Rafael Leonardo Junchaya

Infobox biography
title = Rafael Leonardo Junchaya

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birth_date = birth date and age|1965|9|19
birth_place = Lima, Peru
occupation = Composer, conductor and researcher

Rafael Leonardo Junchaya Rojas (September 19, 1965) is a Peruvian composer, conductor, and researcher.

Biography

Junchaya was born in Lima, the son of doctor/composer Rafael Junchaya Gómez.

He began his musical education at the age of seven, learning piano. Two years later he enrolled in the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (National Musical Conservatory of Peru) to study violin but did not finish. At the end of his secondary education, he entered the Faculty of Architecture at the National University of Engineering, but returned to the Conservatory in 1988 to major in composition. Studying under such professors as Celso Garrido Lecca, Junchaya graduated in 2005 with a second specialty in composition teaching.

Junchaya has participated in master classes and workshops with Mario Lavista, among others. He studied conducting with Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Eduardo García-Barrios, and also participated in workshops with David MacKenzie and Carlos Fernández Aransay between 2002 and 2003. In 1995 he travelled to New York City as a visiting student at Juilliard School.

He has been the assistant conductor, then the conductor, of the Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música of Lima, and has led the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lima, the POV , and "La Filarmónica". He has also assisted in workshops and seminars in musical research with Alfonso Padilla of the University of Helsinki.

Junchaya has been a professor of Composition and History at the CNM and the Instituto de Arte of the Universidad San Martín de Porres. He is a founding member of Círculo de Composición del Perú (CIRCOMPER). He is currently a Ph.D. at the University of Helsinki.

Works

Chamber music

*"Marinera" for string quartet (1989)
*"Yaraví" for violin or clarinet and piano (1989)
*"Preludio" for piano Op.1 (1989)
*"Variantes Motímbricas" for clarinet, trumpet, and synthesizer (1990)
*"Hojarasca" for violin, bassoon, and piano (1992)
*"Cuarteto para cuerdas" (1992)
*"Marsyatikos" Op.4 for flute and piano (2003)
*"Tres danzas episkénicas" Op.7, for clarinet, saxophone, and piano (2005)
*"Sincronismos" Op.9, for wind and percussion (2005)
*"Minibazz" Op.11, for bass clarinet (2005)
*"Al soffio della notte" Op.13, for bass clarinet, French horn, and cello (2007)

Vocal music

*"Picaflor Esmeralda" ("Dile que he llorado") for a cappella mixed choir (1988)
*"Lied so pre-texto Eguren" for voice and piano (1990)
*"Estancias" for soprano and string orchestra (words by Javier Sologuren) (1992)
*"Soneto XCIV" for mixed choir (poem by Pablo Neruda) (1995)
*"Estancias II" Op.3 for soprano and string quartet (2000)
*"Estancias II" Op.3a for soprano and piano (2001)
*"Cuatro motetes cuasi profanos" Op.6, for a cappella mixed choir (2004)
*"Magnificat" Op.8, for two sopranos, flute, oboe, and French horn (2005) [http://kalvos.org/k2/k2-junchaya-magnificat.pdf Score] and [http://kalvos.org/k2/k2-junchaya-onair.mp3 Audio]

Orchestral music

*"Momentos" for chamber orchestra (1993)
*"Dos Estudios" for large orchestra (1994)
*"Movimiento sinfónico" Op.2 (1995)
*"Esquisse", Op.5 (2004, rev. 2007)
*"Sincronismos II" Op.10, for chamber orchestra (2005)
*"Varidanzas" Op.12 (2006) first prize for Composition for the 60th anniversary of the Conservatorio
*"Concertino Silvestre" Op.14, for bass clarinet, percussion, and string orchestra (2007)

Electronic music

*"Piedra del Q’osqo", electronica (1991)
*"Qoyllurcha" for flute and computer-assisted synthesizer (1993)
*"In-vita", electroacoustic music (2000)
*"Madrigal", electroacoustic (2002)
*"Die Erscheinung", electronica (2003)
*"Sevoc Anatos", electronica (2005)
*"Tambok", electronica (2005)

Other

*Various arrangements of popular music

Writing

*"Las llamadas de clarín en la música agrícola de Cajamarca. Análisis de dos ejemplos musicales" (2000)
*"Lo peruano en "Homenaje a Stravinsky" de Enrique Iturriaga" (2006)
*"Time and Organicity in Music Composition" Conference (2008)
*Various article translations

Awards

*"Komposer Kombat" composition contest (2005) for Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar, for "Magnificat" Op.8 (first prize, acoustic works)
*Composition contest for the 60th anniversary of Conservatorio Nacional de Música and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók for "Varidanzas" Op.12 (2006, first prize)
*Peruvian scholarship trust for music (2007)

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/circomper2/Rafael_Junchaya.html CIRCOMPER home page] es icon
* [http://www.kalvos.org/kombat.html Komposer Kombat contest page]