JUAN MANUEL ABRAS (* 1975)
Swedish-born Argentine composer and conductor
of European descent. He studied Piano and Violin at the “Carlos
Lopez Buchardo” National Conservatory of Music (now National
University Institute of Art) Buenos Aires (Argentina) and continued
his studies at the “Benedetto Marcello” Conservatory
Venice (Italy), graduating from the San Sebastian High Conservatory
of Music (Spain). He then studied Composition (with Roberto García
Morillo) at the “Manuel de Falla” High Conservatory
of Music (Buenos Aires), as well as Orchestra Conducting (area in
which he later specialized with Guillermo Scarabino), graduating
“cum laude” in both disciplines. He continued his Postgraduate
studies in Composition (with Kurt Schwertsik) and Orchestral Conducting
(with Leopold Hager) at the University (former Academy) of Music
and Performing Arts Vienna (Austria).
He attended –in Europe and Argentina–
several courses, traineeships and seminars on Composition (with
Alexander Mullenbach, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Helmut Lachenmann,
Wolfgang Rihm, etc.), Orchestral Conducting (with Dominique Fanal,
Ervin Acél, Michael Gielen, etc.), Piano, Music Pedagogy
and Music History, obtaining also a Bahchelors and a Master’s
Degree in History (Deusto University, Spain / USAL University, Argentina).
Among others, he received the following prizes,
awards and scholarships: 2nd Prize at the “Franz Josef Reinl-Stiftung”
International Composition Competition 2002 (Vienna, Austria), “Gold
Medal” Composition Prize 2002 (CSM “Manuel de Falla”
of Buenos Aires, Argentina), “Gold Medal” Ochestral
Conducting Prize 2002 (CSM “Manuel de Falla” of Buenos
Aires), “Tribune of Argentine Music” Mention 2002 (EIMC-CAMU-IMC-UNESCO),
“National Tribune of Composers” Mention 2002 (EIMC-CAMU-IMC-ISCM-UNESCO),
“Theodor-Körner” Prize to the Sciences and the
Arts 2003 (Vienna, Austria), "In Memoriam Erich Kleiber"
Scholarship 2004, etc.
He was appointed chief conductor, assistant conductor
and artistic director of several Argentinean orchestral organizations,
actively collaborating in the dissemination of Argentine and Ibero
American Music as composer, conductor, pianist and concert series
organizer. His compositions –for diverse instrumental, vocal
and electronic forces– have been premiered and performed in
different countries of Europe and the Americas. He is a member of
the Argentine Composers Association (former National Music Society,
founded in 1915) and of the Argentine Society of Authors and Composers
(SADAIC).
Prof. Mag. Juan Manuel Abras
Franz-Josefs-Kai 29/413
1010 - Wien
ÖSTERREICH (AUSTRIA)
Tel./FAX: (43)-1-532-6944
email
http://www.juanmanuelabras.com
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