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Zapata Bello, Francisco (b. September 10, 1948,
Caracas). Venezuelan composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, and piano works
that have been performed throughout the Americas; he is also active as a
conductor and guitarist.
Mr. Zapata graduated from the class of Manuel Enrique Pérez Díaz at the José Ángel Lamas Escuela Superior de Música de Caracas in 1977. He then studied in Madrid and Tilburg (Holland) for three years and subsequently studied composition with Modesta Bor, Inocente Carreño, Iannis Ioannidis, Antonio Mastrogiovanni, Raimundo Pereira, Francisco Rodrigo, and Héctor Tosar in Caracas. He has also studied choral and orchestral conducting with Michel Eustache, Alberto Grau and Gonzalo Castellanos Yumar.
He has received
numerous prizes, including the José Clemente Laya Award for Chamber Music (1982)
and the Premio municipal de Música Sinfónica (1987, for Densidades). He has also received a Mención Honorífica in the
Concurso de Música Sinfónica Seguros la Seguridad (1989, for El Secuestro de la Mujer de Antonio) and
Second Prize in the Concurso de Música Coral a Capella Seguros Caracas (1990,
for El Mar). In addition, his Variantes Suite was featured at the ISCM
World Music Days in Yokohama (2001).
From 1992-96, he was
producer and director of the Venezuelan radio show La Guitarra and is currently the producer and director of the show Entre cuerdas in Caracas. He also
teaches choral conducting and guitar at the Prudencio Esaá Music School and is
titular conductor of the vocal ensemble Entre Voces, which he founded. He
remains active as a renowned choral conductor.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: franzapata@cantv.net
Street address: Mr. Francisco Zapata Bello, Avenue 5-J con transversal
14, Qta. San José, Urb. Campo Claro, Municipio Sucre, Edo Miranda, Zona Postal
1071, Caracas, Venezuela
Telephone: 582 237 5852
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Densidades, large orchestra (93 players),
1983-86; Cinco Momentos en la Luna de
Fausto, large orchestra (93 players), 1992-94; Preludio y Fuga Modal, string orchestra, 1999 (also arranged for 4
clarinets; 4 winds)
CHAMBER MUSIC: Cuarteto para Cuerdas No. 1, string quartet, 1981; Merenguasa, alto clarinet, clarinet,
bass clarinet (arrangement of work for piano), 1987; Suite anacrónica, guitar, 1980-90; Cuarteto para Cuerdas No. 2,
string quartet, 1995; Variantes Suite,
guitar, 1997-98, revised 2002; Cuatro
Danzas, guitar, 1999; Preludio y Fuga
Modal, 4 clarinets, 1999 (arrangement of work for string orchestra; also
arranged for 4 winds, 1999); Tres Piezas
populares venezolanas, guitar, 1999-2002
CHORAL: Díptico (text by Federico García Lorca),
mixed chorus, 1984; El Mar (text by
Vicente Aleixandre), mixed chorus, 1986; El
Secuestro de la Mujer de Antonio, dancer, speaker, mixed chorus, large
orchestra, 1984-88; Ave María, mixed
chorus, 1988; Missa brevis, mixed
chorus, 1993 (incomplete); Preludio Coral
y Variaciones fugadas sobre ‘El San
Pedro’, 3 mixed voices, 2001
PIANO: Valse grotesco, 2 pianos, 1983; Antagonismos, 1984; Merenguasa, 1987 (also arranged for alto clarinet, clarinet, bass
clarinet)
(Last updated on July 11, 2002)
