Mexican composer.
https://www.miguelurquizo.com/

«…un guitarrista excepcionalmente dotado»
«…una personalidad singular que ha mantenido vínculos constantes y significativos con la creación musical actual desde hace más de dos décadas. »

-Mauricio Gómez – Revista Resonancias UC

“Araya dio cuenta de una gran musicalidad en su instrumento, traducida en coherentes fraseos y un notable acercamiento estilístico.” “…la claridad de Araya en la digitación y las articulaciones…transportaron al auditorio desde la melancolía introspectiva a la pasión desbordante.”

-Gilberto Ponce – El Mercurio on Line – La Música.Emol

Guitarrista chileno, se ha presentado como solista en Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, España, Portugal y Bélgica. En Chile ha participado y estrenado obras en el Festival de Música Contemporánea de la Universidad Católica, en el Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea de la Universidad de Chile, Festival Entrecuerdas, Festival Guitarras de América, Jornadas de Guitarra Clásica del Teatro del Lago, entre otros. Ha sido premiado por sus destacadas participaciones en certámenes nacionales e internacionales de interpretación: Tercer premio en el 3° Concurso Internacional José Tomás – Villa de Petrer (España, 2004). Tercer premio en el 8° Concurso Internacional Ciudad de Coria (España, 2004). Cuarto premio en el 9° Concurso Internacional Ciudad de Coria (España, 2005). Mención Honrosa y Premio a la Mejor Interpretación de la Obra Chilena, III Concurso Nacional “Liliana Pérez Corey” (Chile, 1998). Mención Honrosa, IV Concurso Nacional “Liliana Pérez Corey” (Chile, 2001). Ha editado y producido tres CDs, “Appassionata” (2008), colección de obras contemporáneas para guitarra sola, “Recinto de la Piedra” (Fondo de la Música 2016), junto al Ensamble de Guitarras de Chile y «De Vez En Cuando» (Fondo de la Música 2020), obras para guitarra microtonal del compositor Felipe Pinto d’Aguiar.



AWKAS is an ensemble specialised in contemporary music.

Integrated, mainly, by argentinean musicians, the ensemble explores the diversity of identity above and beyond the belonging to their country.

It's inspired by the complex and plural nature of identity.

Brazilian composer, Rodrigo Lima is one of the most active composers of his generation, his music has been performed at festivals and concert halls in Latin America, Europe and the USA. His production includes orchestral music, chamber music, solo instruments, vocal music and works for choir.

In 2008, he was resident composer of the 5th International Forum of Young Composers in Paris with Ensemble Aleph. In 2015, his work Antiphonas for saxophone and ensemble premiered at the 17th World Saxophone Congress & Festival  in Strasbourg (France). In 2016, he received the order from the Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux (France) to compose the work Txury-ò: ‘caminho por onde vai o sol’ inspired by the cosmology of the Karajá Indians and dedicated to the french ensemble Proxima Centauri.

He has obtained some prizes in National and International Competitions:

·   Prize International Iberoamericano Rodolfo Halffter of Composition 2008 in Mexico.

·   Prize ‘Francisco Guerreiro Martín’ at the ‘XVII Premio Jóvenes Compositores 2006 Fundación Autor-CDMC’ in Madrid, Spain.

·   Prize for Classical Composition of the National Arts Foundation (FUNARTE) 2010 in Brazil.

·   1ºst Prize of the National Competition Camargo Guarnieri of Composition 2005 in Brazil.

·   1ºst Prize Camargo Guarnieri of Composition, Campos do Jordão International Winter Music Festival 2009 in Brazil, and others.

Lima’s Music has been performed by the Ensemble Aleph (France), Ensemble Linea (France), Proxima Centauri (France), Abstrai Ensemble (Brazil), Camerata de las Amércicas (Mexico), Sonor Ensemble (Spain), Orchestutropica (Lisboa-Portugal), Abstrai Ensemble (Brazil), Camerata Aberta (Brazil), University of São Paulo Symphony (Brazil), Claudio Santoro National Theater Symphony Orchestra (Brazil) and conductors Claudio Cruz (Brazil), Guillaume Bourgogne (France), Luis Aguirre (Spain), Cesário Costa (Portugal), Kirk Trevor (England) and Claudia Feres (Brazil). 

His main composition teachers were Estércio Marquez Cunha, Sergio Nogueira, Conrado Silva and Silvio Ferraz. Bachelor in Musical Composition Degree at the Department of Music University of Brasília and Masters in "Creative Processes" at the University of Campinas State in São Paulo. He also took courses with composers Stefano Gervasoni (Italy), Claude Ledoux (Belgium) and Emmanuel Nunes (Portugal). 

             Rodrigo Lima is teacher of composition at the 'EMESP’- School of Music of São Paulo State. Lima is a member of the General Society of Authors and Editors ‘Sociedade General de Autores y Editores (SGAE)’ in Spain.

Composer / pianist (São Paulo, BR)
Professor (UNESP)

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