Alejandro Román, is a Spanishcomposer and pianist. Musician of eclectic style, his works cover both current symphonic composition like jazz or film music.
Biography
He studied composition with Anton Garcia Abril, Valentín Ruiz and Zulema de la Cruz at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid. From 1991 to 1995 he was awarded scholarships by the AIE for studies of Jazz with Tony Heimer, Jorge Villaescusa and Ricard Miralles, Claudio Gabis, Eva Gancedo and Miguel Blanco, Bob Sands and Victor Merlo. He belonged to several Jazz and Rock groups with whom he recorded a dozen albums. He has composed over fifty works for piano, voice, guitar, orchestra, chamber, electroacoustic, and teaching music, modern and film music, theatre and dance. He has scored fifteen short films and three feature films. In 2014 he obtained the Doctorate in Philosophy from the Department of Aesthetics, UNED, after completion of his thesis "Musivisual analysis, audition guide and study of film music", where he analyses the connections between the language of image and musical language. In 2003 he became a Professor at the department for Audiovisual Composition of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, where he launched the Classroom "CINEMA".
Awards
2004 Award for Best Original Soundtrack by Niño Vudú by Toni Bestard in "IX Festival de Cine Ciudad de Zaragoza" 2005 Award from the I Forum of Young Composers of the Fundación Sax-Ensemble by Argos, for saxophone quintet, two percussionists and piano 2005 4th Prize "Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga" by Ménades for chamber orchestra, the "Young Composers XVI Premio SGAE" 2007 2nd Prize "Angel Iglesias" by Dos Estudios Extraños, for guitar, in "II Guitar Composition Competition Ciudad de Badajoz" 2015 "Cultura Viva Award" in the "Music" category of the XXIV Edition of the Spanish National Viva Cultura Awards for its extensive and multifaceted work as a creator, performer and pedagogue 2018 Gold Medal, Music Global Awards for the album “Chamber Music” 2017 Silver Medal. Music Global Awards for “Epojé, Op. 50”, para violoncello y piano
Catalog of works
1990 Danza Espectral for violin, flute, clarinet, trombone and piano 1992 Oniroplastia Eco, electroacoustic 1997 Tres preludios nocturnos para piano 1998 Dicen que no me quieres, popular song for singing and piano 1999 Sonatina para piano 2000 Sonata para clarinete, violoncello and harp 2001 Cuarteto de Cuerda 2002 Estudio para Orquesta 2003 Bacantes, suite for orchestra 2004 Nocturno de Luz, for piano 2005 Piezas Extrañas, for guitar 2006 Don Quixote en New York, for big-band 2007 Tirsos, for flute and harp 2008 Kithara, for harp 2009 Balcania, for five flutes, contrabass and percussion 2010 Acuarelas de Irlanda, for full orchestra 2011 Flaurituras para Emma, for flute 2012 Júbilo, dulce sueño, for flute and harp 2013 Gaiena, diez paisajes jienenses, for piano 2014 Danzafonía, electronic 2015 Nocturno, for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano 2016 Picasso al Cubo, for flute, bandurria, guitar, violin and violoncello with video and electronics 2017 Bocetos Flamencos, for piano four hands 2018 Montenegro Airs''', for clarinets ensemble
2009 Estética de la música cinematográfica, aspectos differenciadores, in "Reflexiones en torno a la música y la imagen desde la musicología española", edition by Matilde Olarte, Salamanca
2009 Enseñanza de la música de cine en España, in the magazine "Música y Educación", number 78, year XXII
2007 Cine, Música, Arquitectura. Ejercicio Interdisciplinar de percepción del espacio y memoria auditiva, in "Experiencias de innovación docente en la Universidad de Alcalá", Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares
