Rafael Leonardo Junchaya
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| Born | September 19, 1965 Lima, Peru |
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| Occupation | Composer, conductor and researcher |
| Title | Rafael Leonardo Junchaya |
Rafael Leonardo Junchaya Rojas (September 19, 1965) is a Peruvian composer, conductor, and researcher.
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[edit] Biography
Junchaya was born in Lima, the son of doctor/composer Rafael Junchaya Gómez.
He began his musical education at the age of seven, learning piano. Two years later he enrolled in the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (National Musical Conservatory of Peru) to study violin but did not finish. At the end of his secondary education, he entered the Faculty of Architecture at the National University of Engineering, but returned to the Conservatory in 1988 to major in composition. Studying under such professors as Celso Garrido Lecca, Junchaya graduated in 2005 with a second specialty in composition teaching.
Junchaya has participated in master classes and workshops with Mario Lavista, among others. He studied conducting with Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Eduardo García-Barrios, and also participated in workshops with David MacKenzie and Carlos Fernández Aransay between 2002 and 2003. In 1995 he travelled to New York City as a visiting student at Juilliard School.
He has been the assistant conductor, then the conductor, of the Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música of Lima, and has led the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lima, the POV , and "La Filarmónica". He has also assisted in workshops and seminars in musical research with Alfonso Padilla of the University of Helsinki.
Junchaya has been a professor of Composition and History at the CNM and the Instituto de Arte of the Universidad San Martín de Porres. He is a founding member of Círculo de Composición del Perú (CIRCOMPER). He is currently a Ph.D. at the University of Helsinki.
[edit] Works
[edit] Chamber music
- Marinera for string quartet (1989)
- Yaraví for violin or clarinet and piano (1989)
- Preludio for piano Op.1 (1989)
- Variantes Motímbricas for clarinet, trumpet, and synthesizer (1990)
- Hojarasca for violin, bassoon, and piano (1992)
- Cuarteto para cuerdas (1992)
- Marsyatikos Op.4 for flute and piano (2003)
- Tres danzas episkénicas Op.7, for clarinet, saxophone, and piano (2005)
- Sincronismos Op.9, for wind and percussion (2005)
- Minibazz Op.11, for bass clarinet (2005)
- Al soffio della notte Op.13, for bass clarinet, French horn, and cello (2007)
[edit] Vocal music
- Picaflor Esmeralda (Dile que he llorado) for a cappella mixed choir (1988)
- Lied so pre-texto Eguren for voice and piano (1990)
- Estancias for soprano and string orchestra (words by Javier Sologuren) (1992)
- Soneto XCIV for mixed choir (poem by Pablo Neruda) (1995)
- Estancias II Op.3 for soprano and string quartet (2000)
- Estancias II Op.3a for soprano and piano (2001)
- Cuatro motetes cuasi profanos Op.6, for a cappella mixed choir (2004)
- Magnificat Op.8, for two sopranos, flute, oboe, and French horn (2005) Score and Audio
[edit] Orchestral music
- Momentos for chamber orchestra (1993)
- Dos Estudios for large orchestra (1994)
- Movimiento sinfónico Op.2 (1995)
- Esquisse, Op.5 (2004, rev. 2007)
- Sincronismos II Op.10, for chamber orchestra (2005)
- Varidanzas Op.12 (2006) first prize for Composition for the 60th anniversary of the Conservatorio
- Concertino Silvestre Op.14, for bass clarinet, percussion, and string orchestra (2007)
[edit] Electronic music
- Piedra del Q’osqo, electronica (1991)
- Qoyllurcha for flute and computer-assisted synthesizer (1993)
- In-vita, electroacoustic music (2000)
- Madrigal, electroacoustic (2002)
- Die Erscheinung, electronica (2003)
- Sevoc Anatos, electronica (2005)
- Tambok, electronica (2005)
[edit] Other
- Various arrangements of popular music
[edit] Writing
- "Las llamadas de clarín en la música agrícola de Cajamarca. Análisis de dos ejemplos musicales" (2000)
- "Lo peruano en Homenaje a Stravinsky de Enrique Iturriaga" (2006)
- Various article translations
[edit] Awards
- Komposer Kombat composition contest (2005) for Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar, for Magnificat Op.8 (first prize, acoustic works)
- Composition contest for the 60th anniversary of Conservatorio Nacional de Música and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók for Varidanzas Op.12 (2006, first prize)
- Peruvian scholarship trust for music (2007)
