Chañaral Ortega-Miranda (born 1973) is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an composer of classical music. Born in

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, Chile, in 1973, Ortega-Miranda was exiled in France for the first six years of his life. After studying musical theory and composition in Buenos Aires from 1989 to 1993, he attended Sergio Ortega's composition classes at the

École Normale de Musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. At the time of the school's foundation in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot, Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (Eng ...

until 2000. He then attended the Conservatoire de Strasbourg where he studied with

Ivan Fedele Ivan Fedele (born 6 May 1953 in Lecce) is an Italian composer. He studied at the Milan Conservatory. Fedele's compositions are published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, and many of his works are recorded on Stradivarius Records. Selected works ;S ...

. He participated in the annual Musiques à l'encre fraîche festivals from 1993 to 2000. He has also worked with Jonathan Harvey,

Michael Jarrell Michael Jarrell (born 8 October 1958) is a Swiss composer and academic teacher, whose operas, such as '' Cassandre'', have been performed internationally. Life Born in Geneva, Jarrell studied at the Geneva Conservatoire, and later with Klaus H ...

, Zoltán Jeney and

Péter Eötvös Péter Eötvös ( hu, Eötvös Péter, ; born 2 January 1944) is a Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher. Eötvös was born in Székelyudvarhely, Transylvania, then part of Hungary, now Romania. He studied composition in Budapest and Colog ...

at the Acanthes Centre and participated in the composition session at the Fondation Royaumont: Voix Nouvelles with Brian Ferneyhough and

Stefano Gervasoni Stefano Gervasoni (born 26 July 1962 in Bergamo) is an Italian composer. A protégé of Luigi Nono, Gervasoni studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. In 1995 he became composer in residence at the Villa Médicis in Rome. He has won ...

."Activities 2004"
Luxembourg Music Information Centre. Retrieved 13 January 2011. Ortega-Miranda is a cofounder of the Association Syntono, Boulogne-Billancourt, which supports the composition and promotion of contemporary music. ''Q'inti'', his award-winning composition for orchestral ensemble, is inspired by an Inca legend.http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/l/lgn00404a.php "Luxembourg International Composition Prize 2004", ''Classical Net''. Retrieved 13 January 2011.

Works

*''Q'inti'', orchestral ensemble (2004) *''Oba 'loube oba 'ye'', guitar and live electronics (2002) *''Kelleñutún'', cello solo (2001) *''Tzinin-oc'', soprano, mezzo=soprano, tenor, baritone et string quartet (2001) *''A la sombra del Longino'', orchestral ensemble (2001) *''Un Nocturno por Chacabuco'' orchestral ensemble (2000) *Quintet, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1999) *''L'extraordinaire aventure arrivée à Vladimir Maïakovski en été, à la campagne'', baritone and wind quintet (1998) *Trio for violin, cello and piano (1998)

Awards

*First Prize, International Composition Competition, Luxembourg, 2004 for ''Q'inti''

Discography

*International Composition Prize 2004, World Premiere Recordings: Chañaral Ortega-Miranda, ''Q'inti''; Lin Wang, ''Lin Lang''; Satoru Ikeda, ''Fireworks''; Matteo Franceschini, ''Làbara''; Jonathan Eato, ''Bling Bling Balaam''.

Luxembourg Sinfonietta The Luxembourg Sinfonietta is an orchestral ensemble for contemporary music in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Initially it consisted of ten to fifteen instruments, including tuba, accordion, mandolin and harpsichord, but now typically extends to cla ...

, conductor: Marcel Wengler. CD LGNM No 404.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortega-Miranda, Chanara Chilean classical composers Chilean male composers 1973 births Living people People from Arica