Alex Jimenez Works List 2016

4 RELEVANT COMPOSITIONS AND PERFORMANCES: “Concerto for Piano 4 hands and Orchestra Nº1” for piano 4 hands and full orchestra (2015 - Work in progress) Commissioned by Duo Cervantes and Sinfónica de Oaxaca, Mexico. To be premiered on the 2nd season 2016 “Musical interruptions to the romances of chivalry and adventures of Don Quijote and his loyal companion, Sancho Panza” Work for piano 4 hands (2015 - Work in progress) Commissioned by Luis Herman Miranda and Maria Victoria Marquez Torres as Duo Cervantes, and to be premiered in Spain in 2016.

“Piano Études” (2015 - Work in progress) Commissioned and written specially for Daria Karmina Iossifova, and to be premiered on 2016 “Music for the play ElHombreReloj” for chamber orchestra (2014 – 2015 Work in progress and partly composer at the Dora Maar House artistic residency) Unpublished and to be premiered in 2016 “Music Interruptions to Diana Cazó Cabeza en el Circo” for small ensemble (2015) Based on the theatre play “Diana Cazó Cabeza en el Circo” by Juan Trigos Synister “Piece for Orchestra Nº2” for Symphony Orchestra (2013) Premiered by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Mexico City and Roberto Beltran, conductor, in México City, Mexico.

“LUX a Duo” for Clarinet and Piano (2013), commissioned by the 41 Festival Internacional Cervantino and premiered on October 2013 by Duo LUXA in the same festival in Guanajuato, Mexico.

“Symphony Nº2” for full orchestra (2013), premiered by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Mexico City and Roberto Beltran, conductor. In June 2013 in México City, Mexico.

“Partita for Violin” (2012), premiered at the “Dni Muzyki Kompozytorów Krakowskich” in Krakow, Poland.

“Cycle of Songs” for Soprano and Symphonic Orchestra (2010) Unpublished • Composition written during an artistic residency at Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France.

“String Quartet Nº1 Cervantes” (2010) Full version unpublished. Excerpts were recorded by Resonus LuX, ensemble, project organized in Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Alex Jimenez, Enrique Mendoza and Svjatoslav Presnyakov.

“Ritmato a 3” for Flute, Bass Clarinet and Piano (2010).

• Winner of the workshop and competition in composition imparted by Juan Trigos in collaboration with Ensamble 3. Premiered by Ensamble 3 for its 10th anniversary at the Italian Institute of Culture in Mexico City.

“Duo Ritmato” for Guitar and Percussion (2009) • Commissioned by Santiago Lascurain, Guitarist and the group Sounds of Mexico and premiered in several cities in the Netherlands and in Vienna, Austria by Santiago Lascurain and Aldo Aranda.

“Etude” for Violin and Electronics (2009) • Premiered in 2009 by the violinist Anahi Oraison at the “Doopsgezinde Gemeente” in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

“Trio Ritmato 2” for Violin, Bass Clarinet and Piano (2009) • Commissioned by the Dutch ensemble Trio-To-Go as part its Tour Mexico-Netherlands and premiered in 2009 at several cities in Mexico including the theater Fernando Saavedra as part of the International Festival of Chihuahua, Mexico.

“Concerto for Trombone and 12 Instruments” (2009)

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Commissioned by “Instrumenta Oaxaca verano 2009” and premiered by the Trombonist Faustino Diaz and the Ensemble Instrumenta, conducted by Jose Luis Castillo as part of the closing of the festival Oaxaca Instrumenta Verano in the theater Macedonio Alcala in Oaxaca, Mexico.

“Lord Ruthven” for Chamber Orchestra (2009) • Premiered on June 2009 by the Rotterdam Ensemble and Roberto Beltran, conductor at Juriansezaal of De Doelen in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

“Music for Theater” for Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Horn, Two percussions, Violin, Viola, Cello and Contrabass (2009) • Composition requested by Asko | Schönberg ensemble and to whom is dedicated and premiered on March 2009 at the Bernard Haitinkzaal, Conservatory of Amsterdam, Asko Ensemble and Bas Wiegers as a conductor.

• Honorable Mention at the Fourth Annual Bowling Green State University New Music Ensemble Call for Scores (2014) “Trio Ritmato I” for Euphonium, Tuba and Piano (2008) • Composition commissioned by the French ensemble TrioPlus (triO+, Lyon, France) • Premier in 2009 as a part of the festival “Red Sound” at De Doelen Expohall in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

• And in June 2009 at the Gaya-Hellene de la Societe Generale in Paris, France.

“Piece for Orchestra” for Symphony Orchestra (2006) • Requested by the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico and International Forum for New Music “Manuel Enriquez” • Premiered on June 8th 2008 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes concert hall by the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico (National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico), Jose Luis Castillo, cond. in Mexico City.

“Carmilla” for Two Pianos. (2006) Unpublished.

“Septeto” a Franco Donatoni in memoriam, for Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Acoustic Guitar, two Percussion sets, Piano and Contra-bass (2004) • Premiered by the Carlos Chavez Symphony Orchestra in several concert halls in Mexico And by the guitarist Santiago Lascurain and Rotterdam Ensemble in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

“Ritmato I” for Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Percussion and Piano (2003).

• Premiered by “Hi-Lo Trio” in 2008 as part of the festival “Unanswered Question…Again!” in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

“Prelude to Ritmato” for Piano solo (2003) • Performed on March 8 2008 for Guillermo Quintero at WMDC as part of the festival “Unanswered Question…Again!” Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

“Rompe Caballero” for one percussionist (2001) • Performed in XXV Foro Internacional de Música Nueva “Manuel Enríquez” (XXV International Forum of New Music “Manuel Enriquez”) Blas Galindo Concert Hall

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