Global InformationDaniel Doura information
Daniel Doura | |
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 Doura in 2022. | |
| Born | 9 August 1957 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Alma mater | Boston Conservatory Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Columbia |
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| Notable work | Quintet 1984: Piano and String Quartet (1984) Visiones patagónicas (1998) Sinfonía argentina (with Alejandro Roemmers) (2009) Sueños de verano (2017) |
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| Years active | 1973–present |
| Website | douradaniel |
Daniel Doura (pronounced [daˈnjel ˈdowɾa]; born 9 August 1957) is an Argentine composer of classical music. Considered one of the Argentine composers who currently have international exposure,[1] Doura is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Columbia, and among his teachers were John Cage, Mario Davidovsky, Chou Wen-chung, Alberto Ginastera, Luciano Berio, Tōru Takemitsu, Milton Babbitt and John Adams, among others.[2][3] He received the Best Composition award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1985 and was a finalist for the Best Composition award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S).[4]
In 2007, he premiered the symphonic poem Visiones patagónicas, awarded by the Argentine Music Critics Association (Spanish: Asociación de Críticos Musicales de la Argentina) as the best Argentine premiere of the year.[5] The following year, he composed Sinfonía argentina together with the writer Alejandro Roemmers, a symphonic-choral work conceived on the occasion of the Argentine Bicentennial celebrations, which began with that of the May Revolution in 2010 and ended with that of the Independence in 2016.[6] Sinfonía argentina had its Argentine premiere in 2011 at the Teatro Colón and its world premiere in 2018 in a series of performances in the Czech Republic and Germany.[7][8] To present the work, Doura and Roemmers held discussion events in 14 provinces of Argentina,[4][7] and in 2017 they received the "Bicentennial Edition" Gold Disc award at the Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.[9]
In addition, Doura has composed music for ballets,[6] art exhibitions[10] and films, receiving the Best Score award at the 1985 New York University (NYU) Film Festival for his work on Commercial for Murder by director Amy Goldstein.[4] In 2019, he again received the distinction of Best Argentine Premiere from the Argentine Music Critics Association for his composition Sueños de verano.[11] Doura is a member of ASCAP and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the organization that holds the Grammy Awards.[4] He is also a co-founder of PAMAR of New York, a non-profit organization for cultural exchange in the Americas;[3] and, since 2020, he works as director of the audiovisual production company Franciscus Productions, which is based in Madrid.
- ^ Bruno–Videla, Lucio (April 2017). "Breve reseña general de los compositores que aportaron creaciones al repertorio sinfónico y escénico en la Argentina" (PDF). Revista Atriles (in Spanish). Vol. 6, no. 13. Olivos, Argentina: Instituto Superior de Música José Hernández. Secretaría de Educación de la Municipalidad de Vicente López. pp. 10–15. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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