Víctor Rasgado (1959 – 18 January 2023) was a Mexican pianist and classical composer, whose works have been performed in Mexico, the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands.
Biography
Born in
Mexico City, he studied piano and composition at the Escuela Nacional de Música and the
Centro de Investigación y Estudios de la Música
Centro may refer to:
Places Brazil
* Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of D ...
in Mexico, the
Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi (
Milan and the
Accademia Chigiana (
Siena). His opera ''Anacleto Morones'' was one of the winners of the Premio Orpheus for new
chamber opera Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra. Early 20th-century operas of this type include Paul Hindemith's ''Cardillac'' (1926). Earlier small-scale operas such as Pergoles ...
s and was premiered in
Spoleto at the Teatro Caio Melisso on 9 September 1994 in a production by
Luca Ronconi. That same year his ''Revontulet'' (Fantasia for piano,
percussion, and instrumental ensemble) premiered in Siena. Other notable compositions include his 2001 children's opera, '' El conejo y el coyote'' (''The Rabbit and the Coyote'') and ''Revuelos'' (for trumpet, piano,
contrabass
Contrabass (from it, contrabbasso) refers to several musical instruments of very low pitch—generally one octave below bass register instruments. While the term most commonly refers to the double bass (which is the bass instrument in the orchest ...
and percussion), performed in
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...
during the ''Sonidos de las Americas'' festival in 1994.
Rasgado died on 18 January 2023, at the age of 63.
See also
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Paso del Norte (opera)
''Paso del Norte'' is a modern opera composed by Mexican Víctor Rasgado. The work is based on a play, which in turn is based on the real story of a group of migrants who become trapped in a train car on their way to the United States, with all bu ...
References
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Casa RicordiCatalogue: Victor Rasgado* Ficher, Miguel, ''Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary'', Scarecrow Press, 2002.
* Holland, Bernard
''New York Times'', 8 February 1994
* Maceda, Elda
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El Universal'', 23 May 2000
* Paul, Carlos,
"El conejo y el coyote entusiasmó a los pequeños asistentes al Teatro Juárez" ''La Jornada'', 26 October 2001
External links
Official web siteVíctor Rasgado: Cronologíaby Consuelo Carredano
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1959 births
2023 deaths
20th-century classical composers
21st-century classical composers
Male opera composers
Mexican classical composers
Mexican classical pianists
Male classical pianists
Mexican male classical composers
Mexican opera composers
21st-century classical pianists
20th-century male musicians
21st-century male musicians
Musicians from Mexico City