Feliz Anne Reyes Macahis
Filipino composer born 10 April 1987 in Taytay Rizal (Philippines).
Feliz Anne Reyes Macahis studied composition from 2004 to 2009 with Jonas Baes and Josefino Toledo at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree Magna cum laude. She went on to obtain a Master of Composition in 2011 from the University of Memphis, where she studied composition with Kamran Ince and analysis with John Baur. From 2014 to 2018, she studied composition with Oliver Schneller and electronic music with Joachim Heintz at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien, graduating with a second Master’s degree. She is currently working on an Artistic Doctorate at the Graz Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, under the direction of Beat Furrer and Christian Utz.
Alongside her studies, she has participated in composition masterclasses led by Stefano Gervasoni, Lee Hyla, Sandeep Bhagwati, Perluigi Billone, and Michael Jarrell, also allowing her to work with ensembles such as Musik Fabrik, Wet Ink, Neue Vocalsolisten, Schwerpunkt, and Chambre d’écoute.
Her works have been performed at international festivals, including KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen (Hannover), Die Zukunft beginnt um 19.15 Uhr! (Freiburg), Impuls (Graz), Mise-en Festival (New York), ZKM Globale: Next Generation 6.0 (Karlsruhe), International Choral Kathaumixw (Powell River, Canada), Divertimento Ensemble International Workshop for Young Composers (Bobbio, Italy), Etchings (Auvillar, France), Duong Dai Festival (Ho Chi Minh), and the Manila Composers Lab in Quezon City.
Her interactive installations have been presented in venues such as the Kulturzentrum Faust, Sprengel Museum, Kunstraum Tosterglope, and the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM).
In 2014, Reyes Macahis was awarded a prize in the “Neue Musik und China” Composition Competition, a project organised by the Konfuzius-Institut of the University of Hamburg, the Deichtorhallen Sammlung Falckenberg, and Trio Catch. In 2017, she was awarded first prize in the “NEUE SZENEN IV” Composition Competition, an initiative of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She has received grants and commissions from the Musica AntiquaNova Foundation (Argentina), the Manila Composers Lab (financed by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung), the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Canada Arts Council, and the Hannoversche Gesellschaft für Neue Musik. In 2018, she participated in Royaumont Voix Nouvelles.
In 2019-20, Linea Ensemble invited her to undertake a composition residence. Finally, IRCAM and the Royaumont Foundation, with support from the ULYSSES Network, commissioned a new work, to be premiered in 2021.
Her works are published by BabelScores.
Awards and Prizes
- Second Prize, {Raum::Klang} Wettbewerb Interaktive Klänge für 3D-Labor by HAW Hamburg, 2017
- First Prize, Vareler Kompositionspreis für zeitgenössische Musik, 2015
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2021
Sources
Site personnel de la compositrice ; Site de Babelscores.
- Solo (excluding voice)
- Nekkar for solo bass trombone (2012), 7 mn
- Capella for trumpet, voice and bells (2013, 2013), 8 mn
- Igwáy for oboe (2014), 15 mn
- Tálâ for piano (2014), 5 mn
- Zaurak for flute (2015, 2015), 6 mn
- Lu:taŋ for accordion (2017, 2017, 2017), 10 mn
- elec Tula-y for voice, piano, electronics and video (2017), 15 mn
- Chamber music
- Bellatrix for oboe, piano and cello (2012), 12 mn
- Bardo for clarinet, piano and cello (2014), 12 mn
- Agaas for brass quintet (2014), 5 mn, BabelScores
- Hibla for ensemble (2015, 2015, 2015), 5 mn about , BabelScores
- Talinhaga for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello (2015), 5 mn
- Widerhall des Stadtverfalls for tenor saxophone, accordion and double bass (2015), between 6 mn and 10 mn about , BabelScores
- Ag.os for marimba quartet (2015), 3 mn, BabelScores
- Out of the depths for ensemble (2017), 8 mn
- elec I:na:a:li:ka:bu:kan for violin, viola, cello, Egyptian qanun and electronics (2018), 11 mn
- Spirito Affine for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello (2020), 10 mn
- Instrumental ensemble music
- elec ircam Diwata for ensemble and electronics (2020), 15 mn, BabelScores [program note]
- Tracing iku for ensemble (2020)
- Concertant music
- The Knee and the Shoulder of the Woven Stars for violin and orchestra (2008), 7 mn
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- stage The Madness of the Night and the Woven Stars for vocal ensemble, gamelan ensemble and eight dancers (2009), 60 mn
- Sirius for chakhe, saw ua, ranat ek, klong khaek, and traditional Thai singer (with ching) (2013), 11 mn
- Procyon for voice, clarinet, percussion and cello (2014), 6 mn
- elec One Word, Three Syllables for voice, small ensemble and tape (2015), 6 mn, BabelScores
- Lumiere (lymjɛʁ) for female voices, flute, oboe, clarinet and percussion (2015), 5 mn about , BabelScores
- Tatalà for voice, flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello (2017), 6 mn
- Lullaby for a dead body for female voice and piano (2018), 2 mn 30 s
- stage Eurydike chamber opera for three sopranos, baritone, bass and ensemble (2019), 30 mn
- Embora for voice, flute, clarinet, violin and cello (2020), 12 mn
- Nag lalang man ta salunay for voice, flute, piano and cello (2020, 2020), 13 mn
- A cappella vocal music
- Para sa natutulog kong mahal for alto voice, bass voice and three mixed choirs (), 8 mn
- Arcturus: night for mixed vocal ensemble (2012), 5 mn
- Nuageux for mixed vocal ensemble (from twelve to one hundred voices) (2014), 7 mn, BabelScores
- Prologue for soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, tenor and two bass voices (2018), 7 mn
- Salle cinq for vocal quartet (2018), 10 mn
- D:ʊɑ:tɑ project study for voice (2019), 5 mn
- La Vierge de Cluny : Chant d’une Femme for soprano (2020), 4 mn
- Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
- elec Alitit for tape (2014), 5 mn
- elec Sound installation spatial interactive audiovisual WFS (2015)
- elec Dimensioning interactive audiovisual installation (2017)
- elec Mediation interactive sound installation (2017), 10 mn
- Unspecified instrumentation
- 2020
- elec ircam Diwata for ensemble and electronics, 15 mn, BabelScores [program note]
- Embora for voice, flute, clarinet, violin and cello, 12 mn
- La Vierge de Cluny : Chant d’une Femme for soprano, 4 mn
- Nag lalang man ta salunay for voice, flute, piano and cello, 13 mn
- Spirito Affine for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello, 10 mn
- Tracing iku for ensemble
- 2019
- D:ʊɑ:tɑ project study for voice, 5 mn
- stage Eurydike chamber opera for three sopranos, baritone, bass and ensemble, 30 mn
- 2018
- elec I:na:a:li:ka:bu:kan for violin, viola, cello, Egyptian qanun and electronics, 11 mn
- Lullaby for a dead body for female voice and piano, 2 mn 30 s
- Prologue for soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, tenor and two bass voices, 7 mn
- Salle cinq for vocal quartet, 10 mn
- 2017
- elec Dimensioning interactive audiovisual installation
- Lu:taŋ for accordion, 10 mn
- elec Mediation interactive sound installation, 10 mn
- Out of the depths for ensemble, 8 mn
- Tatalà for voice, flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello, 6 mn
- elec Tula-y for voice, piano, electronics and video, 15 mn
- 2015
- Ag.os for marimba quartet, 3 mn, BabelScores
- elec Guryon sound installation for eight speakers and sixteen loudspeakers
- Hibla for ensemble, 5 mn about , BabelScores
- Lumiere (lymjɛʁ) for female voices, flute, oboe, clarinet and percussion, 5 mn about , BabelScores
- elec One Word, Three Syllables for voice, small ensemble and tape, 6 mn, BabelScores
- elec Sound installation spatial interactive audiovisual WFS
- elec Sungka interactive sound installation for sungka and light sensors
- Talinhaga for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello, 5 mn
- Widerhall des Stadtverfalls for tenor saxophone, accordion and double bass, between 6 mn and 10 mn about , BabelScores
- Zaurak for flute, 6 mn
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- Arcturus: night for mixed vocal ensemble, 5 mn
- Bellatrix for oboe, piano and cello, 12 mn
- Nekkar for solo bass trombone, 7 mn
- 2009
- stage The Madness of the Night and the Woven Stars for vocal ensemble, gamelan ensemble and eight dancers, 60 mn
- 2008
- The Knee and the Shoulder of the Woven Stars for violin and orchestra, 7 mn
- Date de composition inconnue
- Para sa natutulog kong mahal for alto voice, bass voice and three mixed choirs, 8 mn
Liens internet
- Site personnel de la compositrice : https://www.felizmacahis.com/
- Site de Babelscores : https://www.babelscores.com/FelizAnneReyesMacahis
- Page Soundcloud de la compositrice : https://soundcloud.com/hinabingtala/
- Page de la compositrice sur la plateforme ULYSSES : https://www.ulysses-network.eu/profiles/individual/24669/
- « Regard de créatrice n°1 », entretien avec Feliz Anne Reyes Macahis diffusé le 25 novembre 2020, à voir sur la page Facebook de l’Ensemble Linea : https://www.facebook.com/EnsembleLineaStrasbourg/videos/2526376950995176/
(liens vérifiés en mai 2021).