Juan María Solare | |
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Also known as | DonSolare |
Born |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
August 11, 1966
Genres | Classical, tango, electroacoustic music, fluxus |
Occupation(s) | Composer, Pianist, Conductor |
Instruments | piano |
Years active | 1986-present |
Labels | Janus Music & Sound |
Associated acts | , Mauricio Kagel, Luciano Berio, Clarence Barlow, John Cage, Astor Piazzolla, Luis Alberto Spinetta |
Website | http://www.JuanMariaSolare.com |
Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentine composer and pianist.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Solare studied and received his diploma in piano (María Teresa Criscuolo), composition (Fermina Casanova, Juan Carlos Zorzi) and conducting (Mario Benzecry) at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música Carlos López Buchardo. He also studied privately with Francisco Kröpfl.
Between 1993 and 1996 he undertook postgraduate studies on Composition at the Musikhochschule in Cologne (Germany) under the guidance of Johannes Fritsch, Clarence Barlow, and Mauricio Kagel, in the frame of a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Between October 1997 and February 1999, he did postgraduate studies with Helmut Lachenmann in Stuttgart. (Between July 1998 and June 1999 he held a scholarship from the Heinrich-Strobel Foundation (Baden-Baden).) Between 1999 and 2001 studied electronic music with Hans Ulrich Humpert in Cologne, with diploma. From June 2001 until May 2002 he was composer in residence at the Art colony Worpswede , Germany.
In April 2005 he obtained the title "Licenciado en Composición" (Master's degree) from the Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte (IUNA) in Buenos Aires. Since 1993 he has regularly attended and participated in seminars given by . He passed the Konzertexamen (master) in electroacoustic composition at the Musikhochschule in Cologne on 5 December 2007. Currently he is working on a PhD in music education at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.