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Orchestra and Ensemble
for Orchestra (2017)
Ataraxia
Commissioned by Lauri Ahokas
Instrumentation 2222/ 4331/ perc(1)/ Hp/ Str
Duration 10´
for Piano and Orchestra (2016)
Paraphernalia
Commissioned by Martin Malmgren
Instrumentation 2222/ 2211/ perc(2)/ Str
Duration. 10´
for Soprano and Orchestra (2015)
Ludi
Instrumentation 2221/ 111/ perc(1)/ Hp/ Str
Duration. 10´
for ensemble (2014)
The Poetry of Negation
"Coup de cœur du public" in the FORUM2014
1121/111/ perc(1)/ Piano/Str 2111
Duration. ca 15´
for ensemble (2013)
Blooming Stardust
Instrumentation 1111 / 1111/ perc(2) / Str 2111
Duration. ca 11´
for choir. (2012)
On desire
"Sonic Landscape" prize in the 2nd IFCM Composition Competition
Duration. ca. 14´
wind orchestra. (2015)
La luz del silencio
Duration. ca. 4´
for choir and wind orchestra. (2012)
Duo Puellae
Duration. ca. 4´
for violin solo, string orchestra and electronics. (2012)
Aino
Str. minimun. 65442
Duration. ca. 5´
for String Orchestra. (2012)
Confabulation
Str. minimun. 55432
Duration. ca. 8´
Chamber Music
for soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 chelos, piano and live electronics (2017)
Psychogenic Aria
Written for Academia Cervantina, conductor Pierre- André Valade
Commissioned by Festival Cervantino and CMMAS,
Duration. ca. 8´
for 2 sopranos, recorder, theorbo and viola da gamba (2017)
Salve Regina
Commissioned by Ave Virgo, Ave Vos.
Duration. ca. 7
for quarter-tone clarinet, violin and quarter-tone guitar. (2017)
Pseudodoxia Epidemica
Commissioned by Lauri Sallinen and Mikroensemble, Duration. 10´
for flute, clarinet, cello, harp
live electronics and live video. (2016)
Glitch or the Aesthetics of Failure
Written for DefuneEnsemble Duration 14´
chamber opera for flute, clarinet, violin, violonchelo, piano and 2 sopranos (2016)
Jääkausi
Libretto by Juho Gröndahl
Duration. 60´
for microtonal septet: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, quarter-tone accordeon,
quarter-tone guitar and quarter-tone piano. (2015)
Written for MikroEnsemble
Duration. 8´
for piano quartet, (2016)
Chrysalis
Commissioned as part of winning the Commissioning Composition Competition by Flex Ensemble
Duration. 12´
for accordion, trombone and tuba (2015)
Camera Obscura
Commissioned by Ella Koura
Duration 12´
for soprano and renaissance lute/theorbo (2015)
Ludi
Commissioned by Kaisamaija Uljas.
Duration. 12´
for 2 violins (2015)
4p-2v
Duration. 5´
for alto saxophone and Hammond organ (2014)
Wombalicious
Commissioned by Daniel Kientzy and Mathias Leboucher
Duration. ca 5´
for flute, clarinet, violin, violonchelo and piano (2013)
Piñatas, Glitter and Stilettos
1st prize in the Frank Robert Abell Young Composer Competition for New Chamber Music
Duration. 12´
for mezzo-soprano and bass clarinet. (2011)
Carmina
Duration. ca. 13´
for guitar duo. (2009)
Anaidea
Duration. ca. 15´
Solo
for accordion. (2017)
Huehuecoyotl
Commissioned by Vincent L’hermet
Recorded by Vincent L’hermet
Duration. ca 6´
for alto saxophone. (2017)
Danza
Commissioned by Michele Bianchini
Recorded by Michele Bianchini
Duration. ca 8´
for solo piano (2014)
The fog also dreams
Duration. ca 12´
for bass clarinet and live electronics (2013)
Molinos del pensamiento
Duration. ca 10:30´
for tape. (2012)
Aino
Duration. ca. 6´
for guitar solo. (2011-2012)
Tema variado y final
Duration. ca. 12´
for violin solo. (2011)
Altépetl
For Lea Tuuri
Duration. ca. 8´
for clarinet solo. (2010)
Fiemx
Duration. ca. 4´
for guitar solo. (2007)
Luz Detenida
Recorded by Nadia Borislova
Duration. ca. 5´
Itzam Zapata
BIOGRAPHY
Itzam Zapata (Mexico City, 1989)
Itzam Zapata’s musical ideal is to synthesize all the music he loves, searching for his own liberty of style. His eclectic musical style can freely include Gregorian chants, microtonality, romantic melodic lines, and post serial textures.
Itzam’s decision to search for imaginative eclecticism in music has resonated with audiences worldwide, as he has won numerous competitions, including the 1st prize in the Frank Robert Abell Young Composer Competition for his work Piñatas, Glitter and Stilettos, the Flex Ensemble Commissioning Competition, the “Coup de cœur du public” for his work The Poetry of Negation in the FORUM2014, the “Sonic Landscape” prize in the 2nd IFCM Composition Competition for his work On Desire for choir, among others.
Thanks to his numerous accolades, Zapata’s music has been performed by several ensembles all around the world, including Talea Ensemble, VOCES8, Avanti!, Contemporaneous, Uusinta, Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, Defunensemble, the Ostrobothnia Chamber Orchestra, Flex Ensemble, Orquesta de Camara de Bellas Artes, among others.
Zapata’s music recently has been recorded by the label Tempus Clasico, ArsPublica, Nova Musica among others in Mexico, Italy, and France.
Zapata holds a Master’s degree in Composition from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki where he studied with Lauri Kilpiö. He also studied with Tristan Murail in the Mozarteum in Salzburg and has participated in masterclasses with Hans Abrahamsen, Giovanni Verrando, SergejNewski, Jukka Tiensuu, among others.
Discography
Featured Albums
Grido
Michele Bianchini, saxophone
Works by Theocharis Papatrechas, Fabrizio Volpi, Georgia Spiropoulos, Itzam Zapata, Nicolas Tzortzis, Alexander Khubeev, Giovanni Santini, Wei Chieh Lin
Music for Saxophone solo, Grido (Shout) is the culmination of a collaboration carried out with some of the composers I have met.