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Arturo Parra (Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, 1958) • residence: Montréal, Québec • composer • performer (guitar)
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Theatre for the Ears with ParraParoles égales (Catherine Ego, spoken voice; Arturo Parra, guitar and original music) presents Comme un goût d’eau salée: “an incredible raid in the enigmatic universe of Océan mer by Alessandro Baricco […] and an incandescent fusion of guitar and voice”. Meet you on Saturday April 26, 2008 at Volver Café culturel in Montréal.
Posted April 17, 2008 in Live Events |8945|
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A Tasse bleue Evening with Parra, MontréalUntil April 24, 2008, Paroles égales (Arturo Parra, guitar and original music; Catherine Ego, narrative), proposes a series of weekly evenings in music and words for the complete reading of Alessandro Baricco’s novel Océan mer. Every Thursday at 5:30 pm at L’Imprévu, in Montréal. Posted January 19, 2008 in Live Events |8861|
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Parra(A)cousmatique in Colombia![]() Great guitarists - Andrew York, Eduardo Isaac, Luis Orlandini, Ana Vidovic - and electro composers - Francis Dhomont, Gilles Gobeil, Robert Normandeau, Stéphane Roy, Mauricio Bejarano - will be at the 2nd Festival Internacional de Guitarra Clásica that will take place from November 6 to 10, 2007 in Bogotá (Colombia). Arturo Parra will present the complete Parr(A)cousmatique in concert on November 9 at Escuela de música y audio Fernando Sor.
Posted November 8, 2007 in Live Events |8809|
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Parra in concert in Mexico![]() Arturo Parra will give 2 concerts as part of the Visiones Sonoras festival in Mexico City and Morelia (Mexico), from November 21 to 28, 2007. He will present the complete Parr(A)cousmatique cycle of works (a Latino-American premiere) and will premiere his Aljibe profundo for guitar and vocal expressions. Finally, he will propose a masterclass, during the festival, about interactions between electroacousticians and instrumental composers.
Posted November 1, 2007 in What’s New |8812|
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Dhomont in MexicoFrancis Dhomont will present Vol d’Arondes on November 21, 2007 and Sol y sombra… L’espace des spectres (for guitar and tape) during the concert given by Arturo Parra. Those concerts are scheduled in the Visiones Sonoras festival programme in Mexico (Mexico). A masterclass about spatilization and a lecture are also in the event programme.
Posted October 30, 2007 in Live Events |8802|
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Parr(A)cousmatique in Concert, Colombia
Arturo Parra will present in concert the entire Parr(A)cousmatique during the IX Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea de Bogotá (Colombia). This concert will take place on October 19, 2007 in Universidad Nacional de Colombia’s León de Greiff hall. Arturo Parra will also give a seminar about sound exploration and multidisciplinary creation on October 17 at Academia Superior de Artes de Bogotá.
Posted October 17, 2007 in Live Events |8792|
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Parra, Roy at Ai-maako Festival, ChileLa basilique fantôme by Arturo Parra and Stéphane Roy has been selected by the VII Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica, Ai-maako 2007 in Santiago (Chile), and will be presented on October 17, 2007. Also note the presence of Åke Parmerud who will present a portrait concert, Francis Dhomont, Beatriz Ferreyra, Elsa Justel, João Pedro Oliveira, Hans Tutschku, and Trevor Wishart Amongst many others…
Posted October 4, 2007 in Live Events |8781|
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Parra, FAMEQ’s Guest of Honor![]() Arturo Parra will be one of FAMEQ’s guest of honor during their 40th congress. This event will take place in Drummondville from November 15 to 17, 2007. He will give a lecture entitled “Musique et musiciens, auteurs et acteurs de l’art interdisciplinaire,” a guitar masterclass, and a sound perception workshop.
Posted August 17, 2007 in Live Events |8754|
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Parra Performs Voz in MontréalArturo Parra will present Voz for guitar and vocal expressions on February 15, 2007 at Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges in Montréal. This piece will be released on disc by Atma Classique later on this spring. Posted January 24, 2007 in Live Events |8561|
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A Parra Premiere in ViennaArturo Parra will perform in Vienna (Austria) at the Neue Musik in St Ruprecht series on October 8, 2006. The composer / guitarist will dedicate his concert exclusively to his latest compositions for guitar and vocal expressions. Parra will also be premiering his work Vers la lumière (L’hirondelle). Also, Parra will play with Austrian composer and pianist Katharina Klement at the festival Vals sureño — Lateinamerika in Wien. A meeting of two cultures during three nights of improvised music with musicians from Austria and Latin America. The festival will be held from October 12 to 14, 2006 at the Echoraum contemporary art gallery (Vienna, Austria). Posted October 5, 2006 in Live Events |7763|
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Premiere by Parra in Sutton, QuébecArturo Parra will present his latest compositions for guitar and vocal expressions in the concert Sentiers de la lune et de la nuit on September 2, 2006 at Salle Alec et Gérard Pelletier in Sutton (Québec). Posted August 7, 2006 in Live Events |7757|
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Parra Premieres Frenette, MontréalArturo Parra will premiere the work Pour masquer le chant des oiseaux (for MIDI guitar and computer) at the Ce vert flou event, a concert of Claude Frenette’s works featuring dance, electroacoustic music, and poetry. The show will be held Satuday January 14, 2006 at the Anaïs-Allard-Rousseau hall in Trois-Rivières (Québec) and on March 24, 2006 at the Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville in Montréal (Québec). Posted December 20, 2005 in Live Events |7631|
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Parra Plays Schafer, MontréalArturo Parra will play R Murray Schafer’s Le Cri de Merlin (for guitar and tape) alongside other first-rate Montréal musicians for the event R Murray Schafer in Concert. This concert-homage will be held in presence of the composer on Saturday November 26, 2005 at Concordia University’s Oscar Peterson Hall (Montréal). Posted November 23, 2005 in Live Events |7609|
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Dhomont and Parra at ICMC 2005
Sol y sombra… L’espace des spectres, a composition by Francis Dhomont and Arturo Parra, was selected for the next edition of the ICMC (International Computer Music Conference), to be held in Barcelona (Spain) from September 5 to 9, 2005. The European premiere of the work will take place at the Auditori on September 8, 2005. Works by Daniel Teruggi, Ludger Brümmer, Beatriz Ferreyra, David Berezan, Jean-Claude Risset, Elsa Justel and Paulina Sundin were also selected. Posted July 6, 2005 in Live Events |7568|
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Parra in Concert
Arturo Parra will give a concert of his new solo repertoire for guitar and vocal expressions on Friday May 20, 2005 at the Marie-Stéphane hall of Vincent-d’Indy music school (Montréal). Posted May 10, 2005 in Live Events |7537|
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Parra at the TheatreComposer and guitar player Arturo Parra will be performing live each night the music he wrote for the stage play b>Le Retable de l’avarice, de la luxure et de la mort by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, presented at the Université du Québec à Montréal on December 2 - 11, 2004. Posted November 26, 2004 in Live Events |7466|
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empreintes DIGITALes in April 2004 in Lille, France
For the “Monde parallèle Montréal 45°N//” event, organized by Lille - Cultural Capital of Europe, label empreintes DIGITALes presented a portrait of Montréal’s electroacoustic creation since 1971 through 24 works by 21 Montréal composers: Serge Arcuri, Yves Beaupré, Christian Bouchard, Ned Bouhalassa, Christian Calon, Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, Yves Daoust, Francis Dhomont, Paul Dolden, Louis Dufort, Gilles Gobeil, Monique Jean, René Lussier, Robert Normandeau, Arturo Parra, Mario Rodrigue, Stéphane Roy, Alain Thibault, Jacques Tremblay, Marc Tremblay, Roxanne Turcotte. Electroacoustic label empreintes DIGITALes, new media and electronic art festivals Elektra and Mutek with the collaboration of the Society for arts and technology (SAT) all teamed up to present the best of Montréal’s electronic music and video.
Posted April 14, 2004 in What’s New |7374|
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Electric Fields in OttawaIn Ottawa, starting July 11, 2003, Electric Fields (Saw Gallery, Ottawa) will present Epsilon Lab, Helvetica, Arturo Parra, Jean Piché, Monique Jean, and Louis Dufort. Posted May 26, 2003 in Live Events |7248|
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Opus Prizes Nominees…![]()
Nominated for “Album of the year - actuelle, contemporary and electroacoustic music,” Parr(A)cousmatique by guitarist and composer Arturo Parra and Parasites by Diane Labrosse and Martin Tétreault.
Posted November 5, 2002 in What’s New |7158|
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eD: Did You Ssay “Parr(A)cousmatique”?
Arturo Parra is a Colombian composer and guitar player living in Québec for the past ten years. With his new release Parr(A)cousmatique, we are treated with a splendid bouquet of works for guitar and tape. Five acousmatic works, five passionate meetings with the acoustic guitar, played without acessories or special preparation. With musical propositions from Bejarano, Dhomont, Gobeil, Normandeau and Roy, Parra builds organic sonic weddings far away from the usual clichés of contemporary guitar.
Posted April 17, 2002 in Recent Arrivals |7056| electrocd.com Arturo Parra: headlines |
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