Luis de Pablo

Luis de Pablo (born 28 January 1930) is a Spanish composer.

He was born in Bilbao, living in Madrid from age six and starting to compose aged 12. Although he received composition lessons from Maurice Ohana and Max Deutsch, he was essentially an autodidact in composition. His participation at the Darmstadt courses in 1959 led to the performance of some of his works under Boulez and Maderna.

He was awarded Spain's Premio Nacional de Música for composition in 1991.

In Spain, he founded several organizations: Nueva Música, Tiempo y Música, and Alea and organized several contemporary music concert series. He is much in demand as a teacher, both in Spain and internationally.

Selected works

Chamber music

• Anatomías for Viola Solo, 2 Clarinets, Horn, Trombone and Harp (2005–2007)
• Ex voto for Violin and Viola (1995)
• Monólogo for Viola Solo (1990–1992)

Orchestral music

• Las Orillas for Orchestra (1990)

Operas

• La señorita Cristina (2000)

Film music

• La caza (Carlos Saura, 1965)
• Peppermint Frappé (Carlos Saura, 1967)
• El jardín de las delicias (Carlos Saura, 1970)

Discography

• Libro de imágenes, Segunda Lectura, Metáforas. Stradivarius
• Senderos del aire and works for flute. Col Legno
• Dibujos, Fragments from Kiu, Chamber Concerto etc. ADDA
• Tarde de Poetas. Harmonia Mundi
• Piano Trio. Ermitage ERM 413
• Visto de Cerca, para 3 músicos y cinta; Chaman, obra electronica. Hispavox LP (30) 130 202
• Al Son que Tocan, Homenaje a Antonio Machado. RCA LP SRL2-2444

Writings

• Aproximación a una estética de la música contemporánea, 1968
• Lo que sabemos de música, 1968

External links

General purpose

• "Luis de Pablo (biography, works, resources)" (in French and English). IRCAM.

Listening

• Luis de Pablo at the Avant Garde Project has FLAC files made from high-quality LP transcriptions available for free download.