VÍCTOR GARCÍA PICHARDO
Curriculum Vitae

Composer. Tijuana and Morelia, Mexico.

 

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 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, Mexico
• Centro de Composición Musical Gerhart Muench, Mexico

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”, 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, “Three Arts Club of Chicago” in conjunction with I.C.E. (International Contemporary Ensemble), 2003 (pdf announcement)
• Nebula, electroacoustic work. Premiered in the “Ionization” radio program of Radio Michoacán, 2006
• 3720, for solo flute and electronics. World Premiere in New York by Wilfrido Terrazas during the “ICE All Over” festival given by the International Contemporary Ensemble, 2006 (pdf announcement)
• 3720, for solo flute and electronics. Mexican premiere at the CMMAS (Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras - Mexican Center for Music and the Sonic Arts), 2006 (youtube video)
• Viento, revised version for recorder. Maestro Horacio Franco premiered the revised version for recorder at the “Palacio de Bellas Artes” in Mexico City, 2008 (pdf announcement)

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