Jimmy Lopez, Synesthésie

« Synesthésie » de Jimmy LOPEZ
En cinq parties : Toucher, Odorat, Goût, Audition et Vision
par l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France,
sous la direction de Pierre-André Valade
(Création enregistrée le 19/11/2012)

Le site de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France

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Le blog de Jimmy Lopez sur l'enregistrement de Synesthésie à Paris

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Jimmy Lopez

Jimmy Lopez was born in Lima, Peru in 1978.
From 1998 until 2000 he studied with Enrique Iturriaga at the National Conservatory of Music in Lima. From 2000 till 2007 he studied with Veli-Matti Puumala and Eero Hämeenniemi at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, from where he obtained his Master of Music Degree in 2007. Mr. Lopez completed his Ph.D. in Music at the University of California-Berkeley in May 2012, where he worked with Professor Edmund Campion.

His works have been performed by ensembles such as Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra of Chile and the National Symphony Orchestra of Peru, among others; and in venues such as Aspen Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, Darmstadt Music Festival, Donaueschingen Music Festival and the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

He has been awarded numerous prizes: First Prize - 2012 Nicola de Lorenzo Music Composition Contest for "Synesthésie"; First Prize - 2011 Nicola de Lorenzo Music Composition Contest for "15 Études for String Octet"; 2009 Georges Ladd Prix de Paris (UC Berkeley), Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at the '2008 Darmstadt International Course for Contemporary Music' (Germany); 2008 Morton Gould Young Composer Award (New York) for his concertino for piano, strings, brass and percussion titled "Epiphany"; Second Prize - 2008 Nicola de Lorenzo Music Composition Contest (UC Berkeley) for "Epiphany"; Orchestra Composition Award - SävellYS 2006 Composition Competition (Finland) for his orchestral work "The Plea"; Stipendienpreis at the International Course for Contemporary Music, Darmstadt 2006 (Germany) for his chamber work "Kraftmaschine"; Honorable Mention at the Irino Composition Prize for Chamber Music 2005 (Japan) for his string quartet "La Caresse du Couteau"; First Prize - ALEA III 2003 International Composition Competition (USA) for his piece "K'asa" for violin and piano; and the Orchestra Prize - CCA International Composition Competition 2002 (Taiwan) for his orchestral work "Carnynx".

He is a member of SUOMEN SÄVELTÄJÄT (Society of Finnish Composers), ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), CIRCOMPER (Circle of Composers of Peru) and the San Francisco Chapter of the Recording Academy (GRAMMY). He is a founding member and Vice President of Koho Beat Musical Association in Finland. His portrait CD titled ‘Musuq Peru' was released in 2008.

Projects for 2012 include performances with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Jimmy Lopez is published by Filarmonika

Le site de Jimmy Lopez