Miguel Gálvez-Taroncher

Miguel Gálvez-Taroncher (born in Valencia, 1974) is a Spanish cultural manager and musician, trained in Madrid and Vienna.

Gálvez-Taroncher is director of the Chopin International Piano Competition in Granada. He was awarded the X Queen Elisabeth competition for his composition La luna y la muerte, which therefore was a mandatory work at the piano competition's finals.

Selective list of works

• Alea, for clarinet, 1995.
• Nodos, for marimba, 1996.
• Gestus, for piano, 1996.
• El Velo, for piano, 1997.
• Poemas de la ladera este, for barytone and piano, 1998.
• Cercles, for piano, 1999.
• Ficciones, for violin and percussion, 2000.
• Strahlung, for bass clarinet and ensemble, 2000.
• Telar, for symphony orchestra, 2001.
• Konzert für Bassklarinet und Ensemble, 2002.
• El sueño eterno, for string quartet, 2003.
• Eclipse, for flute, violin and viola, 2003.
• Mondszene, for piano with electronics, 2004.
• El gran inquisidor, for tenor, barytone and percussion, 2004.
• Noche de sollozos, for mezzo-soprano and symphony orchestra, 2005.
• La Luna y la Muerte, for piano and orchestra, 2006.
• Des Près-Variations, for six instruments.
• Blick in die Wirrnis, for string quartet, 2007
• Kammerkonzert, 2007.
• Paisaje sonoro (homenaje a Jaime Sabines), for eight instruments, 2008.
• Llama de amor viva, Konzert für Violine, 2008.
• Konzert für Orchester, for symphony orchestra, 2008.
• "In Memoriam", for symphony orchestra, 2010.
• "Del Dolor Doblegado", for ensemble, 2010.
• "Interludios de la Canción Triste de la Mujer Maya", for clarinet and percussion, 2011.
• "U Payalchí'ob J'meno'ob", for two singers, baroque flute, percussions and electronics, 2012.
• "Concierto de Cámara nº 2" In Memoriam Carlos García Hirschfeld, for violin, cello, timpani and string orchestra, 2012.
• "En Busca del Tao en las Montañas de Otoño", for ensemble, 2012.
• "Preludio a Hendecameron", for mandoline, guitar and harp, 2012.
• "...que velo tus sueños y tu vigilia...", for vocal quartet and string quartet, 2013

References

Queen Elisabeth Music Competition Official Webpage of Miguel Gálvez-Taroncher