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Biography

Olavide studied composition initially with Victorino Echevarría at the Conservatorio Superior de Madrid, then in Belgium at the conservatories of Antwerp and Brussels. He attended the Darmstadt Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik where he worked with Pierre Boulez and Luciano Berio, and later studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Henri Pousseur at the Second, Third, and Fourth Cologne Courses for New Music in 1964–65, 1965–66, and 1966–67. For twenty years he lived and worked in Geneva, returning to Spain in 1991. The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal (Cathedral of our Lady) at the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to several triptychs by Baroque painter Rubens. ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ... Initiated in 1946 by Wolfgang Steinecke, the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik (Darmstadt new music summer courses), held annually until 1970 and subsequently every two years, encompass both the teaching of composition and interpretation and include premières of new works. ... Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez (IPA: /pjɛʁ.buˈlÉ›z/) (born March 26, 1925) is a conductor and composer of classical music. ... Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. ... Karlheinz Stockhausen (born August 22, 1928) is a German composer, and one of the most important and controversial composers of the 20th century. ... Henri Pousseur (Composer Born 1929) Studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels. ... For other uses, see Cologne (disambiguation). ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ...

Olavide composed orchestral, chamber, solo, and electronic music. In 1986 he received the Premio Nacional de Música, and in 2001 the Premio Reina Sofia.

Compositions

• Triludio (1963)
• Índices, for chamber orchestra (1964)
• Henri à quatre, composed jointly with Holger Schüring [Czukay], Attilio Filieri, and Ivan Tcherepnin (1965)
• Quartet (1971)
• Sine die, for orchestra (1972)
• Quasi una cadenza, for chamber ensemble (1973)
• Clamor I, electronic music (1974)
• Clamor II, for tape and large orchestra (1974)
• Clamor III, for voice, two pianos, and percussion (1974)
• Symphony "Homenaje a Falla" (1977)
• El Cántico (1978)
• Oda, on a text by Antonio Machado (1980)
• Cante in memoriam García Lorca, for orchestra (1980)
• Quinto Hymno de Desesperanza (1983)
• La extravagancia, for chamber ensemble (1985)
• Perpetuum mobile, for piano (1986)
• Tres fragmentos imaginarios, for piano (1987)
• Orbe-Variations, for orchestra (1988)
• Alternante, for chamber orchestra (1989)
• Silente-Aria (1991)
• Minimal, for piano (1993)
• Precipiten (Música impresa), for cello and piano (1993)
• Varianza, for flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello (1995)
• Vol(e), for accordion (1997)
• Tránsito, for string orchestra (1997)
• El piso cerrado, radiophonic work (2001)
• Fragmentario, for amplified cello and electronic music (2004)

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Sources

• Guibert, Alvaro. 1996. Gonzálo de Olavide. Catálogos de compositores españoles. Madrid: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE). ISBN 8480481455
• Tamayo Ballesteros, Arturo. 1991. "La música en España, hoy. XVI: La música española en el extranjero." Boletín informativo: Fundación Juan March, no. 211 (June–July): 3–8.
• Téllez, José Luis. 2005. "Un espíritu libre." Scherzo: Revista de música no. 203 (December): 5.