Alex Nante
Komposition
Herzlichen Dank an die Heinrich Vetter-Stiftung für die Finanzierung des Aufenthaltsstipendiums.
Date and place of birth: April 5, 1992 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality: Argentine - Italian
Professional experience
2010 onwards: Freelance composer. Composed music for:
Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, Orchestre National de Lille, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National d’Île de France, Daegu Contemporary Music Orchestra, Sinfónica Nacional Argentina, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Trio à Cordes de Paris, Accroche Note, Quatuor Diotima, UMZE Ensemble, Parma Ensemble, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble l’Itinéraire, Excelsis Percussion, Ensemble of Lucerne Festival Academy, Ensemble SpazioMusica, Exaudi, Flame Ensemble, Hidejiro Honjoh, Evgeni Novikov, Marianne Piketty, Makeda Monnet, Claude Delangle, Víctor Torres, Lucile Boulanger, among others.
Editors
Durand / Universal Music Publishing Classical
Editions Henry Lemoine
Ensembles
2018 onwards: Conductor of Ensemble Awkas
2014-2018: Artistic director of Ensemble Écoute, contemporary music ensemble of the
Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris.
2009 – 2012: Artistic director of the orchestra « OANM » of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Multimedia
2011 onwards: Composer of several short films, films, documentaries and publicities.
Radio
2018 onwards: correspondent in Paris for Música viva - Radio Clásica – Spain.
Pedagogy
2017: Collaboration with the accordionist Yohann Juhel in the realisation of a book with pedagogical pieces for accordion Bass-Standard. (Editions Henry Lémoine)
2016: Collaboration with Mozarteum Argentino – Miniaula (Argentina) in the realisation of pedagogical pieces, with the aim to approach young kids of disadvantaged areas to music.
2014 - 2016: Private lessons of piano and guitar.
2013: Lessons of analysis, harmony and piano in Conservatorio Grassi of Buenos Aires.
Education
2020: Ph.D candidate at King’s College London. Professor: Sir George Benjamin
2015 – 2019: Prix de composition (Master II) at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP). Professor: Stefano Gervasoni.
2018 – 2019: Mentoring programme of the Peter Eötvös Foundation. Masterclass and composition in Budapest and Paris with Peter Eötvös, Gregory Vajda, Alessandro Solbiati, Bruno Mantovani, Philippe Schoeller and Johannes Schöllhorn.
2018 – 2019: Approches croisées du récit. Collaboration between the cinema school FEMIS and CNSMDP.
2018: Académie musicale de Villecroze. Composition couse with Bruno Mantovani.
2017: Studies of medieval counterpoint, medieval improvisation and studies from sources with Raphaël Picazos in CNSMDP.
2017: Prix d’Analyse of CNSMDP with Claude Abromont.
2017: Composer Seminar of Lucerne Festival Academy, with Wolfgang Rihm, Dieter Ammann and Michel van der Aa.
2016: Noirlac Academy with Quatuor Diotima.
2015: Workshop “Writting for Vocal Ensemble”, Britten-Pears young artist program, with Exaudi and Michael Finnissy.
2014 – 2015: Master 1 in “Musicologie, création, musique et société” in Université Paris 8 Vincennes - Saint Denis. Professors: Anne Sèdes, Alain Bonardi and José Manuel López López.
2014 – 2015: “Prix de perfectionnement en composition” in Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Reims. Professor: Daniel D’Adamo.
2010 – 2014: Bachelor in musical arts orientated in composition, in the National university of Arts (UNA) of Argentina. Professors: Santiago Santero in composition and Luis Gorelik in orchestral conducting.
2013 - 2014: Contemporary music conducting course “Melos”. Professor: Santiago Santero.
2009 – 2013: Guitar studies with Antoliano Rojas, piano with Mónica Opansky, Basso continuo with Federico Ciancio and composition with Aitana Kasulin and Luis Mucillo.
2009 - 2014: Philosophy, comparative religions in Fundación Vocación Humana.
Prizes
2020:
Prix de la Fondation Salabert, for “Estrella de la mañana” for soprano and orchestra.
Encouragement prize for a young composer from the Académie des Beaux Arts – Institut de France.
2019: 2nd prize in the Basel Composition Competition for “Helles Bild” for large orchestra.
2018:
1st prize “Premios Nacionales” in Argentina for the orchestral work “La pérégrination vers l’Ouest”
1st prize “SADAIC” (Society of authors and composers in Argentina), International Film Festival of Mar del Plata, Argentina for the film music of “Muere Monstruo Muere” of the filmmaker Alejandro Fadel. (Film selected in « Un certain regard » Festival de Cannes 2018.)
2016:
1st prize “Etymos ensemble” (Italy), for the flute piece “Nocturnal”.
1st prize “Île de Creations” (France), for the orchestral piece “La pérégrination vers l’Ouest”.
1st prize “Les Inouïes” (France), for “Quatre pièces pour flûte et piano”.
2013: 1st prize “Guillermo Graetzer” (Argentina), for the orchestral piece “Tres sueños lúcidos”.
2011: 1st prize “Ciclo de música contemporánea del Teatro Nacional Cervantes” (Argentina), for “Aleph”.
2010: 1st prize “Daegu Contemporary music award” (South Korea), for the orchestral piece “Fulgor”.
Distinctions
2019: “La Pérégrination vers l’Ouest“ selected in the french section of ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music), for the World Music Days Tallinn 2019.
2017: Finalist in the composition competition of Fondation Franz Liszt (Italy), for “Two diary entries”, for piano.
2017: 2nd prize “Anton Matasovsky Composers Competition” (Austria), for “Two diary entries”, for piano.
2016:
Honorable mention in “Boulogne Billancourt” (France), for “Trois intuitions”.
Finalist in Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award (USA), for “Canto da perda”.
2015:
Semifinalist in “Flute new music consortium” (USA), for “Garuda”.
Honorable mention in “Premios Nacionales”. (Argentina), for “Evocación”.
2011: Honorable mention in “Orquesta de Cámara Sibelius” (Argentina), for “Ábyssos”.
Call for scores
2014:
“Excelsis Quartet”, (USA), “Fugue, for percussion”.
PARMA Music Festival, (USA), “Aleph”.
“Druskomanija”, (Lithuania), “Enantiodromia, for organ”.
2013:
“Music Poi”, (Italy), “Aleph”.
FLAME Ensemble, (Italy), “Kosmeo”.
Composer’s voice, (USA), “Andvari, for violin”.
Nonsense ensamble vocal, (Argentina), for “Una señal”.
2011: Orchestra of our time, (USA), “Danza sufi, for piano”.
Scholarships
2017 - 2019: Fondation Banque Populaire
2016 and 2015: “Gisela Timmermann” of Mozarteum Argentino.
2015: IBERMÚSICAS grant for composers.
2010: “Fondo de becas” of Mozarteum Argentino.
Languages
Spanish: first language
French: Advanced (DELF B2)
English: IELTS Academic
Italian: Intermediate
Interests
Philosophy, literature, compared religions, relation between art and sacredness.
