Juan Campoverde Q.  is an Ecuadorian-American composer whose creative vision and work enriches the panorama of contemporary music by expanding our appreciation of the diversity of recent Latin American music and thought.  Internationally recognized soloists such as Roberto Fabbriciani, Claire Chase and   David Nuñez, as well as ensembles such as L’Ensemble Intercontemporain (France); Ensemble Aventure, EnsembleSurPlus (Germany); Ensemble Platypus (Austria); New Music Concerts Ensemble (Canada); NOISE Ensemble, Fonema Consort (US); UNTREF Quartet (Argentina), Duplum (Mexico), and Ensamble Quito 6 (Ecuador), have performed his music.  His works were premiered twice at ISCM World Music Days, and have been performed by the National Symphonic Orchestra of Ecuador.

Contemporary composition and 20th and 21th century music theory, analysis, and technologies as well as Latin American music and cultural studies are Campoverde Q.’s areas of interest and research.


Iluminaciones (2007); Drawing by Julio MosqueraBackground Photograph: Marc Perlish

Iluminaciones (2007); Drawing by Julio Mosquera

Background Photograph: Marc Perlish



 

Juan Campoverde Q. es un compositor ecuatoriano-norteamericano cuya visión creativa y trabajo enriquecen el panorama de la música contemporánea al ampliar nuestra apreciación de la diversidad de la música y del pensamiento musical latinoamericanos recientes. Solistas de renombre internacional como Roberto Fabbriciani, Claire Chase y David Nuñez, y grupos como L’Ensemble Intercontemporain (Francia); Ensemble Aventure, EnsembleSurPlus (Alemania); Ensemble Platypus (Austria); New Music Concerts Ensemble (Canadá); NOISE Ensemble, Fonema Consort (USA); UNTREF Quartet (Argentina), Duplum (México), y Ensamble Quito 6 (Ecuador), han interpretado su música. Sus obras han sido estrenadas en el "ISCM World Music Days”, y han sido también interpretadas por la Orquesta Sinfónica del Ecuador.

Cursos de composición, teoría y análisis de la música de los siglos XX y XXI, así como las músicas y los estudios culturales de América Latina constituyen sus áreas de investigación y de experiencia docente.

 
 
 
 

Luminescence i, for Flute(s), Bass Clarinet, and Violin (2018) Platypus Ensemble

 Fonema Consort

Visiones Furtivas: The Music of Juan Campoverde

 
 

Solo Works

Lux (Flute, 2014)

Lux (Flute, 2014)

 
 
 
 
 
  • crossings (2019), Percussion and Fixed Media; c.11’00" *

  • borderlines (2019), Percussion and Fixed Media; c. 11’00'“

  • claroscuros ii  (2016), Violin and Electronics (Optional); c. 07’40"

  • Nocturno (2014), Violoncello; c. 10’30”  

  • Lux (2014), Flute (2014), Solo flute; c. 8’

  • muna ii (2012), Amplified Guitar and Fixed Media; c. 8’30”

  • aires (2009-2010), Piano; c. 18’

  • claroscuros i (2009), Violin; c. 4’30”

  • Deep Blue / Estudio en Azul (2004), Amplified Guitar; c. 3'33

  • ánimas (2001), Flute; c. 8’

  • Topographies I (1996) Amplified guitar; c. 9’


* Scores and recordings available upon request

 
 

Small Ensemble

Quema, quemándome, quemado (Alto and/or Tenor Saxophon; 2014)Background photograph: Quema, quemándome , quemado by Arnaldo Roche Rabell (1989)

Quema, quemándome, quemado (Alto and/or Tenor Saxophon; 2014)

Background photograph: Quema, quemándome , quemado by Arnaldo Roche Rabell (1989)

 
  • cantos ii (2020), Flute and Violoncello; c. 6’ *

  • umbrales ii  (2019),  Two Sopranos, Flute and Amplified Guitar; 7'

  • amores (2018), Cont’amores (2018), Contrabass and Percussion; c. 10'

  • luminiscence (2018), Flute, clarinet and violin; c. 4'

  • exótica (2017), Ensemble and Electronics; c. 15'

  • Los lugares del deseo (2017), Ensemble and voice; c. 9'

  • Quema, quemándome, quemado (2016), Alto Saxophone and/or Tenor Saxophone; c. 12'

  • huellas entre huellas (2015), Flute, Violoncello and Piano; c.10'

  • basalto (2014), Voice and / or Alto Flute and Fixed Media; c. 10'

  • Umbrales ii (2013), Two Sopranos, Flue, Amplified Guitar; c. 7'

  • cantos I (2012), String Quartet; c. 8'

  • Veils (sobre la fragilidad de las cosas) (2012-2014), Bass Clarinet, Percussion, and Fixed Media; c. 8'

  • ofrendas (2012), Ensemble; c. 9'

  • Party Pieces Project (2012), Ensemble; c. 5'

  • torus / N (2011), Violin, Violoncello, Percussion, Piano; c. 10'

  • Torsos (2010), Strings; c. 9'

  • Les autres personages avec longues oreilles (2009), Ensemble; c.  3'

  • Iluminaciones (2007), Oboe, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello; c. 5'30

  • L'infini Turbulent (2006), Piano, Violin, Violoncello; c. 9'

  • Topographies i (Concave Formations) (1996), Ensemble; c. 8'

  • About little angels…and little devils… (1993), Harpsichord and Amplified Guitar; c. 11'

  • Reflejos (1988), Strings, Harpsichord, Amplified Guitar; c. 5'


* Scores and recordings available upon request

Large Ensemble

Terra Firma (2018, Orquestra and Voice)

Terra Firma (2018, Orquestra and Voice)

 
 
  • In memoriam  (2018), Ensemble and Electronics; c. 13’30" *

  • terra firma (2016), Orchestra and Voice; 12'

  • Nostalgia por la luz (2015);  String Orchestra;; c. 12’

  • Estudios en Negativo  (2013), Orchestra and Fixed Media; c. 10'

  • El Capariche, Música Incidental (2012), Orchestra; c. 3'

  • música elemental (2008), Flute, Wind Ensemble and Fixed Media; c 10'

  • Altares (1999-2000), Ensemble; c. 13'

  • Crónicas (1993), Orchestra; c. 15'

  • Cánticos para la noche (1991), Orchestra; c. 10'

  • Tientos (1990), Orchestra; c. 8'


* Scores and recordings available upon request

Fixed Media / Electronic Music

Recorded and Processed Pre-Columbian Instruments (2007)

 
 
  • crossings (2020), Four Channel Computer-Generated Sounds; 11’

  • basalto (2014), Four Channel Computer-Generated Sounds; 13’30"

  • Spondylus (2012),  Four Channel Computer-Generated Sounds and Video,

     (in conjunction with MediaLab, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador); 9'24

  • ánimas ii (2012), Eight Channel Computer-Generated Sounds 6'

Contact us / Contacto

juan@juancampoverdeq.net / jcampoverdeq@gmail.com

 

Background photograph: artwork for the cover of Vistas Furtivas; Marc Perlish

https://www.marcperlishphotography.com