"Álbum vivo de excentricidades" is a piece for eight instrumentalists ensemble [flute/alto flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, trumpet, horn, e-guitar, violin, contrabass] composed in 2024 by the spanish composer Tomás Jesús Ocaña González.

This piece was part of a project organised by the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst  Frankfurt (HfMDK), the Manhattan School of Music (New York) and theInternational Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA), with concerts in Frankfurt, Darmstadt and New York during the month of April 2024.

Interpreters: 
Adeline deBella (Flute/Alto Flute)
Pablo Piñeiro Mundín (Bass Clarinet)
Grace Pressley (Tenor Saxophone)
Robyn Blair (Horn)
Sam Friedman (Trumpet)
Javier Cuenca (Electric Guitar)
Yeji Pyun (Violin)
Emmett Jackson (Contrabass)
Hwanee Pak (Conductor)

Recorded at the Akademie für Tonkunst of Darmstadt (Germany) on 20th April 2024.

"Álbum Vivo De Excentricidades" for ensemble (2024)

I am a Spanish clarinetist & composer currently based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

I studied Clarinet and Composition Bachelors at the Superior Conservatory of Music of Málaga. My most influential profesors have been Faly García and Carlos Gil (clarinet), and Diana Pérez Custodio and Abel Paul López (composition).

I am currently pursuing a Master Degree in Composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt with Prof. Orm Finnendahl and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kreppein, supported by one of the Scholarships "Becas Talento" offered by Fundación Málaga and one of the "Deutschlandstipendium" Scholarships granted by the German government.

My most important awards are the 1st prize "Xavier Montsalvatge" in the XXXII SGAE-CNDM Young Composers Award (2021), the selection as resident composer of Juventudes Musicales España during the 22/23 season, or the recognition of excellence 2023 in the Superior Artistic Education in Music at the proposal of the Superior Conservatory of Music from Malaga.

During the next season 2024/25 I will be part of the Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie as a clarinetist.

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