Mauricio Rodríguez (

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, 1976) is a Mexican-American composer. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition granted by

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, where he worked with

Brian Ferneyhough Brian John Peter Ferneyhough (; born 16 January 1943) is an English composer. Ferneyhough is typically considered the central figure of the New Complexity movement. Ferneyhough has taught composition at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and ...

as advisor. He earned the bachelor's degree in composition and the master's degree in

Sonology Sonology is a neologism used to describe the study of sound in a variety of disciplines. In medicine, the term is used in the field of magingto describe the practice of medical ultrasonography. According to some scholars, sonology may represent a ...

at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the

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, where he studied with

Clarence Barlow Clarence Barlow (also Klarenz, born 27 December 1945) is a composer of classical and electroacoustic works. Career Barlow was one of the founders of Initiative Musik und Informatik Köln. In 1988 he was the director of music at the Internatio ...

(composition), Konrad Bohemer (electronic music) and Paul Berg (computer programming). Formerly he also studied composition, piano and ethnomusicology at the Laboratory of Musical Creation led by Julio Estrada at the National School of Music (

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). His musical writing is influenced by processes of graphical representation, by a multi-parametric conception of sound and musical structure, intuitive-based algorithmic processes and experimentation as a fundamental method of construction. His musical output includes acoustic, electronic, and multi-media works.

Publications

Rodríguez, Mauricio (editor). 2020. ''Musicians' Migratory Patterns: American-Mexican Border Lands''. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780367498160

Sources

Terrazas, Wilfrido. 2009. “Islas B: Mauricio Rodríguez” (interview). ''Revista electrónica Redes Música'', 4(5).

References

External links

Personal website

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