- Composition: 2004
- Ensembles: Full Orchestra
- Genres: Classical Music
- Instrumentation: 2 2[1.2/ci] 2 2 - 2220 - timp+2 - archi
- Percussion: vib.templeblks.woodblk.tambn.tom.3cym(sm,md,lg).marim.bd.tri.tam
- Duration: 30 Minutes
- Reference: TR00390
Audio
Symphony nº2 "Nusantara" for piano and orchestra
1._Nusantara.mp3
Author
David del Puerto
Madrid ( 1964 )
David del Puerto was born in Madrid in 1964. He studied guitar with Alberto Potin, harmony with Jes£s Mar¡a Corral and composition with Francisco Guerrero and Luis de Pablo. Since 1985 he has participated in many festivals and concerts in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA, etc., where his music has been performed by many international soloists, ensembles and orchestras. He has received commissions from several institutions and performers, such as Ensemble InterContemporain, CDMC-INAEM (Spain), Fundaci¢n Juan March, Geneva City Hall, Ars Musica Festival, Fundaci¢ de M£sica Contempor…nia de Barcelona and others. He has given lectures and taken part in forum discussions in Madrid, Amsterdam, Brussels, Middelburg and Valencia, and has taught composition at conservatories in Holland and Spain. In 1993 he won the Gaudeamus Prize with his Oboe Concerto. That same year he received the prize "El ojo cr¡tico" of RNE (Spani...
Reviews
Symphony nº2 "Nusantara" for piano and orchestra"Hay que aplaudir a estos creadores musicales que se han liberado de ciertos principios, indispensables, durante demasiado tiempo para estampar un sello de modernidad. Del Puerto juega con su propia libertad logrando un verdadero sonido sinfónico y afortunadas mixturas tímbricas"
"La nueva propuesta confirma un dominio de la orquesta que aquí se hace patente a través de las oleadas de un primer movimiento que une lo implacable del sentido rítmico a un colorido que remite por momentos a un exotismo a lo Messiaen que se confirmará luego con los guiños al gamelán indonesio"