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Carlos Roqué Alsina
Works for Cello
Premiere Symphonie (1983), for cello, flute, soprano and orchestra.
Unity Op. 31 (1973), for cello and clarinet.
Sources:
Furman Schleifer, M., and Galván, G (2016). Latin American Classical Composers, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Rowman & Littlefield.
Grove Music Online: https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00673
Alsina, Carlos Roque (19 Feb. 1941, Buenos Aires). (2003). In D. M. Randel (Ed.), The harvard biographical dictionary of music. Harvard University Press.
Carlos Roqué Alsina
Argentinian composer and pianist, born February 19, 1941.
Carlos Roqué Alsina was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 19th, 1941. A pianist and composer, Alsina first studied music with Teodoro Fuchs and electronic physics with Francisco Krömpfl (1962-1964). He continued his studies with Luciano Berio in Berlin from 1964-1966, a period that deeply influenced Alsina’s work. During his studies, Alsina was the assistant conductor of the Teatro Colón and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. After teaching at the State University of New York at Buffalo for two years, Alsina started the improvisation chamber group New Phonic Art with Vinko Globokar, Jean Pierre Drouet, and Michel Portal in 1969. Alsina earned the Guggenheim Prize in New York (1971) for two of his works: Überwindung (for four soloists and orchestra) and Schichten (for chamber orchestra). After many years in Berlin, Alsina settled in Paris.