Jimmy Lopez

Jimmy Lopez (born 21 October 1978) is a classical music composer from Lima, Peru.cite web
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accessdate = 2007-12-08 ] He has won several international awards and pieces composed by him have been performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Peru, the Lima Philharmonic Orchestra and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In 2000, he moved to Helsinki to study at the Sibelius Academy, and since 2004, has been a member of the Society of Finnish Composers.

Education

In 1998, Lopez began studying at the National Conservatory of Music in Lima, where he worked with the Peruvian composer Enrique Iturriaga. He was admitted to the Sibelius Academy in 2000, and studied there with Veli-Matti Puumala and Eero Hämeenniemi. After being awarded a "Master of Music" degree, he was admitted to University of California, Berkeley where he is currently studying for a PhD in Composition.cite web
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accessdate = 2007-12-08 ] He has participated in masterclasses with Magnus Lindberg, Jouni Kaipainen, Michael Nyman and Marek Kopelent, among others.cite web
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Works

In 2004, a ballet, "Los Magos del Silencio" ("The Magicians of Silence") was produced in Lima and Lopez's "Concerto for Koto and Orchestra" was performed by the Dutch UMA Kamerorkest (Chamber orchestra). In 2005, a work for four recorder players and three percussion players, "Kraftmaschine", was commissioned by the German A*Devantgarde festival. [cite news
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date = 2006-03-24
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accessdate = 2007-12-08 ] In March 2007, Lopez presented several works, "A Wedding Blast", "Varem", "Epiphany" and "América Salvaje" ("Wild America") at a concert held in Helsinki's Temppeliaukion kirkko, conducted by the Sibelius Academy's Roberto Fores, Leo McFall and David Claudio. The compositions included use of traditional Peruvian instruments such as the pututo and the ocarina and inspired by Peruvian culture. "América Salvaje" was commissioned by the Ministry of Education on the occasion of the opening of the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú (National Library of Peru) in 2006. [cite press release
title = Se estrena en Finlandia “América salvaje” del compositor peruano Jimmy López
publisher = Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations
date = 2007-04-02
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Awards

*2001 Boston University Alea III International Composition Prize (USA) [cite web
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*2002 CCA International Composition Competition Orchestra Prize (Taiwan)
*2005 Honourable Mention, Irino Prize for Chamber Music (Japan) [cite web
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*2006 Stipendienpreis for Composition (Germany) [cite web
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title = Kranichstein Music Award of the International Summer Course for New Music 2006
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*2006 SävellYS Composition Prize (Finland) [cite web
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date = 2006
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*2008 Nicola de Lorenzo Prize (UC Berkeley)
*2008 Morton Gould Young Composer Award (given by ASC

*2008 Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at the Darmstadt International Course for Contemporary Music, Germany. [cite web
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References

External links

* [http://lopezjimmy.com/ Jimmy Lopez's website] ("English")
* [http://circomper.blogspot.com/2006/01/rostros-de-circomper-jimmy-lpez.html Interview with Jimmy Lopez on Society of Composers of Peru site] ("Spanish")
* [http://maestrofidelius.blogspot.com/2007/03/jimmy-lpezin-svellyskonsertti.html Review of |Temppeliaukion kirkko concert on 31 March 2007] ("Finnish")