Ramon Lazkano
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Ramon Lazkano is a contemporary Spanish
Basque
composer of classical music.
, Basque Country, Spain 1968) attended piano and composition classes at the San Sebastián Higher Conservatory of Music, where he obtained a Higher Degree in Composition. Holding a Gipuzkoako Foru Diputazioa scholarship, he was accepted at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris
, where he studied composition and orchestration with Alain Bancquart
and Gérard Grisey
, and was awarded a First Prize of Composition in 1990. A Sasakawa Foundation Scholarship allowed him to follow the studies of composition and analysis in Montreal
with Gilles Tremblay
. At his return to Paris, he studied orchestra conducting with Jean-Sébastien Béreau and Arturo Tamayo, and received a DEA degree in 20th Century Music and Musicology from the'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.
His piano concerto Hitzaurre Bi earned him, at the age of 26, the prestigious Prince Pierre de Monaco Foundation Prize. Shortly afterwards, in 1997, a jury chaired by Luciano Berio
gave him the Leonard Bernstein-Jerusalem Composition Prize for his Auhen Kantuak. In 2007, the French Academy of Fine Arts gives him the Georges Bizet Award; he was also a prizewinner of the Institute of Music and Drama Arts, the Colegio de España, and the Gaudeamus Foundation
. While resident with the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España, he had the opportunity of composing several pieces which were performed, among others, at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid and Berlin Konzerthaus. Stanford University
invited him in 1999 to introduce his music and that same year he was appointed, along with Luis de Pablo
, resident at the Musica Festival and the Strasburg Conservatoire. His residence in Rome (first as a scholar of the , then of the Villa Medici French Academy in Rome
) allowed him to carry out a reflection on what composition is and what it means today, focusing mainly on thoughts about intertextuality and the saturation, silence and experience of sound and time, all of which giving birth to emblematic pieces such as Ilunkor (commissioned by the Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa) and Lur-Itzalak (commissioned by the Printemps des Arts of Monte Carlo).
His works have been played in many countries (France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, United Kingdom, Russia, USA, Austria...) in the framework of prestigious festivals such as: Musica (Strasbourg), Ars Musica (Brussels), Présences in Radio-France, Philharmonic Green Umbrella New Music series (Los Angeles), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Amsterdam), International Society of Contemporary Music (Copenhagen), Festival of Contemporary Music (Alicante, Sp). His music has been played by such renowned orchestras and ensembles as, among others, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, the Symphony Orchestra of Jerusalem, the National Orchestra of Spain, the Symphony Orchestra of Euskadi, the Symphony Orchestra of Bilbao, the Spanish Broadcast Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Teatre Lliure of Barcelona, the Ensembles Gaudeamus, Ictus
and Accroche Note, the Ensemble Barcelona 216, the Conjunto Ibérico de Violoncellos, Ensemble Wiener Collage - and he has been commissioned by the Ministry of Culture (France), the Basque Government, the CDMC (Spain), Radio France, ABRSM of London, the Orquestra de Cadaqués, the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, ...
Ramon Lazkano gave orchestration lessons at the Strasburg Conservatoire and composition lessons at the Higher Academy of Music of Catalonia in Barcelona. At present, he is professor of orchestration at the Higher Academy of Music of the Basque Country "Musikene".
Hauskor (2006) for eight cellos & orchestra
Ttakun (2005-06)
Ortzi Isilak (2005) for clarinet & orchestra
Itaun (2003) for accordion & orchestra
Hilarriak (2002-2003)
Ilunkor (2000-01)
Zur-Haitz (1999)
Ilgora (1998) for string orchestra
Eriden (1997-98) for chamber orchestra
Hitzaurre Bi (1993) for piano & orchestra
Oskorriz (1990)
Igeltsoen Laborategia (Laboratory of Chalks):
- Egan-1 (2006) for ensemble
- Egan-2 (2006-07) for ensemble
- Egan-3 (2007) for ensemble
- Wintersonnenwende (2005) for string trio & celesta
- Wintersonnenwende-2 (2007) for cello & piano: I- II-
- Hatsik-1 (2001) for Eb clarinet, trombone, cello & piano
- Hatsik-2 (2002) for alt saxophone, double bass, accordion & percussion
- Hatsik-3 (2004) for violin, clarinet, alt saxophone & piano
- Laiotz (2003) five pieces for two pianos & two percussions
----
Itzalen Zikloa (Cycle of Shadows):
- Lur-Itzalak (2003) for violin & cello
- Haize-Itzalak (2002) for string sextet
- Su-Itzalak (1991) for eight cellos
----
Nahasmahasi (2002) for flute, alt saxophone, guitar, piano & percussion
Aurresku (2000) for saxophone quartet, piano & 2 percussions
Hizkirimiri (1999) for bass clarinet, guitar, marimba & doublebass
Seaska Kanta (Berceuse) (1998) for flute & string quintet (or string orchestra)
Ur Loak (1998) for bass flute, contrabass clarinet, two string quintets & two percussions
Hodeiertz (1997) pour alt saxophone & percussion
Sorginkeriak (1995) for small ensemble
Hizpide (1995) for viola, alto flute & guitar
Hitzaro (1994) for alto flute & guitar
Izotz (1993) for string quartet
Eskaintza (1992) for ensemble
Bihurketak (1991) for violin, cello & piano
Quinteto (1991) for wind quintet
Chant III (1990) for bass clarinet, 3 trombones & 3 cellos
Chant II (1989) for viola & tape or viola solo & four violas
Argilunak (1989) for baryton saxophone & two cellos
Zintzilik (2005) for piano 4 hands
Presencia (in memoriam Joaquin Homs) (2005) for piano
Ezkil (2002) for guitar (with quarter-tone scordatura)
Gentle Sway (2002) for piano
4. Bakarrizketa (2000) for piano
Zortziko (2000) for piano
Sorgindantza (2000) for organ
Aztarnak (2000) for accordion
Suziri (1999) for piano
Seaska Kanta (Berceuse) (1998) for piano
Ilargi Uneak (1996) for piano: 1.-izar 2.-ekhi (l. h.) 3.-urtzi
Otoitz (1996) for clarinet
Sonatine (1996) for quarter-tone tuned guitar
3. Bakarrizketa (1996) for flute
2. Bakarrizketa (1993) for guitar
Ekhiez (1988) for piano (left hand)
Malkoak euri balira (2005) for 12 voices & guitar. Poem by Xabier Lete.
Infantia Mea (2004) for eight mixed voices. Lyrics by Saint Augustin.
Otoitz baten gisan (2003) for baryton & orgue. Basque poem by Xabier Lete
Cinco poemas de Luis Cernuda (2000-02) for voice & cello octet
1.- El Prisionero 2.- El Viento y el Alma 3.- Instrumento Músico 4.- El Sino 5.- El Intruso
Canciones de Ausencia (1999) for voice, guitar & cello. Poems by Miguel Hernández
The Epilogue (1999) for male choir & ensemble. Lyrics from The Tempest by Shakespeare
Auhen Kantuak (1993-95, 1997) for choirs & orchestra. Lyrics based upon Jeremiah's Lamentations and translated into Basque by Itxaro Borda.
Les Djinns (1993) for children choir & wind orchestra. Poem by Victor Hugo.
Hiru seaska kanta eta etsipen abesti bat (1991) for voice & string quartet
Madrigal (1991) for five voices. Lyrics by Catule, Cernuda & Gil de Biedma.
Leherketa batetako hotsak (1988) for baryton, narrator & ensemble. Poem by Patxi Ezkiaga.
J. C. ARRIAGA - Ouverture "Los esclavos felices"
for the ensemble of Mozart's Gran Partita
M. MUSSORGSKY - Songs & Dances of Death
for voice & orchestra
F. G. LORCA - Canciones Antiguas Españolas
for voice & ensemble
"Two Feelings" with Helmut Lachenmann
in "Contemporary Music Review", vol. 23, September 2004.
El sonido como elemento natural de la deducción compositiva in "Ontology Studies - Cuadernos de Ontología", vol. 1-2, 2001.
Préliminaires pour une étude de la polyrythmie in "Musiker", vol. 11, 1999.
Spain
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Basque
Basque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...
composer of classical music.
Career
Ramon Lazkano (born in San SebastiánSan Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...
, Basque Country, Spain 1968) attended piano and composition classes at the San Sebastián Higher Conservatory of Music, where he obtained a Higher Degree in Composition. Holding a Gipuzkoako Foru Diputazioa scholarship, he was accepted at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where he studied composition and orchestration with Alain Bancquart
Alain Bancquart
Alain Bancquart is a French composer. He had his musical formation at the "Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris" with Darius Milhaud. He was a violist with the Orchestre National de France until 1973...
and Gérard Grisey
Gérard Grisey
Gérard Grisey was a French composer of contemporary music.-Biography:Gérard Grisey was born in Belfort, France on 17 June 1946. He studied at the Trossingen Conservatory in Germany from 1963 to 1965 before entering the Conservatoire de Paris...
, and was awarded a First Prize of Composition in 1990. A Sasakawa Foundation Scholarship allowed him to follow the studies of composition and analysis in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
with Gilles Tremblay
Gilles Tremblay
Gilles Tremblay, is a Canadian composer. He studied at the Conservatories of Montreal and Paris , where his teachers including Olivier Messiaen , Yvonne Loriod , and Maurice Martenot . He also attended Stockhausen's summer courses at Darmstadt, where he became interested in electro-acoustic...
. At his return to Paris, he studied orchestra conducting with Jean-Sébastien Béreau and Arturo Tamayo, and received a DEA degree in 20th Century Music and Musicology from the'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.
His piano concerto Hitzaurre Bi earned him, at the age of 26, the prestigious Prince Pierre de Monaco Foundation Prize. Shortly afterwards, in 1997, a jury chaired by Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.-Biography:Berio was born at Oneglia Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian...
gave him the Leonard Bernstein-Jerusalem Composition Prize for his Auhen Kantuak. In 2007, the French Academy of Fine Arts gives him the Georges Bizet Award; he was also a prizewinner of the Institute of Music and Drama Arts, the Colegio de España, and the Gaudeamus Foundation
Gaudeamus Foundation
The Gaudeamus Foundation and Contemporary Music Center is a renowned center for contemporary music. The Gaudeamus Foundation organizes and promotes contemporary musical activities and concerts both in the Netherlands and abroad...
. While resident with the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España, he had the opportunity of composing several pieces which were performed, among others, at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid and Berlin Konzerthaus. Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
invited him in 1999 to introduce his music and that same year he was appointed, along with Luis de Pablo
Luís de Pablo
Luis de Pablo is a Spanish composer.He was born in Bilbao, living in Madrid from age six and starting to compose aged 12. Although he received composition lessons from Maurice Ohana and Max Deutsch, he was essentially an autodidact in composition...
, resident at the Musica Festival and the Strasburg Conservatoire. His residence in Rome (first as a scholar of the , then of the Villa Medici French Academy in Rome
French Academy in Rome
The French Academy in Rome is an Academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese, on the Pincio in Rome, Italy.-History:...
) allowed him to carry out a reflection on what composition is and what it means today, focusing mainly on thoughts about intertextuality and the saturation, silence and experience of sound and time, all of which giving birth to emblematic pieces such as Ilunkor (commissioned by the Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa) and Lur-Itzalak (commissioned by the Printemps des Arts of Monte Carlo).
His works have been played in many countries (France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, United Kingdom, Russia, USA, Austria...) in the framework of prestigious festivals such as: Musica (Strasbourg), Ars Musica (Brussels), Présences in Radio-France, Philharmonic Green Umbrella New Music series (Los Angeles), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Amsterdam), International Society of Contemporary Music (Copenhagen), Festival of Contemporary Music (Alicante, Sp). His music has been played by such renowned orchestras and ensembles as, among others, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, the Symphony Orchestra of Jerusalem, the National Orchestra of Spain, the Symphony Orchestra of Euskadi, the Symphony Orchestra of Bilbao, the Spanish Broadcast Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Teatre Lliure of Barcelona, the Ensembles Gaudeamus, Ictus
Ictus Ensemble
Ictus Ensemble is a Belgian orchestra, founded by Jean-Luc Plouvierin 1994, specialising in Contemporary classical music...
and Accroche Note, the Ensemble Barcelona 216, the Conjunto Ibérico de Violoncellos, Ensemble Wiener Collage - and he has been commissioned by the Ministry of Culture (France), the Basque Government, the CDMC (Spain), Radio France, ABRSM of London, the Orquestra de Cadaqués, the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, ...
Ramon Lazkano gave orchestration lessons at the Strasburg Conservatoire and composition lessons at the Higher Academy of Music of Catalonia in Barcelona. At present, he is professor of orchestration at the Higher Academy of Music of the Basque Country "Musikene".
Orchestra
----Hauskor (2006) for eight cellos & orchestra
Ttakun (2005-06)
Ortzi Isilak (2005) for clarinet & orchestra
Itaun (2003) for accordion & orchestra
Hilarriak (2002-2003)
Ilunkor (2000-01)
Zur-Haitz (1999)
Ilgora (1998) for string orchestra
Eriden (1997-98) for chamber orchestra
Hitzaurre Bi (1993) for piano & orchestra
Oskorriz (1990)
Chamber Music
----Igeltsoen Laborategia (Laboratory of Chalks):
- Egan-1 (2006) for ensemble
- Egan-2 (2006-07) for ensemble
- Egan-3 (2007) for ensemble
- Wintersonnenwende (2005) for string trio & celesta
- Wintersonnenwende-2 (2007) for cello & piano: I- II-
- Hatsik-1 (2001) for Eb clarinet, trombone, cello & piano
- Hatsik-2 (2002) for alt saxophone, double bass, accordion & percussion
- Hatsik-3 (2004) for violin, clarinet, alt saxophone & piano
- Laiotz (2003) five pieces for two pianos & two percussions
----
Itzalen Zikloa (Cycle of Shadows):
- Lur-Itzalak (2003) for violin & cello
- Haize-Itzalak (2002) for string sextet
- Su-Itzalak (1991) for eight cellos
----
Nahasmahasi (2002) for flute, alt saxophone, guitar, piano & percussion
Aurresku (2000) for saxophone quartet, piano & 2 percussions
Hizkirimiri (1999) for bass clarinet, guitar, marimba & doublebass
Seaska Kanta (Berceuse) (1998) for flute & string quintet (or string orchestra)
Ur Loak (1998) for bass flute, contrabass clarinet, two string quintets & two percussions
Hodeiertz (1997) pour alt saxophone & percussion
Sorginkeriak (1995) for small ensemble
Hizpide (1995) for viola, alto flute & guitar
Hitzaro (1994) for alto flute & guitar
Izotz (1993) for string quartet
Eskaintza (1992) for ensemble
Bihurketak (1991) for violin, cello & piano
Quinteto (1991) for wind quintet
Chant III (1990) for bass clarinet, 3 trombones & 3 cellos
Chant II (1989) for viola & tape or viola solo & four violas
Argilunak (1989) for baryton saxophone & two cellos
Music for solo instruments
----Zintzilik (2005) for piano 4 hands
Presencia (in memoriam Joaquin Homs) (2005) for piano
Ezkil (2002) for guitar (with quarter-tone scordatura)
Gentle Sway (2002) for piano
4. Bakarrizketa (2000) for piano
Zortziko (2000) for piano
Sorgindantza (2000) for organ
Aztarnak (2000) for accordion
Suziri (1999) for piano
Seaska Kanta (Berceuse) (1998) for piano
Ilargi Uneak (1996) for piano: 1.-izar 2.-ekhi (l. h.) 3.-urtzi
Otoitz (1996) for clarinet
Sonatine (1996) for quarter-tone tuned guitar
3. Bakarrizketa (1996) for flute
2. Bakarrizketa (1993) for guitar
Ekhiez (1988) for piano (left hand)
Vocal Music
----Malkoak euri balira (2005) for 12 voices & guitar. Poem by Xabier Lete.
Infantia Mea (2004) for eight mixed voices. Lyrics by Saint Augustin.
Otoitz baten gisan (2003) for baryton & orgue. Basque poem by Xabier Lete
Cinco poemas de Luis Cernuda (2000-02) for voice & cello octet
1.- El Prisionero 2.- El Viento y el Alma 3.- Instrumento Músico 4.- El Sino 5.- El Intruso
Canciones de Ausencia (1999) for voice, guitar & cello. Poems by Miguel Hernández
The Epilogue (1999) for male choir & ensemble. Lyrics from The Tempest by Shakespeare
Auhen Kantuak (1993-95, 1997) for choirs & orchestra. Lyrics based upon Jeremiah's Lamentations and translated into Basque by Itxaro Borda.
Les Djinns (1993) for children choir & wind orchestra. Poem by Victor Hugo.
Hiru seaska kanta eta etsipen abesti bat (1991) for voice & string quartet
Madrigal (1991) for five voices. Lyrics by Catule, Cernuda & Gil de Biedma.
Leherketa batetako hotsak (1988) for baryton, narrator & ensemble. Poem by Patxi Ezkiaga.
Orchestrations
----J. C. ARRIAGA - Ouverture "Los esclavos felices"
for the ensemble of Mozart's Gran Partita
M. MUSSORGSKY - Songs & Dances of Death
for voice & orchestra
F. G. LORCA - Canciones Antiguas Españolas
for voice & ensemble
Writings
La guitare dans notre imaginaire in "Guitares croisées - utopie ou réalité?", CNR de Strasbourg, 2004."Two Feelings" with Helmut Lachenmann
Helmut Lachenmann
Helmut Lachenmann is a German composer associated with musique concrète instrumentale.-Life and works:...
in "Contemporary Music Review", vol. 23, September 2004.
El sonido como elemento natural de la deducción compositiva in "Ontology Studies - Cuadernos de Ontología", vol. 1-2, 2001.
Préliminaires pour une étude de la polyrythmie in "Musiker", vol. 11, 1999.