Vox Novus - 15 minute of fame project

Deadline: 25 May 2012

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for Fifteen Minutes of Fame: Juan Maria Solare, piano, to be performed at the July 17, 2012 Lunch Concert at the University of Bremen (Germany) The one-minute tangos for piano are to be written specifically for this project, which will be performed by Juan Maria Solare, a recognized pianist of both tango argentino and new music. All works must be 60 seconds or less.

Tango is a typical Argentine culture product, nevertheless the pianist -Juan M. Solare- considers that it is also genuinely universal - therefore we are intrigued to see how a composers from different cultural backgrounds approach this musical genre. About the piano: the Theatre of the University of Bremen (see http://www.konzerte.uni-bremen.de/info_saal.php) has a Bosendorfer grand piano. This model has 4 more notes at the bottom (Ab, G, Gb, F). Composers can make use of these notes BUT it is strongly recommended that they consider a variant/solution when the piece is performed on other "normal" pianos.

Submission guidelines:
- Submission Deadline May 25, 2012 (Argentina's Independence Day)
- Works for piano written in tango style (however you consider a tango is or could become)
- Works must be submitted as a PDF file with a picture of the composer, 50-word biography, and 50-word program note about the piece.
- Do not submit sound files
- Works must be realistically one minute or less in length. No works over a minute will be reviewed.
- Works need to be submitted via email to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
- The subject line should read - 15-Minutes-of-Fame: Juan Maria Solare- Composer Name - Composition Title
- The 50-word biography and 50 word program notes must be pasted as text in the body of the email. Please do not send these as attachments.
- The composer's picture must be attached as a jpg file.
- The score must be attached as a pdf. (performance notes should be included with the score.)
- Include the dedication either "to Juan Maria Solare" or "to Vox Novus - 15 Minutes of Fame" on the score. The performer prefers only dedications born out of sincerity.
- Works should be composed specifically for this project and its performers. All pieces must be premieres and not previously written or performed.

No works over a minute will be reviewed. Multiple submission are discouraged. Send your best work! The results will be announced by June 30, 2012 on the Vox Novus website, and composers of the 15 accepted works will be notified by email. Deadline: May 25, 2012
For More information visit:
Web site: http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame

Juan Maria Solare * Pianist & composer - tango

He was born on 11th August 1966 in Buenos Aires, where he studied piano with Alicia Belleville privately and with Maria Teresa Criscuolo and Perla Brugola at the Conservatorio Nacional de Musica "Carlos Lopez Buchardo"; at this institution he graduated in 1989 with title of "Profesor Nacional Superior de Piano", concluding his ten-years studies with a public examination.

He also studied Conducting with Mario Benzecry and studied Composition with Fermina Casanova, Valdo Sciammarella and Juan Carlos Zorzi at the mentioned institution, where he achieved the title of "Profesor Nacional Superior de Composicion" in 1993. Paralelly he studied Music Analysis privately with Francisco Kropfl. After that he undertook postgraduate courses in Composition in Germany (Hochschule füat;r Musik in Cologne). He received the title of Licenciado en Composicion in April 2005 (IUNA, Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte, Buenos Aires).

He lives since 1993 in Germany with activities centres in Cologne & Bremen.

As a composer, besides having written tangos "post-Piazzolla", is the originator of the musical genre of the tango deconstruido, that unites elements of the tanguistic tradition and principles of the avant-garde, using postmodern techniques of musical deconstruction (and reconstruction). Within this musical genre he composed titles as "Fragmentango", "Viejo Fueye Deconstruido" or "Atonalgotan", among others.

As a pianist, Solare was part of the Trio Arrabal (together with Enrique Martin "Pitu" Entenza, bandoneon, and Claudio Elias, double bass) and integrates currently the piano duo Dinamitango, together with Gustavo Lanzon. Solare plays also in the QuinteTTTango of Bremerhaven, in the Duo Diagonal (with cellist Gesa Biffio); and mainly mainly in the Duo Tangente (with the violinist Gert Gondosch), that expands up to the Ensemble Tangente (with voice, bandoneon, cello/double bass and dance), and in the duo Tango Nomade (together with the saxophonist Eduardo Kohan).

Solare performed at the Sexta Cumbre Mundial del Tango (Sixthe World Tango Summit) in Seville on 12th March 2005 (as part of the duo Dinamitango), representing officially to the city of Bremen (with the support of the foundation Waldemar-Koch-Stiftung). He also played at the Octava Cumbre Mundial del Tango (Eight World Tango Summit) in Bariloche (concertos on 6th and 7th March 2009) and at the 22nd Festival Internacional de Tango in Granada (concerts on 10th and 11th March 2010). He will also participate at the Novena Cumbre Mundial del Tango (Ninth World Tango Summit) in Seinajoki (Finland) both with his Duo Tangente and with Tango Nomade, in July 2011.

Alone or in groups, Solare performed some 500 concerts in several Argentine cities (Buenos Aires & surroundings, Tandil, Cordoba, Zarate, Bariloche, Mendoza, Tucuman, Cordoba) and European (Cologne, Berlin, Gottingen, Worpswede, Verden, Bremen, Munich, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Hamburgo, Heidelberg; Amsterdam, Geneva, Seville, Madrid, Granada, Oviedo, London, Graz, etc.).

Besides giving tango recitals, Solare performs classical music of our time (Cage, Schonberg, Scriabin, Liszt, Berio, Part, etc.) and his own compositions. S soloist or in diverse chamber music line-ups.