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  BIOGRAPHY      
 

Mikel Urquiza (1988, Bilbao) studies composition first at Musikene (San Sebastian) with Gabriel Erkoreka and Ramon Lazkano, later at Paris CNSM with Gérard Pesson. He follows the Voix nouvelles program at Royaumont abbey, where he will return as guest composer in 2017 along with L'imaginaire ensemble.

He works closely with L'Instant Donné ensemble, exploring the fragility of memory in Les lueurs se sont multipliées and the delicate violence of love gestures in Serpientes y escaleras (serenata), premiered at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik.

He stablishes also a rich collaboration with Diotima Quartet, that premiers both of his string quartets and, along with Sarah Maria Sun, his quintet White nights. During next seasons, two more pieces featuring Sarah Sun will be premiered in Cyprus and Witten.

  

Thanks to a commission of the BOZAR Brussels and ECHO, he writes Contrapluma for the pianist Mariam Batshasvili, who plays it during 2016/2017 at the ECHO halls, such as Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Musikverein and Philharmonie de Paris.

In march 2017 Opus vermiculatum is premiered by ensemble Mosaik and Enno Poppe at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. It is a commission of the Spanish Music Centre (CNDM)l and the Goethe Institut.

Mikel Urquiza receives the Spanish Institute for Scene Arts and Music young composer commission and the French Academy in Rome award, living at Villa Medici. His music is also played by the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Basque National Orchestra, SMASH Ensemble, NEUE Ensemble, Wilhem Latchoumia and Trio Talweg at the San Sebastian Fortnight, Paris National Opera season, New York MATA Festival, Gaudeamus Muziekweek and Lucerne Festival.

  
         
 
Musikene
CNSMDP
Royaumont
Villa Medici
 
           
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EVENTS
    
     
 
Past events
  
2017
  
July - August
31 & 1

Elurretan, plucked string trio

C barré Ensemble / Chaillol Festival
July
20

Elurretan, plucked string trio (première)

C barré Ensemble / Musique à la ferme
May
15

Contrapluma, for piano

Mariam Batsashvili / Barbican London
May
13

Manual de vuelo del aeronauta inexperto

Odyssée wind quintet / Paris
May
12

Indicio, string quartet

Diotima Quartet / Festival Ensems, Valencia
May
9

Indicio, string quartet

Diotima Quartet / BBVA Bilbao
April
27

Belarretan, guitar and electronics

Dan Lippel / MATA New York
April
19 & 21

Contrapluma, for piano

Mariam Batsashvili / Vienna & Barcelona
2016
March
26

Portrait concert

L'instant donné / La Marbrerie, Paris
March
20

Opus vermiculatum, for ensemble (première)

Mosaik Ensemble and Enno Poppe / Madrid
March
11

Contrapluma, for piano

Mariam Batsashvili / Konzerthaus Dortmund
Nouveau
CD

Carpere Fide(s), Bertrand Chavarría Aldrete

Containing Belarretan, for guitar and electronics
November
22

Ouverture française, for accordion

Vincent Lhermet, Chenereilles, Valladolid & Montreuil
Novembre
6

Contrapluma, for piano (première)

Mariam Batsashvili / Cologne Philharmonie
September
22

Belarretan, guitar and elctronics

SMASH Ensemble / Perm, Russia
July
22

Indicio, string quartet (première)

Diotima Quartet / Festival Pontino
July
16

Cinq pièges brefs, piano trio

Trio Talweg / Musicales de Préfailles
June
29

Isiltzen denak, for ensemble

Kuraia Ensemble / Palau de la Música, Valencia
June
7

Isiltzen denak, for ensemble

Kuraia Ensemble / BBVA Foundation, Bilbao
June
5

Cálculo de la caída, for violin and viola

Lee & Percevic / Fontainebleau
April
24

Serpientes y escaleras (serenata) (première)

L'Instant Donné / Witten
Mars
4

Ouverture française, for accordion

Fanny Vicens / Levin Hall, Oslo
February
21

Ikusia ikusirik, for orchestra (première)

Musikene orchestra, Arturo Tamayo / Saint Sebastian
January
23

Cinq pièges brefs, piano trio

Trio Talweg / Les Diablerets, Switzerland
January
9

Ouverture française, for accordion

Fanny Vicens / Limoges
2015
December
9

Cálculo de la caída, violin and viola (première)

DAI Contemporain, CNSMDP
November
16

Isiltzen denak, for ensemble

Kuraia Ensemble / Bilbao
November
10

Belarretan, guitar and electronics

Bertrand Chavarría / Salamanca
November
1

Cinq pièges brefs, piano trio

Trio Talweg / Geneva
October
14

Isiltzen denak, for ensemble (première)

Kuraia Ensemble/ Mikel Laboa Katedra, Saint Sebastian
October
9

Belarretan, guitar and electronics

Bertrand Chavarría, Projecte Rafel Festival, Valencia
October
3

Belarretan, guitar and electronics

Bertrand Chavarría, Saint Sebastian
Septembre
12

Cinq pièges brefs, piano trío

New European Ensemble, Gaudeamus Muziekweek
August
27

Manual de vuelo del aeronauta inexperto

Lucerne Festival Academy
June
28

Les lueurs se sont multipliées, ensemble

L'Instant Donné / Festival Format Raisins (Première)
March
24

Sobre lo apenas entrevisto, (mezzo/guit/acc/perc)

Smash Ensemble/ BBVA Foundation Bilbao (Première)
March
4

Esquisses d'échecs : Ouverture française, accordion

Vincent Lhermet / CNSMDP
February
4

Manual de vuelo del aeronauta inexperto, wind quintet

Ensemble Intercontemporain / Paris (Première)
2014
  
December
13-19

Maudits les Innocents (Acte1) - Première

CNSMDP and Paris National Opera / Amphithéâtre Bastille
December
18

Esquisses d'échecs : Tour blanche, accordion

Ander Tellería / University of Valladolid
November
21

Cinq pièges brefs, trio avec piano

Trio Talweg, Saint Sebastian
October
16

Esquisses d'échecs : Ouverture française, accordion

Vincent Lhermet / La Défense
October
15

Esquisses d'échecs : Ouverture française, accordion

Vincent Lhermet / Opéra de Lille (Première)
September
28

White nights, soprano and string quartet

Sarah Sun and Quatuor Diotima / Royaumont (Première)
   
September
11

Assur, for clarinet, accordion and cello

Eneko Iriarte, Ander Tellería and Elisa Ayllón / Zarautz
   
September
6

Orduko orbainak, piano

Wilhem Latchoumia / Bagatelles, Paris
   
July
29

Belarretan, guitar and electronics

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete / Rosiers-d'Églentons
   
June
21

Eskudantza, six musicians with no instruments

Ciklus ensemble / Saint Sebastian (Première)
   
May
23

Table ronde at festival Artes [h]oy

Cervantes Institute in Paris
   
May
20

Cinq pièges brefs, piano trio

Trio Talweg / Temple Saint-Marcel, Paris
   
April
1

Belarretan, guitar and electronics

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete / Nave73, Madrid

   
March
7

Belarretan, guitar and electronics

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete / Paris (Première)
   
January
8

Sturnus, txistu and accordion

Duo KEtan / Euskalduna Congress hall, Bilbao (Première)
 
August
5

Contrapluma, for piano

Matthieu Acar / Klasik Festival
   
August
7

Manual de vuelo del aeronauta inexperto

Odyssée wind quintet / Klasik Festival
   
September
22

Elurretan, plucked string trio

C Barré Ensemble / Trets
   
October
6

Las olas, for string orchestra (première)

Orchestre des Lauréats du Conservatoire / Paris
   
October
7

Indicio, string quartet

Quatuor Diotima / Musikprotokoll, Graz
   
October
11

]more sweetly forgot on poems by Sappho/Carson (première)

Sarah Sun & C Barré / The Pharos Art Foundation, Nicosia
 

 

 

 

 
CATALOGUE
  
 
 
  Chamber music    
       
 

Serpientes y escaleras (serenata)

sextet - 2016

[hp, pno, perc, vn, va, vc]

Duration: 10'

Première : L'Instant Donné, Witten

Isiltzen denak

septet - 2015

[fl, cl, perc, pno,, guit, vn, vc]

Duration: 5'

Hommage à Mikel Laboa

Première : Kuraia, San Sebastian

Les lueurs se sont multipliées

septet - 2015

[fl, cl, perc, pno, vn, va, vc]

Duration: 12'

Comissioned by the Format Raisins Festival

Première : L'Instant Donné, La Charité-sur Loire

Zintzil

sextet - 2012

[fl, acc, a, gui, cel, perc]

Duration: 8'

Commissioned by the BBVA Foundation

Prmière : Ensemble Krater, Bilbao
 
 

Indicio

string quartet - 2016

[vln, vln, a, vc]

Duration: 16'

Première : Quatuor Diotima, Festival Pontino

Manual de vuelo

del aeronauta inexperto

wind quintet - 2015

[fl, ob, cl, horn, bsn]

Duration: 6'

Première : Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris

Cinq pièges brefs

piano trio - 2012

[vln, vc, pno]

Duration: 7'40

Première : DAI Contemporain, Paris

b

Cálculo de la caída

violin and viola - 2015

Duration: 6'

Première : Rachel Koblyakov & Ieva Sruogyte, CNSMDP
 
           
  Orchestra music        
           
 
a

Ikusia ikusirik

orchestra - 2016

[3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1- 3perc - ac.cel.harp - strings]

Duration: 6'30

Première: Musikene Orchestra, cond. Arturo Tamayo, Saint Sebastian

a

Erio

orchestra - 2011

[ 2.1.2.1-2.1.1-2 perc-harp-strings]

Duration: 9'

Première: Basque National Orchestra, cond. Nacho de Paz, Saint Sebastian

     
           
  Solo music        
           
 
a

Contrapluma

piano - 2016

Duration: 6'

Première : Mariam Batsashvili, Cologne
a

Belarretan

guitar and electronics - 2014

Duration: 6'

Première : Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete, Paris

a

Esquisses d'échecs

accordion - 2013...

1 - Tour blanche (2013) 4'

Première: Ander Tellería 03/12/13, Leon

2 - Ouverture Française (2014) 3'

Première: Vincent Lhermet, Lille Opera

@Klarthe Editions
   
           
  Vocal music        
           
 
a

Sobre lo apenas entrevisto

mezzo / guit / acc / perc - 2015

Poems by Su Xiao-Xiao

Commissioned by the BBVA Foundation

Duration: 12'

Première: Ensemble Smash, Bilbao
a

White nights

soprano and string quartet - 2014

Poems by Paul Auster

Voix nouvelles Royaumont

Duration: 11'

Première : Sarah Sun et Quatuor Diotima, Royaumont
a

Maudits les Innocents

récit lyrique (act1) - 2014

Libretto: Laurent Gaudé

[5 soloists, children choir, ensemble]

Duration: 20'

A Paris National Opera and CNSM Production

Première: Atelier Lyrique de l'Opéra, Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine, Guillaume Bourgogne, Amphithéâtre de l'Opéra Bastille
   
           
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