Composer of the Month September 2021: Reinaldo Moya

Reinaldo MoyaComposer Reinaldo Moya is a graduate of Venezuela’s El Sistema music education system and was a founding member of the Simón Bolívar Orchestra, touring throughout Europe, North and South America. His awards include the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the McKnight Composers Fellowship, the Van Lier Fellowship, and the Aaron Copland Award. Mr. Moya was the winner of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Composer Award, leading to the commissioning of his 'Piano Concerto' for Joyce Yang and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. His opera 'Memory Boy,' with a libretto by Mark Campbell, was commissioned by the Minnesota Opera and premiered in 2016. His violin concerto 'Vestida de mar' was premiered by violinist Francesca Anderegg under the batons of Gemma New, Benjamin Rous, and Delta David Gier. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School with masters and doctorate degrees, studying with Samuel Adler and Robert Beaser. Mr. Moya has taught at St. Olaf College, the Interlochen Arts Camp, and is currently Assistant Professor of Composition at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. His music is distributed by Subito Music Corporation.

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Listen to 'Diaspora' for Cello and Piano

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