VÍCTOR GARCÍA PICHARDO
Curriculum Vitae

Mexican composer.

 

In 1992, he enrolled in the musical workshops of the Baja California Orchestra, where he began studying violin with Gela Dubrova. In 1994 he moved to Morelia and enrolled at the Conservatorio de las Rosas and continued his violin studies with Maestra Dubrova as well as with Erika Dobosiewicz (1995-1996). He did his undergraduate studies under the direction of Luis Jaime Cortéz with a major in composition.

Seminars and Workshops attended:

• Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany, 2004
• Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea de Michoacán, México
• Centro de Composición Musical Gerhart Muench, México

Composition, instrumentation and/or analysis courses with:

• Teodoro Anzelotti
• Tony Arnold (International Contemporary Ensemble)
• Marco Blaauw (MusikFabrik)
• Christine Chapman (MusikFabrik)
• Ricardo Climent
• Pascal Gallois
• Georg Friedrich Haas
• Juditha Haeberlin (MusikFabrik)
• Helmut Lachenmann
• Tristan Murail
• Carl Rosman (MusikFabrik)
• Peter Veale (MusikFabrik)

Performances:

• 4 ------i--for wind quartet. Premiered by the Ensamble de las Rosas, 1998
• MSB -----for mixed ensemble. Premiered by the Ensamble de las Rosas, 1999
• Visceral -for mixed ensemble. Premiered by the Ensamble de las Rosas, 2000
• Viento ---for solo flute. American Premiere in Chicago by Wilfrido Terrazas, 2003 (pdf)
• Nebula --electroacoustic work. Premiered in the “Ionization” radio program of Radio Michoacán, 2006
• 3720 ---i-for amplified flute and electronics. World Premiere in New York by Wilfrido Terrazas, 2006 (pdf)
• 3720 ---i-for amplified flute and electronics. Mexican premiere at the CMMAS, 2006 (youtube video) (pdf)
• Viento ---revised version. Premiered by Horacio Franco at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, 2008 (pdf)

Teaching Experience:

• Conservatorio de las Rosas. Music appreciation (for composers)
• Conservatorio de las Rosas. Score editing (Sibelius software)
• Conservatorio de las Rosas. Composition, assistant teacher
• Conservatorio de las Rosas. Orchestration, assistant teacher
• Conservatorio de las Rosas. Music History (Contemporary Era), assistant teacher