Biography Pedro Castillo Lara


Pedro Castillo Lara   Mexican Composer, born in 1974 in Mexico City, he made his� studies of composition in Paris and Mexico.


Actually,  he is madding a  doctorate research In France at the university of Paris VIII about the creation of transformable spaces with multimedia  technologies� sound, light and video. Software and hardware interfaces.

2005-2006 he had realized a Master 2 at the University of Paris VIII Masters 2 in Arts esthetic and Philosophy, Computer-assisted Composition, music and technology  this Master focuses to study the use of new technologies for apply to the control , of  the live music representations and its relation with the  Electro acoustic music, Dance and Visual Arts."Problematic practice of the mapping concerning  the music the dance and the multi-media arts " " software method ": under the direction of Horacio Vaggione,  University of Paris VIII (2003 - 2005), and a ma�trise Composition Computer-assisted at the University Paris VIII. Subject "and approach to the electro acoustic music using Tochtli (composition software): under the direction of Horacio Vaggione

he follows the courses composition music and data-processing
as well as the courses of instrumental composition, live performance and max msp programing given by Jose Manuel Lopez Lopez and Ane Sedes, from 2003 to  2006 , in the university of Paris VIII

in (2002) he course a year of specialization in Composition Analysis, and instrumental Orchestration under the direction of Allain Gaussin and Vincent Leclaire in the conservatory of Music and Dance Louis Kervoern de Sevran (France).

In Mexico DF, he had followed the courses of of composition given   by V�ctor Rasgado and Juan Trigos, and the degree in Musicolog�a and Direccio'n choral, distributed by Xavier Gonz�lez Tezcucano in "Instituto de M�sica Y Arte Cardenal Miranda" Subsidiary company of the �Pontificio Instituto di Roma�  http://www.musicam.com.mx/, where he has obtained the titles of Bachelor in Music, and the degrees in composition and musicology (1997-2001) Its music includes different  works for electro acoustic music, electronic music, inter actions between Audio-visual and Dance performance, for soloist and ensemble, Orchestra, Guitar,

Software programed:

Tochtli: environment developed on the software max-msp and jiter.

This program is a modular system to compose and to play complex sound structures; to carry out multi-media representations on live and to assist it the electro acoustic composition, during diverses formal stages, thus it is able to articulate the sound with the image by adapting and forcing the mix of the images to the musical context.

http://www.geocities.com/pedrocastillolara/Tochtli.html

Tgranulator: Stereo � octo phonic granulator in real time.

http://www.geocities.com/pedrocastillolara/granulator.html


Some of the recognitions and commands obtained by Pedro Castillo are:

2007 Order for the Composition and Direction of a part for whole and live electronic near the festival "Smash Together" (Salamanca). www.smashensemble.com


October 2006 orders of the guitarist directing Bertrand CHAVARRIA. "of the Smash together" (Salamanca) Of the part "Capricho II" for guitar, sounds electronic and Transformation into time r�el.� for the Festival of contemporary Music SMASH 2006 Salamanque - Spain October 3 - 17h Auditoire of the Professional Academy of Music of Salamanque Guitare: Bertrand Chavarr�a (Mexico)

http://www.smashensemble.com/fest_dia1.html June 2006  

Part for percussion and live electronics "8 points" chosen for the Cycle in Concerts "Densities 93" at the University Paris 8. "In spiral". Gianny Pizzolato Percussion Dates 30/06/2006 19:30 H Place Cervantes7 Institute, Street Quentin Bauchart Paris (FRANCE) http://paris.cervantes.es/Cultura/Fichas/Ficha30_1_37132.htm

Cycle concerts "Music by computer" at the University Paris VIII, France. Part "Whim I" for electronic guitar and sounds, interpreted by the guitarist Bertrand Chavarria, director "of the Smash Joined" Thursday June 1 2006 amphitheatres X of the university Paris VIII. http://julienas.ipt.univ-paris8.fr/mmary/2005-6.html

2005 "Los olvidados" for soprano, flute under, clarinet under, trombone and percussions. Order of Denis Gautheyrie, director of the Cycle in Concerts "Density 93" in the festival Around Lutoslawski. Instrumental joint Future Music: Frederique Epin (Soprano), Cyntia Withman (Flute), Martial Hugon (Clarinete), Philiphe Defurne (Trombone), Yves Balaguer (Percussion) Sunday March 20, 2005 spaces 1978 2-4 street Alexander Bachelet 93400 Saint-Ouen Friday March 25, 2005, audience Xenakis 20h street Roger Salenegro 93240 Stains France. Tuesday April 5 20:30. Odeon scene Jean Roger Caussimon 1 satisfied with the bicentenary 93290
http://72.14.221.104/search?q=cache:1hN9eY1rGhAJ:www-bu.univ-paris8.fr/web/images/actualites/programme.pdf


Concert of "Tlalocpan" for tuba and piano near the Cycle in Concerts "Densities 93" at the University Paris 8.

http://paris.cervantes.es/Cultura/Fichas/Ficha31396_30_3.htm

2004 Order "Mexicateahui" for small ensemble and l and live electronics with the 5 instruments transformed

2002 "ENSAMBLE N�1" for small orchestra, selected in "XXIV Foro Internacional De Musica Nueva MANUAL ENRRIQEZ" organized by the "CONACULTA/FONCA" Interpretation of "ENSAMBLE N�1" to the Library of Chulavista San Diego California U.S.A and to the Theatre of the Town of Tijuana.

1999 Obtaining the Price of the Convocation "Ciclos de Musica Joven" organizes by the "CONACULTA/FONCA/CENART." with the Solo for oboe "Chop Chich"

1998-1995 Participation in the Seminar Choral "Formaci�n del Coro De Ni�os" organized by "International Society for Children Choral and Performing Arts",

participation as a director in various concerts organized by "Pontificio Instituto di Roma Instituto de M�sica Y Arte Cardenal Miranda" and in the "Concerto of Campanas organized" by the government of San Pedro Cholula.
1995 Obtaining the diploma Muisca of end of milenio course of direction and composition assigned by Aldo BRITZIN in "Escuela Nacional De Musica of the UNAM" (Universidad Nacional Autonoma of Mexico City).


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