Eduardo Morales Caso (born March 10, 1969 in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

), is a Cuban composer.

Biographical notes

Eduardo Morales Caso has consolidated a position as a prominent figure within the contemporary musical composition, with an international artistic trajectory. The ample catalogue of his works and his biographic profile has been catalogued in the Iberoamerican Dictionary of Music (Diccionario Iberoamericano de la Música): "The songs of Eduardo Morales are included in the best of a compositional tradition that comes from the great composers of the last century Cuban composers... careful structural development, notable lyric flow, strong dramatic accent, achieving a total correspondence between the sound background and the "ethos" of the lyrics.''Eduardo Morales Caso. Las sombras divinas''.
Colección ''Compositores españoles e hispanoamericanos de música actual''. Fundación BBVA. Consultado el 12 de octubre de 2013.

Formation and musical career

He began his musical formation studying accordion, which he substitutes by the piano and clarinet upon joining the Conservatory, always keeping a clear vocation toward composition. In 1988 he is accepted at the Superior Institute of Art (ISA) of Havana, where he graduated in 1994 as a Graduate in Music with a major in Composition. He studied with

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and Harold Gramatges, among others. After serving for some time as a professor of harmony, musical analysis, and counterpoint at ISA, in 1996 he received a scholarship to continue studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid under the guidance of professor

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, to whom he dedicated as an homage his first symphonic piece: ''Los ojos del Guadiana'' and ''Especulaciones I, II, III'' for flute, clarinet and bassoon trio. During the year 2000 he obtains a Doctorate in Music from the

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, under the guidance of the Spanish professor and composer José Peris Lacasa. He currently lives in Spain where he works as a professor and composer. He is a member of SGAE and participates in the Talea group, a society of young composers that live in Spain, dedicated to the promotion of contemporary music. His works have been premiered and performed in the VI, VII, VIII y IX, Festival de La Habana, Festival de Música y Danza de Granada, Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid, Mexico, Switzerland, Canada, Colombia, France, Japan and Holand.

Awards

First prize from the first International Contest for Symphonic Orchestra "José Asunción Flores" in Paraguay. First prize from UNEAC National Contest (Cuba). First prize from UNEAC National Contest (Cuba), 1991.

Works

; Orchestra and soloist * 1993 ''Movimiento sinfónico'' , for piano and orchestra. * 1996 ''Monólogo de la muerte'', for soprano and string orchestra with lyrics by Eduardo Morales. Dedicated to the soprano Mayda Prado. * 1999 ''El príncipe feliz''. Concierto for violin and orchestra in one movement. Dedicated to the Australian violinist Mitchell Sven Andersson. ; Symphony orchestra * 1993 ''Rítmicas I, II, III'' * 1997 ''Los ojos del Guadiana'' * 2000 ''Homenaje Guaraní'', fantasy for symphony orchestra. ; String orchestra * 1998 ''Bulerías'' ; Choir * 1993 ''Vuela un cisne salvaje por el viento'' or ''Por tu corazón'', lyrics by Eduardo Morales ; Women's choir * 1993 ''Y a mis fuentes les nace el agua para tu alma'' or ''Para tu alma'', lyrics by Eduardo Morales ; Voice and ensemble * 1992 ''Todos son inocentes'', lyrics by Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera). * 1992 ''Verde mar'', lyrics by Eduardo Morales * 1994 ''Esta larga tarea de aprender a morir'', lyrics by

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. ; Voice and piano * 1989 ''Mi corza blanca'', with words by

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. * 1989 ''Un milagro'', with words by

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. * 1990 ''¡Ay del río!'', with words by Eduardo Morales; ''Cómo andar tus aguas''; ''Dime dónde está''; ''El río ya no está'', Premio ganador del Concurso UNEAC de 1991; ''¡Oh, qué es la tristeza!'' First Prize at Concurso UNEAC, 1991; ''Te traigo el ancho mar''. * 1991 ''Ancho es mi corazón'', with words by

* 1993 ''Ave María''; ''Dos venaditos'' with words by

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; ''El vacío''; ''En los álamos del monte'', with words by

; ''La flor del aire'', with words by Eduardo Morales; ''Oración''; ''Señor haced de mi un instrumento de tu paz'', with words by Saint Francis of Assisi * 1994 ''Cómo no llorar'', with words by Eduardo Morales; ''Coplas a Don Quijote''; ''Dónde ocultas tu corazón''; ''La noche''; ''Para tu alma''; ''Si se deshoja a dónde irá'', with words by

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; ''Y cuentan que''... Eduardo Morales * 1995 ''Canción triste y última'', with words by

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; ''Cuando yo me haya ido'', with words by

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; ''Puedo morir de amor''; ''Soy de raza lejana'', ''Y en las sombras lo profundo'', with words by Eduardo Morales. * 1996 ''A orillas del mar'', with words by

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; ''Canción de amor de Iván el Terrible'', with words by Eduardo Morales. ''La fuente que mana y corre'', with words by

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; ''No hay nostalgias''. * 1997 ''Where I Can't Find You'', with words by Eduardo Morales. * 1998 ''La más breve nostalgia''; ''Waiting for my Moon''. * 1999 ''Secrets of the Wind''; ''Speak to Your Heart'', with words by

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; ''Vuelve mar''; with words by Eduardo Morales. * 2000 ''Galloping Princess'', with words by Retta Dawson. * 2001 ''La rosa enferma'', with words by

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"). ; Solo voice * 1993 ''Elegía'', with words by Eduardo Morales. ; Ensemble * 1988 ''Alba'', Primer Premio de Composición de la Academia Musical

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. * 1990 ''Trilce'' (Allegro de sonata); Cuatro piezas para clarinete en Eb y piano,1993: ''El saltamontes '', ''Se entristeció la luna'', ''Primavera bien temperada'', ''Autorretrato de Prokofiev cuando era niño'' * 1997 ''Especulaciones'', I, II, III; ''Habanera de concierto''; ''El corazón delator''. Ciclo de siete piezas para trío: ''Canto de la Alondra; Prokofiev en la milicia; Primavera no bien temperada; Soñaba que estaba enamorado; Autorretrato de Prokofiev cuando era niño; La muerte buena; Toccata con fuoco''; * ''Rítmicas'' I, II, III, IV, V, para quinteto clásico de viento madera. Premio ganador del Concurso UNEAC de 1994; ''Nunca habéis visto la mar''. * 1998 ''Habanera de concierto'' * 2000 ''Allegro Concertante''; ''Variante Concertante''. * 2001 ''Memorias sobre un hombre colérico'', quinteto de violín I, violín II, viola, violonchelo y contrabajo. ; Solo instrument * 1989 ''Cinco escenas infantiles para piano'': ''Ronda de duendes'', ''La luna también ama, Nubes, Canción de cuna, Cazando mariposas'' * 1998 ''Sonata sola bien temperada''. * 2000 ''El Jardín de Lindaraja'' Primer Premio del Concurso Internacional de Guitarra

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en Almuñecar, La Herradura, Granada, 2001. * 2001 ''L'anima sola'', ''Toccata Diavolesca''. ; Electroacoustic music * 1994 ''Así se muere'', ''La noche oscura''. ; Incidental music * 1995 ''La noche'', de Abilio Estévez. Premio Nacional UNEAC.

References

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Biographical notes

Formation and musical career

Awards

Works

See also

References