Javier Busto


Javier Busto Sagrado is a Spanish choral music composer and conductor.

Career

Originally trained as a medical doctor, Busto taught himself music, but was initiated into choir direction by Erwin List. In 1995, he founded Kanta Cantemus Korua, a choir composed of women in their mid to late teens. In 1978 he founded the Eskifaia Choir in Hondarribia.
Busto has presented his compositions at the Fourth World Symposium on Choral Music in Sydney, Australia in 1996, and was guest conductor of the Tokyo Cantat in 2000. His choirs have won first place awards in France, Italy, Austria, and Germany. Busto has served on the jury of composition and choral competitions in Spain, France, Italy and Japan.

Works

Busto's compositions are published in Sweden, Germany, Spain and the United States.

SATB

AmetsetanAgnus DeiAve Maria Ave maris stellaAve verum corpusLaudate pueri O [sacrum convivium] O magnum mysteriumPater Noster The Lord Is My Shepherd Zutaz
  • ''Missa pro defunctis''

SSAA

Magnificat Popule Meus Laudate DominumSalve Regina Bustapi Ave Maria Gratia Plena

TTBB

  • ''Cuatro cantos penitenciales''