Orlando Jacinto Garcia: Contemporary Classical Composer, Conductor, Educator
Through 200 works composed for a wide range of performance genres including interdisciplinary and site-specific works, and works with and without electronics for orchestra, choir, soloists, and a variety of chamber ensembles, Orlando Jacinto García has established himself as an important figure in the new music world. The distinctive character of his music has often been described as “time suspended- haunting sonic explorations,” qualities he developed from his studies with Morton Feldman among others.
Born in Havana in 1954, Garcia migrated to the United States in 1961. In demand as a guest composer, he is the recipient of numerous honors and awards from a variety of organizations and cultural institutions including the Rockefeller, Fulbright, Knight, Dutka, Civitella Ranieri, Bogliasco, and Cintas Foundations, the State of Florida, the MacDowell and Millay Colony, and the Ariel, Noise International, Matiz Rangel, Nuevas Resonancias, Salvatore Martirano, and Bloch International Competitions. Most recently he has been the recipient of four Latin Grammy nominations in the best Contemporary Classical Composition Category (2009-11, 2015). With performances around the world, his works are recorded on New Albion, O.O. Discs, CRI /New World, Albany, North/South, CRS, Rugginenti, VDM, Capstone, Innova, CNMAS, Opus One, Telos, and Toccata Classics.
Garcia is the founder and director of the NODUS Ensemble, the Miami Chapter of the International Society for Contemporary Music, the New Music Miami ISCM Festival, and is a resident composer for the Miami Symphony Orchestra. A dedicated educator, he is Professor of Composition and Composer in Residence for the School of Music at Florida International University.
— Orlando Jacinto Garcia website
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OPEN TO CHANGE, FLEXIBILITY: 1:39 min.
EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 4:02 min.
SELF-CONFIDENCE: 1:26 min.
RESILIENCE: 3:15 min.
CRITICAL THINKING: 6:48 min.
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 5:07 min.
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 1:06 min.
UNDERSTANDS THE BUSINESS OF ART: 5:06 min.
UNDERSTANDS THE BUSINESS OF ART: 3:13 min.
CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY: 5:06 min.
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 5:28 min.
CRITICAL THINKING: 2:11 min.
CRITICAL THINKING: 2:30 min.
PERSEVERANCE FURTHERS: 2:14 min.
PERSEVERANCE FURTHERS: 4:22 min.
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 1:11 min.
DISTANT WIND II: 14:43 min.