Juan parra cancino

(born in Osorno, Chile, 1979)

http://juanparra.sampleandhold.org

Composer, Improviser, Live electronics performer and guitar player.

Studied Composition in the Catholic University of Chile and Sonology at The Royal Conservatory of The Hague (NL)

His Compositions, that include pure electronic and electro acoustic mixed media with solo INSTRUMENTS and ensembles have been performed in Europe, North and South America in festivals such as “Terza Prattica” (NL), “Primavera en La Habana” (Cuba) “Sonorities” (Belfast, UK), "Synthese" (FR), "Visiones Sonoras" (MX),"Sonoimagenes" (AR), "Montevideo Percussion Festival" (URU), International Computer Music Conference, NWEAMO (USA), "Rumor" (NL, "Punto Aparte" (ES), venues like Paradiso (NL), Sucre Theater (EC), Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (NL), Colon Theater (COL) and have been selected and awarded at the Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition of 2003 and 2004.

As a guitar player he has participated in several courses of Guitar Craft, a school founded by Robert Fripp, becoming part of various related guitar ensembles such as the Berlin Guitar Ensemble, the Buenos Aires Guitar Ensemble and The League of Crafty Guitarists.

He has been invited to give lectures and do residences at Centre for Composers (Gotland, Sweden), North Texas University (Denton, USA), Republic University (Uruguay), Leuenburg Studios (Germany), Walter Maas Haus (NL), Washington University, SARC (Belfast), among others.

His recent collaborations/projects include live electronics for dance, silent movies, technical coordination and performances with musicians like Richard Barrett (composer), Keir Neuringer, Anne Faulborn, Johan Van Kreij, and Yutaka Makino.

He is founder and active member of The Electronic Hammer, a Computer and Percussion Music Ensemble devoted to the promotion, creation and diffusion of the music of the XXI century and of WireGriot, a duo with the canadian soprano Camille Hesketh that (re)constructs a repertoire for solo voice that is actively challenged and enhanced by the use of technology through a shared desire to explore the blurry borders of contemporary music.

references: http://www.electronichammer.com http://juanparra.sampleandhold.org http://www.wiregriot.blogspot.com http://www.koncon.nl