Octavio Vázquez(I)
- Composer
The music of Octavio Vázquez has been performed by conductors such as
Carlos Kalmar, Hansjörg Schellenberger, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Ulysses
James, Maximino Zumalave and Teri Murai, and soloists as Daniel
Gaisford, Eldar Nebolsin, Viacheslav Dinerchtein, Jonathan Gandelsman,
Nurit Pacht, Jennifer Bleick, Eric Jacobsen and Nicholas Cords. He has
received commissions from the New York State Council on the Arts,
Galician Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Meet
the Composer, Guernica Project, Via Stellae International Festival,
Fulbright Foundation, Chi-Mei Foundation, and Xacobeo Classics 2010
among others. Festivals include the Kölner MusikTriennale (Germany),
the Prokofiev International Festival (Russia), Camarissima
International Festival (Mexico), European Dream Festival (USA), and the
AreMore, Via Stellae, Espazos Sonoros, and Música en Compostela
International Festivals (Spain). Lectures and presentations include
Hofstra University, Johns Hopkins University, The New School
University, University of Maryland and Texas Christian University
(USA), the XXXVII Congress of the International Viola Society
(Southafrica), the Next Renaissance Conference (Netherlands) and Carlos
III University (Spain). A Barrie de la Maza Scholar, Dr. Vazquez
graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, the Peabody
Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, and the University of
Maryland. Since 1999 he resides in New York City.