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Mikel Urquiza
Fellow
2019 - 2020
Musical composition
Biography
Mikel Urquiza (1988, Bilbao) studied composition at Musikene with Gabriel Erkoreka and Ramon Lazkano, then at the CNSM in Paris with Gérard Pesson. His music has been performed by many French musicians, including pianist Wilhem Latchoumia, Quatuor Diotima, l’Instant Donné, C Barré and Ensemble Intercontemporain, as well as soprano Sarah Maria Sun, ascolta and ensemble mosaik in Germany, mdi ensemble in Italy and the New European Ensemble in Holland. He collaborates with the most important Basque music institutions, such as the Basque National Orchestra, the BBVA Foundation and the San Sebastian Musical Fortnight. His music has been heard at MATA New York, Musikprotokoll Graz, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, ECLAT and the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik.
In 2019-2020, it is sponsored by the Peter Eötvös Foundation in collaboration with Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne.
Mikel Urquiza news :
A piece presented as part part of IRCAM festival in Paris, ManiFeste
August 31: Alfabet, by Agata Zubel and the Musikfabrik ensemble (French premiere)
A premiere performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Matthias Pintscher
September 16: season opening at the Philharmonie de Paris
A piece presented at the Biennale de Venise
September 30: Ars memoriae, by ensemble Fractales (Italian premiere)
Open call fellows annual selection
Each year, the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici organizes an international competition to select fellows who will be welcomed at the Villa Medici in Rome for a 12-month residency in creation, experimentation and research (residency begins in September, ends in August).
