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Name:

Marc Garcia Vitoria


born:

14-5-1985, Valencia (Spain)


email:

magarvit [a] gmail.com

Born in 1985 in Valencia (Spain), he studied composition at the ESMUC in Barcelona with teachers like Luis Naón, Ramón Lazkano and Gabriel Brncic, and obtained a MA in Music Composition and Theory at the Haute École de Musique of Geneva with Michael Jarrell, Luis Naón and Eric Daubresse, specializing in Electroacoustic and Instrumental Composition. He developed the technical part of his MA project at the IRCAM, in Paris, by following the Cursus 1 and working on computer-aided orchestration software. He was then selected to follow the Cursus 2, for which he received the financial help of “la Caixa” Foundation.


His pieces have been played by ensembles like Contrechamps, Linea, Intercontemporain or Trio de Magia. He has attended workshops and seminars like Villafranca del Bierzo 2006 or Royaumont 2010, and masterclasses by T. Murail, B. Ferneyhough, L. Lim, M. Stroppa, F. Filidei, H. Kyburz…


In 2007 he represented the Esmuc at the “6èmes rencontres internationales de composition musicale de Cergy-Pontoise”, where he obtained the jury prize for his piece “L'union libre”, and in 2008 he was finalist of the “Reine Marie José” Composition Prize. He was engaged as resident composer by "La porta clàssica” for the concerts season “Joves Intèrprets Catalans IV 2007/2008” and in 2010 received a commission for a piece for "Trio de Magia" by the "Insititut Valencià de la Música". He won the “University of Aberdeen Music Prize 2011”, for which he received a commission by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.


He is currently working in the "Transform/Write Down" program of the Abbaye de Royaumont and as an Assistant Professor at the Haute École de Musique of Geneva.