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Works for Cello

Luz de invierno (1988), for electronically modified cello and tape.

Sources:

• Furman Schleifer, M., and Galván, G (2016). Latin American Classical Composers, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Rowman & Littlefield.

• Pareyón, G. (n.d). Diccionario Enciclopédico de Música en México. https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/24893/TOMO_DOS.pdf

Antonio Raúl Russek Martínez

Mexican composer, born August 3, 1954.

Born in Torreón, Coahuila, Antonio Russek is an important figure in the development of experimental music and electroacoustics in Mexico. Growing up, Russek played the saxophone in a youth orchestra and studied piano. Russek eventually left Coahuila in the 1970s to study film, design, physics, chemistry, acoustics, and electronic sound at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma (UNAM) in Mexico City. Once in Mexico City, he quickly established the Centro Independiente de Investigación Musical y Multimedia (CIIMM), where he has dedicated his time to composing electroacoustic music and audiovisual pieces. In addition, Russek has written works for theater and dance; his compositions are often about nature, particularly the sky and the horizon. Russek received the Cuauhtémoc Prize for the Arts in 1988 and in 1991 he earned the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes Scholarship for Creators.