MÚSICA EXTREMADA 1986
for orchestra
première: 16/01/1988, Teatro Real, Madrid / Spain. Joven Orquesta Nacional de España / Edmon Colomer
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
TRIO BASSO – A R. H. R. 1988/89
for viola, violoncello and double bass
première: 24/04/1989, Odeon Theater, Vienna / Austria. Klangforum Wien
• Ariadne Verlag
... ATMEND… 1989
for contrabass clarinet, double bass, saxophone, violoncello, piano and percussion
première: 16/03/1990, Vienna / Austria. Die Reihe / Heinz Karl Grüber
• Ariadne Verlag
QUANDO IL CIELO SI OSCURA 1989
for saxophone and ensemble (string trio, double bass, piano and percussion)
première: 13/12/1989, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid / Spain. Marcus Weiss (saxophone), Grupo Círculo/José Luis Temes
• Edition Contemp-Art
NEL SUONO INDICIBILE – A LUIGI NONO 1989/90
for bass-clarinet / double bass-clarinet, alto saxophone/ tenor saxophone, violoncello and live-electronics
première: 23/04/1990, Sezession, Vienna / Austria. Ernesto Molinari (clarinet), Marcus Weiss (saxophone), Lucas Fels (violoncello) Sound director: Peter Böhm
• Ariadne Verlag
IX+, DE SUBSTANTIIS SEPARATIS 1990
for soprano, ensemble (saxophone, double bass-clarinet, tuba, piano, 2 violoncellos, double bass) and live-electronics
Text by Sotelo, inspired by the homonymous book by Santo Thomas de Aquinas
première: 03/12/1990, ORF Grosser Sendesaal, Vienna / Austria. Margarete Jungen (soprano) Klangforum Wien / Mauricio Sotelo
• Ariadne Verlag
DUE VOCI…, COME UN SOFFIO DALL’ESTREMA LONTANANZA 1990/91
for clarinet, saxophone, female choir, orchestra and live-electronics
commissioned by the ORTVE
text: Thomas Aquinas, Rainer Maria Rilke and Massimo Cacciari
première: 05/02/1991, Teatro Monumental, Madrid / Spain. Ernesto Molinari (clarinet), Marcus Weiss (saxophon), Orquesta y Coro de la RTVE / José Ramón Encinar. Sound director: Peter Böhm
• Universal Edition
NON GRIDATE PIÙ 1990/91
for 2 female voices, piano, ensemble (flute, 2 clarinets, saxophone, tuba, 2 percussions, string trio and double bass) and live-electronics
commissioned by: Fundación Juan March
text by Giuseppe Ungaretti.
première: 23/10/1992, Philharmonie Cologne / Germany. Sarah Barrett, Renate Burtscher (voices), Kristi Becker (piano), WDR Sinfonie Orchester Köln / Hans Vonk. Sound director: Peter Böhm
• Ariadne Verlag
CHEZ SOI SANS SOI 1991
for 2 flutes, sound carrier and live-electronics
première: 20/01/1992, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna / Austria. Eva Furrer, Sylvie Lacroix (flutes)
• Ariadne Verlag
FLÖTENTÖNE 1991
for 8 flutes in two groups
première: 26/03/1992, Brucknerhaus, Linz / Austria. The Vienna Flautists
• Ariadne Verlag
L’ALLEGRIA I 1992
fur ensemble (piccolo, bass-clarinet bajo, string trio, percussion and piano). 12-13’
commissioned by: Barcelona 216
première: 05/04/1993, Zagreb / Croatia. Ensemble Barcelona 216 / Ernest Martínez Izquierdo
• Ariadne Verlag
TENEBRÆ RESPONSORIA 1992/93
for cantaor, tenor saxophone, tuba, piano, duoble mixed choir and three orchestral groups.
commissioned by: Semana de Música Religiosa de Cuenca
première: 30/03/1993, Iglesia de San Pablo, Cuenca / Spain. Enrique Morente (cantaor), Marcus Weiss (saxophone), Josef Steinbock (tuba), Marino Formenti (piano), Concentus Vocalis, Klangforum Wien / Mauricio Sotelo
• Ariadne Verlag
L’ALLEGRIA II 1993
for piccolo, bass clarinet, string trio, and piano
commissioned by: Grupo Círculo and Fundación Caja Madrid
première: 07/06/1994, Madrid / Spain. Grupo Círculo / José Luis Temes
• Ariadne Verlag
ROSE IN FIAMME 1993/94
for piano and for orchestral groups
commissioned by: Orquesta Nacional de España
première: 11/03/1994, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid / Spain. Massimiliano Damerini (piano), Orquesta Nacional de España / José Ramón Encinar
revised version 1997/98 as AL FUEGO, EL MAR, for piano and for orchestral groups [4.0.4.4. / alto and tenor sax / 6.5.4.2. / 4 perc / 2 hp / str] 25’
première of the revised version: 16/10/1998, Donaueschingen. Yukiko Sugawara (piano) SWF Orchester Baden-Baden/Jürg Wyttenbach
• Universal Edition
MEMORIÆ. Escritura interna sobre un espacio poético de José Ángel Valente 1994
for violoncello and double bass, 12’
commissioned by: Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea (CDMC) for the Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea de Alicante 1994
première: 23/09/1994 Auditorio de la Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo, Alicante / Spain. Rohan de Saram (violoncello), Stefano Scodanibbio (double bass)
• Universal Edition UE 30230 (1994)
SU UN OCEANO DI SCAMPANELLII 1994/95
for piano, 24’
commissioned by: Saarländischer Rundfunk
première: 16/05/1996, Saarbrücken / Germany. Massimiliano Damerini (piano)
• Universal Edition 30167 (1995)
from it: Scherzo (I–II–III–VII–VIII–X) [ca. 9'] Cadenza (V) [ca. 3'30"]
DE IMAGINUM, SIGNORUM ET IDEARUM COMPOSITIONE I 1994, rev. 1996
for ensemble (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone (Eb), tenor saxophone (Bb) - percussion (2) - piano - violoncello double bass), 14’
commissioned by: Klangforum Wien and the Wittener Kammermusiktage
première: 21/04/1995, Witten / Germany. Klangforum Wien / Peter Rundel.
• Universal Edition 31158 (1995)
ANIMALES CELESTES 1995
for 1,2,3 or 4 violoncellos, 4-12’
commissioned by: Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea (CDMC) for the Aula de Música de la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
première: 05/12/1998. Alcalá de Henares / Spain
• Quodlibet, 3 (october 1995) / Universal Edition UE 30363 (1996)
DE AMORE 1995
for violonchelo, 9’
commissioned by: City of Munich.
première: 05/11/1996. Gasteig, Munich / Germany. Yves Savary (violoncello)
• Universal Edition UE 30335 (1995)
DE MAGIA 1995
for alto or tenor saxophone, percussion and piano,14’
commissioned by: Kultursministerium Württenberg
première: 01/02/1996, Stadt Galerie, Saarbrücken / Germany. Trio Accanto [Marcus Weiss (saxophone), Christian Dierstein (percussion), Yukiko Sugawara (piano)]
• Universal Edition UE 30253/30254 (1995)
EXPULSIÓN DE LA BESTIA TRIUNFANTE 1995
for cantaor (flamenco singer), string quartet and double bass
commissioned by: Festival de las Artes Sibila
text: José Ángel Valente
première: 12/03/1996, Teatro Central, Sevilla / Spain. Enrique Morente (cantaor), Arditti Quartet, Stefano Scodanibbio (double bass).
• Universal Edition
NADIE 1995/97
for cantaora (ossia contralto), saxophone, percussion and piano. 11’
commissioned by: Verano Musical de Segovia
text: José Ángel Valente
première: 11/07/1997, Iglesia de San Juan de los Caballeros, Segovia 7 Spain. Esperanza Fernández (cantaora), Trio Accanto [Marcus Weiss (saxophone); Christian Dierstein (percussion); Yukiko Sugawara (piano)]
• Universal Edition
EL AMOR IMPOSIBLE 1996
for guitar. 3’
première: 17/08/1996 Iglesia de Santa Marina, Udalla (Cantabria) / Spain. Gabriel Estarellas (guitar)
• Álbum de Colien para guitarra (Barcelona: Ediciones Cecilia Colien Honegger, 2000 [1998]), pp. 73-75.
TRAMA, IL FLAUTO DI MARSIA 1996
for flute. 22’
commissioned by: Fondazione Gustav Mahler de Cortona
première: 13/07/1997,Cortona / Italy. Roberto Fabbriciani (flute)
• Universal Edition
DE L’INFINITO, UNIVERSO E MONDI 1996/97
for solo violin, orchestra (2.3.2.2. / alto sax / 4.3.2.1. / 3 perc / hp / string) and sound carrier. 25’
commissioned by: Saarländischer Rundfunk
première:12/09/1997, Saarbrücken / Germany. RSO-Saarbrücken / Michael Stern.
• Universal Edition
DE AMORE. UNA MASCHERA DI CENERE 1996/99
chamber opera, 100’
parts: Woman (soprano) / Man (baritone) / Ginesa (cantaora) / Marina (cantaora)
for ensemble (flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, violoncello, double bass, 2 percussions and piano), tape and live electronics
librettist: Peter Mussbach
commissioned by: City of Munich for the Münchener Biennale
première: 19/04/1999, Gasteig, Munich / Germany. Salome Kammer (Woman), Markus Eiche (Man), Eva Durán (Ginesa), Marina Heredia (Marina). Roberto Fabbriciani (flute), Ernesto Molinari (clarinet), Yves Savary (violoncello), Marcus Weiss (saxophone), Johannes Nied (double bass), Stefan Blum, Christian Dierstein (percussion), Yukiko Sugawara (piano) / Mauricio Sotelo
scenery: Peter Mussbach.
• Universal Edition
ANGEL DE LA TIERRA 1997
for 2 cantaoras (ossia contraltos), ensemble (flute, saxophone, piano, 2 perc, violoncello and double bass) and tape. 25’
commissioned by: Studio für electronische Musik des WDR Köln
première: 10/04/1999, Cologne / Germany. Marina Heredia, Eva Durán (cantaoras), De Amore Ensemble / Mauricio Sotelo.
• Universal Edition
ARGOS 1997
for alto or tenor saxophone. 22’
commissioned by: Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea (CDMC) / Ministerio de Cultura
première: 11/07/1997 Iglesia de San Juan de los Caballeros, Segovia / Spain. Marcus Weiss (saxophone)
• Universal Edition UE 30368 (1997)
from it: Liebeslied I –parts I, II and IV– [saxophone alto, 8’]; Liebeslied II –parts VI, IX and X– [saxophone tenor, 9’] and Cantabile amoroso –parts IV and VI– [ soprano, alto or tenor saxophone, 6’]
CANTABILE AMOROSO 1997
for alto or tenor saxophone. 22’
fragment of "ARGOS"
• Universal Edition
EPITAFIO 1997
for cantaora (or contralto) y percussion. 8’
commissioned by: Verano Musical de Segovia
text: José Ángel Valente
première: 11/07/1997, Iglesia de San Juan de los Caballeros, Segovia / Spain. Esperanza Fernández (cantaora), Christian Dierstein (percussion)
• Universal Edition
IN PACE 1997
for cantaora (or contralto), percussion and sound carrier. 12’
text: José Ángel Valente
première: 01/10/1997, Madrid. Carmen Linares (cantaora), Christian Dierstein (percussion).
• Universal Edition.
AL FUEGO, EL MAR 1997/98
s. ROSE IN FIAMME
(1993/94)
• Universal Edition
POSESIÓN DEL ÁNGEL 1997/2001
for cantaor (or baritone), ensemble and sound carrier. 50’
text: José Ángel Valente
• Universal Edition
CANTA LA LUZ HERIDA POR EL HIELO. HOMENAJE A FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA 1998
for violin and ensemble (flute, clarinet, 2 perc, string quartet and double bass) and sound carrier. 9’
commissioned by: Ensemble Modern
première: 16/02/1998, Frankfurt / Germany. Ensemble Modern / Sian Edwards
• Universal Edition
DEL AURA AL SUSPIRAR 1998
for double bass-flute (or bass-flute) and sound carrier.12’
commissioned by: Roberto Fabbriciani
première: 21/07/1998, Cividale del Friuli / Italy. Roberto Fabbriciani (double bass-flute). Sound director: Alvise Vidolin
• Universal Edition UE 31832
FRAMMENTI DE L’INFINITO. LORCA-NONO DIÁLOGO DEL AMARGO 1998
for orquesta (2.2.2.2. / 2.2.2.0. / 2 perc / string) and sound carrier.12’
commissioned by: Junta de Andalucía
première: 25/06/1998, Fuentevaqueros, Granada / Spain. Orquesta Ciudad de Granada / Joan Pons
• Universal Edition
INTERLUDIEN ZU LORCAS ‘CANCIONES POPULARES’ 1998
for flute, guitar, viola, double bass and percussion. 15’
commissioned by: Comisión Nacional del Centenario de Federico García Lorca and Ensemble 5 Innovación
première: 05/06/1998, Beethoven-Haus, Bonn / Germany. Ensemble 5 Innovación
• Universal Edition
LECTURAS DEL LIBRO DE JOB 1998/2000
flute, string orchestra (16 14 12 10 8 ) and speaker ad libitum. 16’
commissioned by: Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
text source: “Book of Job”
première: 08/06/1999, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid / Spain. Roberto Fabbriciani (flute), José Luis Pellicena (speaker), Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid/ Pedro Alcalde
• Universal Edition
PECES DEL AIRE 1999
guitar and violoncello. 20’
commissioned by: Saarländischer Rundfunk
première: 04/06/1999 Funkhaus Halberg, Saarbrücken / Germany. Stefan Schmidt (guitar), Ramón Jaffé (violoncello)
• Universal Edition
CENA DE LAS CENIZAS 1999/2000
for orchestra (3.3.3.3. / 4.2.3.1. / 2 perc / hp / string). 25’
commissioned by: Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
première: 03/10/2001, Palacio de Congresos y de la Ópera, La Coruña / Spain. Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia / José Ramón Encinar.
• Universal Edition
SI DESPUÉS DE MORIR… IN MEMORIAM JOSÉ ÁNGEL VALENTE 1999/2000
for cantaor (or contralto), orchestra (2.2.2.2. / 4.2.3.1. / 3 perc / string) and sound carrier. 18’
text: José Ángel Valente
première: 18/10/200, Teatro Monumental, Madrid / Spain. Arcángel (cantaor), Orquesta Sinfónica de la RTVE / Antoni Ros-Marbà.
P. Universal Edition 31956 / 32548 (2001)
Alternative version: ELEGÍA. FRAGMENTO 1999/2003
for flute and orchestra (2.2.2.2. / 4.2.3.1. / 3 perc / string)
première: 16/10/2003, Teatro ‘Giuseppe Verdi’ , Trieste / Italy. Orchestra Filarmonica Teatro ‘Giuseppe Verdi’, Roberto Fabbriciani (flute) / Stefano Mazzoleni
CABALA DEL CABALLO 2000
for guitar and harpsichord. 9’
commissioned by: Elisabeth Chojnacka and Radio France
première: 07/02/2000, Maison de Radio France, Paris. Stefan Schmidt (guitar), Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord)
• Universal Edition
COMO EL OSCURO PEZ DEL FONDO 2001
for alto flute, percussion and sound carrier ad libitum.12’
commissioned by: Institut Valencià de la Música
première: 04/05/2001 Centre del Carme, Valencia / Spain. Roberto Fabbriciani (flute), Miguel Ángel Orero (percussion). Sound director: Mauricio Sotelo.
• Universal Edition
DE VINCULIS: GE-BURT. A FRANCIS BURT 2001
for violin. 12’
commissioned by: Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea / Ministerio de Cultura.
preview: 06/042001, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna / Austria. Joanna Lewis (violin)
première: 28/02/2002, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid / Spain. Joanna Lewis (violin)
• Universal Edition UE 31871 (2001)
DE VINCULIS: GONG. A NURIA SCHÖNBERG NONO 2001
for percussion. 14’
commissioned by: Centro de Estudios Neopercusión
première: 28/02/2002, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid / Spain. Juanjo Guillem (percussion)
• Universal Edition UE 31991 (2001)
ESTREMECIDO POR EL VIENTO. CANTO A FEDERICO PARA VIOLÍN SOLO 2001
for violin. 4-5’
composed for Sian Philips
première: 25/072003, London / UK. Sian Philips (violin)
• Universal Edition UE 32614 (2003)
APPASSIONATO – EN UN SILENCIO ARDIENTE 2002
for flute and ensemble (string quartet, double bass, 2 perc, hp and guitar.10’
commissioned by: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
première: 20/05/2002, Palazzo Pitti Firenze / Italy. Roberto Fabbriciani (flute), Contempoartensemble / Mauro Ceccanti.
• Universal Edition
DEGLI EROICI FURORI. STREICHQUARTETT N. 1 2002
for string quartet. 17’
commissioned by: Internationale Beethovenfeste Bonn
première: 24/09/2002, Beethoven-Haus, Bonn / Germany. Artemis Quartett
• Universal Edition 31995 (2002)
RINCONETE Y CORTADILLO 2002
ballet, for electronics. 50’
Story line by Mercedes Carrillo and Raúl Comba based on the homonymus novel by Cervantes
première: 05/07/2002, Teatro del Generalife, Granada / Spain. Company Latorre. Daniel Navarro (Rinconete), Ignacio Blanco (Cortadillo). choreography: Javier Latorre
scenery: Abraham Lacalle
• Universal Edition
CAMINO AL ANDAR 2003
Soundtrack for the documentary film by Sholeh Hejazi. 83’
script: Víctor Andresco
P. Universal Edition
CANTES ANTIGUOS 2003
for cantaor, piano and sound carrier. 10’
commissioned by: Het Muziektheater Amsterdam
text source: Persian poems of the XII century selected and arranged by the composer
première: 12/02/2003 Het Muziek-theater, Amsterdam / Netherlands. Arcángel (cantaor). Het Nationale Ballet / Kristof Pastor.
• Universal Edition
CHALAN 2003
for percussion and orchestra ( 2.2.0.1. / 1.1.2.1. / 2 perc / piano / string). 18’
commissioned by: Ensemble musikFabrik and Kulturstiftung NWR
première: 03/12/2003, Funkhaus Wallrafplatz, Cologne / Germany. Trilok Gurtu (percussion), Ensemble musikFabrik/ Stefan Asbury.
• Universal Edition UE 32615 / 32912 (2003)
TONÁ 2003
for clarinet
première: 28/04/2003 Teatre Talia, Valencia / Spain. José Luis Estellés (clarinet)
• Piles ‘Quadern Ensems per a solistes’ (2004), pp. 117-119
ARTEMIS. STREICHQUARTETT N. 2 2003/04
for string quartet. 23’
commissioned by: BBC Radio 3
première: 24/09/2004, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester / UK. Artemis Quartett.
• Universal Edition UE 32960 (2004)
New version with voice:
AUDÉEIS 2004
for voice (cantaor) and string quartet. 20’
commissioned by: Fundación Caja Madrid
première: 27/10/2004, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid. Artemis Quartett, Arcángel (cantaor)
• Universal Edition
WALL OF LIGHT RED 2003/04
for saxophone and ensemble (1.1.1.1. / 0.1.1.0. / 3 perc / 1.1.1.1.1.) 17’
commissioned by: Klangforum Wien
première: 06/12/2004, Helmut List-Halle, Graz / Austria. Gerald Preinfalk (saxophone), Klangforum Wien / Beat Furrer.
• Universal Edition
SONETOS DEL AMOR OSCURO. CRIPTA SONORA PARA LUIGI NONO 2003/05
for 2 cantaores, mixed choir, (4A4T4Bar4B), bass flute, double bass, ensemble (clarinet / bass clarinetbajo, 3 perc and string trio) and sound carrier. 64’
commissioned by: Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada and Institut Valencià de la Música. 64’
première: 01/07/2005, Hospital Real, Granada / Spain. Arcángel, Miguel Poveda (cantaores), Roberto Fabbriciani (flute), Uli Fussenegger (double bass) Grup Instrumental de València, Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana / Joan Cerveró. Sound director: Mauricio Sotelo. Images: Sean Scully
• Universal Edition
CUADERNO DE DANZAS 2004
for violin and ensemble (1.0.1.1. / 1.1.0.0. / perc / hp /guit / 1.0.1.1.1.) 20’
commissioned by: Contempoartensemble
première: 06/12/2004, Teatro Pergola, Florence / Italy. Duccio Ceccanti (violin) Contempoartensemble / Mauro Ceccanti
• Universal Edition
EL LOCO 2004
ballet, for saxophone and orchestra. 90’
commissioned by: Ballet Nacional de España
première:06/09/2004, Teatro Real, Madrid / Spain. Ballet Nacional de España / José Antonio. Marcus Weiss (saxophone),
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid / Josep Pons
Choreography: Javier Latorre
Scenery: Francisco López
main soloists: Christian Lozano (Félix ‘El loco’), Tamara López (Tamara Karsavina / La molinera / La dama blanca), Óscar Jiménez (Massine / El molinero / Espectro), Alberto Ferrero (Diaghilev / Espectro), Primitivo Daza (El bailaor antiguo / Espectro)
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
MUROS DE DOLOR… I 2005
for tenor saxophone. 4’
commissioned by: Mostra Sonora de Sueca
première: 25/06/2005 Sueca / Spain. Marcus Weiss (saxophone)
• Universal Edition
MUROS DE DOLOR… I_b 2012
for flute. 4’
• Universal Edition
MUROS DE DOLOR… II 2005
for flute
commissioned by: Sociedad Española de Conmemoraciones Culturales
première: 07/11/2005. Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid / Spain. Alessandra Rombolá (flute)
• Universal Edition
DULCINEA 2005/06
A children's opera based on "Don Quijote" by Miguel de Cervantes. 55’
commissioned by: Fundación Teatro Lírico - Teatro Real de Madrid in coproduction with Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona, Asociación de Amigos de la Ópera de Bilbao, Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla, Fundación Ópera de Oviedo, Palau de les Arts de Valencia and Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales
original libretto by Andrés Ibáñez
parts: Niño (soprano), Madre / Dulcinea (mezzo-soprano), Don Quijote (countertenor), Sancho (baritone)
for ensemble (clarinet, violin, violoncello, percussion and piano) and sound carrier
première: 18/05/2006, Teatro Real, Madrid / Spain. Arantxa Armentia (Niño), Beatriz Lanza (Madre / Dulcinea), José Hernández Pastor (Don Quijote), Javier Galán (Sancho), Javier Ibarz (Cervantes); Vicente Alberola (clarinet), Margarita Sikoeva (violin), Dragos Alexander Balán (violoncello), Juanjo Rubio (percussion), Juan Carlos Garvayo (piano) / Joan Cerveró
Scenery: Gustavo Tambascio
• Universal Edition UE 33449
RAÍZ DEL AIRE 2005/06
for cantaor and ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello y percussion)
première: 24/04/2006 Sendesaal Radio Bremen, Bremen / Germany. Antonio Vélez ‘Pitingo’ (cantaor), Grup Instrumental de València / Joan Cerveró
• Universal Edition UE 33583 / 33585 (2006)
WALL OF LIGHT BLACK – FOR SEAN SCULLY 2005/06
for saxophone and ensemble (1.1.1.1. / 1.1.1.1. / 2 perc / piano / 1.1.1.1.1.) 16’
commissioned by: musikFabrik and Kunststifung NRW
première: 27/08/2006 Funkhaus Cologne / Germany. Marcus Weiss (saxophone), musikFabrik / Brad Lubman
• Universal Edition UE 3
32217 / 33220 (2006)
WALL OF LIGHT SKY 2005/06
for ensemble (flute, clarinet, 2 violins, violoncello and percussion) and sound carrier. 12’
commissioned by: Grup Instrumental de València
première: 24/04/2006, Sendesaal Radio Bremen, Bremen / Germany. Grup Instrumental de València / Joan Cerveró
• Universal Edition.
GREEN AURORA DANCING OVER THE NIGHT SIDE OF THE EARTH 2006
for piano. 10’
commissioned by: Robert-Schumann-Gesellschaft e. V. Düsseldorf for the Concours-Clara-Schumann 2007
• Universal Edition UE 33418 (2007)
for flute, harpsichord and orchestra (2.2.3.2. / 4.2.2.1. / 3 perc/ string) 18’
commissioned by: Saarländischer Rundfunk
première: 24/09/2006, Congresshalle, Saarbrücken / Germany. Roberto Fabbriciani (flute), Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) RSO-Saarbrücken /Josep Pons
• Universal Edition UE 31042 / 31107 (2006)
TISRA KLAVIERTRIO N. 1 2006
commissioned by: Trío Arbós. 12’
première: 16/12/2006, Lodi / Italy. Trío Arbós [Miguel Borrego (violin); José Miguel Gómez (violoncello); Juan Carlos Garvayo (piano)].
• Universal Edition UE 33675 / 33676a-c (2006)
MUROS DE DOLOR… III 2006/07
for orchestra (3.2.3.2. / 4.2.2.1. / 3 perc / string). 14’
commissioned by: Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria
première: 04/052007, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Spain. Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria / Anne Manson
• Universal Edition
NIGHT 2007
for percussion and ensemble (1.1.2.1. / 1.1.1.0. / 2 perc / hp / piano / 1.1.1.1.1.) 25’
commissioned by: Casa da Música de Oporto for Remix Ensemble
première: 16/06/2007, Casa da Música, Oporto / Portugal. Miquel Bernat (percussion ), Remix Ensemble / Emilio Pomàrico.
• Universal Edition
VENTA VARGA 2007
piano trio
première: 29/11/2007 Musikverein, Vienna / Austria. Wiener Klaviertrio: Wolfgang Redik, vl; Matthias Gredler, vc; Stefan Mendl, pn
• Universal Edition
MUROS DE DOLOR… IV – SOLEÁ DE UTRERA 2007
for cantaor, saxophone and percussion. 10’
commissioned by: Dúo Lorca and Año Jubilar V Centenario de Utrera
première: 14/12/2007, Teatro Municipal ‘Enrique de la Cuadra’ Utrera / Spain. Rafael de Utrera (cantaor), Dúo Lorca [Juan Jiménez, saxophone; Antonio Moreno, percussion]
• Universal Edition
for guitar and orchestra. 23’
commissioned by: Festival de Música de Canarias
première: 18/01/2008, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Spain. Juan Manuel Cañizares (guitar), Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest / Yakov Kreizberg
• Universal Edition UE 33996 / 33710 (2007)
COMO LLORA EL AGUA… 2008
para guitarra flamenca. 12’
commissioned by: MaerzMusik – Festival für aktuelle Musik, Berlín
première: 13/03/2008, Universität der Künste, Berlín / Germany. Juan Manuel Cañizares (guitarra)
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EL RAYO DE TINIEBLA 2007/08
for cantaor, choir and orchestra
commissioned by: Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
première: 04/06/2008, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid / Spain. Arcángel (cantaor) ,Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid / José Ramón Encinar
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SUPERNOVA-SANTA MARINA LA REAL 2008
for organ. 12’
commissioned by: XXV Festival Internacional de Órgano Catedral de León
première: 11/10/2008, Iglesia de Santa Marina la Real, León / Spain. Adolfo Gutiérrez Viejo, organ
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DE OSCURA LLAMA 2008
for voice (cantaor), ensemble und sound carrier.50’
première: 08/12/2008, Teatro Jovellanos, Gijón / Spain. Arcángel (Cantaor), Roberto Fabbriciani (flute) Stefano Scodanibbio (double bass), Ensemble RESIDENCIAS: Carlos Glavez (clarinet), Miguel Borrego (violin), José Miguel Gómez (violoncello) Juan Carlos Garvayo (piano), Juanjo Guillem and Rafa Gálvez (percussion) / Mauricio Sotelo
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CRIPTA, MÚSICA PARA LUIGI NONO 2009
for voice (cantaor), mixed choir, ensemble and sound carrier. 64’
commissioned by: Salzburg Biennale (I)
première: 05/03/2009, Mozarteum, Salzburg / Austria. Arcángel (cantaor), Österreichises Ensemble für Neue Musik, Salzburger Bachchor / Beat Furrer
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ARDE EL ALBA 2008/09
for soprano, ‘cantaor’ and orchestra. 24’
commissioned by: Orquesta Nacional de España.
première: 04/03/2009, Auditorio Nacional, Madrid / Spain. Milagros Poblador (soprano), Arcángel (cantaor),Orquesta y Coro Nacional de España/ Josep Pons
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A ROBERTO-LA CHIAREZZA DESERTA 2009
for flute
première: 26/04/2009, Zagreb / Croatia
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for guitar and ensemble. 23’
commissioned by: Grup Instrumental de Valencia
première: 18/09/2009,Teatro Principal, Alicante /Spain. Juan Manuel Cañizares (guitar), Grup Instrumental de Valencia /Joan Cerveró
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JEREZ DESDE EL AIRE O AL AIRE DE JEREZ 2009
for piano. 7’
commissioned by: Asociación Española de Festivales de Música Clásica
première: 28/11/2009, Cádiz / Spain. Juan Carlos Garvayo
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KlangMuro …I 2009
for flute, double bass and ensemble. 25’
commissioned by: Klangforum Wien
première: 09/10/2009, Helmuth List-Halle, Graz /Austria. Vera Fischer (fl.), Uli Fussenegger (db.) Klangforum Wien / Rolf Gupta
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LA MÉMOIRE INCENDIÉE: LA GUITARE. STREICHQUARTETT N. 3 2007/09
for string quartet. 18’
commissioned by: Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea (CDMC) and Quatuor Diotima
première: 23/09/2009, Teatro Arniches, Alicante / Spain. Quatuor Diotima
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MUROS DE DOLOR... V: JOSÉ ÁNGEL VALENTE-MEMORIA SONORA 2009
for violin and live electronics. 10’
première: 24/09/2009, Ourense / Spain. Raquel Rivera
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ALTER KLANG 2009/2010
for cantaor, guitar and string quartet
commissioned by: Quatuor Diotima
première: 17/02/2010, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid / Spain. Quatuor Diotima, JM Cañizares (guitar), Arcángel (cantaor)
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MUROS DE DOLOR... VI: Soleá 2010
for violoncello. 10’
commissioned by: Composer Association “The Sound Set Japan”
première: 24/09/2010, Auditorium Musicasa, Tokyo / Japan. Ryou Onoki
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CRIPTA COLONIA GÜELL – MÚSICA PARA LA ESMUC 2010
for 2 voices (cantaoras), mixed choir, ensemble (1.0.2.0-0.0.0.0, timp, perc(2), hp, acc, pno, vln, guit, vla, vc, cb) and electronics. 25’
commissioned by: Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya
première: 25/10/2010, L’Auditori, Barcelona / Spain. Solisten-Ensemble / Mauricio Sotelo (dir.)
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MUERTE SIN FIN 2010
for for dancer, cantaor and ensemble. 34’
commissioned by: Biënale Flamenco 2011
première: 30/01/2011, Muziekgebow Amsterdam/Netherlands. Niew Ensemble / Ed Spanjaard
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ALPHA CENTAURI 2010
for ensemble and electronics. 19’
commissioned by: Ensemble Espai Sonor
première: 31/01/2011, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Auditorio 400, Madrid / Spain. Espai Sonor / Voro García
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MUERTE SIN FIN … COMENTARIO, a la memoria de Enrique Morente 2011
for reciter, bailaora, cantaor, ensemble and electronics. 72’
text: José Gorostiza
première: 29/06/2011, Teatro Real, Madrid / Spain. Juan Diego (recitation), Fuensanta “La Moneta” (bailaora), Arcangel (cantaor) / Mauricio Sotelo
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CUERPOS ROBADOS 2011
for violin, reciter and orchestra. 15’
commissioned by: Festival Klangspuren Schwaz
première: 08/09/2011 Schwaz / Austria. Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violín), Ernesto Estrella (recitador), Tiroler SO Innsbruck / Franck Ollu
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LUZ SOBRE LIENZO 2011
for violin, bailaora, percusssion and electronic. 40’
commissioned by: Acción Cultural Española for the 200th Anniversary of the Constitution of 1812
première: 03/12/2011 Auditorio 400, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid / Spain.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (vl.), Fuensanta “La Moneta”, (bailaora), Agustín Diassera (perc), Fernando Villanueva (electronics)
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MAPAS CELESTES…I 2011
for ensemble (flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, piano, violin and violoncello) and electronics. 15’
commissioned by: Sociedad Filarmónica de Badajoz
première: 01/12/2011, Badajoz / España. Neo Ars Ensemble
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AZUL DE LONTANANZA 2012
for string sextet. 10’
commissioned by: Instituto Italiano de Cultura de Madrid
première: 05/ 05/ 2012. Teatro alla Scala, Milano / Italia
10. 05. 2012. Auditorio Nacional de Música. Madrid /España
Sestetto d'archi dell'Accademia del Teatro alla Scala
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SUB ROSA 2012
for piano solo. 12’
commissioned by: Juan Carlos Garvayo/ Asociación Voltaire
première: 12/06/2012, Madrid/España. Juan Carlos Garvayo
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ABER DAS WEHENDE HÖRE… 2012
for piano solo. 9’33’’
dedication: Yehuda Elkana
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KLANGMURO …II 2012
for ensemble (principal violin). 17’
commissioned by: IVM and CNDM/Inaem
première: 29/05/2012, Centro del Carmen, Valencia / España,
30/05/2012, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid / España
Mª Carmen Antequera (violin), Grup Instrumental/ Jordi Bernàcer
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CRIPTA – MÚSICA PARA MANUEL DE FALLA 2012
for ensemble and electronics. 15’
commissioned by: ContempoArt–Ensemble
première: 07/ 06. 2012, Teatro Goldoni, “Maggio musicale Fiorentino”, Firenze / Italia
ContempoArt-Ensemble / Mauro Ceccanti
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MUROS DE DOLOR … Ib 2012
For flute. 4’
[Version from Muros de dolor … I für Tenorsaxofon (2005)]
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EL PUBLICO 2010/2013
An opera in five scenes and a prologue
libretto by Andrés Ibáñez, based on the play by Federico García Lorca
commissioned by: Gerard Mortier for the Teatro Real de Madrid. Fundación Teatro Real.
KLANGFORUM Wien; Coro del Teatro Real. / Pablo Heras-Casado. Dirección de escena: Robert Castro. Escenografía: Alexander Polzin.
Figurines: Wojciech Dziedzic. Iluminación: Urs Schönebaum. Coreografía: Darrel Grand Moultrie
Dirección de sonido: Peter Böhm. Asistente de dirección de sonido: Florian Bogner
Dirección del coro: Andrés Máspero. / Director: José Antonio López. Caballo primero: Arcángel. Caballo segundo : Jesús Méndez.
Caballo tercero: Rubén Olmo. Hombre primero: Thomas Tatzl. Hombre segundo: Josep Miquel Ramón. Hombre tercero: Antonio Lozano
Elena: Gun-Brit Barkmin. Emperador / Prestidigitador: Erin Caves. Julieta: Isabella Gaudí. Criado / Enfermero: José San Antonio
Guitarra solista: Cañizares. Percusionista: Agustín Diassera
première: 24/02/2015, Teatro Real, Madrid. (further performances: 26 February; 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13 March)
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DVD/BluRay by Bel Air Classiques (BAC134)
ANCORA UN SEGRETO… 2012/13
Hommage–Sonate per Alfred Brendel
for piano solo. 17’
commissioned by: 60. Internationale Klavierwettbewerb Ferruccio Busoni/ Siemens Musikstiftung
première: 25/08/2014, Bolzano/Italia. Juan Carlos Garvayo
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LE TEMPS SCINTILLE… 2014/18
for string quartet and electronics. 48’
commissioned by: SWR Experimental Studio, Freiburg
(Der Titel ist ein Zitat aus dem Gedicht »Le cimetière marin« (1920) von Paul
Valéry: »Le temps scintille et le songe est savoir«.)
In preparation
BRUCKNER-NACHKLANG 2013
for orchestra. 3’33’’
commissioned by: Bamberger Symphoniker
première: 23/05/2014, Konzerthaus, Vienna
Bamberger Symphoniker/ Jonathan Nott
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RED INNER LIGHT SCULPTURE 2015
for violin, bailaora [Flamenco-Tänzerin], flamenco–percussion and string orchestra. 22’
commissioned by: Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Praetorius Prize
première: 10, 11, 12/06/2016, Ordaway Hall, St. Paul / Minnesota 2016; 20’
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Vl.), Ruben Olmo (bailaor), Agustín Diassera (perc), St. Paul Chamber Orchestra / Tito Muñoz.
(Also performable without bailaora and flamenco percussion)
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WHITE INNER LIGHT 2015
for solo violin. ca. 5’
commissioned by: Proyecto Sotelo SL
première: Jugend Musiziert. Kassel/Germany. P. Mauricio Sotelo-Romero
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
BLANCA LUZ DE AZAHAR 2016
for viola and Piano. 14’
commissioned by: CNDM
première: 30/11/2016. Auditorio Nacional. Madrid/ Spain. Isabel Villanueva (va.) Thomas Hoppe (pno)
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
EL CELLO LA GUITARRA Y EL MAR 2016
for cello and guitar. 14’
commissioned by: XLIV Festival Internacional Cervantino de Guanajuato.
première: 19/10/2016. Festival Cervantino. Guanajuato /Mex. Rohan de Saram (vc.) Magnus Andersson (guit.)
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PLAZA ALTA 2016
for ensemble [Fl., Clar., Alt-Sax., Vl., Vc., Pn., Perc.] 5’
commissioned by: Sociedad Filarmónica de Badajoz/CNDM
première: 17/10/2016, Badajoz. Sonido Extremo/ Jordi Francés
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
RED INNER LIGHT-VIITASAARI NIGHT 2016
for ensemble [Fl., Vl., Va., 2 Pno., Perc.]. ca. 8’
première: 10/07/2016. ‘Time of Music’, Viitasaari/Finland. P. Mauricio Sotelo-Romero (vn), Liza Reid (va), Maria Lund (fl), Irene Bianco (perc), Magdalena Cerezo (pno), Jana Luksts (pno).
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
CINCO SONATAS DE DOMENICO SCARLATTI (K107, K184, K 450, K455, K87) 2017
for string orchestra (with flamenco percussion ad libitum) ca. 30’
commissioned by: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
première: 23/03/2017, Theaterhaus, Stuttgart/ Germany; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Mauricio Sotelo
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DOS PRELUDIOS DE CHOPIN (Nr. 4 & Nr. 8) 2017
for solo violine and string orchestra. ca. 10’
commissioned by: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
première: 23/03/2017, Theaterhaus, Stuttgart/Germany; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Mauricio Sotelo
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Y LOS ARCOS VACÍOS POR EL CIELO 2017
for guitar quartet and string orchestra. ca. 20’
commissioned by: Aleph Gitarrenquartett /Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
première: 19/05/2017 Stuttgart/Germany; Aleph Gitarrenquartett, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Mauricio Sotelo
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
UN MAR DE TIERRA BLANCA 2017
for guitar quartet. ca. 14’
commissioned by: Aleph Gitarrenquartett
première: 04/01/2019 Lausanne/Switzerland; Aleph Gitarrenquartett
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
QUASALS VB–131. Streichquartett Nr. 4 2017
for string quartet. 11’
commissioned by: L’Auditori de Barcelona/CNDM
première: 04/10/2017. Wigmore Hall, London/ GB. (Tournee: Philharmonie Berlin, Konzerthaus Wien, Baden–Baden, Luxemburg, Torino, Firenze, Barcelona, Madrid, Granada…) Cuarteto Casals
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BULERÍA ARBÓS: RITUAL 2017
for cantaor, viola, cello and piano. 12’
commissioned by: Trio Arbós
première: 25/10/2017. Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid/Spain. Trio Arbós (Cecilia Bercovich, José Miguel Gómez, Juan Carlos Garvayo)
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
CON SEGRETO SUSSURRO: DE VINCULIS 2017
Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra. 22’
commissioned by: Orquesta Nacional de España/INAEM
première: 23, 24, 25/02/2018. Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid/Spain. Nicolas Hodges (pno), Orquesta Nacional de España / David Afkham
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
BLUE INNER LIGHT 2017
for solo violin. 3’
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
for solo viola. 8’
première: 23/02/2018. Beethovenhaus, /Germany; Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
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D’IMMENSO…LIBRO I 2018
for flute and accordion 12’
première: 03/12/2018. Firenze/Italia. Roberto Fabbriciani (fl), Francesco Gesualdi (acc).
commissioned by: GAMO / Amici della Musica Firenze
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
LʼANGELO NECESSARIO – A MASSIMO CACCIARI 2018
For solo clarinet and orchestra. 15’
commissioned by: La Monnaie/De Munt
première: 06/01/2019. Bozar, Brussels/Belgium. Symphonic Orchestra of La Monnaie/ Alain Altinoglu
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BRUNO O IL TEATRO DELLA MEMORIA. 2017/2020
Opera in five acts. 132’
Libretto (Italian): Massimo Cacciari and Mauricio Sotelo after texts by Giordano Bruno.
commissioned by: La Monnaie/De Munt
première (canceled): 14th September 2021. La Monnaie/ Brussels. Orchestra of La Monnaie/ Kazushi Ono. Stage direction: Alexander Polzin and Sommer Ulrickson. Set design: Alexander Polzin. Lighting designer: Urs Schönebaum
La Monnaie canceled the world premiere of BRUNO due to the coronavirus pandemic
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Bruno Opera Web-Site
bruno-opera.comCINCO SONATAS DE DOMENICO SCARLATTI (K107, K184, K 450, K455, K87) 2020
for clarinet, piano and string quartet (with flamenco percussion ad libitum) ca. 30’
commissioned by: MusicaSur
première: 22/09/2020, Teatro Calderón/ Motril/ Spain; Fuensanta "La Moneta", flamenco dance; JE Lluna, clarinet; JC Garvayo, piano; Agustín Diassera, flamenco percussion; QUATUOR DIOTIMA.
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(check position 6:06)DOS PRELUDIOS DE CHOPIN (Nr. 4 & Nr. 8) 2020
for clarinet, piano and string quartet (with flamenco percussion ad libitum) ca. 10’
commissioned by: MusicaSur
première: 22/09/2020, Teatro Calderón/ Motril/ Spain; Fuensanta "La Moneta", flamenco dance; JE Lluna, clarinet; JC Garvayo, piano; Agustín Diassera, flamenco percussion; QUATUOR DIOTIMA.
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(check position 29:29)
ESCULTURA DE ROJA LUZ INTERNA 2020
for clarinet, piano and string quartet (with flamenco percussion ad libitum) ca. 15’
commissioned by: MusicaSur
première: 22/09/2020, Teatro Calderón/ Motril/ Spain; Fuensanta "La Moneta", flamenco dance; JE Lluna, clarinet; JC Garvayo, piano; Agustín Diassera, flamenco percussion; QUATUOR DIOTIMA.
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(check position 43:20)
A MITAD DEL CAMINO DE LA VIDA 2020
Fragments from Dante’s Comedia traslated by José María Micó.
commissioned by: CNDM
première: 10/5/2021. Auditorio 400 Reina Sofía. Madrid/ Spain.
• Proyecto Sotelo SL
ENTRA EL ALBA EN LA ALHAMBRA 2021
for piano and live electronics ad lib. 9’30’’
commissioned by: CNDM
première: 28/02/2022. Auditorio 400 Reina Sofía. Madrid / Spain. Juan Carlos Garvayo, piano.
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UN MAR DE SUEÑO. SUITE Nº 1 DE EL PÚBLICO. 2021/2022
for mezzosoprano, tenor and chamber orchestra. 20’
commissioned by: CNDM and Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
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DE CELESTE Y ORO 2021
for solo violin. 9’30’’
commissioned by: CNDM
première: 28/03/2022. Auditorio 400 Reina Sofía. Madrid/ Spain. Lina Tur Bonet, violín.
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DE IMAGINUM, SIGNORUM ET IDEARUM COMPOSITIONE II 2021
for ensemble. 10’30’’
commissioned by: CNDM
première: 31/01/2022. Auditorio 400 Reina Sofía. Madrid/ Spain. Klangforum Wien / M. Sotelo
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ESTELAS EN LA MAR 2021
for mixed choir and two violins 10’30’’
commissioned by: SWR Vokalensemble
première: 11/05/2022. Brucknerhaus Linz, Austria. SWR Vokalensemble. Soo Eun Lee and Alexander Knaak violins / Marcus Creed
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CANTES ANTIGUOS DEL FLAMENCO 2021/22
for viola and orchestra. 22’
commissioned by: Festival Internacional de Granada 2022
première: 29/06/2022. Palacio de Carlos V, Granada / Sp
Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Tabea Zimmermann / Lucas Macías
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LUCIFER DEL AZUL: EL MAR 2022
for violin and piano. 9’
commissioned by: XIX Concurso Internacional de Música de Cámara de Arnuero
première: 8/07/2022. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. Arnuero / Spain. Alejandro Saiz, violín; Enrique Lapaz, piano
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CANTES DE ROJO FUEGO 2023
for voice ( cantaor), saxophone and orchestra. 29'
commissioned by: Festival Flamenco on Fire 2023
première: 23/07/2023. Auditorio Baluarte, Pamplona / Sp
Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra. Vicente Soto "Sordera", Antonio Reyes, Rosario "La Tremendita" / Óliver Díaz
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Encore… la joie _I
from Como llora el agua 2013
for guitar solo. 3’
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Encore… la joie _II a
from Luz Sobre Lienzo 2013
for violin solo. 3’
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Encore… la joie _II b
from Luz Sobre Lienzo 2013
for violin solo. 3’
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Encore… la joie _III
from Ancora un segreto 2013
for piano solo. 3’
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Works written before 1989 have been withdrawn by the composer
• Cori (1982), mixed choir
• Bulería (1984), guitar and violoncello
• Dúo (1984), 2 violins
• Málaga (1984), soprano and ensemble (flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, guitar and string trio)
• Retrato de un andamio (1984), clarinet, trombone y vibraphone
• Soleá (1984), clarinet, horn, viola y vibraphone
• Polyphem (1985), orchestra
• Siete falsetas (1985), brass quintet
• Anagrama (1986), piano
• An-Denken (1986), 2 violoncellos
• Incidental music for Bodas de sangre (1986), sound carrier
• Incidental music for Unter Spaniens Himmel (1986), sound carrier
• El Guardián de la Posibilidad I 1987
for soprano and ensemble (1.1.1.0. / trombone / piano / percussion /guitar / viola, violoncello) 17’
Text by Andrés Ibáñez
première: 08/02/1987, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid / Spain. Adelina Álvarez (soprano), Grupo Círculo / José Luis Temes.
• El Guardián de la Posibilidad II 1987
for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, viola y violoncello
• … El l’avare Silence 1987
for ensemble (1.1.1.1. / tuba / 2 perc/ piano / 1.1.1.1.)17’
première: 21/12/1988, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid. Grupo Círculo / José Luis Temes
• Geviert (1987), piano trio
• Lieve (1987), sound carrier 8’52’’
première: 19/06/1988, Madrid
• … dans un ultime murmure… (1988), marimba
• Lueurs lisieres (1988), orchestra
• Quando il cielo si oscura I (Sax-solo) (1988), saxophone
Edition Contemp-Art.
• Streichquartett n. 1 (1988), string quartet
• Incidental music for Im Dickicht der Städte (1989), sound carrier
• L’Allegria (1992), violoncello
"I know, appreciate and admire Mauricio Sotelo as an internationally recognized composer with a very personal style. He is endowed with a brilliant and sovereign metier in all compositional genres and a universal art-philosophical background. I've been experiencing him since I've known him, with all his structuralist character, as it is ensured not least by his training with Luigi Nono, at the same time stylistically open, definitely not denying his Iberian landscape roots and instead constantly introducing them imaginatively."
When a few years ago I met Mauricio Sotelo, he was just about to familiarize himself with Liszt's Sonata. This not only led to a friendship but also induced the idea of writing a work that would relate both to the Sonata and to our encounter. In the last decades, a number of musical works have emerged that are composed interpretations of older ones. We can regard them as a counter-position to historicising performances that have established themselves in many concert halls. According to Hans Zender, himself a contributor to this new species, the composer "is creator. But he is these days also an interpreter of the past to which he relates - whether seeking to surmount it, or to carry on." Sotelo's work is a confrontation of this kind, an argument dealing with the shape and the material of Liszt's Sonata that has resulted in something personal and spectacular.
Mauricio Sotelo's music is one of the most intense illuminations that, in the air of sounds, can find the semantics of words. I heard about Mauricio from one of the greatest composers of our time, Luigi Nono, who I met in 1988 at the Institut for Advanced Study in Berlin. Luigi was the one who asked me if I knew a young Spanish composer about whom, I confess, knew nothing about. Since then, the admiration I felt for Nono is linked to the person and music of Mauricio. The work of two disappeared friends [Luigi Nono and José Ángel Valente] grows, lasts, illuminates and survives in the prodigious sound universe of Mauricio Sotelo.
Your music shows that twentieth-century anti-tonal academic standards can be shattered, just as the atonal music of the last century shattered nineteenth-century tonal norms. Few operas are successful because there is an insurmountable contradiction between the demands of singing and the straitjacket of norms of the second half of the twentieth century. You use "flamenco" as a crutch to not cut your music from any popular roots nor any expressive cues for the listener. There are other ways with other contemporary composers whom I admire when they are not obsessed with experimentalist temptations and when they remain in love with the voice (there are few) and faithful to the expressive vocation of the "opera" genre. So I rarely enjoy contemporary operas because, as I once replied to another journalist, "I am not interested in 'interesting' music." I was recently moved by an opera by George Benjamin, and more recently by your opera "El Público".
"I know, appreciate and admire Mauricio Sotelo as an internationally recognized composer with a very personal style. He is endowed with a brilliant and sovereign metier in all compositional genres and a universal art-philosophical background. I've been experiencing him since I've known him, with all his structuralist character, as it is ensured not least by his training with Luigi Nono, at the same time stylistically open, definitely not denying his Iberian landscape roots and instead constantly introducing them imaginatively."
When a few years ago I met Mauricio Sotelo, he was just about to familiarize himself with Liszt's Sonata. This not only led to a friendship but also induced the idea of writing a work that would relate both to the Sonata and to our encounter. In the last decades, a number of musical works have emerged that are composed interpretations of older ones. We can regard them as a counter-position to historicising performances that have established themselves in many concert halls. According to Hans Zender, himself a contributor to this new species, the composer "is creator. But he is these days also an interpreter of the past to which he relates - whether seeking to surmount it, or to carry on." Sotelo's work is a confrontation of this kind, an argument dealing with the shape and the material of Liszt's Sonata that has resulted in something personal and spectacular.
Your music shows that twentieth-century anti-tonal academic standards can be shattered, just as the atonal music of the last century shattered nineteenth-century tonal norms. Few operas are successful because there is an insurmountable contradiction between the demands of singing and the straitjacket of standards of the second half of the twentieth century. You use flamenco as a crutch to not cut your music from any popular roots nor any expressive cues for the listener. There are other ways with other contemporary composers whom I admire when they are not obsessed with experimentalist temptations and when they remain in love with the voice (there are few) and faithful to the expressive vocation of the "opera" genre. So I rarely enjoy contemporary operas because, as I once replied to another journalist, "I am not interested in 'interesting' music." I was recently moved by an opera by George Benjamin, and more recently by your opera "El Público".