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 | 07.10.2021

We will present a concert-audition with works by Chilean women that have been programmed on MEC and that have not yet been part of other concerts-auditions organized by us. The concert-audition will be part of the 47 Festival of Contemporary Music of the Fortbildungszentrum für Neue Musik of Lüneburg.

For the selection of the repertoire we invite everyone to vote for one of the elegible pieces. The pieces with the most votes will be programmed. You will find all the details on our call (Spanish)

Deadline: October 10, 2021

The International Society for Chilean Music (SIMUC) invites Chilean composers and sound artists to send us an acousmatic piece for two channels to be presented on October 22 as part of the 47 New Music Festival of the Fortbildungszentrum für Neue Musik Lüneburg. You can always find a list of all our calls here.

Deadline: October 10, 2021

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 | 07.09.2021

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 | 07.08.2021

The SIMUC presents Las Vueltas del RUN-RUN, a monthly podcast on the work of Chilean musicians and musicologists in Chile and abroad. This first season includes seven episodes of around 60 minutes each. The podcast will feature a different guest each month.

The first episode is dedicated to Chilean musicologist Eileen Karmy and you can listen to it right now with no ads and no interruptions, for free on our website!

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 | 07.07.2021

El próximo domingo 27 de junio realizaremos una Sesión SIMUC sobre los estudios de música en Europa, más específicamente en Austria y Alemania. Tres músicos chilenos que han migrado a estos países a estudiar, compartirán sus experiencias y revelarán las dificultades y maravillas del viejo mundo en el ámbito de la música docta:

• Inés Vega, violín, Musikhochschule Lübeck (Alemania).
• Maximiliano Igor, contrabajo, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien (Austria) y Hochschule für Musik Detmold (Alemania)
• Daygoro Serón, violonchelo, Mozarteum Universität Salzburg (Austria) y Kunstuniversität Graz (Austria)

Esta Sesión SIMUC es abierta a todo público y gratuita. Se realizará el domingo 27 de junio 2021 a las 15:00 (hora chilena) a través de la plataforma zoom. Te invitamos a inscribirte escribiéndonos a office@simuc.org.

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 | 07.06.2021

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 | 07.05.2021

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 | 07.04.2021

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 | 07.03.2021

More than 500 Chilean musicians living abroad. Go take a look at our interactive map based on unique data gathered by the SIMUC over the years.

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 | 07.02.2021

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 | 07.01.2021

International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.

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Felipe Elgueta | 07.12.2020

El próximo viernes 27 de noviembre realizaremos una Sesión SIMUC dedicada a la panorama de la edición de partituras en Chile, donde presentamos a la Editorial Nacional, una iniciativa como pocas en el país y otras iniciativas similares de edición de las obras de compositores nacionales. Los panelistas:

• Carlos Zamora, compositor, Editorial Nacional.
• Francia Gómez, gestora cultural, Editorial Nacional
• Nicolás Rauss, director, editor de obras de Enrique Soro
• Nicolás Masquiarán, musicólogo, editor de obras de Miguel Aguilar

Esta Sesión SIMUC es abierta a todo público y gratuita. Te invitamos a asistir virtualmente a través de meet.google.com/exc-gqgs-mdz el viernes 27 de noviembre a las 17:30 (hora chilena).

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 | 07.11.2020

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 | 07.10.2020

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 | 07.09.2020

El próximo lunes 7 de septiembre realizaremos la primera Sesión SIMUC: El destacado violista Pablo Salinas leerá obras para viola de compositores chilenos miembros de la SIMUC. Los principales objetivos de esta actividad son:

• Establecer vínculos entre compositores e intérpretes chilenos
• Darle la oportunidad a los compositores de escuchar sus obras, que tal vez no han sido estrenadas aún
• Generar un diálogo productivo y una instancia de aprendizaje mutuo
• Abordar temas referentes a la técnica, la notación e interpretación en el contexto de la música del presente

Esta Sesión SIMUC es abierta a todo público y gratuita. Te invitamos a asistir virtualmente a través de meet.google.com/jph-bcje-shu el lunes 7 de septiembre a las 16:30 (hora chilena).

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 | 07.08.2020

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 | 07.07.2020

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 | 07.06.2020

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 | 07.05.2020

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 | 07.04.2020

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 | 07.03.2020

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 | 07.02.2020

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 | 07.01.2020

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.

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

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 | 07.11.2019

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

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 | 07.10.2019

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).

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 | 07.09.2019

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.

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 | 07.08.2019

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

International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.

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Felipe Elgueta | 07.07.2019

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

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.

Chilean Art Song: The Last 100 Years (Record)

SIMUC's first record production. 2 Duos. 12 art songs. 10 Chilean composers. 100 years.

Published on June 10, 2019 | International

Get your CD! Contact us at office@simuc.org and we will find the best way to get one to you.

International news on the work of Chilean musicians abroad! A selection of the past month.

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Felipe Elgueta | 07.06.2019

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

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

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).

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 | 07.05.2019

Check out this year's second publication of Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

Tocar otra música
Daygoro Serón | 30.04.2019

"Si las partituras solo llegan a los intérpretes a través de los compositores, es difícil que esa música se toque más."

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 | 07.04.2019

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 | 07.03.2019

Check out this year's first publication of Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

La temida audición
Maximiliano Igor | 28.02.2019

"Un colega me dio un sabio consejo: Ve la audición como una oportunidad para compartir música"

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 | 07.02.2019

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 | 07.01.2019

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 | 07.12.2018

We invite Chilean musicologists, music scholars and researchers to publish in the 2019 edition of our column enfoque (spanish).

Convocatoria (PDF - Spanish)

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!

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Felipe Elgueta | 07.11.2018

Check out this year's fifth publication of Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

La responsabilidad del intérprete con la música chilena
Priscila Vergara | 30.10.2018

"Con el paso del tiempo he comprendido cuán importante es interpretar una obra chilena en suelo extranjero"

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!

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!

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Felipe Elgueta | 07.10.2018

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).

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!

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Felipe Elgueta | 07.09.2018

Check out this year's fourth publication of Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

De Valdivia a Viena con un intercambio estudiantil
Karen Villegas | 30.08.2018

"Para mí ha sido hasta ahora la experiencia más enriquecedora de mi vida"

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Felipe Elgueta | 07.08.2018

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Noticias internacionales de músicos chilenos en el ámbito de la música docta

Felipe Elgueta | 07.07.2018

Check out this year's third publication of Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

El grado académico como un medio y no un fin
Inés Vega | 30.06.2018

"Mi intención principal de venirme a estudiar a Alemania fue tener más herramientas para poder disfrutar de lo que hago"

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Felipe Elgueta | 07.06.2018

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

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

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 | 07.05.2018

Check out this year's second publication of Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

Opiniones y anécdotas de una flautista dulce en Europa
Carmen Troncoso | 30.04.2018

"Sentí que para seguir aprendiendo necesitaba conocer otras propuestas, distintas a las que estaba ya habituada"

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.

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 | 07.04.2018

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

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

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

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

Check out this year's first publication of Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

Violeta Parra vuelve a Europa. Gira "Gracias a la Vida"
Carlos Cid | 28.02.2018

"Violeta fue al parecer más reconocida y valorada en Europa y otros países de américa del sur que en nuestro propio país"

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.

Check out this year's last article of the series Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

Perfeccionamiento musical en Estados Unidos
Nicolás Emilfork | 30.12.2017

"Músicas diversas y fuera del marco de lo “clásico” tienen su lugar dentro de la academia"

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

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

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

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

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!

Check out the fifth article of the series Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

La ópera de hoy en Europa, una mirada tras bambalinas
Alejandro Pizarro-Enríquez | 30.10.2017

"El glamour de un par de horas de música clásica tiene bastidores oscuros, llenos de esfuerzo y sacrificio"

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).

Check out the fourth article of the series Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

Estudiar en el Extranjero y el Aprendizaje de la Vida
Danor Quinteros | 30.08.2017

"Un profesor te dice que algo está mal, otro te dice lo contrario. No has sido capaz de convencerlos con tu interpretación"

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

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.

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

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

Check out the third article of the series Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

Vivir como músico, aquí y en la quebrá del ají
Danilo Cabaluz | 30.05.2017

"Como músicos tenemos que aprender, casi sin ninguna preparación por parte de la academia, a salir y tocar, donde sea"

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

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.

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.

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.

Check out the second article of the series Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

Contrabajistas, ¿Diploma o Experiencia Orquestal?
Maximiliano Igor | 30.03.2017

"Un diploma es irrelevante al momento de querer entrar a una orquesta profesional si no tienes experiencia orquestal"

We invite Chilean musicologists, music scholars and researchers to publish in our forthcoming new column "enfoque" (spanish).

Convocatoria (PDF - Spanish)

Check out the first of the series Intérpretes Chilenos en el Extranjero (Chilean Performers Abroad).

Estudiar Música en el Extranjero
Daygoro Serón | 30.01.2017

"Hay muchas otras competencias, además de las musicales, que suelen ser tanto o más determinantes a la hora de salir del país"

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

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

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

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!

SIMUC - Opening Concert: Liederabend

June 29, 2016 | Vienna, Austria.

Susanne Senekowitsch