(b. 22 May 1950, San Juan de Pasto).
Colombian composer of mostly choral works that have been performed in the Americas; he is also active as a conductor.
Mr. Fajardo received his master's degree in piano at the Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín. He later specialised in music education at Convenio INTEM in Chile and at the Universidad de Nariño in San Juan de Pasto, where he studied choral and vocal techniques with Detlef Scholz.
As a conductor, he has founded several choruses in Colombia, including Ars Musicæ, which he also directs.
He taught as a professor of piano and solfège at the Conservatorio Pedro Morales Pino in Cartago, Valle del Cauca in 1979–80. He served as director of the department of music at the Universidad de Nariño from 1981–98, where he has taught as an associate professor since 1998.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS (dates unavailable for most works)
ORCHESTRAL:
Sinfonía, 2006
Divertimento con aire sureño nariñense, 2 clarinets, xylophone, small orchestra
Morasurco al Amanecer, small orchestra
Tres Estructuras
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Mi Nariño, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2003
Tres Estampas musicales colombianas, clarinet, piano, 2003
Bagatela, alto saxophone, piano
Brumas, ensemble
Díptico elegíaco, violin, piano
Intermezzo, alto saxophone, trumpet
Largo sostenuto y danza, trumpet, piano
Nocturno, clarinet, piano
Preludio, flute, guitar
Suite Colombiana No. 1, trumpet, piano
Suite Colombiana No. 2, trumpet, piano
CHORAL:
Alegorías sobre un paisaje, a una historia y una raza, soloists, mixed chorus, small orchestra, 1986–87
The Cantos (text by Dan Albertson), mezzo-soprano, baritone, children's chorus, mixed chorus, piano, 2003–04
Cuatro Textos sagrados de Hildegard von Bingen (text by St. Hildegard of Bingen), mixed chorus, 2005
Achichay, 2 voices
Auca, mixed chorus
Canciones para voz solista (En aire nacional), mixed chorus
El Carnaval, mixed chorus
Chamones, mixed chorus
Los Chiguacos, 2 voices, ostinato
Cóndor, mixed chorus
El Cuco, mixed chorus, ostinato
Cuece blanco, mixed chorus
Curillo, mixed chorus
El Cuspe, mixed chorus
En mi tierra la del sur, 2 voices
Ensueño, soprano, tenor, baritone
Gavilán y Quililí, mixed chorus
El Hueso, mixed chorus
Huy! La Vieja, mixed chorus
In memoriam (text by Jairo O. Guerrero), countertenor, 2 tenors, baritone, bass
Indio, 2 voices
KarA.melo, mixed chorus
Laberintos, mixed chorus, ensemble
Misa corta ceremonial, mixed chorus
Mi Tierra, countertenor, 2 tenors, baritone, bass
Mi Tumaco, mixed chorus
Montaña mía (text by Humberto Márquez), mixed chorus
Ñapanga, 2 voices
La Navidad, 2 voices
Oda a la paz, mixed chorus
On'tá, mixed chorus
On'ta-rás, mixed chorus
Papá Dios, 2 voices
Pastusita corazón (text by Roberto Mora Benavides), mixed chorus
Petición (text by Humberto Márquez), countertenor, 2 tenors, baritone, bass
Pregón del Coro de la Universidad de Nariño, mixed chorus
Quodlibet, mixed chorus (2 settings)
Raíz americana, 4 soloists, mixed chorus
Réquiem, mixed chorus, percussion
Ritmos – Canción y Ritornelo (text by León de Greiff), alto, tenor, baritone
El Rrirre, 2 voices
Sapito, 2 voices
7 Obra, mixed chorus, cello
Sopa de letras (text by Álvaro Zúñiga), mixed chorus, ensemble
Tambores, mixed chorus
La Tulpa, 2 voices
Tus Manos, mixed chorus
Tus Ojos, mixed chorus
El Vendaje vecino, mixed chorus
Voces al viento, mixed chorus
VOCAL:
Cantata, mezzo-soprano, tenor, piano, 2004
Cuatro Meditaciones sobre las Estaciones (text by Dan Albertson), tenor, piano, 2009
PIANO:
Evocación
Nocturno
Romanza
Siete Aforismos concertantes, piano 4 hands
Siete Bocetos
Vals Tatiana
ARRANGEMENTS:
Agualongo (Luis 'Chato' Guerrero), mixed chorus
La Banda navideña (Luis Pazos), mixed chorus
El Cachirí (Luis 'Chato' Guerrero), mixed chorus
Chambú (Luis E. Nieto), mixed chorus
La Guaneña (folksong from Nariño), mixed chorus
Himno a Pasto, mixed chorus, piano
Himno de la Universidad de Nariño, mixed chorus, piano
Himno del Departamento de Nariño, mixed chorus, piano
Himno nacional de Colombia (Oreste Sindici), mixed chorus, piano
La Llorona (José Barros), mixed chorus
El Miranchurito (folksong), mixed chorus