ENRICO CHAPELA BARBA
COMPOSER
BIO
Born in Mexico City in 1974, Enrico Chapela studied guitar performing and composition at CIEM academy, obtained a master’s degree at the University of Paris VII, and studies a PhD degree at the National University in Mexico (UNAM). He has won recognition at several international competitions such as The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships, the National System of Art Creators (Mexico), the International Rostrum of Composers UNESCO, the International Alexander Zemlinsky Composition Competition and The Barlow Endowment for Music Composition Prize, amongst others.
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COMISSIONS
October 1, 2024
June 5, 2024
May 1, 2024
March 24, 2023
December 4, 2022
March 8, 2022
July 26, 2021
2019-2020
2019-2020
April 6, 2018
January 14, 2018
December 3, 2017
July 15, 2017
June 7, 2017
December 17, 2016
November 4, 2016
September 15, 2016
October 18, 2015
April 27, 2015
October 11, 2014
May 22, 2014
March 15, 2014
June 5, 2013
December 21, 2012
November 17, 2012
October 20, 2011
July 18, 2011
April 11, 2011
December 6, 2010
June 6, 2009
April 7, 2009
September 6, 2008
December 6, 2007
April 19, 2007
May 20, 2006
March 8, 2006
May 12, 2005
November 9, 2003
Flugelhorn and electronic commission by Dan Casso, Boston University.
Percussion duo and alto sax commission by Andrés Santana, West Virginia University.
Orchestral commission by the Düsseldorf Symphoniker, Germany. (Spinphony)
Drum set concerto commission by the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble, USA. (Mutante)
Guitar duo commission by Jaime Márquez, Mexico City. (Dínamo)
Electric violin concerto co-commission by the Scottish BBC and the Seattle Symphony (Antiphaser).
Mariachi and orchestra cantata commission by the Santa Rosa Symphony, California USA (Braceros).
Commission from contemporary artist Emilio Chapela to compose a vocal work, Mexico (Otro Planeta).
Orchestral commission by the Mannheim Symphony, Germany (Chinampa y Trajinera).
Orchestral commission by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, USA. (Radioaxial)
Clarinet duo with orchestra commission by the Cottbus Orchestra, Germany (Espresso Doppio)
Pierrot quintet commission by Ensamble ONIX, Mexico City (Permutaedro).
Orchestral commission by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, Mexico City (Rotor).
Orchestral commission by the Dresdner Sinfoniker, Germany-Mexico (Metamórfica).
Orchestral commission by the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM, Mexico City (Lunática).
Orchestral commission by the Boca del Río Orchestra, Veracruz, Mexico (Antikythera).
Orchestral commission by Deutsche Welle and Beethovenfest, Bonn, Germany (Zimmergramm).
Amplified flute concerto commission by Festival Cervantino, Guanajuato, Mexico (Tetracrómatas).
Piano and sax commission by HD Duo, Sydney, Australia, (Spectrax).
Chamber commission by Festival Cervantino, Guanajuato, Mexico (Danza de un Poeta y el Viento).
Orchestral commission by L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Piroklasta).
Vocal sextet concerto commission by Festival MX, Mexico City (Polifonética).
Orchestral commission by the National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China (Black Noise).
Orchestral commission by the Dresdner Sinfoniker, Germany (Albaktún).
Chamber commission by the Carnegie Hall and Simón Bolívar Symphony, NY (Acoussence).
Electric cello concerto co-commission by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Magnetar).
String quartet with saxophone quartet commission by Bravo! Vail Music Festival, USA (Bowsax).
Chamber co-commission by the Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall for a British tour (Nanobots).
Orchestral commission by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, California, USA (Private Alleles).
Chamber orchestral commission by the New Paths in Music Festival, New York, USA (Irrational).
Chamber orchestral commission by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, California, USA (Li-Po).
Rock trio concerto commission by the Dresdner Sinfoniker, Germany (Noctámbulos).
String quartet with guitar quartet commission by Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Mexico (Crucigrama).
Percussion trio concerto commission by Zemlinsky Competition, Cincinnati, USA (Encrypted Poetry).
Pierrot sextet commission by ONIX ensemble, Mexico City (S.O.S.).
Solo piano commission by Mauricio Nader, Mexico City. (S.O.S.)
Solo cello commission by Lab_33 ensemble, Mexico City. (Violonchelo a la carta)
Orchestral commission by the National System of Musical Promotion, Mexico City (ínguesu).
COMPETITIONS – DISTINCTIONS – FESTIVALS
SACM – Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México (Mexican Authors and Composers Society)
25 years composers career award.
MAGNETAR – electric cello concerto
Finalist at the Young Euro Classic Festival. Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany. Bundesjugendorchester, Alondra de la Parra, Johannes Moser.
IRRATIONAL – chamber orchestra
Selected Work for performance at the 37th Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum, Mexico City.
ACOUSSENCE – wind trio & string quintet
Selected Work for performance at the Festival Internacional Cervantino, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Ciudad de México y Teatro Júarez, Guanajuato. London Sinfonietta, Garry Walker, conductor.
Selected Work for performance at the 35th Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum at CNA, Mexico City.
GENÓMICA MESTIZA – symphony orchestra
Selected Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, to compose Genómica Mestiza.
LI PO – chamber orchestra & electronics
Selected Work for performance at the 32nd Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum at CNA, Mexico City.
ENCRYPTED POETRY – percussion trio concerto
Honorable Mention at the Barlow Prize for Music Composition at Brigham Young University, USA.
CRUCIGRAMA – string quartet & guitar quartet
Selected Work at the Mexican Music Tribune, held at Mexico City.
LA HUASTECA – symphony orchestra arrangement
1st Prize Winner at the National Symphony Orchestra Arrangement Competition of the National System of
Musical Promotion (SNFM-Mexico).
ÍNGUESU - symphonic poem
Recommended Work at the 53rd International Rostrum of Composers held at UNESCO in Paris, France.
Selected Work at the Mexican Music Tribune, held at Mexico City.
1st Prize Winner International Alexander Zemlinsky Composition Competition, in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
LA MENGAMBREA – sax quartet
Selected for performance at the ISCM New Music Days, Visby, Sweden.
Selected Work for performance at the 25th Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum at CNA, Mexico City.
Selected Work at the Mexican Music Tribune, held at Mexico City.
Honorary mention at the ANACRUSAX Sax Quartet Composition Contest, Mexico City.
LA CONDENA – chamber orchestra
Selected Work at the Latin America and Caribbean Music Tribune held at Mexico City.
Recommended Work at the 49th International Rostrum of Composers held at UNESCO in Paris, France.
Selected Work at the Mexican Music Tribune, held at Mexico City.
LO NATO ES NETA – rock trio and acoustic quintets
Selected Work for performance and recording by Arditti String Quartet during a contemporary instrumental techniques lecture held at Mexico City.
Selected Work for performance at the 24th Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum at CNA, Mexico City.
MELATE BINARIO – guitarra acústica
Selected Work for performance at the 44th Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum at Bellas Artes, Mexico City.
AMAR NO ES QUERER – feature film by Guillermo Barba
Best Original Music Score at the Festival Pantalla de Cristal Festival, Mexico City.
SOMOS LO QUE HAY – feature film by Jorge Michel Grau
Nominee for Best Original Music Score at the Ariel Award of the Mexican Academy of Cinematography.
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ACOUSSENCE – wind trio & wind quintet
Konzertsaal der UdK, Berlin, Germany. Bundesjugendorchester, Alondra de la Parra, conductor.
Oriol Sans Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan, Anne Arbor, EUA.
Festival Cervantino, Teatro Juárez, Guanajuato, Mexico. London Sinfonietta, Garry Walker, conductor.
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. London Sinfonietta, Garry Walker, conductor.
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Cepromusic Ensemble, José Luis Castillo, conductor.
American Premiere at Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, NY, USA. Members of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joshua Dos Santos.
World Premiere at Sala Fedora Alemán, Centro de Acción Social por la Música, Caracas, Venezuela. Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joshua Dos Santos.
ALBAKTÚN – chamber orchestra
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Dresdner Sinfoniker, conducted by José Areán.
Saxon State Library, Dresden, Germany. Dresdner Sinfoniker, conducted by José Areán.
ANTIKYTHERA – symphony orchestra
World Premiere. Teatro Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios, Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico. Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río, Jorge Mester, conductor.
ANTIPHASER – Electric violin concerto
Benaroya Hall, Pekka Kuusisto e-violin, Seattle Symphony, Andrew Litton, conductor.
Benaroya Hall, Pekka Kuusisto e-violin, Seattle Symphony, Andrew Litton, conductor.
World Premiere. Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, EUA. Pekka Kuusisto e-violin, Seattle Symphony, Andrew Litton, conductor (replacing Alexander Shelly).
BOWSAX – string quartet & sax quartet
World Premiere at Bravo! Vail Music Festival, USA. Calder String Quartet & Mana Saxophone Quartet.
BRACEROS – Cantata para mariachi y orquesta
Mariachi Champaña Nevin. Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra, Francesco Lecce-Chong, director.
Mariachi Champaña Nevin. Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra, Francesco Lecce-Chong, director.
Estreno Mundial. Green Music Center, Rohnert Park, CA. Mariachi Champaña Nevin, Rafael Jorge Negrete, Mónica Ábrego, Giselle Vallejo, Perry Chacón. Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra, Francesco Lecce-Chong, director.
CHINAMPA Y TRAJINERA – Orquesta sinfónica
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México (OFUNAM). Katharina Wincor, guest conductor.
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México (OFUNAM). Katharina Wincor, guest conductor.
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México (OFCDMX). Eduardo García Barrios, guest conductor.
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México (OFCDMX). Eduardo García Barrios, guest conductor.
Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México, Sala Felipe Villanueva, Toluca. Rodrigo Macías, conductor.
Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México, Conservatorio de música, Toluca. Rodrigo Macías, conductor.
Nationaltheater-Orchester, Rosengarten Mannheim, Germany. Alexandre Soddy, conductor.
World Premiere. Nationaltheater-Orchester, Rosengarten Mannheim, Germany. Alexandre Soddy, conductor.
CRUCIGRAMA – string quartet & guitar quartet
Auditorio Príncipe Felipe, Oviedo, Spain. Cuarteto Latinoamericano & Entrequatre.
Auditorio Municipal, Orense, Spain. Cuarteto Latinoamericano & Entrequatre.
Zamora, Spain. Cuarteto Latinoamericano & Entrequatre.
Bodegas Williams & Humbert, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. Cuarteto Latinoamericano & Entrequatre.
Auditorio Nacional de Música, Sala de Cámara, Madrid, Spain. Cuarteto Latinoamericano & Entrequatre.
Ottawa Chamber Music Society, Ottawa, Canada. Cuarteto Latinoamericano & Entrequatre.
Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, USA. Cuarteto Latinoamericano & Entrequatre.
Instituto Cervantes, Albuquerque, USA. Cuarteto Latinoamericano & Entrequatre.
World Premiere at the Blas Galindo Concert Hall, CNA, Mexico City. Cuarteto Latinoamericano & Entrequatre.
DAN-SON – symphonic band
Teatro Hidalgo, Banda Sinfónica del Estado de Hidalgo, Pachuca, México. Enrico Chapela, conductor.
DAN-SON – guitar quartet
Auditorio Blas Galindo CNA, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Museo Nacional de la Acuarela, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Capilla Gótica, Centro Cultural Helénico, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Teatro Socorro Astol, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Sala Carlos Chávez, CCU, UNAM, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Teatro Guillermo Romo de Vivar, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
UAM Xochimilco, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Sala Carlos Chávez, CCU, UNAM, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Centro Comunitario Ecatepec, Casa de Morelos, Mexico. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Festival Internacional de Guitarra, Taxco, Mexico. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Cátedra Jesús Romero, Escuela Superior de Música, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Auditorio Mateo Herrera, León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Auditorio Jaime Torres Bodet, Museo de Antropología e Historia. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Casa de la Cultura, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Teatro Javier Barros Sierra, Fes Acatlán, UNAM, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
Auditorio de la Facultad de Química, UNAM, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
World Premiere. Sala Carlos Chávez, CCU, UNAM, Mexico City. Cuarteto de guitarras de la CDMX.
DANZA DE UN POETA Y EL VIENTO – Mexican orchestra
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, Instrumenta Oaxaca, Orquesta Pasatono, Rubén Luengas, conductor.
World Premiere. Festival Internacional Cervantino, Orquesta Pasatono, Rubén Luengas, conductor.
DÍNAMO – guitar duo
World Premiere. Auditorio del Museo Franz Mayer. Jaime Márquez, Omán Kaminsky, guitars.
DISIDENTES – rock opera
European Premiere (second act). Dresden, Germany. Dresdner Sinfoniker, Premil Petrović.
World Premiere (second act). Teatro Carlos Lazo, Festival Im-Pulso. UNAM, Mexico.
DUELO EN VELA – solo piano
Sala Rosario Castellanos, Casa del Lago, UNAM. Edith Ruiz, piano.
Konvent Milosrdných bratří, Brno, Czech Republic, Richard Pohl, piano.
Mirror Hall, Jeseník, Czech Republic, Richard Pohl, piano.
Kulturní dům, Javorník, Czech Republic, Richard Pohl, piano.
World Premiere. Teatro Mecodonio Alcalá, Oaxaca, México. Edith Ruiz, piano.
EL CUARTO CAMINO – string quartet
Centro Cultural Roberto Cantoral, Ciudad de México. Cuarteto Latinoamericano.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, México. Cuarteto Latinoamericano.
Sala Blas Galindo, CNA, Mexico City. Cuarteto Latinoamericano.
American Premiere, New York. Carpentier String Quartet.
Sala Miguel Covarrubias, CCU, Mexico City. Cuarteto Camerton.
World Premier, Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City. Cuarteto Camerton.
ENCRYPTED POETRY – percussion trio concerto
College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Percussion Group Cincinnati with the CCM Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Gibson.
World Premiere at the College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Percussion Group Cincinnati with the CCM Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Gibson.
ESPRESSO DOPPIO – clarinet duo & orchestra
Staatstheater, Cottbus Philharmonic, Germany. Duo Gurfinkel, Markus Frank, conductor.
World Premiere Staatstheater, Cottbus Philharmonic, Germany. Duo Gurfinkel, Markus Frank, conductor.
ÍNGUESU - symphonic poem
Walt Disney Concert Hall. The Los Angeles Philharmonic. Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.
Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane, Australia. Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Alondra de la Parra, conductor.
Auditorio de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Luis Gorelik, conductor.
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, Marcos Arakaki, conductor.
Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, Spokane Symphony Orchestra, Eckart Preu, conductor.
Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, Spokane Symphony Orchestra, Eckart Preu, conductor.
Teatro Degollado, Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco, Mexico, Leslie Dunner, conductor.
Plaza Liberación, Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco, Mexico, Leslie Dunner, conductor.
Jim Rouse Theatre, Columbia Orchestra, MD, USA. Jason Love, conductor.
Sala São Paulo, Brazil. Orquestra do Festival de Campos do Jordão, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor.
Auditório Santoro, Orquestra do Festival de Campos do Jordão. Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor.
Arts Centre, Seoul, Korea. Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Pascal Rophé, conductor.
Tanglewood Festival, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Stefan Asbury, conductor.
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Santa Cruz, California, USA. Marin Alsop, conductor.
Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Jena, Germany. Nicholas Milton, conductor.
Autumn Festival, Warsaw. Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Krzysztof Urbański, conductor.
Kennedy Center, Washington DC. Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, Alondra De la Parra, conductor.
Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico City. POA, Alondra De la Parra, conductor.
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. POA, Alondra De la Parra, conductor.
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. POA, Alondra De la Parra, conductor.
Skirball Center, New York. POA, Alondra De la Parra, conductor.
American premiere at The Town Hall, New York. POA, Alondra De la Parra, conductor.
World Premiere at the Blas Galindo Concert Hall at the National Centre of Arts, Mexico City. Carlos Chavez Symphony Orchestra conducted by Teresa Rodríguez.
IRRATIONAL – chamber orchestra
Oberlin Orchestra and Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ohio, USA, Rafael Jiménez, conductor.
Ensamble de Música Contemporánea del Conservatorio Nacional de Mexico. Germán Tort, conductor.
Sydney Conservatorium, Sydney, Australia. Daryl Pratt, conductor.
The Cornerstone, Liverpool Hope University. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Clark Rundell, conductor.
World Premiere at the New Paths in Music Festival, New York, USA. City University, Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall, The New Paths Chamber Ensemble. David Alan Miller, conductor.
LA CONDENA – chamber orchestra
Centro Cultural San Angel, Mexico City. Tempos Chamber Ensemble, Rafael Huberman.
World Premiere at CNA, Mexico City. Tempos Chamber Ensemble conducted by Rafael Huberman.
LA MENGAMBREA – sax quartet
Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes. Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Goethe Institut, Mexico City. Cuarteto Nuevo de Saxofones MX.
Foyer Studiobühne, Brandenburg, Germany. Modern Sax Quartett Berlin.
Sax Fest, Teatro Nacional, San José, Costa Rica. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Paard van Troje, Den Haag, Netherlands. Haags Saxofoonkwartet.
ISCM New Music Days, Visby, Sweden. Stockholm Sax Quartet.
Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Greek Premiere at Athens, Greece. Cosmos sax quartet.
Sax Fest Internacional, San José, Costa Rica. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Sala Xochipilli, ENM-UNAM. Mexico City. Cuarteto Anacrusax.
Sala Xochipilli, ENM-UNAM, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Bowling Green State University New Music Festival, Ohio, USA. Cosmos Sax quartet.
Sala Carlos Chávez, CCU, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
American Premiere at Pennsylvania, USA. CASE sax quartet.
Museo de la SHCP, Antiguo Palacio del Arzobispado, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Sala de cabildos, Palacio Municipal de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Museo de la SHCP, Antiguo Palacio del Arzobispado, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Sala Xochipilli, ENM-UNAM, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Sala Xochipilli, ENM-UNAM, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Sala Xochipilli, ENM-UNAM, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
Blas Galindo Concert Hall at CENART, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
World premiere. Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum, Blas Galindo Concert Hall, CAN, Mexico City. Anacrusax Sax Quartet.
LI PO – chamber orchestra with electronics
Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio. Rafael Jiménez, conductor.
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater at Bard College, NY. Contemporaneous. David Bloom, conductor.
Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, Spokane Symphony Orchestra. Eckart Preu, conductor.
UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. Joana Carneiro, conductor.
Ordway Center, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota. Joana Carneiro, conductor.
Le Poisson Rouge, NYC. Metropolis Ensemble. Andrew Cyr, conductor.
MusicNow series with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Cliff Colnot, conductor.
Mexican Premiere at the Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum at the Blas Galindo Concert Hall at CENART. Mexico City. Mexican National Symphony Orchestra. José Luis Castillo, conductor.
World Premiere at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Green Umbrella new music series. The Los Angeles Philharmonic. Los Angeles, California, EUA. Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
LO NATO ES NETA – rock trio and acoustic quintets
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Dresdner Sinfoniker conducted by José Areán.
Saxon State Library, Dresden Germany, Dresdner Sinfoniker conducted by José Areán.
World Premiere complete at Estonia Concert Hall at Tallinn, Estonia. NYYU ensemble conducted by Olari Elts.
World Premiere at the 24th Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum at the Blas Galindo Concert Hall at CNA, Mexico City. Quinteto de Alientos de Bellas Artes.
Performance and recording of the first movement during a contemporary instrumental techniques lecture, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City. Arditti String Quartet.
World Premiere of the first movement, Teatro Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico. José White String Quartet conducted by Enrique Barrios.
LÚNATICA – symphony orchestra
Teatro Pablo de Villavicencio, Culiacán, Sinaloa. OSSLA, Miguel Salmón Del Real, conductor.
OFUNAM, Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico City. Niksa Bareza, conductor.
World Premiere. OFUNAM, Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico City. Niksa Bareza, conductor.
MAGNETAR – electric cello concerto
Wroclaw, Poland. Narodow Forum Muzyki Philharmonic. Giancarlo Guerrero, Johannes Moser.
Lugano, Switzerland. Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana. Alexander Vedernikov, Johannes Moser.
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, TN, USA. Nashville Symphony. Giancarlo Guerrero, Johannes Moser.
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, TN, USA. Nashville Symphony. Giancarlo Guerrero, Johannes Moser.
Brevard Music Center Orchestra, North Carolina, EUA. Keith Lockhart, Johannes Moser.
Conrad Centre, Kitchener, Canada. Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Edwin Outwater, Johannes Moser.
Jack Singer Hall, Calgary, Canada. Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Roberto Minczuk, Johannes Moser.
Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany. Bundesjugendorchester. Alondra de la Parra, Johannes Moser.
Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico City, OFUNAM, Iván del Prado. Johannes Moser.
Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico City, OFUNAM, Iván del Prado. Johannes Moser.
Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, Spain, Orquestra Sinfônica do Porto, Christoph König. Johannes Moser.
Auditorio Dlibes, Valladolid, Spain, Orquestra Sinfônica do Porto. Christoph Konig, Johannes Moser.
Auditorio Dlibes, Valladolid, Spain, Orquestra Sinfônica do Porto. Christoph Konig, Johannes Moser.
Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, Orquestra Sinfônica do Porto. Christoph Konig, Johannes Moser.
Cabrillo Festival, Santa Cruz, CA, USA. Marin Alsop, Johannes Moser.
European Premiere. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, UK. Diego Matheuz, Johannes Moser.
Auditório Santoro, Campos de Jordão, Brazil. OSESP, Marin Alsop, Johannes Moser.
Sala São Paolo, Brazil. OSESP, Marin Alsop, Johannes Moser.
Sala São Paolo, Brazil. OSESP, Marin Alsop, Johannes Moser.
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paolo, Brazil. Marin Alsop, conductor, Johannes Moser, e-cello.
Davies Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA. L.A. Phil, Gustavo Dudamel, Johannes Moser.
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, EUA. L.A. Phil, Gustavo Dudamel, Johannes Moser.
World Premiere. Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor, Johannes Moser, e-cello.
MELATE BINARIO – acoustic guitar
Sala Carlos Chávez CCU, UNAM. Julio Isaac Cervantes.
Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes. Julio Isaac Cervantes.
Konzertsaal der UdK, Berlin, Germany. Pablo Garibay.
Biblioteca de México. Luis Benítez Alba.
Le Poisson Rouge, New York City, USA. Mattias Jacobsson.
Conservatory of Brno, Czech Republic, Ľubomír Kopkáš.
European tour including cities in Switzerland, Germany and Czech Republic (San Gallen, Schuol, Sent, Tubingen, Lieberec, Rosice, Jindrichuv, Hradec). Gonzalo Salazar.
Summer 2005. Mexican tour including Culiacán, Mexico City and San Miguel de Allende. Gonzalo Salazar.
World Premiere at the Blas Galindo Concert Hall CNA, Mexico City. Gonzalo Salazar.
METAMÓRFICA – mini rock opera
Plaza de la Revolución, Mexico City. Dresdner Sinfoniker, Juanra Urrusti, baritone, Enrico Chapela, conductor.
World Premiere. Auditorio del Complejo Universitario, BUAP, Puebla, Mexico. Dresdner Sinfoniker, Juanra Urrusti, baritone, Enrico Chapela, conductor.
MUTANTE – drum set and wind ensemble concerto
Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico City. Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble together with Banda Sinfónica de la Facultad de Música de la UNAM. Brian Messier, conductor, Luis Miguel Costero, solo drum set.
World Premiere. Teatro principal, Puebla, Mexico. Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble. Brian Messier, conductor, Luis Miguel Costero, solo drum set.
NANOBOTS – chamber ensemble with bandoneon
Kuhmo Arts Centre, Kuhmo, Finland. (Artists of the Festival).
Kuhmo Hall, Kuhmo, Finland. Nisinman, Marquise Gilmore, Markovic', H. Kärkkäinen
The Assembly House, Norwich, UK. Britten Sinfonia.
Wigmore Hall, London, UK. Britten Sinfonia.
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, UK. Britten Sinfonia.
World Premiere. The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom. Britten Sinfonia.
NOCTÁMBULOS – rock trio concerto
American Premiere at BAM, Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Jesús Lara, Luis Miguel Costero & Enrico Chapela, soloists. Michael Christie, conductor.
World Premiere at Kulturpalast, Dresden, Germany. Dresdner Sinfoniker. Jesús Lara, Luis Miguel Costero & Jens Legler, soloists. Olari Elts, conductor.
PERMUTAEDRO – Pierrot quintet
World Premiere. Sala Xochipilli, Facultad de Música, UNAM. Mexico City. ONIX Ensamble.
PIROKLASTA – symphony orchestra
World Premiere. Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane, Australia. Queensland Symphony, Alondra de la Parra.
POLIFONÉTICA – vocal sextet with chamber orchestra
World Premiere. Festival MX, Dresdner Sinfoniker and Voz en punto, José Areán, conductor.
PRIVATE ALLELES – symphony orchestra (now Genómica Mestiza)
Pablo Casals Symphony Hall, San Juan. Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico. Joana Carneiro, directora.
Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Joana Carneiro, conductor.
World Premiere at University of California, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA. Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. Joana Carneiro, conductor.
RADIOAXIAL – symphony orchestra
Music Hall, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. James Gaffian, director.
Music Hall, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. James Gaffian, director.
ROTOR – para orquesta sinfónica
Sala Silvestre Revueltas, Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México. Diego Naser, conductor.
Sala Silvestre Revueltas, Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México. Diego Naser, conductor.
Merill Auditorium, Portland, ME, EUA, Portland Symphony Orchestra. Eckart Preu, conductor.
Merill Auditorium, Portland, ME, EUA, Portland Symphony Orchestra. Eckart Preu, conductor.
Terrace Theater, Long Beach, CA, Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. Eckart Preu, conductor.
Sala Nezahualcóyotl. CCU, Ciudad de México, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor.
World Premiere. Sala Neza, Mexico City, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor.
SPECTRAX – sax & piano
Studio A, Austin, Texas. Thomas Kurtz, alto sax, Young Woong Cho, piano.
St John's Southgate, Melbourne, Australia, HD duo.
Australian premiere at Sydney Conservatorium, Australia, HD duo.
World premiere at IMER, Mexico City, HD duo.
SPINPHONY – symphony orchestra
Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, Düsseldorf Symphoniker, Axel Kober, conductor.
World Premiere. Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Symphoniker, Germany. David Reinland, conductor.
S.O.S. – solo piano version
Festival Internacional Cervantino, Guanajuato, Mexico. Mauricio Nader.
Conservatorio Nacional de Música, Mexico City. Mauricio Nader.
San Diego State University, Calexico, California, USA. Mauricio Nader.
Teatro del Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico. Mauricio Nader.
Casa del Lago, Mexico City. Mauricio Nader.
Casa de la Cultura, Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico. Mauricio Nader.
Anfiteatro Simon Bolívar, Mexico City. Mauricio Nader.
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. Mauricio Nader.
Teatro de le República, Mexico City. Mauricio Nader.
Conservatorio Nacional de Música, Mexico City. Mauricio Nader.
Seminario de Cultura Mexicana, Mexico City. Mauricio Nader.
World Premiere at the Blas Galindo Concert Hall, National Centre of Arts, Mexico City. Mauricio Nader.
S.O.S. – chamber ensemble version
Moores Opera House, Houston, Texas, USA. Aura Contemporary Ensemble.
Festival Internacional Cervantino, Nuevo Ensamble de México, Miguel Salmón del Real, conductor.
Compania Ensemble für Neue Musik, Städtische Bühnen, Kleines Haus, Münster, Germany.
Sala Blas Galindo, CNA, Mexico. Ensamble Nuevo de México, Miguel Salmón del Real, conductor.
St. Stephen's Church, NY, USA. The North/South Chamber Orchestra. Max Lifchitz, conductor.
Sala Carlos Chávez, CCU, Mexico City. Ensamble Nuevo de México, Miguel Salmón, conductor.
The Cornerstone, Hope at Everton, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Ensemble 10/10. Clark Rundell, conductor.
World Premiere at the Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum at the Blas Galindo Concert Hall at the CENART, Mexico City. ONIX ensemble.
TETRACRÓMATAS – amplified flute concerto
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Ciudad de México, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor, Evangelina Reyes, flute.
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Ciudad de México, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor, Evangelina Reyes, flute.
World Premiere. Festival Internacional Cervantino, Teatro Juárez, Guanajuato, Mexico. Orquesta de la Universidad de Guanajuato, Roberto Beltrán, conductor, Alejandro Escuer, flute.
VIOLONCHELO AL CUADRADO – cello and electronics
Instituto Potosino de Cultura, San Luís Potosí, México. Vile Kivivuori cello.
European Premiere at the University of Paris Saint-Denis. Guilherme Carvalho cello.
World Premiere at Pasagüero bar, Mexico City. Vile Kivivuori cello.
ZIMMERGRAMM – orchestra, choir, 3 male singers and solo guitar
World Premiere. Beethovenhalle, Bonn, German. LandesJugendChor NRW, Bundesjugendorchester, Alondra de la Parra, Daniel Todd, tenor, Juanra Urrusti, baritone, Daniel Pannermayr, bass, Pablo Garibay, guitar.
Soundtracks
La Dama del Silencio" by María José Cuevas. Netflix original documentaries.
2022. "Estoy todo lo iguana que se puede" by Julián Robles.
2019. "Perdida" by Jorge Michel.
2017. "Casi una gran estafa" by Guillermo Barba.
2012. "La posesión de Altair" by Víctor Dryere.
2011. "Amar no es querer" by Guillermo Barba (Best Original Score at Pantalla de Cristal Festival).
2010. "Somos lo que hay" by Jorge Michel Grau (nominated for the Ariel Academy Award as Best Original Score).
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EDUCATION, LECTURES AND GRANTS
2023 - 2025
2017 - 2025
2018 - 2020
2014 - 2016
2010 - 2012
2010 - 2011
2006 - 2008
2006 - 2007
1993 - 2001
2000 - 2001
1993 - 1999
Verano 1998
Selected member of the National System of Art Creators (FONCA) Mexico.
PhD in composition at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), tutored by María Granillo, Adolfo Sánchez Valenzuela & Pablo Padilla.
Selected member of the National System of Art Creators (FONCA) Mexico.
Selected member of the National System of Art Creators (FONCA) Mexico.
Selected member of the National System of Art Creators (FONCA) Mexico.
Selected Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Master’s degree in electro-acoustic composition at the University of Paris VIII, where he studied with Horacio Vaggione, José Manuel López López, Mario Mary, Ivanka Stoianova, Guilherme Carvalho & Anne Sedes. At the university, he attended lectures by Tristan Murail and Salvatore Sciarrino.
Young Artists grant bestowed by (FONCA). Workshop with Georgina Derbez & Carlos Sánchez.
Licentiate in Compositional Techniques at the Musical Education and Research Center (CIEM), degree endorsed by The Trinity College of London. He studied composition with Maria Antonieta Lozano, Alejandro Velasco, Victor Rasgado, Gerardo Tamez, Rodrigo Sigal and Vincent Carver.
Young Artists grant bestowed by (FONCA). Workshop with Hebert Vasquez, Gabriela Ortiz and Jorge Torres.
Licentiate in Guitar Performing at the Musical Education and Research Center (CIEM), degree endorsed by The Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, United Kingdom. His guitar teachers were Hector Vázquez, Hans Mues, Gerardo Tamez, Antonio Lopez and Gonzalo Salazar.
Composition workshop with Franco Donatoni and Theo Loevendi.
TEACHING
Enrico Chapela has more than 35 years of experience teaching music. He has taught guitar, harmony, sol-fa, instrumentation, orchestration, physics of sound, math of music and composition. He has worked at the following schools in Mexico: Centro de Investigación y Estudios de la Música CIEM, La Escuela de Música de Todos los Tiempos (Pachuca), La Casa del Teatro y el Núcleo Integral de Composición NICO.
BROADCASTS
Given the UNESCO’s Rostra where pieces such as La Condena. La Mengambrea, Ínguesu and Crucigrama, represented Mexico, and the fact of having pieces included in several CDs, Enrico Chapela’s music has been radio broadcasted in more than 40 countries of the world. The following list includes some of the countries where his pieces have been broadcasted. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chili, Czech Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
PUBLISHING
Signing of an exclusivity contract with BOOSEY & HAWKES for the publishing of his entire catalogue.
May 2008
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