Gabriel Erkoreka was born in Bilbao, Spain in 1969. He studied with Carmelo Bernaola in Vitoria-Gasteiz, graduating with honours in composition and piano. In 1995 he entered the Royal Academy of Music to study composition with Michael Finnissy where he obtained the DipRAM and a Masters degree with distinction from the University of London, and was appointed Fellow of Composition 1997-98. Erkoreka’s work has been performed in the Venice Biennale; the Musikverein in Vienna; the South Bank Centre, Spitalfields Festival, ICA and Wigmore Hall in London; the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; the ISCM World Music Days in Manchester (1998) and Hong Kong (2007); the Biennale für Neue Musik in Hannover; the ’Time of Music’ Festival in Finland; the Muziekgebouw ann t’IJ in Amsterdam; the ’New Paths in Music’ Festival and Symphony Space in New York, and the Crown Hall in Chicago; the Takemitsu Festival 1999 in Tokyo; Festival ’Aujourd’hui Musiques’ in Perpignan; Festival Internacional de Alicante, the Auditorio Nacional and Centro ’Reina Sofía’ in Madrid; and in other cities including Paris, Berlin, Buenos Aires and Sydney.
Publications (53)
Gabriel ErkorekaWorks
Gabriel ErkorekaFor Chamber ensembles
For Orchestra
Title | |
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Fuegos | Full Orchestra |
Trance | Chamber Orchestra |
Tres Sonetos de Michelangelo | Chamber Orchestra |
Ekaitza. Concerto for cello & orchestra | Full Orchestra |
Tramuntana, for orchestra | Full Orchestra |
Solo Instrument
Title | |
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Pyrite | Vibraphone |
Ballade no.1 | Piano |
Choir | |
Muraiki | Bass Flute |
Others
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Messa di voce | |
Ametsak 2 | |
Boreal | |
Four Ballades, for piano | |
Ametsak 3 | |
Veni Creator | |
Zuhaitz, concert for basque percussion and orchestra |