Sadiel Cuentas (born 1973) is a Peruvian

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Biography

Cuentas is a chamber and orchestral classical music composer. He studied composition in Peru's National Conservatory with

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and Dante Valdéz. In 2006, his ''Cadenza, introducción y allegro'' was awarded an honorary mention in Peru National Conservatory's 2006 composition contest. ''Via de la Croce'' was awarded an honorary mention in the Asociación Peruano China Choral Composition contest in 2007. His chamber opera, ''Post Mortem'', premiered at the Spanish Cultural Center in 2012, and his musical, ''El Vigilante Enmascarado'', was premiered in Larco Theater in October 2013. He has written four chamber operas and a musical with Peruvian librettist Martiza Núñez. His violin concerto, dedicated to the victims of the Internal conflict in Peru, was premiered in February 2014 by Peru's National Orchestra with Carlos Johnson Herrera as soloist. In 2015, Peru's Culture Ministry commissioned ''Tinkuy'', a multilingual song cycle based on traditional Peruvian songs.Peru's Culture Ministr
''Coro Nacional de Niños presenta ‘Tinkuy’, el primer cancionero multilingüe del Perú''
'' Ministry of Culture (Peru)'', Lima, October 19, 2015. Retrieved on 2 April 2016. Some songs from ''Tinkuy'' were premiered in Europe in Peru's National Children Choir tour 2016. His work ''Tráfico'' was premiered in Canberra, Australia in October 2015, by the Deconet Duo, which commissioned the composition. He is the author of the chapter "The musical language of Cesar Bolaños" in the book "Time and Works of César Bolaños", published by the Spanish Cultural Center in 2009.

Works

Chamber music

*''Cantos'' for violin and piano (1999) *''Ostinato'' for

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(2002) *''Preludio'' for electric guitar (2003) *''Cadenza, Introducción and Allegro'' for piano and clarinet (2006) *''Toccata'' for piano (2007) *''String Quartet'' (2006 – 2009) *''Electrocanon'' for solo

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and electronic processing (2009)Cayambis Music Pres
''Sadiel Cuentas''
'' Cayambis Music Press'' *''Preludio y Tocatta'' for solo guitar (2010) *''For Neda'' for guitar quartet (2010) *''Metáforas'' for solo viola (2011) *''Dinámicas'' for trumpet and piano (2014) *''Tráfico'' for violin and piano (2014) *''Violín Sonata'' for violin and piano (2014) *''Sonatina'' for trumpet, electric bass and drum set (2015) *''Fantasía Puneña'' for trumpet, vibraphone, piano and

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(2015)

Orchestral music

*''Lamento'' for string orchestra (2000) *''Primera Sinfonía'' for orchestra (2001) *''Clarinet Concerto'' (2006) *''Violín Concerto'' (2010 – 2013) *''Preguntas sobre la vida y la muerte'' (concerto for two violins and orchestra) (2015) *''Sinfonietta'' (2015)

Vocal music

*''Dos Poemas de

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'' for choir and orchestra (2002) *''Via della Croce'' for choir, on a poem by Jorge Eduardo Eielson (2006) *''Testamento''

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for

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and piano, on a poem by

Carmen Luz Bejarano ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

(2013) *''La Dama del Sosiego'' for soprano and orchestra, text by Carmen Luz Bejarano (2013) *''Cuatro poemas de Diego Solé'' for tenor and piano (2014) *''Melancolías'' for mixed chorus, text by Maritza Núñez (2014) *''Tinkuy'' for children's chorus, arrangements on traditional melodies in Quechua, Aymara, Ashaninka,

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, Yanesha and

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, commissioned by Peru's Culture Ministry (2015)

Stage music

*''Post Mortem'',

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for 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, baritone, B clarinet, cello, electric guitar, electric bass and piano, libretto by Maritza Núñez (2012) *''El Vigilante Enmascarado'',

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for 3 synthesizers and 9 actors, libretto by Maritza Núñez (2013) *''Mambo!'', chamber opera for piano and 8 actors/singers, libretto by Maritza Núñez (2014) *''Nayra'', chamber opera for 9 singers, 1 actor, children's choir, B♭ clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), cello, piano and percussion, libretto by Maritza Núñez (2014) *''Yahaira'', chamber opera for 9 singers, children's choir,

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, cello, piano and percussion, libretto by Maritza Núñez (2014)

References

External links

Sadiel Cuentas websiteSadiel Cuentas Youtube ChannelSadiel Cuentas page on Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
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