Arturo Rodas
Introduction '''Arturo Rodas''' (born 3 March 1954, in Quito) is an Ecuadorian-born French-citizen composer.
Biography Rodas studied at the National Conservatory in Quito, took private composition lessons with Gerardo Guevara, and also graduated in Law at the ''Universidad Central del Ecuador''. Between 1978 and 1980 he was assistant to the French composer José Berghmans in Quito and Paris. He studied at the ''École Normale de Musique de Paris'' from 1979-84.There he graduated in counterpoint (Ginette Keller's class) and composition with Yoshihisa Taira as his mentor. In 1983 he attended a composition course with Luciano Berio. He also studied electroacoustic music with Mesias Maiguashca (CERM in Metz) and with Phil Wachsmann in London. He has attended short courses at the IRCAM in Paris. While in París he also attended courses given in several institutions by Michèle Reverdy, Pierre Boulez,  Gerard Grisey, Guy Reibel and Iannis Xenakis.He returned to Ecuador in 1984 where some of his orchestral works were performed by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alvaro Manzano. In Ecuador he became one of the three "notable composers of the following generations". The ''Banco Central del Ecuador'' issued a two-disk recording of Rodas works in 1988 as volume one of the series ''Compositores ecuatorianos contemporáneos''. Included are ''Fibris'', along with ''Arcaica, Clímax, Andino III, iOh. ...!,  Mordente, Espacios Invertidos''". "Arturo Rodas championed a contemporary, universal musical style within his country. A number of his works from this period, such as his aleatoric orchestral piece ''Fibris'' (1986), were published in Opus, a music magazine that Rodas co-edited. Since emigrating to England in 1990, he has composed works such as ''The Book of the Orchestra'' (2002-2003) which is intended to be performed in a house with many rooms so as to allow an “audience” to hear different instrumental groups as they wander from room to room". He has travelled back to Ecuador for concert and teaching activities. He has also worked as a music critic, editor and concert organiser. Rodas's works are published by ''Periferia Music'' (Barcelona) and ''Virtualscore'' (Paris).Patterns: personal vision of his sources (''Andino I-Andino IV, Laúdico''); sound-mass polyphony (''Entropía, Arcaica''); aleatorism (''Fibris, Ramificaciones Temporales''); formal research (''Obsesiva, La, Melodías de Cámara''); and unavoidably the meeting point of patterns ("24.5 Preludios for piano", the "Atonal Fugues" and the opera "El Árbol de los Pájaros"). In that work the plot stems from the interaction music - architecture. Audio: ''Piece of Cake'' Suite in 4 movements, for piano & cd. Pianist: Francis Yang
Works  Year  Work  Description  Information  Duration 1981  ''Entropía'', for orchestra  orchestral     1983  ''Andino III'', for flute   solo (flute)     1984   ''Arcaica'', concerto for percussion & orchestra  orchestral     1984   ''Mordente'', for clarinet quartet  instrumental      1985   ''Clímax'',  for orchestra  orchestral      1985  ''Espacios Invertidos'', for percussion  solo (percussion)      1985  ''Ramificaciones Temporales'', for clarinet & visual arts*solo music made for the ''Coloritura'' (colour & score) by the painter Ana Placencia solo (multimedia)     1985  ''Güilli Gu'', for orchestra & visual arts *orchestral music made for the second ''coloritura'' orchestral (multimedia)     1986   ''Fibris'', for orchestra  orchestral     1986  ''¡ Oh  '', for trumpet  solo (trumpet)     1987  ''Melodías de Cámara'', for chamber orchestra  orchestral (chamber)     1987  ''¡ Oh  '', for piano  solo (piano)     1987  ''Obstinado'', for violoncelle  solo (violoncelle)     1987  ''Obsesiva'', for narrator, electroacoustics & orchestra  orchestral  (electroacoustic)      1987  ''Introitus'', for choir & orchestra  orchestral (choral)     1988 '' Kyrie,'' for soloists, choir & orchestra  orchestral (choral)     1988  ''La'', for choir & orchestra  orchestral (choral)      1989  ''A, B, C, D'', for string quartet  instrumental      1990   ''Había una vez'', for Chamber orchestra and choir  orchestral (choral)      1991   ''Andante'', for saxophone piano & percussion  instrumental      1992  ''Obstinado II'', for violoncelle  solo (violoncelle)      1992  ''Espacios invertidos II'', for percussion  solo (percussion)      1992   ''Andino IV'', for flute  solo (flute)      1993  ''Mordente II'', for clarinet quartet  instrumental      1996   ''Lieder'', for percussion  solo (percussion)      1997  ''Full Moon Business'', for chamber orchestra  orchestral (chamber)     1999   ''24.5 Preludes'', for piano  solo (piano)      2001  ''Bailecito'', for tape  electroacoustic      2001   ''Fermez les yeux svp'', for tape  electroacoustic     2001  ''El llanto del disco duro'', for tape  electroacoustic      2002  ''Buñuelos'', for trumpet  solo (trumpet)      2002  ''Mandolínico'', for mandoline  solo (mandoline)      2002  ''Laúdico'', for lute  solo (lute)     2002  ''Laúdico'', transcription for guitar  solo (guitar)       2002  ''Mandolínico'', transcription for guitar  solo (guitar)      2002  ''Ta-i-a-o-a'', for soprano  vocal       2003   ''El Árbol de los Pájaros'', opera for the voice of the instruments  instrumental (multimedia)       2003  ''Il était une fois ...'', for choir a cappella  vocal      2003  ''sol-fa-mi-ré-é-do-o-la-a'', for choir a cappella  vocal      2004   ''Piece of Cake'', for piano & tape  instrumental  (electroacoustic)      2004   ''Fermez les yeux svp'', for tape & film  *(film by Rupert Davies-Cooke) electroacoustic  (multimedia)      2005  ''Life Class 2005'', 4 pieces dor for piano, tape & film *(films by Rupert Davies-Cooke) instrumental  (multimedia)      2005  ''Organillo'', for organ  solo (organ)      2007   ''The Walk'', for pre-recorded soprano, tape & film *(film by Rupert Davies-Cooke) vocal  (multimedia)      2007   ''Anónimo'', for winds quartet  instrumental       2007  ''Reflejos en la Noche'', for piano. solo (piano)       2007   ''Papeleo sin fin'', for contratenor  vocal      2008   ''Ricercare'', for 3 percussions  instrumental       2008   ''Fuga Atonal I'', for oboe ''d'amore'' & piano  instrumental  (duo)      2008   ''Fuga Atonal I'', transcription for oboe and piano. instrumental (duo)      2008   ''Fuga Atonal II'', for string quartet  instrumental      ===Writings===* Rodas, Arturo. ''Análisis de la forma musical de '''Güilli Gu'''''. ''Cultura'' magazine, Central Bank of Ecuador, vol IX no.26.Edited by Irving Iván Zapater,  September/December 1986: pp 387-402. * Rodas, Arturo. ''La hora de Mesías Maiguashca'',  ''Opus'' Magazine No. 15, September 1987: pp 17-19. * Rodas, Arturo. ''Gerardo Guevara en la encrucijada musical'',  ''Opus'' Magazine No. 15, September 1987: pp 20-21.Re-printed from magazine ''Impulso 2000'', November 1987. * ''Luis H. Salgado''. ''Opus'' Magazine,  No. 31 (monographic), edited by Arturo Rodas. Central Bank of Ecuador, January 1989.
Scholarships and awards *1980-84 French Government scholarship. *1983 International contest for orchestral composition ''Max Deutsch'', Paris. *1983 ''Centre Acanthes'' scholarship to study with Luciano Berio in Aix-en-Provence, France. *1983-84 ''École Normale de Musique'' scholarship. *1989-90 Grant from the UNESCO to write music.
Discography Year  Work  Performers Record 1986  ''Güilli Gu'', for orchestra  OSN (National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador) conducted by Álvaro Manzano  Famoso (record No. 3200027), Ecuador   1987  ''Arcaica'', for percussion & orchestra. Other works by: M. Estévez, G. Guevara, D. Luzuriaga & M. Maiguashca  OSN conducted by Álvaro Manzano  Ifesa (LP 301-0293), Ecuador 1988  ''Arcaica'', for percussion & orchestra   OSN conducted by Álvaro Manzano  Ifesa (LP-388-0408)    1988  ''Clímax'', for orchestra  OSN conducted by Alvaro Manzano  Ifesa (LP-388-0408)    1988  ''Mordente'', for clarinets quartet  Miguel Jimenez  Ifesa (LP 338-0409)   1988  ''Fibris'', for orchestra   OSN conducted by Álvaro Manzano    Ifesa (LP-388-0408)    1988  ''Espacios Invertidos'', for percussion  Pablo Valarezo, percussion    Ifesa (LP 338-0409)    1988  ''Andino III'', for flute   Luciano Carrera, flute    Ifesa (LP 338-0409)    1988  ''¡ Oh ... ! '', for piano   Christo Iliev, piano    Ifesa (LP 338-0409)    2008  ''Anónimo'', for Flute, English horn, Clarinet &  Violoncello. Other works by: M. Maiguashca, J. Campoverde, P. Freire, L. Enríquez, E. Flores-Abad & M. Estévez  Ensemble SurPlus, Freiburg/Germany, conducted by James Avery    Sumak, CD. Edition: ''C.C.E.N. del Azuay'' ** and ''International Biennial of Painting, Cuenca'' 2008  ''Pan Comido'' (''Piece of Cake''), suite for piano & tape,  (1st. y 2nd. movements)  Francis Yang, piano  Redasla, CD code 3447972495), Mexico
Sources * Béhague, Gerard. 2001."Ecuador. Art Music". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers; New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music. * Campos, Jorge. 2008,  note for Periferia Music, Barcelona. *''Enciclopedia de la música ecuatoriana''. ''Corporación Musicológica Ecuatoriana'' (CONMUSICA). Edited by Pablo Guerrero Gutierrez. Quito, 2003. * Walker, John L. 2001. "The Younger Generation of Ecuadorian Composers". ''Latin American Music Review'' 22, no. 2 (Fall/Winter): 199–213. * Walker, John L. 2007. "Singing in a Foreign Land: National Identity and Proximity in Ecuadorian Music". Paper presented at the 2007 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Montréal, Canada, September 5–7.
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External links ===Data and recordings===*  Arturo Rodas composer's website*   Arturo Rodas Digi-Arts, Unesco *  Recordings of Rodas' works Reverbnation===Scores===*  PERIFERIA Sheet Music Contemporary Publishing House, Barcelona. *  Virtualscore internet publishers, Paris