Ezequiel Viñao (born July 21, 1960 in

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) is an

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- American composer. He emigrated to the

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in 1980 and studied at the

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. His compositions include ''La Noche de las Noches'' (1989) for string quartet and electronics, which won First Prize at UNESCO's Latin-American Rostrum of Composers in 1993; six ''Études'' (1993) for piano solo, which were awarded a

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Friedheim Award in 1995; a second string quartet ''The Loss and the Silence'' (2004), commissioned by the

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and titled with a quote from

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's ''

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''; ''The Wanderer'' (2005) for a cappella voices, commissioned by Chanticleer and Chicago a cappella, and titled for the

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poem of the same name; and ''Sirocco Dust'' (2009), commissioned by the

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for the St. Lawrence String Quartet. He currently resides in

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References

External links

Official Ezequiel Viñao websiteWnyc.org: Ezequiel Viñao: An InterviewBIS Records AB: Ezequiel Viñao New York University.edu: Ezequiel Viñao
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