Jesús Rueda (composer)

Jesús Rueda Azcuaga (born in Madrid, 30 May 1961) is a Spanish composer. He won the 2004 National Prize for the global quality of his music, with special recognition to his recently premiered symphonic and chamber compositions, such as his Symphony No. 2 and his String Quartet No. 3.^[1] His Symphony No. 3, Viaje imaginario (dedicated to his teacher Francisco Guerrero following his death) and a selection of his piano music, including his two sonatas, were subsequently published by Naxos Records.^[2]

Through his career he has evolved from experimental music to a more mainstream style.^[3] He is the resident composer of the Cadaqués Orchestra,^[4] and a regular juror of the Queen Sofía Prize.

Compositions[]

Opera[]

• Fragmento de Orfeo (2006)

Orchestral[]

• Fons Vitae (1994)
• Viaje imaginario (1998)
• Jardín mecánico (1999)
• Symphony No. 1 ″Laberinto″ (2000)
• Hyperión 1 (2001)
• Symphony No. 2 ″Acerca del límite″ (2002)
• Elephant Skin (2002)
• El viaje múltiple (2005)
• Symphony No. 3 ″Luz″ (2006)
• Hyperión 2 (2006)
• La Tierra (2006)
• Symphony No. 4 ″July″ (2017)
• Divertimento (2018)
• Stairscape (2018)
• Symphony No. 5 ″Naufragios″ (2019)
• Symphony No. 6 ″Fuga en las tinieblas″ (2020)
• Symphony No. 7 ″Northern Visions″ (2021)
• Symphony No. 8 “Elegy” (2021)

Concertante[]

Piano[]

• Cadenza (1997)

Ensemble[]

• Chamber Concerto No. 1 ″Présages″ (1990)
• Mas la noche (1991)
• Arrecife (1992)
• Un vent noire (1992)
• Dos sonetos (1993)
• Chamber Concerto No. 2 (1997)
• Chamber Concerto No. 3 ″En el Corral de Comedias de Almagro″ (2001)

Chamber music[]

• Microsecuencias (1985)
• YAM (1986)
• String Quartet No. 1 (1990)
• Una leyenda (1990)
• Sinamay (1991)
• Bitácora (1992)
• Ítaca (1997)
• Perpetuum Mobile for percussion duo (1998)
• El diario de Fausto (1999)
• Memoria del laberinto (2000)
• String Quartet No. 2 ″Desde las sombras″ (2003)
• 3 Expressive Etudes for steel drums (2004)
• String Quartet No. 3 ″Islas″ (2004)
• 7 Love Songs (2004)
• Obsesión (2004)
• Pocket Paradise (2008)
• Your Story (2014)
• Absolute! (2014)
• The Messenger (2015)
• Persiles (2016)
• String Quartet No. 4 ″Still Life″ (2018)
• Natura Morta (2019)
• String Quartet No. 5 ″Fragments″ (2019)
• String Quartet No. 6 ″The Glare″ (2019)
• String Quartet No. 7 ″The Journey″ (2020)
• String Quartet No. 8 ″Before us″ (2020)
• String Quartet No. 9 ″Metamorphosis″ (2020)
• String Quartet No. 10 ″Nostalgia″ (2020)

Vocal[]

• Salmo Responsoriale (2000)

Solo[]

Cello[]

• Io (1989)

Flute[]

• Suspiria (1988)
• Vértigo (1992)

Guitar[]

• Remembrance (1996)
• Quaderno d'Estate (2007)

Percussion[]

• Luna nueva (2000)
• 6 Inventions for young accordionists (2004)
• Etude for marimba (2007)

Piano[]

• Six Etudes (1989)
• Ricercata (1995)
• Mephisto (1999)
• 24 Interludes (2003)
• 29 Inventions (2003)
• Piano Sonata No. 1 (2004)
• Piano Sonata No. 2 ″Ketjak″ (2007)
• Impromptu No. 4 ″RoMa″ (2009)
• Piano Sonata No. 3 “Upon a Ground” (2016)
• Piano Sonata No. 4 “Night Thoughts” (2017)
• Piano Sonata No. 5 “The Butterfly Effect” (2018)
• Piano Sonata No. 6 “On the Edge” (2018)

Violin[]

• Sex Machine (2007)

Electronic music[]

• Synthiludia (1985)
• Sobre un fondo de luto descolorido (1986)
• Fragmento final (1987)
• Voyager (1988)
• Estacionario (fantasy for piano and electronics) (1989)

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