pamplona, Spain. Program: La ciudad ascendente, vertical y mítica. Performers: Colectivo e 7.2. Link to the Teatro Gayarre web page, also in pdf format.

23.10.2017 — Natura interiore (2017), for 5 players, Diabelli Variations Project, Divertimento Ensemble, Sandro Gorli (conductor) - Festival Aperto, Teatro Cavalleriza de Reggio Emilia, Italy.

20.10.2017, Spanish premiere: String Quartet No. 2 (2015), Ensemble Sillages, 
V Festival Internacional de Creacion Musical "Vertixe Sonora",
Paso da Cultura, Vigo, Spain. 
Concert program (pdf)
Concert program, Vertixe Sonora web site

15.10.2017, Madrid, De ignoto Cantu (2003), version for bass-clarinet and percussion, Ensemble Taller Sonoro, Spanish tour, Teatros del Canal, Teatro Verde, Madrid.

30.09.2017, Mexico City, Esferal (2006), for orchestra and electronics, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, inaugural concert, Foro Internacionl de Música Nueva "Manuel Enríquez", Mexico City. 
THE INAUGURAL CONCERT OF THE FORO DE MUSICA NUEVA "MANUEL ENRIQUEZ" WAS CANCELLED IN RESPECT OF THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.

30.10.2017. Mexican premiere: Espira I, II (2005), for guitar, violin, violoncello and piano, Pablo Gómez, guitar, Ensemble Taller Sonoro, Ciclo Internacional de Música "Laberintos Sonoros", National Center for the Arts, Mexico City.

29.07.2017, Mexican premiere: De ignoto cantu (2003), version for bass-clarinet, percussion and electronics, Ensemble Taller Sonoro, Ciclo Internacional de Música "Laberintos Sonoros", National Center for the Arts, Mexico City. 

25.07.2017. "Paradigmas naturales y artificiales, invención musical y nuevas técnicas instrumentales en mis obras Huayra-Yana y Alborada" Conference/concert, Huayra-Yana, for bass-flute and electronics and Alborada, version for saxophone and electronics. Javier Torres Maldonado, Birgit Nolte (bass-flute), Isabella Fabbri (sopr. saxophone). Ciclo Internacional de Música "Laberintos Sonoros", National Center for the Arts, Mexico City. 

18.05.2017, Estudios concretos, for guitar and electroacoustic interactive system, work commissioned and dedicated to Pablo Márquez. World premiere: Elektronisches Studio Basel, concierto “Nachtstrom 85”, Gare du Nord, Basel, Switzerland. Link to Elektronisches Studio Basel activities register

17.05.2017, France Musique, Radio France, radio program by Arnaud Merlin Le concert du soir: recording of the Festival Electr()cution concert (concert of the Ensemble Sillages, 29.03.2017, World premiere of Inoltre (2017), for piano and electronics. Radio France web site or pdf link.

02.04.2017, French premiere: Lacrymosa I-b, for accordion and electronics. Francesco Gesualdi, accordion, Festival "Resonance Contemporaine"- Salle Figuration, Bourg-en-Bresse, France.

29 & 30.03.2017, World premiere: Inoltre (2017), for piano and electro-acoustic system, work commissioned by the Ensemble Sillages, first World performance: Festival Electr()cution, Centre Culturelle Pasarelle, Brest, France. Vincent Leterme, piano.

27.03.2017, Desde el instante (2002), for clarinet (corno di bassetto version by Antonio Rosales). Antonio Rosales, corno di bassetto, Foro Casa de la Paz, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.

 14.02.2017, Hemisferios Artificiales, for 2 instrumental groups, Ciclo Fundación BBVA, Ensemble Kuraia conducted by Andrea Cazzaniga, Fundación BBVA, Bilbao, Spain.

06 & 07.02.201 7, 
Invited Professor, Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain. Composition masterclasses and lectire: Flute Techniques of Huayra Yana, for bass flute and electronics by the flustist Alessandra Rombola.

01.02.2017, World premiere: Oltre (2017), for ensemble (10 instruments), work commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble. Divertimento Ensemble, Sandro Gorli (conductor), Teatro Litta, Milan, Divertimento Ensemble concert season.

18.01.2017 — Natura Interiore (2017), for 5 players (from Beethoven: "Diabelli Variations", Var. No. XXVII), work commissioned by the Divertimento Ensemble ( DE Project "Diabelli Varitions").




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