Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom

Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom (6 December 1971 – 21 July 2013) was a Colombian composer of contemporary classical music who lived and worked in Paris since 1999.[1][2] He was also a high performance athlete, member of the French hang gliding team.[3][4]

Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom
Born
Luis Fernando Rizo Salom

(1971-12-06)December 6, 1971
Died21 July 2013(2013-07-21) (aged 41)
Chartres, France
Alma materConservatoire de Paris, Pontifical Xavierian University
Occupation(s)Composer, hang glider

Biography

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Rizo-Salom obtained a master of composition at the Javeriana University in Bogotá in 1998. In 1999, he decided to come to France to continue his studies with Emmanuel Nunes at the Conservatoire de Paris. Interested in computer music and new technologies, he followed the curriculum composition and computer music at IRCAM in 2005 where he made Big Bang for viola and electronics.[5]

Between 2005 and 2007 he was composer in residence at the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid. He also received support from institutions such as the Nadia and Lili Boulanger Foundation, the Colombian government, the Academy Villecroze, foundations Meyer, Tarrazi, Legs St. Paul, and the Georges Wildenstein (Academy of Fine Arts). His works were commissioned by the Concert Hall Shizuoka (Japan), the French ministry for culture, the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, the Festival du Larzac, the SACEM, the IRCAM, Radio France and Steirisches Kammermusik Festival (Austria).

He received awards from the Salabert Prize Foundation in 2004, the Prix International Forum for Young Composers in 2002 (Canada), the Prize of the University of Évry, Premio Paso al Arte (Colombia).

His work included chamber works, orchestral and electroacoustic compositions played in several contemporary music festivals in Colombia, France, England, Russia, Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany and Canada, and broadcast by national radio Canadian, French and Colombian. His work was interpreted by leading ensembles and soloists such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, ensemble Court-Circuit, Ensemble l'Itinéraire, Ensemble 2e2m, Nouvel Ensemble Modern, New Music Studio (Russia), Remix (Portugal), the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France and Christophe Desjardins, Peter Rundel, Mark Foster, Lorraine Vaillancourt, Jean Deroyer, Pascal Rophé, Susanna Mälkki, and Pierre Roullier.

In 2013 a monographic CD with his works of chamber music was released, produced and financed by the Luis Angel Arango Concert Hall in Bogotá, with the support of the Bank of the Republic (Colombia).

Rizo-Salom died in a hang-gliding accident, a sport in which he was champion of France in 2011.

Selected compositions

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Year Work[2][6] Composed for Duration
(in minutes)
Publisher
2013 Rhizomes[7] percussion unfinished unpublished
2013 Quatre pantomimes pour six flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola and cello 12 Le Chant du Monde
2012 In/Out bass flute solo 6 Le Chant du Monde
2011 El Juego bass flute, percussion, piano, viola and cello 12'14 Le Chant du Monde
2011 Fluxus baritone saxophone solo 5'16 BabelScores [de; fr; it]
2010 [K]nock [O]ut ensemble 14'20 Le Chant du Monde
2009 Trois manifestes electronic ensemble 27 unpublished
2007 El laberinto de minotauro ensemble 6 unpublished
2007 El laberinto de minotauro 2 ensemble 10'30 unpublished
2006 Fabulas sobre fabrica de fabulas orchestra ~11 unpublished
2006 La ventana de quimeras 6'08 Le Chant du Monde
2005 Big Bang viola and live electroacoustics 10 unpublished
2005 Fabrica de fabulas orchestra unpublished
2005 Red Snow electroacoustic 4 unpublished
2004 3-D grand ensemble 10 unpublished
2004 Fabulas electroacoustic 1.30 unpublished
2004 Torrente bass and ensemble ~9 unpublished
2003 Invenciones invisibles piano solo 11'04 BabelScores
2002 Al umbral del abismo piano and ensemble 17'35 unpublished
2001 Cumulus flute, violin, cello and piano 10'59 unpublished
2000 Glide electroacoustic 6 unpublished
1998 Metamorfosis orchestre 9 unpublished
1997 Sombra soprano, flute, clarinet, bassoon and percussion 8 unpublished
1997 Ritual brass and percussion, unpublished
1997 Variaciones percussion and piano unpublished
1995 Fonodia piano solo unpublished
1994 Dos miniaturas flute solo unpublished

References

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  1. ^ "Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom s'est tué dans un accident de deltaplane" (in French). France Musique. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  2. ^ a b "Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom (biography, works, resources)" (in French and English). IRCAM.
  3. ^ "Hommage à Luis-Fernando Rizo-Salom" (in French). Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  4. ^ "Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Hang Gliding Class 1, Overall Pilot Ranking". Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  5. ^ "Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom: Big Bang (2005)" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  6. ^ Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom – profile, sheet music, recordings, BabelScores [de; fr; it]
  7. ^ "Trio K/D/M concert", 3 October 2013, Festival international de musiques d'aujourd'hui