Alejandro Núñez Allauca

Alejandro Núñez Allauca (born April 18, 1943)Verify source|date=January 2008 is a Peruvian composer, one of the most renowned and performed outside of his native country. He is also an accordionist.

Biography

He was born in Moquegua, and performed on the radio in Cerro de Pasco as a soloist on accordion at the age of nine. In 1955 he moved to Lima, where he studied music theory under the organist Manuel Cabrera Guerra. Following this he studied cello in the National Conservatory of Music and at the Instituto Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires with Francisco Kröpfl, Gabriel Brncic and Gerardo Gandini. Between 1972 and 1973 he stayed in the U.S. as a concert accordionist. Since 1987 he has lived in Milan, Italy, and so his work is perhaps better known in Europe than in his own country. His 1995 piece "Sonrisa de Jesus" was performed at a Christmas concert in the Vatican.

His style was initially tonal, then moved toward pointillistic atonalism. Later, his work began to include ornamentation in a neo-Baroque style. His works exhibit a personal nationalism, incorporating elements of traditional Andean music as well as echoes of neo-Romanticism.

Works

*"Suite Koribeni" for orchestra.
*"Fisuras" for two flutes.
*"Salmo 100" for chorus.
*"Trío para vientos" (flute, oboe, bassoon).
*"Salmo 100" for 8 soloists.
*"Gravitación humana" for magnetic tape.
*"String quartet".
*"El alba" for chorus (1965).
*"Diferenciales I y II" for piano (1967).
*"Variables" for 6 and magnetic tape (1967).
*"Cuarteto de cuerda nº 1" (1970).
*"Concierto para orquesta" (1970).
*"Moto ornamentale e perpetuo" for piano (1970).
*"Sinfonía ornamental" (1972).
*"Ornamenti per 3 flauti e pianoforto Op. 3" (1973-7).
*"Invention I, II, III and IV" for orchestra (1978).
*"Ornamentos" for piano (1979).
*"Movimiento ornamental" for guitar (1980).
*"Concierto ornamental" for orchestra (1981).
*"Cuarteto peruano" (1981).
*"Huatyacuri", ballet (1982)
*"Cantata Bolívar" for soloists, choir, and orchestra (1983)
*"Rapsodia y Serenata" for harp (1988)
*"Aleluya del Alba" for tenor, mixed chorus, and orchestra (1989)
*"Wiesbaden Konzert" for piano and orchestra
*"Sonrisa de Jesús"
*"El Hijo del Sol" (1997)
*"Flor de Nieve" for two singers and orchestra (1997)
*"Missa Andina" for soloists, choir, organ and orchestra (1997-98)
*"Canción del alma" (1999, orchestrated 2003)
*"La montaña de Luz" for three singers and orchestra (1998)
*"Koribeni" for solo guitar

External links

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