Alejandro López Román (born 1971) is a Spanish composer and pianist. Musician of eclectic style, his works cover both current symphonic composition like jazz or film music.
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| Birth name | Alejandro López Román |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Madrid, Spain |
| Genres | Film score, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
Biography
editBorn in Madrid, he studied composition with Antón García Abril, Valentín Ruiz and Zulema de la Cruz at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid. From 1991 to 1995 he was awarded scholarships by the AIE (Society of Artists and Performers) for studies of Jazz with Tony Heimer, Jorge Villaescusa and Ricard Miralles (piano), Claudio Gabis, Eva Gancedo and Miguel Blanco (harmony, composition and arrangements, music theater), Bob Sands and Victor Merlo (improvisation and ensemble). He belonged to several Jazz and Rock groups with whom he recorded a dozen albums.
He has composed over seventy works for piano, voice, guitar, orchestra, chamber, electroacoustic, and teaching music, modern (jazz, pop) and film music, theatre and dance. He has scored fifteen short films and three feature films.
In 2014 he obtained the Doctorate in Philosophy from the Department of Aesthetics, UNED, after completion of his thesis "Musivisual analysis, audition guide and study of film music", where he analyses the connections between the language of image and musical language.
In 2003 he became a Professor at the department for Audiovisual Composition of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, where he launched the Classroom "CINEMA" (Composition and Research in the Audiovisual Media).
Awards
edit2004 Award for Best Original Soundtrack by Niño Vudú by Toni Bestard in "IX Festival de Cine Ciudad de Zaragoza"
2005 Award from the I Forum of Young Composers of the Fundación Sax-Ensemble by Argos, for saxophone quintet, two percussionists and piano
2005 4th Prize "Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga" by Ménades for chamber orchestra, the "Young Composers XVI Premio SGAE"
2007 2nd Prize "Angel Iglesias" by Dos Estudios Extraños, for guitar, in "II Guitar Composition Competition Ciudad de Badajoz"
2015 "Cultura Viva Award" in the "Music" category of the XXIV Edition of the Spanish National Viva Cultura Awards for its extensive and multifaceted work as a creator, performer and pedagogue
2018 Gold Medal (Contemporary Classical and Album), Music Global Awards for the album “Chamber Music”
2017 Silver Medal. Music Global Awards for “Epojé, Op. 50”, para violoncello y piano
Catalog of works
edit1990 Danza Espectral for violin, flute, clarinet, trombone and piano (out of print)
1992 Oniroplastia Eco, electroacoustic (out of print)
- Picnic, electroacoustic (out of print)
1997 Tres preludios nocturnos (Miniaturas, Orillas del Manzanares y Zarabanda) para piano
- Tres Gymnopedias Satiéricas for piano
- Orestes, for prepared piano (out of print)
1998 Dicen que no me quieres, popular song for singing and piano
- A pie van mis suspiros for singing and piano (out of print)
- Aquí te traigo María, carol for mixed choir
- Tres piezas infantiles, for three cellos and piano and cello
1999 Sonatina para piano
- Sonatina, version for flute orchestra (out of print)
- Suite “Bacantes”, for flute and harpsichord (or piano)
2000 Sonata para clarinete, violoncello and harp
- Homenaje a Bartok for violin, oboe, cello and piano
- Entre Arrecifes for piano
2001 Cuarteto de Cuerda
- Variaciones para Orquesta sobre un tema de Rameau
- Tres Sonetos de Amor for singing and piano
- La persistencia de la memoria, electroacoustic
- Misa Nupcial de los Pianistas, for singing, violin, cello and organ (out of print)
- El Criado de don Juan, chamber opera in one act, two tables and four scenes
- Tríptico for guitar
- Black Cage, for prepared piano and electroacoustic
- Vid-erunt Om-nes!!!, electroacoustic
2003 Bacantes, suite for orchestra (out of print)
- Clavicosmos, educational pieces for harpsichord
- Suite Antigua, for small orchestra
- Bacantes, version of the suite for instrumental ensemble (out of print)
2004 Nocturno de Luz, for piano
- Monólogo de Sancho Panza, for double bass (with or without reciter)
2005 Piezas Extrañas, for guitar
- Argos, for saxophone quintet, two percussionists and piano
- El Intrépido Soldadito de Plomo, musical tale for flute, piano, tuba, bass and percussion
- Ménades, for instrumental ensemble
2006 Don Quixote en New York, for big-band
- Ludus Ludovico, for flute, harp and string quartet
- Dos princesas for violin and harp
- Treno por Gea for violin, clarinet, cello and piano
2007 Tirsos, for flute and harp
2008 Kithara, for harp
- Catálogo de elfos y hadas, for harp
- Levedad del amor, for flute, cello and harp
2009 Balcania, for five flutes, contrabass and percussion (and optional video)
- Iberia, doce perlas de la aeronáutica española, for flute, violin, violoncello, bandurria and guitar
- Eterna Juventud, for two flutes and organ
2010 Acuarelas de Irlanda, for full orchestra
- Violituras para Lydia, for violin
- Montenegro Airs, for guitar and strings orchestra
2011 Flaurituras para Emma, for flute
- Trois Tableaux Français, trio sonata for violin, violoncello and piano
- Zootropías, for violin, violoncello and piano
2012 Júbilo, dulce sueño, for flute and harp
2013 Gaiena, diez paisajes jienenses, for piano
- Ave María, for mixed choir
- Eterna Juventud, for clarinet, harp and organ
- Dans la Brousse, for harp
- Dance de la Chèvre dans la Brousse, for flute and harp
- Pulso Vital, for bassoon
2014 Danzafonía, electronic
- Epojé, for violoncello and piano
- El Perfecto Desconocido (Suite), orchestra
- Diégesis, for violin, violoncello and piano
- Be Bop, Be!, for alto saxophone and piano four hands
2015 Nocturno, for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano
- Pulso Vital, for violin
- Marsias desafiante, for flute, guitar, harpsichord and cello
- Changes, for violín
- Lamento por las víctimas del 11-M, for violin
- Ewig, toccata for piano
- Abriliana, for piano
- Catálogo de Elfos y Hadas, for piano
- OidaRadio2, for piano
2016 Picasso al Cubo, for flute, bandurria, guitar, violin and violoncello with video and electronics
- Matar a Cervantes, zarzuela in three acts
- Tríptico del Águila, for canto y piano
- Canciones Sacras, for canto y piano
- Bocetos Flamencos, for piano
- Piezas Tétricas, for piano
- Tiento de Batalla, for piano
2017 Bocetos Flamencos, for piano four hands
- Clarineturas para Jaime, for clarinet
- Suite China, for orchestra and children's choir
- Collar de Haikus, for piano
- Riba Jazz, for alto saxophone and harp
2018 Montenegro Airs, for clarinets ensemble
- Praeludium, for clarinet, alto saxophone, violin, violoncello and piano
- Seis Segundos Electrizantes, for alto saxophone, violin, violoncello and piano
- Areté, for string quintet and piano
2019 Sonata para clarinete, violoncello y piano
Film Music
edit- Estándar (2020). Feature Film
Director: Fernando González Gómez
- Vasi´s Odissey (2020). Feature Film
Director: Vasileios Papatheocharis
- Danzantes (2020). Documentary Feature Film
Director: Juan Vicente Chuliá
- A Common Enemy (2013). Documentary Feature Film
Director: Jaime Otero
- El Perfecto Desconocido (2011). Feature Film
Director: Toni Bestard
- Quédate Conmigo (2010). Short 35 mm
Director: Zoé Berriatúa
- Duelo (2010). Short 35 mm
Director: Víctor Pedreira
- Dito, el niño despertador (2008). Short 35 mm
Director: Miguel Yusty
- Vámonos de aquí (2008). Short 35 mm
Director: Nydia García Vacas
- Intrusos (en Manasés) (2007). Feature Film
Director: Juan Carlos Claver
- Luces (2007). Animation Short 35 mm
Director: Miguel Yusty
- Equipajes (2006). Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard
- La pelota vasca en Madrid (2006). Short
Director: Jorge Barrau
- Electroshock (2005). TV-Movie
Director: Juan Carlos Claver
- El Perro Ambicioso (2005). Animation Short 35 mm
Director: Miguel Yusty
- El Cruce (2004). TV-Movie
Director: Juan Carlos Claver
- Niño Vudú (2004). Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard
- El Túnel (2004). Video-art
Director: Daniel Román
- El Viaje (2002). Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard
- Gatos (2001). Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín
- Anagnórisis (2001). Short
Director: Daniel Román
- Sólo por un tango (2000). Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín
- Luz de Inocencia (2000). Short 35 mm
Director: Isidro Carbajal
- Die Grünne Dattel (1999). Short 16 mm
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán Martín
- Macho Wells (1998). Short
Director: Carlos Manrique
- Versos y Tabúes (1993). Short
Director: Carlos Manrique
Discography
edit- 2017 A Common Enemy, Soundtrack of the movie / CD Rosetta Records
- 2017 Chamber Music, CD Naxos
- 2017 Spirit of Nature, Soundtrack / CD Mousiké
- 2015 Integral de la Obra para Arpa dedicada a Mª Rosa Calvo-Manzano, CD Arlu Discos
- 2013 La Perfecta Desconocida, Soundtrack / CD Karonte
- 2012 El Perfecto Desconocido, Soundtrack of the movie / CD Karonte
- 2011 Dos princesas and Bacantes in "Dúos para flauta y arpa españoles contemporáneos", CD Arlu Discos
- 2010 Intrusos en Manasés, Soundtrack of the movie / CD Mousiké
- 2009 Electroshock, Soundtrack of the movie / CD Mousiké
- 2008 Ludus Ludovico and Sonata para flauta, violoncello y arpa in "El arpa en la música de cámara española contemporánea", CD Arlu Discos
- 2008 Music for Shortfilms, compilation CD / CD Mousiké
- 2007 Ménades, para orquesta de cámara in "XVI-XVII PREMIO SGAE Jóvenes Compositores", CD Fundación Autor
Books published
edit- 2017 Análisis Musivisual, guía de audición y estudio de la música cinematográfica. Editorial Visión Libros, Madrid
- 2008 El Lenguaje Musivisual, semiótica y estética de la música cinematográfica, Editorial Visión Libros, Madrid
- 2008 Indeterminación y minimalismo, pop y vanguardias, Lulu
- 2008 Manuel de Falla y la filosofía española, Lulu
Articles
edit- 2009 Estética de la música cinematográfica, aspectos differenciadores, in "Reflexiones en torno a la música y la imagen desde la musicología española", edition by Matilde Olarte, Salamanca
- 2009 Enseñanza de la música de cine en España, in the magazine "Música y Educación", number 78, year XXII
- 2007 Cine, Música, Arquitectura. Ejercicio Interdisciplinar de percepción del espacio y memoria auditiva, in "Experiencias de innovación docente en la Universidad de Alcalá", Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)