MEC 04 Is Online!
The fourth season of MEC, our podcast on Chilean Electronic Music, is online! This season includes 10 episodes of around 40 minutes each, in which more than 40 pieces of more than 30 Chilean artists have been programmed. We are very proud to have worked together with the Comunidad Electroacústica de Chile (CECh) in the production of this season. Six CECh members were in charge of eight episodes. The other two were given to electroacoustic musicians who were selected through an open call. In episode MEC0406 you can listen to the pieces selected through a call for works that we did earlier this year.
You are always welcome to leave your comments below each episode.
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
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Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.12.2019
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.11.2019
Call For Scores - Piece For Piano
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites Chilean composers to send us a piece for piano to be performed by Danor Quinteros in the United Kingdom and Austria, during his SIMUC-Tour in February 2020. Follow the link below to find all the details. You can always find a list of all our calls here.
Deadline: December 10, 2019
Call for Scores (PDF - Spanish)
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.10.2019
SIMUC|Concert in Hamburg: Chilean Electroacoustic Music
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 12:00. ELA 1 - Hochschule für Musik und Theater de Hamburg, Harvestehuder Weg 12, 20148 Hamburg, Germany 
For the third time, the SIMUC will be part of the Festival Neue Musik, organized by the Fortbildungszentrum für Neue Musik Lüneburg. This time the SIMUC-Concert will take place on Sunday noon. The program includes pieces of up to eight channels by seven Chilean composers: Valentina Aguilera (1994), Pablo Godoy (1984), Valentina Villarroel (1981), Felipe Otondo (1972), Rodrigo Morris (1981), Javier Party (1980) and Pía Sommer (1981).
enfoque
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SIMUC|Concert: Cuarteto Las 4 Estaciones in Vienna
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - 19:00. Instituto Cervantes, Schwarzenbergplatz 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria 
The string quartet Las 4 Estaciones performs songs by Chilean music icons Violeta Parra and Víctor Jara in exquisit arrangements by Chilean cellist and arrangeur Daygoro Serón. This SIMUC-Concert closes the Europe-Tour through seven countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Poland, Slovakia and Austria), in which the quartet has also been promoting their album "Violeta en Cuatro Cuerdas", with songs by Violeta Parra arranged by Daygoro Serón. If you want one, let us know.
Cuarteto Las 4 Estaciones
Annemarie Orth: violin I
Montserrat Prieto: violin II
Mariel Godoy: viola
Carla Serón: cello
The concert will take place on September 24, 2019 at 7pm at the Instituto Cervantes, Schwarzenbergplatz 2, 1010, Vienna, Austria. The admission is free. Let us meet there!
Pablo Salinas On Tour: Contemporary Viola. Chilean Music.
1. Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 19:00. Vreedehuis, Riouwstraat 1, 2585 The Hague, Netherlands
2. Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 19:00. Art Base, 29 rue des Sables, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
3. Friday, September 20, 2019 - 19:00. Centre Culturel Altrimenti, 5 avenue Marie-Thérèse, 2132 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Chilean violist Pablo Salinas will present world premieres of contemporary pieces by Chilean composers. The concert includes the piece by Jean Daniel Barahona that was selected through an open SIMUC-Call for Works, as well as pieces commissioned by Salinas to composers Roberto Aravena, Cristian Mezzano, Mario Feito and Javier Party. If you happen to be there, don't miss it!
This Europe-Tour of Pablo Salinas is organized and made possible by the SIMUC. We thank the Chilean Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, and the Chilean Embassies in The Netherlands and Belgium for their support.
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Felipe Elgueta | 07.09.2019
CD Launch in Chile. Chilean Art Song: The Last 100 Years
Monday, September 2, 2019 - 18:00. Galería Patricia Ready - Espoz 3125, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile 
The event will take place on Monday, Spetember 2 at 18:00 at Galería Patricia Ready, Espoz 3125, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile. There will be a short live music performance (Barrientos/Latorre) and a we will have an interesting conversation with performers and composers. We are counting on the presence of important representatives of the national music scene and specialized press as well. The admission is free.
The admission is free. Hope to see you there!
Find out more about this representative compilation of Chilean music → Chilean Art Song: The Last 100 Years. Alejandro Pizarro-Enríquez, Alonso Llanos, Cecilia Barrientos and Luis Alberto Latorre perform majestically pieces for voice and piano by Chilean composers of the last 100 years: Enrique Soro, Alfonso Leng, Alfonso Letelier, Carlos Botto, Sergio Ortega, Alejandro Guarello, Eduardo Cáceres, Ramon Gorigoitia, Javier Party and Felipe Hidalgo Cavieres.
Reporte Elgueta
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Reporte Elgueta
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Felipe Elgueta | 07.08.2019
Encuesta sobre el Fondo de la Música
El Fondo de la Música se ha transformado en un protagonista de la escena musical (docta) chilena, y su influencia en el desarrollo musical del país es digna de reflexión. Año a año se decide en las oficinas del ministerio gran parte de lo que se hace y no se hace en el ámbito musical del país. Entre colegas músicos, hemos escuchado más de una vez las críticas e ideas que circulan en torno al concurso. Con esta encuesta queremos recopilar y ordenar esta información para entenderla. Queremos develar las principales carencias y aquellos aspectos que se pueden mejorar. En base a datos estadísticos, podremos descubrir las prioridades de la comunidad de músicos chilenos en torno al concurso. Para la SIMUC es importante hacer lo que esté en nuestras manos para mejorar la situación de la música docta en Chile. Por esto, enviaremos al ministerio un reporte con los resultados de esta encuesta, con el objetivo de generar un cambio positivo en la política cultural nacional que vaya en beneficio de todos los músicos y, por consiguiente, de la vida cultural chilena. Gracias por participar.
→ La encuesta
enfoque
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Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
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Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.07.2019
Call For Scores - Piece For Viola
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites Chilean composers (and international artists living in Chile as well) to send us a piece for viola to be performed by Pablo Salinas in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, as part of his Europe tour in September. Follow the link below to find all the details. You can always find a list of all our calls here.
Deadline: July 31, 2019
Call for Works (PDF - Spanish)
New SIMUC Record Publication!
This record is based on the first SIMUC-concert (June 29, 2016 in Vienna, Austria) and gathers a representative sample of the last 100 years of art song in Chilean composition: 10 composers born between 1884 and 1983 and 12 pieces composed between 1914 and 2015. Baritone Alejandro Pizarro-Enríquez and pianist Alonso Llanos (duo 1, recorded in Austria) as well as mezzo-soprano Cecilia Barrientos and pianist Luis Alberto Latorre (duo 2, recorded in Chile) perform pieces by Chilean composers Enrique Soro, Alfonso Leng, Alfonso Letelier, Carlos Botto, Sergio Ortega, Alejandro Guarello, Eduardo Cáceres, Ramón Gorigoitia, Javier Party and Felipe Hidalgo Cavieres.
Get your CD! Contact us at office@simuc.org and we will find the best way to get one to you.
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
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Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.06.2019
We have a new section in our Database
SIMUC Data - Pieces
A list of compositions in SIMUC's activities.
Started in June 2019 | Online 
MEC 4 - Call For Works
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites Chilean composers and sound artists (and international artists living in Chile as well) to propose a piece to be programmed on the fourth season of MEC, our podcast on Chilean electronic (art)music. Follow the link below to find all the details. You can always find a list of all our calls here.
Deadline: June 30, 2019
Call for Works (PDF - Spanish)
MEC 4 - Call For Podcast Presenters
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites musicians, musicologists, music lovers, experts and enthusiasts to participate as a podcast presenter in the third season of MEC, our podcast on Chilean electronic (art)music. Follow the link below to find all the details. You can always find a list of all our calls here.
Deadline: June 30, 2019
Call for Podcast Presenters (PDF - Spanish)
SIMUC|Concert in Hamburg
Sunday, June 6, 2019 - 21:00. ELA 1 - Hochschule für Musik und Theater de Hamburg, Harvestehuder Weg 12, 20148 Hamburg, Germany
For the third year in a row, the SIMUC will be part of the Internationale Studienwoche für zeitgenössische Musik in Hamburg, Germany. The SIMUC-concert will take place on June 2 at 9pm and includes pieces by Chilean composers Mika Martini (1967), José Miguel Candela (1968), César Serrano (1993), José Vicente Asuar (1933-2017), Javiera Besoaín (1986), Cecilia García-Gracia (1968) and Federico Schumacher (1963).
enfoque
Check out this year's second article of enfoque.
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
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Felipe Elgueta | 07.05.2019
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.04.2019
enfoque
Check out this year's first article of enfoque.
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.03.2019
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.02.2019
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.01.2019
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.12.2018
Call for Authors
We invite Chilean musicologists, music scholars and researchers to publish in the 2019 edition of our column enfoque (spanish).
Convocatoria (PDF - Spanish)
Proyecto No-Musical III in Vienna
1. Friday, December 7, 2018 - 19:00. nadaLokal, Reindorfgasse 8, 1150 Vienna, Austria
2. Saturday, December 8, 2018 - 19:00. nadaLokal, Reindorfgasse 8, 1150 Vienna, Austria
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) in collaboration with nadaproductions, presents "Proyecto No-Musical III" in Austria. As part of their Europe Tour 2018, the No-Musical ensemble will give two SIMUC-concerts at nadaLokal in Vienna.
The No-Musical project III seeks to reflect on the limits of music and the scenic possibilities that exist in its language. Through musical and extra-musical resources, it shows on stage that sound is just one more element within a complex chain of things that involves: personal experiences, emotional processes, hours of rehearsal, years of study, the understanding of a specific language both spoken and written, as well as social and historical contexts. Proyecto No-Musical III puts music's syntax into tension and proposes a different approach to perception through composition, decomposition and re-composition of the musical material.
Ensemble No-Musical
Stephanie Preller: voice, acting
Pablo Medina: voice, acting
Tomás Gubbins: guitar
Matías Robledo: composition, conducting
The concerts will take place on December 7 & 8, 2018 at 7pm at nadaLokal, Reindorfgasse 8, 1150 Vienna, Austria. Admission is free. Let us meet there!
enfoque
Check out this year's last article of enfoque.
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.11.2018
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
Dúo Pulmari in Tyrol
Friday, October 26, 2018 - 19:00. Tiroler Landeskonservatorium, Paul-Hofhaimer-Gasse 6, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
The SIMUC is proud to present the Dúo Pulmari in Tyrol, Austria. The musicians will perform and premiere pieces by Chilean composers, most of which were commissioned by them as well. We are specially glad to have on the program a piece of one of the first Chilean female composers, Carmela Mackenna. One piece was also added by the Call for Scores that the SIMUC did early this year. The concert includes compositions by Rafael Díaz (1962), Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925-2010), Mario Oyanadel (1990), Carmela Mackenna (1879-1962), Valentina Cárcamo (1991) and Ignacio Escobar (1994).
Dúo Pulmari
Viola: Dante Pinto
Piano: Jubitza Guzmán
The concert will take place on October 26, 2018 at 7pm at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium, Paul-Hofhaimer-Gasse 6, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. There will be some drinks after the concert and the admission is free. Let us meet there!
SIMUC|Concerts in Austria
1. Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 18:30. Salon Brahms, Paniglgasse 5 (Eingang links), 1040 Vienna, Austria
2. Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 19:00. Theater Stella Nova, Rudolf Steiner-Gasse 1, 2384 Breitenfurt, Austria
The SIMUC presents "The Diversity of Chilean Art Song". Chilean singer Ilse Simpfendorfer and pianist Karen Villegas will performed in Vienna and Breitenfurt a repertoire of Chilean art song by composers born between 1903 and 1980: Alfonso Letelier (1912-1994), Carlos Botto (1923-2004), Estela Cabezas (1921), Federico Heinlein (1912-1999), Javier Party (1980), Jorge Urrutia (1903-1981), Juan Orrego-Salas (1919), Pablo Délano (1950), Ximena Cabello (1943) and Emiliano Nahuelpán.
The first concert in Vienna has been organized in collaboration with the Comunidad Chilena en Austria, who will offer a special Chilean buffet after the concert. It will take place on October 24, 2018 at 6:30pm at the Salon Brahms in Paniglgasse 5 (Eingang links), 1040 Vienna, Austria. Admission free! Contributions from €5 for music and food are welcome.
The second concert will take place on October 25, 2018 at 7pm at the Theater Stella Nova, Rudolf Steiner-Gasse 1, 2384 Breitenfurt, Austria. Admission free!
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.10.2018
SIMUC|Concert in Germany: Chilean Electroacoustic Music
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 21:00. Glockenhaus, Glockenstraße 9, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany
The SIMUC will take part on the 44. Festival Neue Musik Lüneburg in Lüneburg, Germany. We are very happy to tell, that this is the second consecutive year that the SIMUC is part of this Festival. The concert program includes pieces for 2, 4 and 8 channels by eight Chilean composers: Ana María Estrada (1980), Vicente Olave (1993), Ignacio Salvo (1995), Guillermo Eisner (1980), Valeria Valle (1979), Renata Carrasco (1986), Georgina Canifrú (1978) and Juan Amenábar (1922-1999).
enfoque
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SIMUC|Concert in Poland
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 17:00. Służewski Dom Kultury, Jana Sebastiana Bacha 15, Warsaw, Poland
The SIMUC is proud to present the Ensamble Santiago de Chile in Warsaw, Poland. The musicians will perform music by Chilean composer and 2016 National Prize for Musical Arts winner Vicente Bianchi. The concert, which is part of their Europe tour 2018, will take place in the Służewski Dom Kultury in the Polish capital. Let us meet there!
Ensamble Santiago de Chile
Voices: Patricia Tapia, Edith Jerez, Francisco Toyos, Roberto Contreras and Wilma Valdés
Voices and guitars: Mónica Johnson and Carlos Mancilla
Piano: Patricia Rodríguez
Double Bass: Paola Astudillo
Conduction: Sergio Tapia
The concert program: "Vicente Bianchi In Time"
Music by Vicente Bianchi based on texts by Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Violeta Parra and Pablo Neruda, among others.
Chile Fértil, Hueda Kona, Huincahonal, Sau Sau, Un país llamado Chile, Viene Cabalgando el huaso, Gracias a la vida, Casamiento de negros, Tonada Rítmica, Variaciones en aire de cueca, Danzas de la Tirana, Misa a la chilena: Kyrie - Gloria - Agnus Dei, Tonadas de Manuel Rodríguez, Romance de Los Carrera, Canto a Bernardo O’Higgins, A la bandera, Salitre, La noche de Chillán and La Nerudiana.
Admission free!
Reporte Elgueta
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Felipe Elgueta | 07.09.2018
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
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Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.08.2018
enfoque
Check out the fourth article of enfoque.
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.07.2018
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.06.2018
SIMUC|Concert in Musiksalon Münchendorf
Thursday, June 7, 2018 - 19:00. Musiksalon, Himbergerstraße 4, 2482 Münchendorf, Austria
The SIMUC is proud to present the Dúo Saglie Urquieta in Austria. The oboe and piano duo will perform music by Chilean composer Luis Saglie. The concert, which is part of their Europe tour 2018, will take place in the cosy Musiksalon in Münchendorf, 30 minutes south of Vienna. Let us meet there!
Dúo Saglie Urquieta
Oboe: José Luis Urquieta
Piano: Luis Saglie
The concert program: "Southern Mysteries"
Music by Luis Saglie
Mysteries from Chiloé
Oboe and piano
Suite from the South
Oboe
Hommage to Violeta Parra
Piano
Three Odes after Neruda
Oboe and piano
Call For Works
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites Chilean composers (and international artists living in Chile as well) to send us a piece to be performed by the duo Pinto Guzmán as part of the SIMUC-Concert that they will give at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium in Innsbruck, Austria. Follow the link below to find all the details. You can always find a list of all our calls here.
Deadline: July 10, 2018
Call for Works (PDF - Spanish)
enfoque
Check out the third article of enfoque.
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.05.2018
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
SIMUC-Concert in Lüneburg
Sunday, May 6, 2018 - 21:00. Glockenhaus, Glockenstraße 9, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany
The SIMUC will take part on the 40. Internationale Studienwoche für zeitgenössische Musik 2018 in Lüneburg Germany. We will present
a concert with a selection of pieces programmed in the first and second seasons of MEC, our podcast on Chilean Electronic Music.
Reporte Elgueta
International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.04.2018
MEC 3 - Call For Works
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites Chilean composers and sound artists (and international artists living in Chile as well) to propose a piece to be programmed on the third season of MEC, our podcast on Chilean electronic (art)music. Follow the link below to find all the details. You can always find a list of all our calls here.
Deadline: May 20, 2018
Call for Works (PDF - Spanish)
MEC 3 - Call For Podcast Presenters
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites musicians, musicologists, music lovers, experts and enthusiasts to participate as a podcast presenter in the third season of MEC, our podcast on Chilean electronic (art)music. Follow the link below to find all the details.
Deadline: April 30, 2018
Call for Podcast Presenters (PDF - Spanish)
enfoque
Check out the second article of enfoque.
Chilean musicians talk about the SIMUC
Chilean musicians give us their opinion about the International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC), its creation and what we have been doing.
Produced by the International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC)
Directed by Javier Party
Filmed by Metáfora Films
With the support of ChileGlobal
New Column: Elgueta Report
Take a look at February's news report on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! This is a new column (Spanish) by Felipe Elgueta which will give us a selection of each month's international news on Chilean musicians.
Reporte Elgueta
Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta
Felipe Elgueta | 07.03.2018
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
SIMUC's Catalog Of Chilean Compositions Is Online!
In this beta version of our catalog of Chilean compositions you will find more than 700 pieces by Chilean composers of different generations. If you are a performer or a concert organizer looking for Chilean repertoire you will be happy to know that you can search our catalog by instrument. It is also possible to search by the piece's title, composer, year of creation or premiere. For each piece you will find further information.
This is the third and largest section of our database, in which we are working on regularly. At this moment the catalog is only available in Spanish and has some minor issues we are aware of and plan to address in the near future. Still, it is a great tool for musicians and musicologists, it is free and internationally accessible on our website. We would be very happy to receive your feedback!
This first stage of the catalog was possible thanks to the support of the Chilean National Council of Culture and the Arts.
enfoque
Check out the first article of enfoque.
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
The Chilean Contemporary Music Scene
We asked Chilean musicians about the Chilean music scene, what has been done well and what could be improved? This
film was produced and premiered in the context of our International Musicology Conference, which we held in Vienna, Austria on November 24 and 25, 2017.
Produced by the International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC)
Directed by Javier Party
Filmed by Metáfora Films
With the support of ChileGlobal
Finding The Right Name For The So Called Music Of Written Tradition
We asked Chilean musicians how should we call this "erudite", "classical", "academic", "art music", "music of written tradition"? This
film was produced and premiered in the context of our International Musicology Conference, which we held in Vienna, Austria on November 24 and 25, 2017.
Produced by the International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC)
Directed by Javier Party
Filmed by Metáfora Films
With the support of ChileGlobal
Nationality As Musical Identity In Chile
We asked Chilean musicians when could a piece of music be considered to be Chilean? This film was produced and
premiered in the context of our International Musicology Conference, which we held in Vienna, Austria on November 24 and 25, 2017.
Produced by the International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC)
Directed by Javier Party
Filmed by Metáfora Films
With the support of ChileGlobal
To be a composer in Chile
We talked to Chilean musicians in Santiago. We asked them what does it mean to be a composer in Chile? This film was produced and
premiered in the context of our International Musicology Conference, which we held in Vienna, Austria on November 24 and 25, 2017.
Produced by the International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC)
Directed by Javier Party
Filmed by Metáfora Films
With the support of ChileGlobal
SIMUC's International Musicology Conference
Friday, November 24, 2017 (16:00-19:30) & Saturday, November 25, 2017 (9:30-19:00). MICA, Stiftgasse 29, 1070 Vienna, Austria
Join us in Vienna or via live streaming on our YouTube channel at SIMUC's first International Musicology Conference.
Music Composition In Chile
Tendencies, Conflicts And Perspectives.
Music composition in Chile was during most of the 20th century an academic practice. Most Chilean composers officially considered as such were and have been
university professors, and it is common in Chile to define contemporary classical music simply as “academic music”. However, since the return to democracy
three decades ago, new scenes and movements have reshaped this panorama: music composition is taught in more places, state funding has supported music
composition beyond academia, and new generations have been trying to escape old practices in different ways. An important number of Chilean composers have also
studied or work abroad, mainly in Europe. In the year 2016, the election of Vicente Bianchi as the first non-academic composer recipient of the National Prize
for Music, created an important crisis about who is or can be a composer, and how music composition has been defined in the last century.
This first SIMUC musicology conference takes this “crisis” of local music composition, and the idea and practice of the composer in Chile and of Chilean music,
to discuss the discipline, creators, relations with audiences and the space institutions occupy today in the world of music creation. Some of the questions we
want to explore in the conference are: Who has written music in Chile, and why? How has music composition been defined in Chile, and by whom? Who is considered
a composer in Chile? What could be considered Chilean in the written music tradition of Chile, and what would be a Chilean music composition? Is there an
identity of Chilean music composition? How have these problems changed in time?
We have invited three Chilean musicologists: José Manuel Izquierdo (Chile), Pablo Palacios (Chile/Spain) and Eileen Karmy (Chile/UK), Chilean composer
Carlos Zamora (Chile/UK) and Austrian cultural scientist, Tasos Zembylas (Cyprus/Austria). Other three Chilean scholars were selected through our call to
present at the conference: Juan Carlos Poveda (Chile), Juvenal Correa-Salas (Chile/USA) and Martín Farías (Chile/UK). A piece by Carlos Zamora, the premiere
of a SIMUC-Film about the Chilean music scene and a presentation of SIMUC's database will round the conference.
This conference is possible thanks to ChileGlobal and their financial support.
Admission free!
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
SIMUC-Concert in Lüneburg
Sunday, October 21, 2017 - 21:00. Glockenhaus, Glockenstraße 9, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany
UPDATE We have opened a concert section where you can find
more information about the concert.
The SIMUC will take part on the 43. Festival für Neue Musik Lüneburg 2017 in Lüneburg Germany. We will present six acousmatic
pieces by Chilean composers: Alejandro Albornoz (1971/UK), José Vicente Asuar (1933-2017), Nicolás Carrasco (1980/Chile), Bárbara González (1975/Chile) and
Javier Party (1980/Austria).
Europe-Tour: Taller de Música Contemporánea
1. Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 19:00. Altes Rathaus, Wipplingerstr. 8, 1010 Vienna, Austria
2. Monday, September 25, 2017 - 19:00. Academy of Performing Arts, Zochová 1, 81101 Bratislava, Slovakia
3. Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 19:00. Chilean Embassy, 2, av. de la Motte Piquet Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France
4. Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 19:30. Casa Argentina, Via Veneto 7, 00187 Rome, Italy
Four SIMUC-Concerts in four European capitals: Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Paris (France) and Rome (Italy). The prestigious Chilean ensemble
Taller de Música Contemporánea, conducted by composer Pablo Aranda, will perform a selected repertoire of Chilean compositions.
The concerts will include pieces by Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925-2010), Pablo Aranda (1960), Jorge Pepi-Alos (1962), Antonio Carvallo (1972) and Andrés Núñez
(1981), as well as the three composers selected through our SIMUC-Call for Scores: Rodrigo Cádiz (1972), José Miguel Arellano (1985) and Maximiliano Soto
(1991).
Taller de Música Contemporánea
Flute: Karina Fischer
Piano: Fernanda Ortega
Percussion: Gerardo Salazar
Violin: Miguel Ángel Muñoz
Cello: Héctor Méndez
Conductor: Pablo Aranda
The ensemble is formed by musicians with great instrumental versatility. Since 2000 they have promoted musical creation and premiered works of established
composers and young creators in different countries. It is the official ensemble of the "International Composers Meeting" biennale in Chile. Its
conductor and artistic director is the composer and academic Pablo Aranda.
This Europe-Tour, organized by the SIMUC in collaboration with the Chilean Embassy in Austria, is possible thanks to the support of the DIRAC of the Chilean
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Council of Culture and the Arts, the VRI of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the Cultural Section of
the City of Vienna, the Chilean Embassies in Austria, France and Italy and the Argentinian Embassy in Italy.
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
Call For Presentations - Music Composition in Chile
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites musicologists, researchers and musicians to present in its first International Musicology
Conference, which will take place on November 24 and 25, 2017, in Vienna, Austria.
Deadline: September 20, 2017
Call for Presentations (PDF)
MEC 02 Is Online!
The second season of MEC, our podcast on Chilean Electronic Music, is online! In this season MEC will address
electroacoustic music in its relation to literature, politics, ethnic sounds and performance. We will talk about the origin of an electroacoustic piece
and how sounds turn into a composition. In the first of ten episodes, Javiera Besoaín pays tribute to Chilean composer José Vicente Asuar
(1933-2017).
This year the production of the podcast was done by the group Yubarta, led by music educator and member of the SIMUC Executive
Team Joaquín Ibar. We will publish one episode per week, beginning today, August 11, 2017.
Besides each podcast, we will provide its written version as well. You are always welcome to leave your comments below each episode.
Call For Works - Ensemble "Colectivo Azul"
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites all Chilean composers to propose a piece to be performed by the ensemble
Colectivo Azul. With this call we want to encourage the composition and performance of Chilean repertoire.
The concert will take place on November 27 at the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, in Santiago, as part of the "I Festival Azul de Nueva Música". Follow the link
below to find all the details.
Deadline: September 20, 2017
Call for Works (PDF - Spanish)
We have a new list in our Database
Call For Works - Chilean Ensemble On Tour
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites all Chilean composers to propose a piece to be performed by the renown ensemble
Taller de Música Contemporánea during their European tour in September. Six top musicians from Chile will present a varied repertoire
of pieces by Chilean composers in five different European capitals: Bratislava, Ljubljana, Paris, Rome and Vienna. Follow the link below to find all the
details.
Deadline: July 10, 2017
Call for Works (PDF - Spanish)
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad
MEC 2 - Call For Works
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites all Chilean composers to propose a piece to be programmed on the second season of MEC, our
podcast on Chilean electronic (art)music. Follow the link below to find all the details.
Deadline: May 26, 2017
Call for Works (PDF - Spanish)
MEC 1 - Mexican Perspective
With the aim of creating international ties rooted in artistic content and open reflection, the International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) has
established an unprecedented cultural link between Chile and Mexico, a bridge of recognition and respect. Although this bridge goes from one end of Latin
America to the other, it joins countries with neighboring idiosyncrasies. Ten Mexican authors and researchers will comment, analyze, inquire and express
themselves freely from their individual perspective on the works of Chilean electronic music programmed in the
first season of MEC. Starting on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, each week a different author will address an episode of the
podcast. This SIMUC initiative has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of Chilean composer and researcher
Santiago Astaburuaga, who has not only served as curator and link between SIMUC and the Mexican authors, but has also been a key
voice in the conceptual development of the project, assuming the editorial task as well. We invite you to take part in the discussion in the comments section
below each text.
Take a look at the first article (Spanish) by Mexican artist and researcher
Fabián Avila on MEC0103, which includes pieces by Chilean composers Federico
Schumacher, Daniel Alvarado and José Miguel Candela, programmed by music educator Joaquín Ibar.
MEC 1 - Concert in Lüneburg
Sunday, May 21, 2017 in Lüneburg, Germany
UPDATE We have opened a concert section where you can find
more information about the concert.
The SIMUC will take part on the 39. Internationale Studienwoche für zeitgenössische Musik 2017 in Lüneburg Germany. We will present
a concert with a selection of pieces programmed in the first season of MEC, our podcast on Chilean Electronic Music.
SIMUC at Classical:NEXT
From May 17 to May 20, 2017 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
The SIMUC will be present at Classical:NEXT, which according to their organizers is "a music
meeting dedicated exclusively to classical and art music; truly international; all sectors within the genre meet; it welcomes all approaches, from traditional
to experimental, major to niche; addresses both the economic and the artistic aspects of the industry; offers an open platform where the participants create
the content". It is an honour for us to have the support of the Chilean National Council of Culture and the Arts for our participation at Classical:NEXT
this year. We hope that this time will be the first of many, so we will be focused on networking.
Second Publication in Chilean Performers Abroad!
Call for Authors
We invite Chilean musicologists, music scholars and researchers to publish in our forthcoming new column "enfoque" (spanish).
Convocatoria (PDF - Spanish)
Column: Chilean Performers Abroad!
SIMUC - Concert in Berlin
Friday, December 2nd 2016 - 19:00. Instituto Cervantes, Rosenstraße 18-19, 10178 Berlin, Germany
UPDATE It was a great concert! We have opened a section where you can find
more information about the program, some pictures and more.
The SIMUC presents Neue Streichertöne aus Chile (New String Tones from Chile) in Berlin, Germany. The
concert will be performed by the Lübeck based string quartet Latin Strings. The ensemble will play pieces
from 10 different Chilean composers, most of which are living and working around the world: Ricardo Álvarez (1976/UK), Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925-2010),
Tomás Brantmayer (1992/Chile), Sebastián Errázuriz (1975/Chile), Rodrigo Herrera (1981/Chile), Marcos Meza (1984/Germany), Juan Pablo Moreno
(1984/Germany), Javier Party (1980/Austria), Andrián Pertout (1963/Australia) and Carlos Zamora (1968/UK).
The repertoire of the concert offers a wide range of aesthetic stances, tonal and not tonal, minimalistic and highly complex, poetic and abstract.
Latin Strings
Violin I: Inés Vega Villarroel (Chile)
Violin II: Kathya Contreras (Chile)
Viola: Erika Cedeño (Venezuela)
Cello: Alonso Urrutia (Chile)
The concert will take place on December 2, 2016 at 7pm at the Instituto Cervantes in Rosenstraße 18-19, 10178 Berlin, Germany. €10|€5.
Reserve your tickets today → office@simuc.org
Podcast: MEC - Chilean Electronic Music!
MEC is a podcast on Chilean electronic (art)music. The first episode will be available on Friday, September 30. There will be a total of 10 weekly episodes,
each of which will be presented by a different moderator. (Spanish)
MEC 01
Chilean electronic music!
Published weekly from September 30 to December 2, 2016 - Still accessible | Online
Call for Works
The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites all Chilean composers to propose a piece for string quartet, to be performed by
Latin Strings at the SIMUC concert that is going to take place in December 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
Deadline: October 16, 2016
Call for Works (PDF - Spanish)
We have a new list in our Database
SIMUC - Opening Concert: Liederabend
It was a great concert! Thanks to all who were there.
Each event organized by the SIMUC has its own section where we gather all information about it, like pictures, performers and composers, repertoire, feedback,
media reports and a general description as well. Check it out!
Susanne Senekowitsch
