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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 eas ...
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'' (En ...
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 ;St ...
. He participated in the annual Musiques à l'encre fraîche festivals from 1993 to 2000. He has also worked with Jonathan Harvey, Michael Jarrell,
Zoltán Jeney Zoltán Jeney (4 March 1943 – 28 October 2019) was a Hungarian composer. Jeney was born in Szolnok Hungary. He first studied piano and attended Pongrácz's composition classes at the Debrecen Secondary Music School, later continuing composit ...
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 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 ...
and Stefano Gervasoni."Activities 2004"
Luxembourg Music Information Centre. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
Ortega-Miranda is a cofounder of the Association Syntono,
Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious commune in the Parisian area, located from its centre. It is a subprefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department an ...
, 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, 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