Composer Spotlight- Alex Nante

Get to Know....Alex Nante

Argentinian composer Alex Nante was a finalist in the 2015 FNMC Composition Contest for his delightful work for solo flute, Garuda. FNMC members have performed this piece at the Kentucky Flute Fair and Great Plains Regional CMS Conference. Alex recently sent us his bio and answered a few questions to help our members get to know him better.

Q&A with Alex.....

Who is/are your favorite “new music” composer/s and why?
I don't have one favorite composer, I love Wolfgang Rihm's music, Michael Finnissy's and of course, Stefano Gervasoni's music, which is now my teacher. These three composers are totally different, and have found a personal, authentic musical voice.

Describe your musical background and current activities.
I'm an Argentinian composer living in Paris, continuing my studies in the Conservatoire de Paris. I write chamber, orchestral and solo music that is played in France and abroad. at the moment I'm co-directing the ensemble "Écoute" of the Cité Universitaire de Paris.

Do you have any upcoming events that you would like our friends and followers to know about?
If you'd like to see my upcoming events, please take a look at my website : www.alexnante.com

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More About Alex.....
Alex Nante (1992, Buenos Aires, Argentina) holds a bachelor’s degree in Musical arts, oriented in composition, from the National University of Arts of Argentina (UNA), where he studied composition with Santiago Santero and orchestral conducting with Luis Gorelik. He also studied guitar with Antoliano Rojas, piano with Mónica Opansky and composition with Marcelo Delgado and Luis Mucillo.
Since 2014 he lives in Paris. He obtained a Master’s degree in Musicology in Université Paris 8 of Saint Denis, where he took composition lessons with José Manuel López López. He also obtained a “prix de perfectionnement” in Reims Conservatoire where he studied with Daniel D’Adamo. Currently, he continues his studies in composition with Stefano Gervasoni in the Conservatoire National de Paris. He participated in composition workshops, such as the “Writing for Vocal Ensemble” of the Britten Pears Programme, with Michael Finnissy and Exaudi and “Noirlac Academy” with Quatuor Diotima.
His compositions have been awarded with several prizes, particularly in three orchestral composition competitions: “Daegu Contemporary Music Orchestra” in South Korea, for his piece “Fulgor” (2010), “Guillermo Graetzer” (SADAIC) in Argentina, for “Tres Sueños Lúcidos” (2013) and “Île de Créations” in France, for “La pérégrination vers l’Ouest“ (2015).
His works were interpreted by Víctor Torres, Enrico di Felice “ Accroche Note”, “Parma Ensemble”, “Ensemble Itinéraire”, “Excelsis Percussion”, “Compañía Oblicua”, “Ensemble SpazioMusica”, “Exaudi”, “Flame Ensemble”, “Orchestre National d’Île de France”, “Daegu Contemporary Music Orchestra”, among others.
His interest in contemporary music has lead him to co-found in 2010 with Gonzalo Argüello and Juan Miceli the orchestra OANM (Orquesta amigos de la nueva música) which premiered many pieces from argentinian composers. In 2014 he co-founded with Fernando Palomeque and Gabriela Czerednikow the contemporary music ensemble “Écoute”, composed by musicians from the  Cité Universitaire of Paris.
Alex Nante received the scholarship “Gisela Timmermann” from the Mozarteum Argentino and the Ibermúsicas grant for composers.

Did you enjoy Garuda? Alex has many other works for flute

Canto da perda
Instrumentation : soprano, flute, soprano/alto saxophone, violin, viola, accordion, harp, piano
Duration : 8'
Year :2015

Himnos
Instrumentation : Flute/alto flute, percussion, organ, three narrators
Duration : 30’
Year : 2015

Quattro Melodie
Instrumentation : flute, piano
Duration : 12’
Year : 2015

Tempi Arcani
Instrumentation : flute, vibraphone, piano
Duration : 8’
Year : 2014

Excepto el amor intenso…
Instrumentation : flute, viola, harp
Duration : 7’
Year : 2013

Trueno : Intelecto perfecto
Instrumentation : actress, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion (glockenspiel, tom-tom, gran-cassa, tam-tam), harp, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, violin, viola, cello, double bass
Duration : 14’
Year : 2013

Kosmeo
Instrumentation : flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello
Duration : 4’ 30’’
Year : 2012

Hermes
Instrumentation : flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, double bass
Duration : 9’
Year : 2012

Aleph
Instrumentation : flute, soprano saxophone, clarinet, cello, piano
Duration : 4’
Year : 2012

De anhelos y sombras
Instrumentation : flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
Duration : 10’
Year : 2012

Garuda
Instrumentation : flute
Duration : 5’
Year : 2014

Three mysteries
Instrumentation : Flute
Duration : 3’30’’
Year : 2010