Andrián Pertout : Represented Artist
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Artist website: http://www.pertout.com
Andrián Pertout was born in Santiago, Chile, 17 October, 1963,
and lived in Gorizia, Northern Italy for several years before
finally settling in Melbourne, Australia in 1972. In 2007, he
completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University
of Melbourne on Tweddle Trust, APA and MRS scholarships, studying
composition under the guidance of Brenton Broadstock. He is
currently the Australian Delegate of the ACL (Asian Composers'
League), President of the Melbourne Composers' League, as well as
Honorary Fellow at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
Composition awards include the Friends & Enemies of New Music
Composition Prize (USA), International Music Prize for Excellence
in Composition (Greece), Dorian Le Gallienne Composition Prize,
Betty Amsden Award, Louisville Orchestra Prize (USA), Oare String
Orchestra Judges' and Audience Prize (UK), Michelle Morrow
Memorial Award, and the Zavod Jazz/Classical Fusion Award. He has
received numerous commissions, including the 'Compulsory Chilean
Work to be Performed by all Competitors' of the 2011 Concurso
Internacional de Ejecución Musical 'Dr. Luis Sigall', and a work
for robot orchestra incorporating thirty-seven automats for the
Logos Foundation Robot Orchestra (Belgium), as well as other
works commissioned by the Orquesta de Cámara de Valdivia (Chile),
saxophonist Noah Getz (USA), toy pianist Phyllis Chen (USA), and
Ensemble MD7 (Slovenia). Julian Burnside AO QC has additionally
commissioned several works for performance by the University of
Hong Kong Gamelan Orchestra and Australian pianist Michael Kieran
Harvey. Film music commissions include works that have been
written to accompany over twenty documentary and short films,
television programs, as well as commercials, computer games and
stage productions.
Pertout's music has received performances at festivals such as
the ISCM World Music Days 2005, 2007 and 2010 (Croatia, Hong Kong
and Australia), 33e Festival d'Automne à Paris (Paris, France),
and the 22nd, 26th and 27th ACL Conference & Festival 2002,
2007 and 2009 (Korea and New Zealand). His music has also been
performed in over thirty countries by orchestras and ensembles
that include the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras,
Orchestra Victoria, The Louisville Orchestra (USA), Orquestra
Petrobrás Sinfônica (Brazil), Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico
(Puerto Rico), Orquesta de Cámara de Chile (Chile), Orquesta de
Cámara de Valdivia (Chile), La Chapelle Musicale de Tournai
(Belgium), Oare String Orchestra (UK), Ónix Ensamble (Mexico),
Ensamble Contemporáneo (Chile), Quinteto CEAMC (Argentina),
Sonemus Ensemble (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Sori Ensemble (Korea),
Omni Ensemble (USA), and the Ensemble für Neue Musik Zürich
(Switzerland).
As a writer, Pertout has published over 400 articles in music
publications, such as Mixdown, Spanish Herald,
Australian Musician, and the Sunday Herald Sun.
His articles range from reviews of new musical technology,
compact disc and book releases to interviews with prominent
national and international artists, including Herbie Hancock,
Steve Reich, Joe Satriani, Rick Wakeman and José Feliciano.
Andrián Pertout — current to April 2012
Selected Commissions
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| Una danza chilena : for violoncello and pianoforte (2011) | Commissioned by the Corporación Cultural de Viña del Mar as the ‘Compulsory Chilean Work to be Performed by all Competitors’ of the XXXVIII Concurso de Ejecución Musical ‘Dr. Luis Sigall’ 2011, Mención Violoncello (Viña del Mar, Chile) | |
| A borboleta : for robot orchestra (2011) | Commissioned by Logos Foundation. | |
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Carobne : for tamburica orchestra (2010) | Commissioned by Julian Burnside. |
| Un verso infantil para Juan : for piccolo, oboe, alto saxophone, violoncello, guitar and toy piano (2010) | Composed for Ensemble Décadanse (Lunel, France) | |
| Le petit agneau : for harmonic and polytonal bells (2009) | Composed for the Federation Bell Installation in Birrarung Marr (Melbourne, Australia) | |
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The elements : for violin (2009) | Commissioned by American Violinist Piotr Szewczyk |