Luis Fernando Amaya
Play all audio recordingsBorn in Aguascalientes, México, Luis Fernando Amaya is a composer and percussionist based in Oslo. Topics such as collective memory and the relationship between humans and non-humans (such as plants, animals, or environments) are commonly present in his work. He studied composition and music theory at the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Musicales (CIEM) and holds a Ph.D. in composition and music technology from Northwestern University.
Amaya's music has been performed throughout the Americas and Europe by performers such as the CEPROMUSIC (México), Arditti Quartett (UK), Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (Switzerland), Ensemble Dal Niente, Fonema Consort, Yarn/Wire USA), Quartetto Indaco (Italy) amongst others. He is the recipient of awards and fellowships such as the Fonca-Conacyt (National Fund for Culture and the Arts/National Commission for Science and Technology) Scholarship, Presidential Fellowship (NU), and representing México in the 61st International Rostrum of Composers of the UNESCO in Helsinki, Finland. As a performer, Amaya is a member of the collective composition and free improvisation trio Fat Pigeon.
His monographic album Cortahojas was recently released by Protomaterial Records.
Soloist (Instrument or Voice) and Fixed Electronic Media
Bestiario: cinco for viola and electronics (2023)
Se consume for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello, percussion, electronics, and video (2022)
Comentarios inaudibles for cello, transducer, and video (optional) (2021)
Bestiario: cuatro for solo violin and speakers attached to the performer's body (2019)
La mano izquierda es la que escribe las mentiras chiquitas for tenor saxophone and electronics (2016)
Percussion Ensemble
Guerrilla de dientes entre los árboles for two open instrumentation percussion sets (2022)
Solo Instrument
Pregunta no.4: Quimera for solo bassoon (2021)
Pregunta no.2: Cóndor for piano + 2 e-bows (2017)
Ensemble (Instruments or Voices) and Fixed Electronic Media
Bestiario: seis for soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion & electronics (2021)
Bestiario: dos for violin, tenor saxophone, and electronics (2019)
Bestiario: tres for electric guitar, percussion, and electronics (2019)
Pregunta no.3: Fonón for violin, mezzo-soprano, crystal vase, and electronics (2018)
Tinta Roja, Tinta Negra/Red Ink, Black Ink arrangement for open instrumention (5 or more instruments) (2017)
Ensemble (10 - 19 instruments)
Cosa verde para descansar los ojos for percussion quartet, sound sculptures, and chamber orchestra (2020)
String Quartet
Dialecto de árbol no.4 for string quartet (2019)
En esta línea contengo un bosque. - (2018)
La sombra de la sombra de un objeto aún no encontrado for prepared string quartet and electronics (2017)
Large Ensemble (20 - 35 instruments)
En mi caminar en el desierto for chamber orchestra + off-stage mezzosoprano and English horn (2015)
Bestiario: cuatro for solo violin and speakers attached to the performer's body (2019)
Bestiario: dos for violin, tenor saxophone, and electronics (2019)
Bestiario: seis for soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion & electronics (2021)
Bestiario: tres for electric guitar, percussion, and electronics (2019)
Comentarios inaudibles for cello, transducer, and video (optional) (2021)
Cosa verde para descansar los ojos for percussion quartet, sound sculptures, and chamber orchestra (2020)
Dialecto de árbol no.4 for string quartet (2019)
Dialecto de árbol no.6 for 8 voices (SSAATTBB) and electronics (2023)
En esta línea contengo un bosque. - (2018)
En mi caminar en el desierto for chamber orchestra + off-stage mezzosoprano and English horn (2015)
Guerrilla de dientes entre los árboles for two open instrumentation percussion sets (2022)
La mano izquierda es la que escribe las mentiras chiquitas for tenor saxophone and electronics (2016)
La sombra de la sombra de un objeto aún no encontrado for prepared string quartet and electronics (2017)
Pregunta no.2: Cóndor for piano + 2 e-bows (2017)
Pregunta no.3: Fonón for violin, mezzo-soprano, crystal vase, and electronics (2018)
Pregunta no.4: Quimera for solo bassoon (2021)
Se consume for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello, percussion, electronics, and video (2022)
Tinta Roja, Tinta Negra/Red Ink, Black Ink arrangement for open instrumention (5 or more instruments) (2017)