Alejandro Román

Alejandro López Román is a Spanish composer and pianist. Musician of eclectic style, his works cover both current symphonic composition like jazz or film music.

Biography

Born in Madrid, he studied composition with Antón García 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 seventy 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
2019 Sonata para clarinete, violoncello y piano

Film Music

Estándar. Feature Film

Director: Fernando González Gómez

Vasi´s Odissey. Feature Film

Director: Vasileios Papatheocharis

Danzantes. Documentary Feature Film

Director: Juan Vicente Chuliá

A Common Enemy. Documentary Feature Film

Director: Jaime Otero

El Perfecto Desconocido. Feature Film

Director: Toni Bestard

Quédate Conmigo. Short 35 mm

Director: Zoé BerriatúaDuelo. Short 35 mm
Director: Víctor PedreiraDito, el niño despertador. Short 35 mm
Director: Miguel YustyVámonos de aquí. Short 35 mm
Director: Nydia García VacasIntrusos (en Manasés). Feature Film
Director: Juan Carlos ClaverLuces. Animation Short 35 mm
Director: Miguel YustyEquipajes. Short 35 mm
Director: Toni BestardLa pelota vasca en Madrid. Short
Director: Jorge BarrauElectroshock. TV-Movie
Director: Juan Carlos ClaverEl Perro Ambicioso. Animation Short 35 mm
Director: Miguel YustyEl Cruce. TV-Movie
Director: Juan Carlos ClaverNiño Vudú. Short 35 mm
Director: Toni BestardEl Túnel. Video-art
Director: Daniel RománEl Viaje. Short 35 mm
Director: Toni BestardGatos. Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán MartínAnagnórisis. Short
Director: Daniel RománSólo por un tango. Short 35 mm
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán MartínLuz de Inocencia. Short 35 mm
Director: Isidro CarbajalDie Grünne Dattel. Short 16 mm
Director: Toni Bestard y Adán MartínMacho Wells. Short
Director: Carlos ManriqueVersos y Tabúes. Short
Director: Carlos Manrique

Discography

2017 A Common Enemy, Soundtrack of the movie / CD Rosetta Records
2017 Chamber Music, CD Naxos
2017 Spirit of Nature, Soundtrack / CD Mousiké
2015 Integral de la Obra para Arpa dedicada a Mª Rosa Calvo-Manzano, CD Arlu Discos
2013 La Perfecta Desconocida, Soundtrack / CD Karonte
2012 El Perfecto Desconocido, Soundtrack of the movie / CD Karonte
2011 Dos princesas and Bacantes in "Dúos para flauta y arpa españoles contemporáneos", CD Arlu Discos
2010 Intrusos en Manasés, Soundtrack of the movie / CD Mousiké
2009 Electroshock, Soundtrack of the movie / CD Mousiké
2008 Ludus Ludovico and Sonata para flauta, violoncello y arpa in "El arpa en la música de cámara española contemporánea", CD Arlu Discos
2008 Music for Shortfilms, compilation CD / CD Mousiké
2007 Ménades, para orquesta de cámara in "XVI-XVII PREMIO SGAE Jóvenes Compositores", CD Fundación Autor

Books published

2017 Análisis Musivisual, guía de audición y estudio de la música cinematográfica. Editorial Visión Libros, Madrid
2008 El Lenguaje Musivisual, semiótica y estética de la música cinematográfica, Editorial Visión Libros, Madrid
2008 Indeterminación y minimalismo, pop y vanguardias, Lulu
2008 Manuel de Falla y la filosofía española, Lulu

Articles

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