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Mora Bermúdez, Eddie (b. 1965, San José). Costa Rican composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in the Americas and Europe; he is also active as a violinist.
Prof. Mora studied composition with William Porras at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica in 1980–81, where he later studied composition with Benjamín Gutiérrez in 1997 and Luis Diego Herra in 2003–04. He also studied violin with Maya Glizarova and Olga Voitova at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow from 1983–92 and had private composition lessons with Yuri Vorontsov in Moscow in 2000 and 2003 and in San José in 2001.
His honors include the national music prize Aquileo Echeverría (1997, for Escenas infantiles; 1998, for Bagatelas and Cantata; 2001, for Miniaturas; 2003, for Amighetti) and the Premio de la Asociación de Compositores y Autores Musicales in San José (2001, for Suite Ausencia). His music has been performed in Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, The Netherlands, Russia, and the USA.
He is also active in other positions. As a violinist, he has primarily performed his own music, as well as Costa Rican music from the 20th century, and has performed as part of the violin-piano duo Mora/Duarte since 1994. He co-founded the string orchestra Camerata Latinoamericana in 1995 and has served as artistic director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia since 2003.
He has taught chamber music, composition and violin as a professor at the Universidad de Costa Rica in San Pedro since 1992, where he has co-organized the annual Seminario por la Música Contemporánea since 2001.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: embcomposer@yahoo.com or eddiem@ice.co.cr
Street address: Prof. Eddie Mora Bermúdez, Apto. 224-2400 Desamparados, San José, Costa Rica
Telephone/fax: + 506 219 6834
Cellular phone: + 506 387 1585
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Combate (spectacle), 3 percussion, string quartet, double bass, live electronics, 2004
ORCHESTRAL: Presto, small orchestra, 1995; Concierto, marimba, small orchestra, 1996; Danza, flute, piano, 3 percussion, string orchestra, 1996; Balada y Fanfarria, large orchestra, 1997; Concierto para cuerdas, string orchestra, 1999; Concierto, guitar, orchestra, 1999; Cuadros – Obertura y carrusel, symphonic band, 2000; Amighetti (concerto), piano, 3 percussion, string orchestra, 2003; Retrato I, 2005; Concierto, 4 saxophones, symphonic band, 2005; Tres fragmentos, large orchestra, 2006
CHAMBER MUSIC: Danza, double bass, 3 percussion, 4 marimbas, 1995; Terceto, guitar, violin, bass guitar, piano (+ synthesizer), percussion, 1995; Maderas, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2 percussion, 1996; Escenas infantiles, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1997; Diálogos (theme with variations), soprano saxophone, percussion, 1997; Variaciones, 4 trombones, 2 percussion, 1997; Alborada, guitar, violin, piano, percussion, 1997; Preludio y fuga, bassoon/viola, piano, 1997; Preludio y danza, clarinet/violin, double bass, piano, percussion, 1997; Bagatelas, 4 bassoons, 1998; Suite Ausencia, Latin ensemble (alto saxophone [+ tenor saxophone], 3 trumpets, trombone, double bass, piano, congas [+ timbales, bongos] [1 player]), ensemble (flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, French horn), 1998; Miniaturas, violin, piano, 2000; Transparencia, viola, piano, 2001; Quinteto No. 2, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2001; Comentarios (on a Russian theme), double bass, 2002; Preludio e invención, viola, 2002; B – A – C – H, violin, 2 percussion, 2003; Danza del trovador, violin, piano, 2004; Retrato III, 4 bassoons, harpsichord, 2005; Retrato IV, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, 2005; Retrato V, string quartet, 2005; Fragmentos I, piano, 2 percussion, string quartet, 2006; Fragmentos II, guitar, 2006; Silencio I, violin, piano, 2006; Silencio II, cello, piano, 2006; Silencio III, trombone, violin, viola, cello, 2006
CHORAL: Cantata, children's chorus, small orchestra, 1998 (version of vocal work); Verdad que tú no tienes – Soy como una ciudad (text by Jorge Debravo), mixed chorus, piano, 3 percussion, 2006
VOCAL: Cantata (text by Federico García Lorca), soprano, small orchestra, 1998 (also version for children's chorus, small orchestra)
PIANO: Dos piezas, 2003; Retrato II, 2005
(Last updated on May 18, 2007)
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