Music / Video
 

Manuel Contreras Vázquez

Composer

Photo by Omar Sánchez

Music & Video

 

"Aswalaq, Zoos Humanos"(2018), Voice Theater. VirgoVox Ensemble. Jacopo Facchini, dir. Palazzo Tursi, Genoa, Italy, March 2022.

(commissioned by Chilean Government).

 

"Los Ojos del Pueblo acusan al estado terrorista" (2020), for cello and piano.

Plus Minus Ensemble: Alice Purton, Mark Knoop.

Saint Paul's Church, Huddersfield, UK.

 

"Lidio" (2020), for two guitars. Duo Lallement & Marques. Festival Mixtur 2020. Barcelona, Spain (commissioned by Festival Mixtur)

 

"Maim ve daf" (2009), for violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

EMA ENSEMBLE-Ensemble Modern Akademie and HfMDK Frankfurt):Miria Sailer, Violin; Miho Kawai, Viola; Clara Franz, Cello; Riverton Vilela Alves, Double Bass.

 

"Ljuwa" (2014), for 2 female voices and ensemble of 9 instruments. Ensamble Iberoamericano. Hochshule für Musuk  Franz Liszt, Weimar, Germany (commissioned by Ibermusicas).

 

"plano de levantamiento" (2018), for flute, bass clarinet, piano, violin, viola and cello. Ensamble Contemporáneo UC. Santiago, Chile.

(commissioned by Ensamble Contemposáneo, supported by Ernst von Siemens foundation

 

"Warutiñtan" (2014), for chamber orchestra.

La Serena Symphony. Chile. Luis Advis Prize 2014.


 

"Les Autres Promenades" (2013), for paetzold flute, guitar and voice.

Croma trio. Santiago, Chile

(commission Institut français, Paris).

 

"Sacaoi" (2012), for flute. Mario Caroli.

Spanish Academy, Rome.

 

"Anathema" (2010), for harp and string quartet.

Paris Conservatory, 2010.


 

"Misa" (2012), for b flat clarinet, prepared piano and violin.

Magritte Trio with

Paolo Beltramini.

San Fedele Audotirum, Milan.

Castiglioni Prize winner.


 

"æs" (2025)

For Three female voices, oboe, oboe da caccia, panpipes, tubes' ensemble and piano.

Cecilia Barrientos, Javiera Paz Barros, Carla Moraga, Diego Villela, Cristián Morales Ossio, cond.



(commissioned by CIMA, supported by

Ernst von Siemens foundation).

 

"La Furia del Ermitaño" a theatre of sounds about madness (2020-2021)

Taller de Música Contemporánea. Santiago, Chile

(commissioned by Taller de Música Contemporánea, supported by Ernst von Siemens foundation).

 

"Ddüwewé" Synesthetic invasion (2020-2021), Paola Muñoz, Cristina Fuentes, Laura Bisotti.

Parque Cultural de Valparaíso, Chile (commissioned by Chilean Government).

 

"Taiken" (2021), for Cello. Michael Nicolas,

International Contemporary Ensemble, New York, USA .

 

"Aswalaq, Zoos Humanos"(2018),  Voice Theater. Taktus Ensemble. Parque Cultural de Valparaíso, Chile.

(commissioned by Chilean Government).

 

"Aswalaq, Zoos Humanos"(2018), Voice Theater. Backstage.

 

"Moebius" (2016),  Chamber Opera.

Excerpt.

 

"Moebius" (2016),  Chamber Opera

(Spanish Government, Chilean Government commission)


 

"Moebius" (2016),  Brief Documentary

by Cristián Parker.

 

Cantos de Itinerancia" (2016)

A Cappella fragments. 

Nancy Gómez, Cecilia Barrientos, Camila García.

(Spanish Government commission).