THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT  

Javier Fajardo Chávez

(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.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: javierfajardo1988@yahoo.es

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', 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

RitmosCanción 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