Jose Montserrat Maceda
He was born on Manila on January 17, 1917. He studied at the Academy of Music in Manila. Later, he went to Paris to study with Alfred Cortot.
His style in music was considered to be western in style, he combined the music of environment with ethnic instruments.
His works: Ugma- ugma (1963) a work for voice and ethnic instruments; Agungan (1975) a piece of six gong families; Pagsamba, Cassettes, Ugnayan, etc.
Starting in 1952, he conducted fieldwork on the ethnic Music of the Philippines. From about 1954, he was involved in the research and composition of musique concrète. In 1958, he worked at a recording studio in Paris which specialized in musique concrète. During this period, he met Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis. In 1963, Maceda earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology from the UCLA. He began pursuing a compositional career more vigorously. At the same time, he held concerts in Manila until 1969, in which he performed and conducted. This series of concerts introduced Boulez, Xenakis and Edgard Varèse to the Filipino public.
"To know about him is just a big wow!"
No comments:
Post a Comment