New Music Premieres
Featured Composer: Horacio Fernández
About Horacio Fernández
In the vibrant tapestry of contemporary Latin music, Horacio Fernández shines as a visionary Mexican composer and producer. Breaking genre boundaries, he crafts fiery Latin Trap anthems like "FLARE" and embraces lush orchestral ballads as seen in "Rebeldes".
His innovative contributions to the classical music canon such as his Latin suite for orchestra “Tumbao” and “Cumbia Concerto”, his first major concerto, have been performed by leading artists such as Zlatomir Fung, the Juilliard Orchestra, Tengku Irfan, Tony Glausi, Kevin Zhu, David Allan Miller, The Albany and Oregon Symphony, William Leathers, Lucia Gutierrez.
His seamless integration of urban music into orchestral compositions has carved a distinctive niche in the global music landscape. A native of Mexico, his journey transformed when he joined Juilliard in 2018, refining his craft and collaborating across Jazz, Classical, and urban music.
Learn more about Horacio Fernández on the composer’s website.
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Hear us perform Horacio Fernández’s work, Güiro, on August 3, 2024.
(see concert schedule)
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About New Music Premieres
New Music Premieres promotes contemporary classical music. Great art illuminates the time in which it was written. While the most popular classical music was composed long ago, there are many great works being written today. Every year Anchorage Chamber Music Festival selects a contemporary work to be performed at one of the festival concerts.
Compositions premiered:
Kenji Bunch: String Circle
Vladimir Scolnic: Tensions…Wonder
R. Michael Daugherty: “Quem Genuit Maria”
Nathan Prillaman: Funk
Phillip Sink: Selections from Leave a Comment
Douglas Hofstadter: Good People All and Little Prelude in e min
Karalyn Schubring: Ignite
Frank Stemper: Good Night Moon
Jon Jeffrey Grier: The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox
Lowell Liebermann: Romance, Etude and Chorale
Julie Zhu: fulgura frango