Juan Vasquez

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Juan Carlos Vasquez (www.jcvasquez.com) is an award-winning composer, sound artist, and researcher. His electroacoustic music works are performed constantly around the world and to date have premiered in 30+ countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Vasquez has received grants and commissions from numerous institutions, including the ZKM, the International Computer Music Association, the Nokia Research Center, the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, the Arts Promotion Centre in Finland, the Finnish National Gallery, and CW+ in partnership with the Royal College of Music in London, UK. Some of the events and venues that have featured Vasquez’s works include Ars Electronica (AU), the Ateneum Art Museum (FI), The New York City Library for Performing Arts (Lincoln Center, NY, USA), the Berklee College of Music, Matera Intermedia Festival (IT), Sonorities Festival Belfast (UK), BEAST FEaST (UK) and the New Music Miami ISCM Festival (USA) along with a large number of academic events held by universities across the globe.
 
As a researcher, Vasquez’s writings can be found in the Computer Music Journal, the Leonardo Music Journal, and the proceedings of all the standard conferences of the field. Vasquez received his education at the Sibelius Academy (FI), Aalto University (FI), and the University of Virginia (US). His music is distributed by Naxos, MIT Press (US), Important Records (US), and Phasma Music (Poland).
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Ordered by year. Most recent works appears first

Soloist (Instrument or Voice) and Real Time Electronics

The Eternalist Paradox For Chromatic Button Accordion and Electronics (2024)
The Mirrors of Uqbar for bass viol and electronics (2020)
The Precession of Simulacra for piano and electronics (2017)

Chamber Ensemble (5 - 9 instruments)

Convection for Reed Quintet (2019)
Fauna of Mirrors III for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and optional electronics (2016)

Chamber Group ( 2 - 4 instruments )

Pedesis for two flutes (2017)

Electronic Device

NOISA Étude #2 for the Network of Intelligent Agents (NOISA) and Electronics (2017)
Collage 3 for loudspeaker orchestra (2014)

Pierrot Ensemble (fl, cl, vln, vlc, piano)

Fauna of Mirrors III for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and optional electronics (2016)

Acousmatic

Collage 3 for loudspeaker orchestra (2014)
Collage 3 for loudspeaker orchestra (2014)
Convection for Reed Quintet (2019)
Fauna of Mirrors III for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and optional electronics (2016)
NOISA Étude #2 for the Network of Intelligent Agents (NOISA) and Electronics (2017)
Pedesis for two flutes (2017)
The Eternalist Paradox For Chromatic Button Accordion and Electronics (2024)
The Mirrors of Uqbar for bass viol and electronics (2020)
The Precession of Simulacra for piano and electronics (2017)