Marco Antonio Suárez-Cifuentes
Colombian composer born in 1974.
Colombian composer Marco Antonio Suárez-Cifuentes studied from 1994 to 2000 at Javeriana University in Bogota, graduating with a Master’s in composition. In 2002, he undertook further study with Emmanuel Nunes (composition), Luis Naón (composition and new technology), and Alain Louvier (analysis) at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP). He was awarded distinctions in his analysis class in 2005 and in his composition class in 2006. In 2005, he participated in Voix Nouvelles at Royaumont, where he studied with Michaël Lévinas, Brian Ferneyhough, and Jean-Luc Hervé. In 2006-2008, he undertook the two years of the IRCAM Cursus (IRCAM’s composition and computer music course), where he worked with Robin Meier, Mikhail Malt, Emmanuel Jourdan, Jean Lochard, and Yan Maresz. In 2017, upon submitting his doctoral thesis titled “Interactions, Articulation and the Poetic in Instrumental, Acoustic and Electro-acoustic Space,” completed under the supervision of Frédéric Bevilacqua (Ircam), Stefano Gervasoni, and Luis Naón (CNSMDP), he was awarded a Doctorate of Arts from the Paris Conservatoire.
Since 2003, he has undertaken a number of artistic residencies, including at GMEM in Marseille, the Centro Multimedia at the Centro Nacional de las Artes (CENART) in Mexico City with Onyx Ensemble, Studio Musiques Inventives in Annecy, Muse en Circuit, GRAME, and Art ZOYD. He was a musical advisor for Transforme 2008 (Royaumont) and resident composer with the Sound/Music/Movement/Interaction Team at IRCAM in 2010.
Suárez-Cifuentes’ participation in the IRCAM Cursus was concluded by the premiere performance, in January 2009, of Poetry for // dark -/ dolls for female voice and quintet, a work to be performed in two spaces simultaneously, by soloists from Ensemble intercontemporain.
Starting in 2017, he collaborated with stage director Nieto on a lyrical and visual performance piece titled REVELO. He worked with Myriam Gourfink during the “Transforme” workshop at Royaumont. He also taught composition and music theory at the Romainville Conservatory (in the suburbs of Paris) from 2008 to 2016. His works have been performed in South America and Europe by ensembles such as Multilatérale, Le Balcon, Ensemble intercontemporain, Vortex, Contemporanea, Contrechamps, Onyx, Itinéraire, EOC, Instant Donné, XAMP, and Decibelio. He has been commissioned by the French Ministy of Culture, IRCAM, Radio France, Royaumont, SACEM, the Colombian Ministry of Culture, and the Carolina Oramas, Mazda, Meyer and Tarrazi Foundations.
In 2018-2019, Marco Antonio Suárez-Cifuentes undertook a research residency at IRCAM on the theme “Composing spaces and perception/REVELO,” in collaboration with the Sound/Music/Movement/Interaction Team at IRCAM and the Zentrum für Kunst und Medien (ZKM) in Karlsruhe.
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2019
- Solo (excluding voice)
- Alegoría sobre una Imagen Rota for guitar (1996), 9 mn, Inédit
- Variaciones for solo piano (1997), 18 mn, Inédit
- elec Crisalida for violin and electroacoustic device (2005), 12 mn, Inédit [program note]
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Máquina Mística for double bass and electronics (2007), 10 mn, Inédit [program note]
- Karlek Splittring for cello (2005-2008), 9 mn, Inédit
- elec stage Plis for two dancers, a percussionist in a video and electroacoustic device (2010)
- La Palabra del deseo for baritone saxophone (2012), 10 mn
- Lezard for double bass (2012), 3 mn
- elec Karlek Splittring II for cello (2013), 12 mn, Inédit
- Chamber music
- Cíclope for 2 violins, 2 cellos and double bass (1999), 11 mn, Inédit
- Palabras for wind quintet (1999), 15 mn, Inédit
- Coral for 2 electric guitars, synthesizer and percussion (2001), 10 mn, Inédit
- Me fascinan las hojas rojas de los árboles for piano and 3 percussions (2001), 11 mn, Inédit
- elec The Fish was seeking my hopeless eye for clarinet, percussion and electroacoustics (2000-2002), 6 mn 48 s, Inédit
- Pulsar for guitar and 4 cellos (2003), 10 mn 30 s, Inédit
- elec Caminos del tiempo Inmovil sound installation, for flute, clarinet, cello and electroacoustic device (2004), 27 mn, Inédit
- Dark from « Poetry for //dark-/ dolls » for flute, saxophone, violin, viola and cello (2009), 10 mn
- elec [/{_[Int] // M.}/////\] Intimate for oboe, guitar, accordion and percussion (2010), 11 mn, Inédit
- elec Chameleon Sadness for bass clarinet, bassoon, percussion and electroacoustic device (2008-2013), 9 mn, Inédit
- elec Manglar Rojo [under violence] for ensemble (2015), 11 mn
- elec Moi, comme une autre show for drums, hybrid percussions, electroacoustic device and video (2016), 1 h 15 mn
- Cinco combates del hombre sonriente Revelo II, for microtonal accordion duo (2017), 10 mn
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Alegorîa for large orchestra (2000), 10 mn, Inédit
- Heterodinamo for ensemble (2002), 7 mn, Inédit
- Cancion Circular for ensemble (2005), 9 mn
- Maquina Solar Remix (Cancion Circular) for ensemble (2005), 11 mn, Inédit
- Alucina (Machines et Kaléidoscopes) for string quartet, percussion, ensemble and electronics (2006), 18 mn 15 s, Inédit
- Caméléon Kaléidoscope for ensemble (2010), 18 mn, Inédit
- Concertant music
- elec Libellule for solo hybrid bass clarinet, bass flute, accordion, violin, double bass, marimba, drums, electronic keyboard and electroaoustic device (2014), 17 mn
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- Sincronismos II for voice, flute, trumpet, cello and double bass (2005), 13 mn, Inédit
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Poetry for // dark -/ dolls for soprano, ensemble and electronics (2008), 40 mn about , Inédit [program note]
- elec stage L'Enfer Musical d'Alejandra Pizarni opera for three singers and sound ensemble, electronic device and video (2012)
- La Palabra del deseo II for voice and baritone saxophone (2013), 13 mn
- elec Hétérochronies for two amplified voices, Xamp accordion and large orchestra (2016), 21 mn
- El infierno musical for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar, woodwind quintet and percussion (2017), 5 mn
- Endechas for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar, woodwind quintet and percussion (2017), 2 mn
- L'obscurité des eaux for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar, wind quintet and percussion (2017), 3 mn
- Piedra fundamental for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar, woodwind quintet and percussion (2017), 13 mn
- elec Tetramorphes Revelo I (2017), 16 mn
- A cappella vocal music
- elec stage Sincronismos for six dancers, voice and electronics, collaboration with choreographer Dalila Zarama (2001), 27 mn, Inédit
- Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
- Chemins Mobiles à l'interieur du Jardin sound installation (2006), 12 mn, Inédit [program note]
- elec Ad infinitum for electroacoustics (2011), 1 h 10 mn
- elec Cutting out// noise for electroacoustics 5.1 (2011), 15 mn
- elec Monologue pour une araignée mécanique for a musician playing electroacoustic instrumental architecture (2016), 35 mn
- 2017
- Cinco combates del hombre sonriente Revelo II, for microtonal accordion duo, 10 mn
- El infierno musical for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar, woodwind quintet and percussion, 5 mn
- Endechas for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar, woodwind quintet and percussion, 2 mn
- L'obscurité des eaux for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar, wind quintet and percussion, 3 mn
- Piedra fundamental for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar, woodwind quintet and percussion, 13 mn
- elec Tetramorphes Revelo I, 16 mn
- 2016
- elec Hétérochronies for two amplified voices, Xamp accordion and large orchestra, 21 mn
- elec Moi, comme une autre show for drums, hybrid percussions, electroacoustic device and video, 1 h 15 mn
- elec Monologue pour une araignée mécanique for a musician playing electroacoustic instrumental architecture, 35 mn
- 2015
- elec Manglar Rojo [under violence] for ensemble, 11 mn
- 2014
- elec Libellule for solo hybrid bass clarinet, bass flute, accordion, violin, double bass, marimba, drums, electronic keyboard and electroaoustic device, 17 mn
- 2013
- elec Chameleon Sadness for bass clarinet, bassoon, percussion and electroacoustic device, 9 mn, Inédit
- elec Karlek Splittring II for cello, 12 mn, Inédit
- La Palabra del deseo II for voice and baritone saxophone, 13 mn
- 2012
- elec stage L'Enfer Musical d'Alejandra Pizarni opera for three singers and sound ensemble, electronic device and video
- La Palabra del deseo for baritone saxophone, 10 mn
- Lezard for double bass, 3 mn
- 2011
- elec Ad infinitum for electroacoustics, 1 h 10 mn
- elec Cutting out// noise for electroacoustics 5.1, 15 mn
- 2010
- Caméléon Kaléidoscope for ensemble, 18 mn, Inédit
- elec stage Plis for two dancers, a percussionist in a video and electroacoustic device
- elec [/{_[Int] // M.}/////\] Intimate for oboe, guitar, accordion and percussion, 11 mn, Inédit
- 2009
- Dark from « Poetry for //dark-/ dolls » for flute, saxophone, violin, viola and cello, 10 mn
- 2008
- Karlek Splittring for cello, 9 mn, Inédit
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Poetry for // dark -/ dolls for soprano, ensemble and electronics, 40 mn about , Inédit [program note]
- 2007
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Máquina Mística for double bass and electronics, 10 mn, Inédit [program note]
- 2006
- Alucina (Machines et Kaléidoscopes) for string quartet, percussion, ensemble and electronics, 18 mn 15 s, Inédit
- Chemins Mobiles à l'interieur du Jardin sound installation, 12 mn, Inédit [program note]
- 2005
- Cancion Circular for ensemble, 9 mn
- elec Crisalida for violin and electroacoustic device, 12 mn, Inédit [program note]
- Maquina Solar Remix (Cancion Circular) for ensemble, 11 mn, Inédit
- Sincronismos II for voice, flute, trumpet, cello and double bass, 13 mn, Inédit
- 2004
- elec Caminos del tiempo Inmovil sound installation, for flute, clarinet, cello and electroacoustic device, 27 mn, Inédit
- 2003
- Pulsar for guitar and 4 cellos, 10 mn 30 s, Inédit
- 2002
- Heterodinamo for ensemble, 7 mn, Inédit
- elec The Fish was seeking my hopeless eye for clarinet, percussion and electroacoustics, 6 mn 48 s, Inédit
- 2001
- Coral for 2 electric guitars, synthesizer and percussion, 10 mn, Inédit
- Me fascinan las hojas rojas de los árboles for piano and 3 percussions, 11 mn, Inédit
- elec stage Sincronismos for six dancers, voice and electronics, collaboration with choreographer Dalila Zarama, 27 mn, Inédit
- 2000
- Alegorîa for large orchestra, 10 mn, Inédit
- 1999
- 1997
- Variaciones for solo piano, 18 mn, Inédit
- 1996
- Alegoría sobre una Imagen Rota for guitar, 9 mn, Inédit
Liens internet
- Site personnel du compositeur : https://marcosuarezcifuentes.wordpress.com/
- « Composer les espaces et la perception », conférence du 24 juin 2020 à l’Ircam.
(liens vérifiés en juillet 2020).