Lorenzo Palomo

Lorenzo Palomo
Background information
Born (1938-03-10) March 10, 1938
Ciudad Real, Spain
Genres Classical music
Occupation(s) Composer, conductor
Labels Naxos
Website www.lorenzopalomo.com

Lorenzo Palomo (Ciudad Real, 1938) is a Spanish composer[1] and conductor. He was a conductor and pianist of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1981 to 2004. Lorenzo Palomo resides Berlin, Germany.[2]

Biography

Soon after his birth in Ciudad Real in 1938, where his father was stationed during the Spanish Civil War, his mother returned with him to Ciudad Real, Spain) where the family lived, and short afterwards they moved to Córdoba where the composer spent his youth.

Palomo studied piano and harmony at the Córdoba Conservatory and at the age of twenty he entered the Barcelona Superior Conservatory of Music.[2]

Works

  • Nocturnos de Andalucia, Canciones españolas (Spanish Songs) - Una primavera andaluza (1-6), Del atardecer al alba o Recuerdos de juventud (1-5). Pepe Romero, María Bayo, Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Naxos 2006[3]
  • Cantos del alma. Sinfonia a Granada. - Cantos del alma (1-5) for soprano, clarinet and orchestra. María Bayo, José Luis Estellés, clarinet. Vicente Coves, guitar. Luis García Montero, narrator. City of Granada Orchestra, Jean-Jacques Kantorow. Naxos 2007
  • Dulcinea - cantata-fantasy in 10 scenes. Ainhoa Arteta, Cheri Rose Katz, Burkhard Ulrich, Arutjun Kotchinian, Chor & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez[4]
  • My Secluded Garden - Songs Mi jardin solitario (1-11). Madrigal y Cinco canciones sefardies (1-6). Concierto de Cienfuegos. María Bayo, Pepe Romero, Guitar Quartet Los Romeros Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Naxos[5]

Compositions

  • La leyenda del Monte Bangkay - Ballet
  • Del atardecer al alba - Song Cycle for voice and piano / voice and orchestra
  • Tientos - Song for voice and piano / voice and orchestra
  • Plenilunio - Song for voice and piano / voice and orchestra
  • Una primavera andaluza - Song Cycle for voice and piano / voice and orchestra
  • Nocturnos de Andalucía[6] - Suite concertante for guitar and orchestra
  • FdB - Música para un festival - For orchestra
  • Andalusian Divertimento - Piano Trio
  • Concierto de Cienfuegos - For four guitars and orchestra
  • Cantos del alma - Suite-fantasy for soprano, clarinet and orchestra
  • Madrigal y Cinco canciones sefardíes[7] - Song Cycle for voice and guitar / voice and piano / voice and harpe
  • Dulcinea - Cantata-Fantasy for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra
  • Danza-Scherzo - For oboe and piano
  • Sinfonía a Granada - For soprano, guitar and orchestra
  • Fanfarria para una noche de estío - For trombone quartet
  • Toccata - For guitar
  • Nocturno y Danza - For orchestra
  • Rebeka’s Rainbow - Song for voice and piano
  • Mi jardín solitario - Song Cycle for voice and guitar / voice and piano
  • Perlas y lágrimas - For guitar
  • Helianthus - For guitar
  • El amor de los dos ositos - Symphonic Fairy Tale for soprano, mezzo and orchestra
  • Pinceladas de primavera - Suite for two guitars

Instrumental, choral and orchestral transcriptions

  • La Revoltosa, prelude (R. Chapí)
  • Transcription for four guitars
  • La Verbena de la Paloma, prelude (T. Bretón)
  • Transcription for four guitars
  • Bohemios, intermezzo (A. Vives)
  • Transcription for four guitars
  • Maruxa, intermezzo (A. Vives)
  • Transcription for four guitars
  • El anillo de hierro, intermezzo (P. M. Marqués)
  • Transcription for four guitars
  • Three Sonatas of Padre Antonio Soler
  • Transcription for two guitars
  • Latino
  • Chorus and orchestrations of melodies from Spain and South America
  • Canciones del mundo
  • Chorus and orchestrations of melodies of the world

References

  1. ↑ Draayer, Suzanne Rhodes (2009-03-26). Art Song Composers of Spain: An Encyclopedia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810867192.
  2. 1 2 Biography
  3. ↑ BBC music magazine: Volume 14, Issues 8-13 2006 "Currently based at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, the composer-conductor Lorenzo Palomo has his ..."
  4. ↑ LLC, Classical Archives. "Lorenzo Palomo - Classical Archives". www.classicalarchives.com. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  5. ↑ Palomo, Lorenzo; Romero, Celedonio; Romero, Pepe (2006). Mi jardín solitario: cantares para voz y guitarra (in Russian). Boileau.
  6. ↑ "Lorenzo Palomo - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  7. ↑ LLC, Classical Archives. "Lorenzo Palomo - Classical Archives". www.classicalarchives.com. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
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