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Arturo Parra (Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, 1958) • Residence: Montréal, Québec

Composer • Performer (guitar)

— Member of: Paroles égales

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Arturo Parra: Concert Premiere of Miguel in Colombia

Arturo Parra

On October 20, 2009 at the Teatro Libre de Bogotá (Colombia) Arturo Parra will present the concert premiere of his piece for guitar and tape Miguel. The work evokes the spanish civil war, the Franco dictatorship, and more precisely the great spanish poet Miguel Hernández, partisan of the Front républicain, who died in Franco’s jails in 1942. The work was awarded the first prize at the Concurso Nacional de Composición Musical Ciudad de Bogotá in 2008.

Posted October 15, 2009 in Live Events » 9517

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Paroles égales Turns 15 in Montréal

Arturo Parra

Arturo Parra and Catherine Ego celebrates 15 years of their theatre for the ears duet Paroles égales on May 30, 2009. For this occasion, they will premiered Parra’s work Novecento, guitariste, based on Novecento: pianiste text by Alessandro Baricco, at Volver Café culturel in Montréal.

Posted May 24, 2009 in Live Events » 9407

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Arturo Parra in Sudbury, Canada

Voz Arturo Parra

5-Penny New Music Concerts is presenting Arturo Parra in a concert of the integral of his disc Voz (four works for guitar and spoken voice) on May 23, 2009 at St Peter’s United Church in Sudbury (Canada). Parra will also give classes and conferences in schools of the area.

Posted May 20, 2009 in Live Events » 9404

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Paroles égales: Premieres on the Air in Colombia

Arturo Parra

Paroles égales (Catherine Ego, spoken voice; Arturo Parra, guitar and original music) has presented three premieres on the university radio Javeriana Estéreo in Santafé de Bogotá (Colombia) on March 1, 2009. Among those pieces, Miguel by Arturo Parra, a work for guitar and tape which was awarded the first prize at the Concurso Nacional de Composición Musical Ciudad de Bogotá in 2008.

Posted March 4, 2009 in What’s New » 9289

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Arturo Parra’s Voz

Voz Arturo Parra

Arturo Parra will make an integral presentation of his disc Voz on February 28, 2009 at the Escuela de Artes OPRA in Santafé de Bogotá (Colombia).

Posted February 24, 2009 in Live Events » 9276

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Colombian Premiere of Arturo Parra’s Voz

Voz Forêt profonde Arturo Parra

Arturo Parra will present works from his disc Voz in Colombian premiere on February 11, 2009 at the Iglesia de Santa Lucia in Chía (Colombia). He will also present two seminars: the first one is on listening sensitivity with, among others, musical excerpts from Forêt profonde by Francis Dhomont using listening scores; the other seminar will be is on new playing modes and the interaction between guitar and electroacoustics.

Posted February 9, 2009 in Live Events » 9260

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Arturo Parra Talks About Guitar and Electroacoustics

Parr(A)cousmatique Arturo Parra

Arturo Parra give a concert and a master class at the UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) during the VII Semana Internacional de Guitarra 2008 which takes place from November 3 to 8, 2008. The master class will present the new playing modes he has created and the interaction between guitar and electroacoustic.

Posted November 7, 2008 in Live Events » 9173

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Theatre for the Ears with Parra

Arturo Parra

Paroles 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, Montréal

Arturo Parra

Until 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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Parr(A)cousmatique in Colombia

Parr(A)cousmatique Arturo Parra

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 Santafé de 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

Parr(A)cousmatique Arturo Parra

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 master class, during the festival, about interactions between electroacousticians and instrumental composers.

  • Visit the CMMAS presenter web site — Visiones Sonoras 2007: November 21-28, 2007, Mexico City, Mexico

Posted November 1, 2007 in What’s New » 8812

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Dhomont in Mexico

Francis Dhomont

Francis 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 master class about spatilization and a lecture are also in the event programme.

  • Visit the CMMAS presenter web site — Visiones Sonoras 2007: November 21-28, 2007, Mexico City, Mexico

Posted October 30, 2007 in Live Events » 8802

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Parr(A)cousmatique in Concert, Colombia

Parr(A)cousmatique

Arturo Parra will present in concert the entire Parr(A)cousmatique during the 9th 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, Chile

Arturo Parra Stéphane Roy

La 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…

  • Visit the Ai-maako 2007 event web site — October 13-20, 2007, Santiago, Chile — 7 Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Santiago de Chile

Posted October 4, 2007 in Live Events » 8781

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Parra, FAMEQ’s Guest of Honor

Parr(A)cousmatique Arturo Parra

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 master class, and a sound perception workshop.

Posted August 17, 2007 in Live Events » 8754

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Parra Performs Voz in Montréal

Arturo Parra

Arturo 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 Vienna

Arturo Parra

Arturo 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, Québec

Arturo Parra

Arturo 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, Montréal

Arturo Parra

Arturo 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, Montréal

Arturo Parra

Arturo 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

Parr(A)cousmatique

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

Parr(A)cousmatique

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 Theatre

Arturo Parra

Composer and guitar player Arturo Parra will be performing live each night the music he wrote for the stage play 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

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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 Ottawa

Louis Dufort

In 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…

Parasites Parr(A)cousmatique

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?

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

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