Viñao, Ezequiel
Viñao, Ezequiel
Viñao, Ezequiel, Argentine composer; b. Buenos Aires, July 21, 1960. As a child he studied in Buenos Aires with Jacobo Ficher, and then later attended the Dept. of Acoustic Musical Studies. Encouraged by the legendary American pianist Earl Wild and through the auspices of the United Nations, he then moved to N.Y, where he studied at the Juilliard School, his mentors including György Sandor, Adele Marcus, and Milton Babbitt; also studied with Messiaen in France (1987).
Works
dramatic: Opera: Merlin,after Caleb Carr (1998-2000). ORCH.: El Sueño de Cristobal (1992; Boston, May 16,1993; rev. 1998; N.Y., March 8,1999). CHAMBER: La Noche de las Nochesfor String Quartet and Tape (1987-89; N.Y., Nov. 13,1990); El Simurgh, Book I, The Conference of the Birdsfor Piano and Tape (1991; London, March 2, 1993) and Book II, The Seven Valleysfor Violin and Tape (1992; Austin, Tex., March 29, 1993); Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1995; N.Y., Feb. 29, 1996). Piano: Études, Book I (1993; Washington, D.C., Oct. 29, 1995); Fantaisie (1998; N.Y, Jan. 20, 1999). VOCAL: Arcanumfor Soprano, Oboe/Horn, Trombone, String Quintet, and Percussion (1996; N.Y, May 13, 1997); Viviane of Avalonfor Dramatic Coloratura Soprano and Orch., arr. from the opera Merlin (1998; Paris, Feb. 5, 1999). TAPE: Sinfonia, The Voices of Silencefor FM Sounds (1986-87; Helsinki, Dec. 8, 1987).
—Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire