Alexandre Lunsqui: Composer
 
Contact info: alunsqui@yahoo.com (or alexandre@lunsqui.com)
 
 
Alexandre Lunsqui was born in Brazil and now lives in New York City. After studying engineering and music at University of Campinas, he pursued postgraduate studies in composition at University of Iowa, Columbia University, and IRCAM (year-long cursus of composition and computer music). Music teachers include 'recordings of various kinds', Tristan Murail, Fred Lerdahl, Jeremy Dale-Roberts, and José Augusto Mannis, among other artists from various areas. His music background also includes brazilian music, jazz and contemporary improvisation. He has participated in Festivals such as Gaudeamus Music Week, Darmstadt, Manca, CrossDrumming, Aspekte, Time of Music, Musica Nova, Beijing Modern, Music at the Anthology, Creative Music Festival, PASIC, and Resonances. His pieces have been played in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, China, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, and around the US. He has been awarded the Virtuose Prize given by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil. His pieces have been played by Ensemble Aleph, Arditti String Quartet, Argento Chamber Ensemble, Ensemble Piano Possibile, Due East, Ensemble counter)induction, Manhattan Sinfonietta, duo Nakamura-Beyer, Talea Ensemble, MATA micro-orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, Duo Echoi, among others. A monographic CD with his chamber music is due to be released in Spring 2008. A second CD featuring four composers from Sao Paulo will be released in Fall 2008.  


SOUND SAMPLES 


LIST of WORKS 


CONCERTS/NEWS 2008


* CD:
PROJETO PETROBRAS CULTURAL 2007
7 pieces for chamber music by Alexandre Lunsqui
ARGENTO CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, GREG BEYER, and DUE EAST
Also featuring Carol McGonnell, Dave Eggar and Rei Nakamura
Gravina Música
Spring 2008

Pieces:

-Spira Mondana for 13 instruments
-Tempi Intermedi for 6 instruments
-p-Orbital for 10 instruments
-Iris solo berimbau
-Glaes for prepared piano and percussion
-After Frottage 
-Ligare
                                                                                           

(CD available!)
Brasil: favor email: contact@lunsqui.com

United States, please email: contact@lunsqui.com or click below:


Other countries, please email: contact@lunsqui.com or click below:

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* CD: Four Contemporary Visions 
Four composers from Sao Paulo:
Alexandre Lunsqui, Ignacio de Campos, Felipe Lara and Leonardo Aldrovandi
Gravina Música
To be released in Fall 2008

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* LIGARE
Duo Echoi (Alice Teyssier, flute/Jon Hepfer, percussion)
January 4th 8pm
Studio Z
St. Paul, Minnesota

* LIGARE
Due East (Erin Lesser, flute/Greg Beyer, percussion)
January 15th 
Lawrence University
Appleton, Wisconsin

 * CONTOURS...DISTANCES (WP of the revised version)
Steve Beck, solo piano
New Paths/New Music
February 9th
 Columbia University
NYC

 * TEMPO ABSURDO (solo piano)
Konstantin Schmidbauer
February 10th
Mozarteum Universitat
Salzburg, Austria

* Presentation on recent works
February 21st
New York University
NYC

 * LIGARE
Duo Echoi (Alice Teyssier, flute/Jon Hepfer, percussion)
February 19th
UCSD
San Diego

 * LIGARE
Due East (Erin Lesser, flute/Greg Beyer, percussion)
March 5th
Arts Ke-nekt' Performing Arts Series
 State University of New York
Oswego, NY

 * CONTOURS...DISTANCES 
Steve Beck, solo piano
ECCE
March 17th
 Denver

 * AREIA II (for 10 instruments)
International Contemporary Ensemble
April 5th
Merkin Hall
NYC

 * LIGARE
Echoi
April 13th
Warner Concert Hall
Oberlin, OH

* LIGARE
Echoi
April 16th
Lippes Concert Hall
Buffalo, NY

* TOPOGRAFIA INDEX 2
TBA
Faculdade Santa Marcelina
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL

 *TOPOGRAFIA_INDEX 3A (for trio)
June
Maine

* OBJETO-QUASE
TBA
Faculdade Santa Marcelina
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL

* LIGARE
Due East
National Flute Association Competition (Due East - finalist)
August 2008
Kansas
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CONCERTS/NEWS 2007

 
* TOPOGRAFIA-INDEX 3 (WP)
February 3rd
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall - Symphony Space
Erin Lesser, Rita Mitsel, Sarah Beaty, Carl Bettendorf
 New York City 

* CARRETÉIS for ensemble
Pedro Bittencourt, sop. sax; Mark Williams, conductor
http://biblio.zkm.de/DegemWebradio/programm.htm
Webradio (Program D - from 29.1 to 25.2.07 - Germany)

* LIGARE 
Due East
March 6h 
Southern Oregon University
Ashland

 * LIGARE
Due East
March 9h 
Western Oregon University
Monmouth

* LIGARE
Due East
March 10th
Lewis & Clark College / Evans Auditorium
Portland
* MUTUUS
 Ensemble Aleph
March 17th 2007
Festival Le Printemps des poètes
Carcassome-Cité
France

* LIGARE
Due East
March 23th 2007
Manhattan School of Music
New York City
 
* LIGARE
Due East
March 24th 2007
Tenri Cultural Institute
New York City

 * AFTER FROTTAGE (clarinet/cello)
New Paths/New Music
 March  31st
Manhattan School of Music
 NYC

* LIGARE
Due East
April 9th 2007
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb

 * LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (ECCE)
April 12th 2007
Virginia Commonwealth University

 * LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (ECCE)
April 13th 2007
American Composers Forum
Washington, DC

 * LIGARE
May 5th 
Talea Ensemble inaugural concert
(with works by Grisey, Harvey, Cheung, Sciarrino)
Juilliard School NYC

 * LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski 
May 14th
AltaVoz Concert Series
Juilliard School NYC

 * LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (ECCE)
May 29th 2007
Maine

*ARTICLE - June 2007
 "Music and Globalization: Diversity, Banalization and Culturalization"
REVUE FILIGRANE - PARIS
Under the direction of Makis Solomos
http://revuefiligrane.free.fr/

 * RUPTURA(s) (World Première)
June 16th
Alex Lipowski, vibraphone; Steve Beck, piano
Greenwich Music Festival
Connecticut
* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
 July 4th 2007
Festival Time of Music, Kestikitie 10, Vlitasaari
Finland
 
* REPERCUSSIO and IRIS
DVD Project - Greg Beyer
To be released - Fall 2007
* REPERCUSSIO
Greg Beyer
August 9th 2007
University of Campinas
Brazil

* LIGARE
Due East
August 9th 2007
University of Campinas
Brazil

 * LIGARE
Due East
August 13th 2007
UNESP (State University of Sao Paulo)
São Paulo
 Brazil

* REPERCUSSIO
Greg Beyer
August 13th 2007
UNESP
São Paulo
 Brazil

* 11th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music
September 2007
Music Papers Program Committee
São Paulo
Brazil

* MOBILE.MUTATIO for String Quartet (WP) (with pieces by Ferneyhough, Lara, Ligeti, Menezes, Xenakis)
Arditti String Quartet
September 2007
FESTIVAL MÚSICA NOVA
 Brazil

* LECTURE at Faculdade Santa Marcelina (FASM)
October 1st 11am
São Paulo
Brazil

* P-Orbital (former GIRO)
October 4th and 7th
 MATA Festival 10th anniversary
CounterStream Radio

* TIME.FRACTUS (WP)
 Takae Ohnishi, Harpsichord
November 1st 
University of California at San Diego (UCSD)

* LIGARE
Due East 
November 12th
Masterclass at New York University
NYC

 * LIGARE
Alex Lipowski and Daria Binkowski (plus works by Ferneyhough, Aperghis, Berio and Manoury)
Friday, November 30, 7 PM
Samsung Center, Time Warner Building
Columbus Circle at 59th St., 3rd Floor
NYC

* GLAES (WP)
Commissioned by the Netzwerk Musik Saar
November 30th 
Lei Nakamura, piano;
Greg Beyer, percussion
 Saarbrücken, Germany;

* OBJETO-QUASE (WP)
 Commissioned by the Netzwerk Musik Saar
Lei Nakamura, solo piano
November 30th
Saarbrücken, Germany;

 * IRIS
November 30th
Greg Beyer
 Saarbrücken, Germany

* GLAES
December 1st
Lei Nakamura, Greg Beyer
Luxembourg Fest 2007

*  OBJETO-QUASE
December 1st
 Lei Nakamura, piano
 Luxembourg Fest 2007

 * IRIS
December 1st
Greg Beyer
Luxembourg Fest 2007

 * TEMPI INTERMEDI for flute, clarinet, trombone,e-guitar, violin, cello
(plus works by Chong, Grisey and Kampela)
 December 17th
Argento Chamber Ensemble
Michel Galante, conductor
NYC

 * TEMPI INTERMEDI
December 22nd
Argento Chamber Ensemble
National Gallery - Dublin
Ireland

Concerts/News 2006


* AREIA for 12 instruments
Commissioned by Ensemble Piano Possibile
Carl Bettendorf, conductor
December 14th
Munich, Germany

* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
November 24th
Theatre Dunois, 7 rue Louisse Weiss, Paris
http://www.radio-music.org
http://www.theatredunois.org/aleph.html

* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
November 14th
Festival MANCA, Espace Magnan 31 rue Louis de Coppet
Nice, France

* LIGARE
Due East
November 8th
Percussion Ars Society International Convention
Austin, Texas
http://www.pasic.org/

* IRIS
Greg Beyer
October 29th
George State University US

* IRIS
Greg Beyer
October 27th
Atlanta State University US
 
* MUTUUS
October 2006
Ensemble Aleph
Festival Aspekte, Salzburg, Austria,

* MUTUUS
Ensemble Aleph
September 6th
Gaudeamus Music Week
The Netherlands - Muziekgebouw - Piet Heinkade 5

* MUTUUS, for voice, cl(+bass), trumpet, perc, pno, vln, cello
Ensemble Aleph (Dominique Clement, clarinet/bass clarinet; Monica Jordan, voice; Lutz Mandler, trumpet, Sylvie Drouin, piano; Jean-Charles Francois, percussion; Noemie Schindler, violin; Christophe Roy, cello).
August 23rd
Kulturrhaus, Dresden, Germany
 
* SPIRA MONDANA for 13 instruments
July 28th
Wellesley Composers Conference Ensemble; Efrain Guigui, conductor

* IRIS
July 14
Warsaw,Poland, Greg Beyer solo concert

* IRIS
July 04
Bielsko-Biala, Poland, Greg Beyer solo concert

* LIGARE
July 02
Warsaw, Poland, Due East

* IRIS
June 27
RICMA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Greg Beyer solo concert
 
* IRIS
May 28th
Beijing New Music Festival, China, Greg Beyer, Percussion

* REPERCUSSIO for 6 percussionists
April 14th
NIU, Illinois
 
* p-ORBITAL for 10 instruments
Carl Bettendorf, conductor
March 26th
Merkin Hall NYC
 
* LIGARE
Due East
March 6h
New Music Festival at Western Illinois University
 
* SPIRA MONDANA for 13 instruments
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
February 13th
Merkin Hall, NYC, US
 

Concerts 2005 

 
*After Frottage, New York City, January 28, Ensemble CounterInduction
 
*Ligare, Illinois, February 16, Due East(Beyer/Lesser)
 
*Ligare, NYC, February 18
 
*Ligare, NYC, February 20

 
*Entresons, Campinas, Brasil, February 20
 
*Carreteis, Bourdeaux, France, April 02; Bourdeaux Conservatoire Ensemble
Pedro Bittencourt, soprano sax/Mark Williams, conductor

*Contours, distances, NYC, April 11
 
*April 28th to September 11th 2005 (music excerpts used in "Circo de Rins e Figados by Gerald Thomas, SP/Rio)
 
*Entresons, Pennsylvania, July 14
 
*Ligare, Yellowbarn Festival, Due East, August 02
 
*After Frottage, Tenri Hall, NYC, September 09
 
*After Frottage, Rockefeller University, NYC, September 08
 
*New Work for ensemble, MATA Festival, NYC, October 1st
 
*After Frottage, New Music Week, Boston Conservatory, November 09
 
*Tornando-se, Royal Academy, London, November 21st
 
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