Leonardo Coral

LEONARDO CORAL (México DF, 1962) COMPOSITOR Estudió con Federico Ibarra en la Escuela Nacional de Música (ENM) de la UNAM. Su producción es de más de 90 obras, y se han ejecutado en México, Alemania, Canadá, Cuba, China, España, Estados Unidos, Francia, Guatemala, Italia, Japón, Puerto Rico, Rumania, Venezuela y Suiza. Imparte clases en la ENM y en la Ollin Yoliztli. Ha ganado diversos apoyos del FONCA. En 2001 ingresó al Sistema Nacional de Creadores. Ha recibido encargos de obra de: la UNAM, Douglas Bringas, Alejandro Escuer, Ensamble Cello Alterno, Chandra dúo, Camelia Goila, Luis Humberto Ramos, Orquesta de Baja California, Orquesta Sinaloa de las Artes, Trío de Alientos de Bellas Artes, Trío Coghlan, Trío Terraluz, Schola Cantorum de México, Tambuco, Miguel Ángel Villanueva, Ensamble Ziklus. Se han presentado varias de sus obras sinfónicas: Vivencias, Visiones nocturnas, Máquina férrea, Alegorías, Animales míticos (con las orquestas: del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Sinfónica Nacional, Puebla, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Juvenil de Veracruz, Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, Sinfónica de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León). Destacados solistas como María Teresa Frenk, Mauricio Náder, Gonzalo Gutiérrez, Krisztina Deli, Juan Carlos Laguna, y Omar Hernández-Hidalgo han presentado sus obras concertantes (con las orquestas: Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, Carlos Chávez, Ensamble de las Rosas, Ónix, Sinaloa de las Artes, de Cámara de Bellas Artes, de Baja California). Los directores que han presentado sus obras son: José Areán, Enrique Barrios, Gordon Campbell, Felix Carrasco, Ildefonso Cedillo, José Luis Castillo, Jorge Córdoba, Sergio Eckstein, David Flores, Benjamín Juárez Echenique, Juan Carlos Lomónaco, Jesús Medina, Alfredo Mendoza, Gerardo Rábago, Román Revueltas, Juan Trigos, Antonio Tornero, Bartholomeus van de Velde, Armando Vargas, Armando Zayas. Leonardo Coral Ganó los premios de composición sinfónica: Melesio Morales, Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil, y SACM. Hay ocho CD con su música (dos de ellos monográficos), grabados con el apoyo del FONCA (Quindecim, Urtext) por el dúo de violonchelo y piano conformado por Ignacio Mariscal y María Teresa Frenk, así como por el Ensamble de las Rosas, el Cuarteto de la Ciudad de México y Ónix Ensamble, Juan Carlos Laguna con el Conjunto de Cámara de la Ciudad de México. Recientemente salió el CD Resonancias nocturnas, con siete de sus obras de cámara, en el que María Teresa Frenk y Arturo Uruchurtu grabaron su sonata para dos pianos. Chandra dúo grabó Los rostros de la luna para dos guitarras. Armando Zayas, al frente de la Orquesta del IPN grabó Vivencias en el CD: 10 Compositores Mexicanos Siglos XIX Y XX (Consecuencias-IPN). Fernando Carmona, Carlos Arias y Owen Aguilar grabaron su Trío Homenaje a Siqueiros y su Elegía para violonchelo y piano. El Dúo Orpheus, conformado por Javier Arias y Mia Vassilev ejecutaron en Miami su Sonata para cello y piano. ____________________________________________________________ ____ LEONARDO CORAL, COMPOSER Born in Mexico City in 1962, Leonardo Coral studied composition with Federico Ibarra at the National University School of Music in Mexico City, from which he would graduate with honors. Currently he teaches at his Alma Mater and at the “Ollin Yolitzli” Formative School of Music and Dance. His production includes over 90 pieces, distributed between chamber music and symphonic works. Performances of his works have been given in Mexico, Germany, Canada, Cuba, China, Spain, the U.S., France, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Puerto Rico, Rumania, Venezuela, and Switzerland. Coral has received several grants from FONCA, the Mexican National Fund for Culture and the Arts. In 2001, he became a member of the National System of Creators. Since then he has written three symphonic works: a flute concerto, El jardín de las delicias (The Garden of Earthly Delights); his Second Piano Concerto, a concerto for cello and orchestra, and several chamber-music pieces. He was commissioned a piece by the National University, and the result was his Abstracciones (Abstractions), dedicated to the memory of Mexican pianist Miguel García Mora; other commissions have been made him by Douglas Bringas, Alejandro Escuer, the Cello Alterno ensemble, the Orchestra of Baja California, the Sinaloa Orchestra of the Arts, the Bellas Artes Wind Trio, the Trio Coghlan, the Schola Cantorum of Mexico, and Miguel Angel Villanueva. Recently, the Schola Cantorum and its director, Alfredo Mendoza, performed the Cuban premiere of Coral’s Tras la ventana (Through the Window), for three children’s choruses and piano, based on texts by Mexican poet José Juan Tablada. Coral’s chamber music has been recorded on CDs by cellist Ignacio Mariscal and pianist María Teresa Frenk for Quindecim Recordings, as well as by the “Las Rosas” ensemble, the Mexico City String Quartet and Chandra dúo. Ónix Ensemble recorded a CD entirely devoted to his works entitled Visiones (Visions), also for Quindecim Recordings. Among the eight pieces included in Visiones, Coral’s Concerto for Piano and Chamber Ensemble—performed by pianist Krisztina Deli and conducted by José Areán—is particularly worthy of mention. This piece was given its first performance by the Las Rosas Ensemble, with Gonzalo Gutiérrez at the piano and Sergio Eckstein conducting. For the Urtext label, Coral’s guitar concerto was recorded, with Juan Carlos Laguna as soloist and the Mexico City Chamber Ensemble, under the baton of Benjamín Juárez Echenique. Laguna had previously premiered this work with the Sinaloa Orchestra of the Arts with Gordon Campbell conducting, as well as with the Bellas Artes Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Armando Vargas. Among Coral’s orchestral pieces which have been performed are his First Piano Concerto, entitled Hálito de viajes y de sueño (A Breeze of Voyages and Dreams), premiered by Mauricio Náder and the Carlos Chávez Symphony Orchestra conducted by Juan Carlos Lomónaco, during the 25th Annual Manuel Enríquez Forum of New Music. His Second Piano Concerto was first performed by María Teresa Frenk and the Mexico City Philharmonic with conductor Juan Trigos in the same Forum two years later. His Visiones nocturnas (Nocturnal Visions) was played by the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, under the baton of Bartholomeus van de Valde, while Omar Hernández-Hidalgo gave the first reading of his Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra with the Baja California Orchestra, directed by José Areán. The Mexico City Philharmonic, conducted by Jesús Medina, performed his Alegorías (Allegories), and his Vivencias (Life-lessons) has been performed by the National Polytechnic Institute’s Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ildefonso Cedillo and by the Carlos Chávez Symphony with Juan Trigos. This same piece was recorded by the National Polytechnic Institute’s Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Armando Zayas. Animales míticos has been premiered by Felix Carrasco with the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Nuevo León. In 2004, Leonardo Coral obtained an Honorable Mention for his work entitled Tierra de sombra (Shadow-land), written for chorus and orchestra as part of a competition to commemorate the victims of Mexico City’s 1985 earthquake. In 2005, he was declared the winner of the Melesio Morales competition for his orchestral work Máquina férrea (Iron Machine), while in October of 2006, he took top honors in the Fifth Annual Composition Competition for writing music for young orchestras. In 2007 he won the SACM (Mexican Society of Authors and Composers) prize with his orchestral work Animales míticos. Fernando Carmona, Carlos Arias and Owen Aguilar recorded his Trio Homenaje a Siqueiros and his Elegía for cello and piano.The Duo Orpheus: cellist Javier Arias an the pianist Mia Vassilev played in Miami his Sonata for cello and piano.
LEONARDO CORAL RESONANCIAS NOCTURNAS FRENK - URUCHURTU
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