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EDUCATION
Doctor of Musical Arts, 1996. Columbia University, New York.
Master of Music, 1988. Manhattan School of Music.
Diplôme Superieur de Composition, premier nommé, 1986. Ecole Normale, Paris.
Arquitecto, 1981 (Bachelors degree in Architecture). Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito.

AWARDS AND HONORS
2007 Eugenio Espejo National Prize in the Arts category, awarded by the Ecuadorian President
2006 Winner, VocalEssence & American Composers Forum Christmas Carol Contest
2000-01 Commissioned composer, Tokyo Philharmonic’s "Anthems for the New Century"
and "Eyes on Latin America"
1998 Finalist, SMCQ Ad Referendum composition contest, Montreal
1996 Lecturer composer, IRCAM Summer Academy, Paris
1993-94 Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation, New York
1993 Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, Italy
1993-00 Participant Composer, Festival Latinoamericano, Caracas
1993 Winner, IRCAM-Ensemble Intercontemporain Commissioning competition
1992-93 Participant composer, ISCM World Music Days in Warsaw and Mexico
1992 Fellowship, Composers Conference, Wellesley, Massachusetts
1992 Fellowship, IRCAM computer music workshop
1992 Grant, Meet The Composer, New York
1991-95 Fellowship, Mellon Plan, Columbia University
1990 Winner, Commande d’Etat from French Department of Culture
1988 Composer-In-Residence, Banff Festival of the Arts, Canada
1987 Prize Winner, Premio Valentino Bucchi, Rome
1987-88 Fellowship, Organization of the American States
1986 Fellowship, Groupe de Recherche Musicale (GRM), Paris
1984 Fellowship, IPEM Electronic Music Studio, Gent, Belgium
1983-86 Fellowship, French Government (CROUS de Paris)

COMMISSIONS
2008 VocalEssence, Minneapolis, Minnesota: El Niño de los Andes Cantata
2006 Teatro Sucre, Quito, Ecuador: Manuela y Bolivar Opera
2005 Duo Paganini, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2004-02 Robert Aitken and Cuarteto Latinoamercano, Toronto, Mexico
2004 Municipio Metropolitano de Quito, Ecuador
2004-02 Festival Internacional de Música Sacra del Ecuador, Quito
2003 Orquesta Sinfónica de Loja, Ecuador
2002 New Music Concerts, Toronto, Canadá
2000-01 Tokyo Philharmonic
2000 Nishikawa Ensemble, Canada-Japan
1996 Ensemble Pro Musica Nipponia, Japan
1995 Nieuw Ensemble, Amsterdam
1994 Ensemble Aventure, Freiburg
1993 Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris
1992 Flute Duo Aurele Nicolet - Robert Aitken, Toronto
1992 Quintet of the Americas, New York
1990 Ensemble l’Itineraire, Paris
1986-90 Ecuador National Symphony, and Ecuadorian Contemporary Music Festival

POSITIONS HELD
Currently: Teacher at Friends' Central School, Wynnewood, PA
2001-02 Instructor in Music Theory, Montgomery Community College, PA
1996-02 Freelance composer
1993-95 Columbia University, Teaching Assistant for Music Composition
1993-94 Universidade Federal de Brasilia, Professor of Composition, Orchestration and Humanities
1981-02 Lecturer in the USA, Europe and Latin America
1980-82 UNESCO, Researcher in Ethnomusicological Project in Ecuador
1978-83 Taller de Música (Performing and recording ensemble), founder member

PUBLISHERs
Filarmonika, Texas
Oxford University Press, NY
Zimmermann, Frankfurt
Henry Lemoine, Paris

LANGUAGES
Spanish
English
French
Portuguese



	biography
	Space Ecuadorian Diego Luzuriaga is one of the most original voices among Latin American composers. The force and uniqueness of his music spring mainly from his Andean folk melodies, the use of French post-impressionistic sound color, and from his unapologetic South American lyricism. He was born in 1955, in Loja, Ecuador, into a family of twelve children. He studied in Paris at the Paris Ecole Normale and later at Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University in New York. He has been taught by, among others, Gerardo Guevara, Yoshihisa Taira and Mesias Maiguashca. In Ecuador he was involved in the studying, performing, and recording of native Andean folk music and Latin American music. He has received commissions from international ensembles and orchestras including the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Ensemble Itineraire of Paris, Ensemble Pro Musica Nipponia of Japan, the Nishikawa Ensemble of Japan, the Nieuw Ensemble of Amsterdam, Ensemble Aventure of Freiburg, the Ecuadorian National Symphony, Robert Aitken and Aurele Nicolet flute duo, Quintet of the Americas, and the North/South Consonance ensemble of New York. He has received several international awards, including, in 1993, the Guggenheim Fellowship from New York, and, in 2007, the Eugenio Espejo Ecuadorian national arts prize, awarded by the Ecuadorian President. His music is regularly performed in numerous international events. The recording of "Once Canciones de Diego Luzuriaga" was released by soprano Dana Hanchard in New York and received rave reviews. Luzuriaga's opera, Manuela y Bolivar, received critical acclaim when it premiered in Quito, Ecuador in November 2006. It is being produced again in 2009 in Ecuador, Mexico and South Korea. His new cantata. El Niño de los Andes (The Child of the Andes), commissioned by VocalEssence of Minneapolis, will premiere in December 2008. He lives with his wife and three children in Pennsylvania (USA), and he teaches at Friends' Central School. EDUCATION Doctor of Musical Arts, 1996. Columbia University, New York. Master of Music, 1988. Manhattan School of Music. Diplôme Superieur de Composition, premier nommé, 1986. Ecole Normale, Paris. Arquitecto, 1981 (Bachelors degree in Architecture). Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito. AWARDS AND HONORS 2007 Eugenio Espejo National Prize in the Arts category, awarded by the Ecuadorian President 2006 Winner, VocalEssence & American Composers Forum Christmas Carol Contest 2000-01 Commissioned composer, Tokyo Philharmonic’s "Anthems for the New Century" and "Eyes on Latin America" 1998 Finalist, SMCQ Ad Referendum composition contest, Montreal 1996 Lecturer composer, IRCAM Summer Academy, Paris 1993-94 Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation, New York 1993 Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, Italy 1993-00 Participant Composer, Festival Latinoamericano, Caracas 1993 Winner, IRCAM-Ensemble Intercontemporain Commissioning competition 1992-93 Participant composer, ISCM World Music Days in Warsaw and Mexico 1992 Fellowship, Composers Conference, Wellesley, Massachusetts 1992 Fellowship, IRCAM computer music workshop 1992 Grant, Meet The Composer, New York 1991-95 Fellowship, Mellon Plan, Columbia University 1990 Winner, Commande d’Etat from French Department of Culture 1988 Composer-In-Residence, Banff Festival of the Arts, Canada 1987 Prize Winner, Premio Valentino Bucchi, Rome 1987-88 Fellowship, Organization of the American States 1986 Fellowship, Groupe de Recherche Musicale (GRM), Paris 1984 Fellowship, IPEM Electronic Music Studio, Gent, Belgium 1983-86 Fellowship, French Government (CROUS de Paris) COMMISSIONS 2008 VocalEssence, Minneapolis, Minnesota: El Niño de los Andes Cantata 2006 Teatro Sucre, Quito, Ecuador: Manuela y Bolivar Opera 2005 Duo Paganini, Guayaquil, Ecuador 2004-02 Robert Aitken and Cuarteto Latinoamercano, Toronto, Mexico 2004 Municipio Metropolitano de Quito, Ecuador 2004-02 Festival Internacional de Música Sacra del Ecuador, Quito 2003 Orquesta Sinfónica de Loja, Ecuador 2002 New Music Concerts, Toronto, Canadá 2000-01 Tokyo Philharmonic 2000 Nishikawa Ensemble, Canada-Japan 1996 Ensemble Pro Musica Nipponia, Japan 1995 Nieuw Ensemble, Amsterdam 1994 Ensemble Aventure, Freiburg 1993 Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris 1992 Flute Duo Aurele Nicolet - Robert Aitken, Toronto 1992 Quintet of the Americas, New York 1990 Ensemble l’Itineraire, Paris 1986-90 Ecuador National Symphony, and Ecuadorian Contemporary Music Festival POSITIONS HELD Currently: Teacher at Friends' Central School, Wynnewood, PA 2001-02 Instructor in Music Theory, Montgomery Community College, PA 1996-02 Freelance composer 1993-95 Columbia University, Teaching Assistant for Music Composition 1993-94 Universidade Federal de Brasilia, Professor of Composition, Orchestration and Humanities 1981-02 Lecturer in the USA, Europe and Latin America 1980-82 UNESCO, Researcher in Ethnomusicological Project in Ecuador 1978-83 Taller de Música (Performing and recording ensemble), founder member PUBLISHERs Filarmonika, Texas Oxford University Press, NY Zimmermann, Frankfurt Henry Lemoine, Paris LANGUAGES Spanish English French Portuguese


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