Composer & pianist Juan María Solare (Buenos Aires, 1966), an Argentine living in Germany, is one of those musicians that open scarcely travelled paths. The singularity of his music stems from the confluence between post-Piazzollian tango and classical contemporary music. His peculiar style represents a synthesis of North and South, classical and popular, wit and melancholy, performance and composition. "Art music and light music are not irreconcilable extremes, but poles in a force field", says Solare about his "musical bilingualism".
Composition degrees at the IUNA (Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte), Buenos Aires and at the Hochschule für Musik Köln (with Johannes Fritsch, Clarence Barlow, Hans Ulrich Humpert, Mauricio Kagel). Studies in Stuttgart with Helmut Lachenmann. Regular assistant to the composition courses of Karlheinz Stockhausen in Kürten, Germany. "A full-blooded musician." (Hans-Joachim Brandt, Wümme Zeitung, Lilienthal) "He is integer, tolerant, very friendly: a very rare spirit." (Karlheinz Stockhausen).
His music has been included in several short films (experimental, documentary, suspense). Eleven composition prizes in Argentina, Germany, United Kingdom, Austria and Spain. Sixteen CDs by different performers include at least one piece by Juan María Solare. Soloists and ensembles from Japan to New York, from Australia to Greece, have played his music. Premieres or recitals in London (St. Martin in the Fields), Texas (Rudder Theatre), Graz (Orpheum Theater), Tokyo (Salon Tessera), Australia (Melbourne Recital Centre), New York (Carnegie Hall), Darmstadt (Ferienkurse für Neue Musik), Hamburg (Festival Eigenarten, Festival Katarakt), Bremen (Die Glocke), Berlin (Konzerthaus), etc.
Solare teaches at the university of Bremen (Germany) and at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen (Composition and Arrangements). He also conductes the symphony orchestra of the Bremer Orchestergemeinschaft. He is the editor of four piano albums for the publishing house Ricordi Munich. (Hide extended text) ... (Read all)
* Profesor Nacional Superior de Música (Conservatorio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina, UNA)
* Diplom, instrumentale Komposition, Musikhochschule Köln, Allemagne
* Konzertexamen, elektroakustische Komposition, Musikhochschule Köln, Allemagne
* Studies with Helmut Lachenmann, Johannes Fritsch, Mauricio Kagel, Hans-Ulrich Humpert. Courses with Lucieno Berio, Karlheinz Stockhausen.
