In addition, between 19, Doura composed music for films by directors Amy Goldstein, Rosemary Ricchio, Juan José Campanella (in the 1985 short film El contorsionista) and Gabriel García. In 1985, he was awarded the first prize for composition by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in New York and, a year later, he was a finalist in the composition competition of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also, between 19, he completed a postgraduate degree in Arts and Sciences at the University of Columbia, New York. īetween 19, Doura was a member of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, while attending conducting courses with Rouben Gregorian and Colin Davis. Doura complemented this career with courses in electroacoustics directed by Barry Vercoe at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979, in addition to studying electronic music with Arthur Kreiger and other professors in New York between 19. He began his studies in Harmony and History at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, but graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Composition from the Boston Conservatory in (now associated with the Berklee College of Music) in 1982. īetween 19, Doura received musical training at leading American universities and conservatories, and was a student of renowned composers such as Hugo Norden, John Cage, Mario Davidovsky, Chou Wen-chung, Alberto Ginastera, Luciano Berio, Tōru Takemitsu, Theodore Antoniou, Milton Babbitt, John Adams, Seiji Ozawa and Fred Lerdahl, among others. Doura later adopted the piano, an instrument he studied with Antonio de Raco in Argentina, Alberto Portugheis in the United Kingdom, and Jacqueline Gourdin and Alfred Churchill in the United States. He began his musical studies in 1966, at the age of 9, taking guitar lessons with Clelia Sagreras. His father is one of the founders of the seaside resort town of Costa del Este, Buenos Aires Province. Life and career 1957–2007: Education and early recognitions ĭaniel Doura was born on 9 August 1957 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, into a family of music-loving industrialists. 1.2 2008–present: Most recent compositions. 1.1 1957–2007: Education and early recognitions.He is also a co-founder of PAMAR of New York, a non-profit organization for cultural exchange in the Americas and, since 2020, he works as director of the audiovisual production company Franciscus Productions, which is based in Madrid. Doura is a member of ASCAP and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the organization that holds the Grammy Awards. In 2019, he again received the distinction of Best Argentine Premiere from the Argentine Music Critics Association for his composition Sueños de verano. In addition, Doura has composed music for ballets, art exhibitions and films, receiving the Best Score award at the 1985 New York University (NYU) Film Festival for his work on Commercial for Murder by director Amy Goldstein. To present the work, Doura and Roemmers held discussion events in 14 provinces of Argentina, and in 2017 they received the "Bicentennial Edition" Gold Disc award at the Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. #CONCIERTO PARA UNA SOLA VOZ PARTITURA PDF FILE SERIES#Sinfonía argentina had its Argentine premiere in 2011 at the Teatro Colón and its world premiere in 2018 in a series of performances in the Czech Republic and Germany. The following year, he composed Sinfonía argentina together with the writer Alejandro Roemmers, a symphonic- choral work conceived on the occasion of the Argentine Bicentennial celebrations, which began with that of the May Revolution in 2010 and ended with that of the Independence in 2016. In 2007, he premiered the symphonic poem Visiones patagónicas, awarded by the Argentine Music Critics Association ( Spanish: Asociación de Críticos Musicales de la Argentina) as the best Argentine premiere of the year. He received the Best Composition award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1985 and was a finalist for the Best Composition award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S). Considered one of the Argentine composers who currently have international exposure, Doura is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Columbia, and among his teachers were John Cage, Mario Davidovsky, Chou Wen-chung, Alberto Ginastera, Luciano Berio, Tōru Takemitsu, Milton Babbitt and John Adams, among others. Daniel Doura ( pronounced born 9 August 1957) is an Argentine composer of classical music.
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