erika vega | composer
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​about:

de-(com)poser
mexican living in UK
intrument: ​violin
currently: PhD in music, Oxford
never been to Japan



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Erika Vega · B L A N C O for voice and piano (2019)
Festival Vértice, México
B L A N C O for voice and piano (2019)
Based on a poem by Octavio Paz
Written and premiered by Sarah Maria Sun and Edith Ruiz. commissioned by Festival Vértice UNAM. 
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Kammer Klang, London
Allégorie a piece of chocolate for solo violin (2013) performed by Clara Levy

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​UCLA, California.
The love song for violin and viola (2019)
Based on the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot. 
Commissioned and premiered by Aperture Duo: Adrianne Pope and Linnea Powell at Bruman Festival. 
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Trailer of the Prototype created in collaboration with the Swedish choreographer Gilda Stillbäcka from the Choreographic Research and Composition Programme of the Fondation Royaumont.





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I am delighted to have been commissioned by LA Phil ​to present a new piece for the 2020-21 season. Voices of the Americas, a concert curated by Gabriela Ortiz. 

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​I am thrilled to announce that I have been awarded the Jovenes creadores 2020 grant by the National Fund for Culture and Arts of Mexico (FONCA). 

work in progress:
New commission for the ensemble CEPROMUSIC (Center of Experimentation and Production of Contemporary Music). 
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It is a great honour to be awarded the 2019 Henfrey Prize for Composition at the University of Oxford with my piece Ceci n'est pas un duo ​for violin and piano. 
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​World premiere: The minimum distance -said she- 
for clarinet and timpani. 
will be premiered by Cepromusic ensemble at Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. 
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B L A N C O for voice and piano 
world premiere
written for Sarah Maria Sun and it is based on the poem Blanco by the Nobel Prize Octavio Paz.  
Will be performed on the 25th October at Festival Vertice 2019, UNAM. 



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PROTOTYPE VI at ROYAUMONT

Session 3/3 – Building in progress and public presentation (from Wednesday 13 August to Sunday 1st September 2019).
During my residency at Royaumont I have worked/collaborated with the Swedish and French choreographers Gilda Stillbäck and Clémence Baubant respectively. 
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​Writing music for dance, choreographing dance to music.
I am currently taking part of a research residency Prototype VI ​at Royaumont. Applying different methodologies for engaging the music-making body and incorporating physical movement as material for composition, enacting both physical movement and sound-production (action/sound relationships), as well working on gestual analysis. 
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.ManiFeste-2019
For second time, I will take part  at ManiFeste 2019​​ IRCAM, with a new piece for Ensemble Nikel (electric guitar, piano and electronics). 





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KLANGVEJE   
​A musical hike throughout Denmark

I received a grant by the Danish art foundation for an artistic residency in Denmark during 2019, in collaboration with the guitarist Frederik Munk Larsen 
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intermedia composing at the University of Oxford 
I am collaborating with the corean artist JinJoon Lee and  Peter Price from the Ruskin School of Art as a part of ANIMA new music with animation at Oxford. 

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​The love song for violin and viola is based in the poem of T. S. Eliot The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Will be premiered by Aperture duo


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Four darks in red
In many ways I have incorporated image into the music practice. ​The relationship between music composition, and art is explored through subject matter, materials, and the overall interaction of the elements within the  creative process. Premiered by Elision ensemble.
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Icebergs breaking under cloudy skies
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Premiered by Wild Up ensemble at the Noon To Midnight Festival, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2017.
As a result of my participation at the LA Phil's National Composers Intensive 2017.  







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Federico Garcia Lorca se llamó polvo se llama

Premiered by MUSIQUES NOUVELLES, Jean-Paul Dessy, direction. Selected at TACTUS 2017 Young Composers Forum in Belgium. 








©2013 Erika Vega
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