José Luis Turina
José Luis Turina is a Spanish composer, grandson of Joaquín Turina.
He studied composition under Antón García Abril, Román Alís, Rodolfo Halffter and Carmelo Bernaola at the conservatories of Barcelona and Madrid, and then, with a grant from the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs for studying at the Spanish Fine Arts Academy in Rome, he attended the classes in composition given by Franco Donatoni at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia.
In 1981, his work Meeting Point won the First Prize in the International Composition Contest organised by the Orchestra of the Valencia Conservatory to mark their first centenary. In 1986 he won the First Prize of the Musical Composition Contest "Queen Sofía", from the Ferrer Salat Foundation, with his piece Ocnos . He was awarded Spain's Premio Nacional de Música for composition in 1996.
Teacher of Harmony in the Conservatories of Cuenca and Madrid since 1981, in 1993 he was designated technical advisor of the Ministry for Education and Science, for the reformation of musical teaching in the realm of the new education law of 1990. In February 2001 he was appointed artistic director of the Spanish National Youth Orchestra, position he held until his retirement in March 2020, and from 2004 until 2015 he was the President of the Spanish Association of Youth Orchestras. In April 2023 he entered as a member of the Music Section of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
In September 2000 the world premiere of his opera D. Q. , on a text by Justo Navarro and in a production by La Fura dels Baus, took place in the Gran Teatre del Liceu. In November 2001 the Tokyo String Quartet played with great success the world premiere of his string quartet "Clémisos y Sustalos", written as a commission for them. In October 2004, the Brodsky Quartet premiered his string quartet "The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ on the Cross" in Cadiz. In January 2006, he was the focus of the Contemporary Music Cycle of the Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, which played 18 of his compositions, and released both an extensive biographical study and a CD of five of his orchestral pieces.
Selected works
;Opera & stage worksLigazon, chamber opera in one act and 5 scenes, based on a play by Ramón del Valle-Inclán, premiered 2 July 1982, in Cuenca.La raya en el agua. Premiere: 26 September 1996, Círculo de Bellas Artes, MadridD.Q. ; Opera in 3 acts, based on the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote; libretto by Justo Navarro, staged by La Fura dels Baus at the Liceu, Barcelona. Tour de Manivelle, music theatre work for actress, orchestra and video, texts by the composer and five short films by Segundo de Chomón. Premiere: May 2008, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid.;OrchestralPunto de encuentro Pentimento Fantasía sobre una Fantasía de Alonso Mudarra El arpa y la sombra Música fugitiva Fantasía sobre doce notas Dos danzas sinfónicas La Commedia dell'Arte
;ConcertanteOcnos , for speaker, cello and orchestraConcierto para violín y orquesta Variaciones y desavenencias sobre temas de Boccherini, concerto for harpsichord and orchestraConcierto para piano y orquesta Concerto da chiesa, for cello and stringsCuatro sonetos de Shakespeare, for soprano and orchestraConcierto para marimba y cuerdas
;Choir & OrchestraExequias , choir and chamber orchestraMusica ex lingua, on texts by Agustín García Calvo, Lope de Vega, Luis de Góngora, José Bergamín, Ramón del Valle-Inclán and Francisco de QuevedoTres villancicos
;ChoirPara saber si existo, on poems by Gabriel CelayaPer la morte di un capolavoro, on a poem by Gabriele D'AnnunzioCanzon de cuna pra Rosalía Castro, morta, on poems by Rosalía de Castro and Federico García LorcaRitirata notturna
;Accompanied voiceEpílogo del misterio, on poems by José Bergamín Primera antolojía, on poems by Juan Ramón Jiménez Tres sonetos, on poems by Lope de Vega, Luis de Góngora and Francisco de Quevedo Tres poemas cantados, on poems by Federico García Lorca Canción apócrifa, on a poem by Antonio Machado Cinco canciones amatorias, on poems by Catalan writers of 14th-16th centuries En forma de cuento, on a poem by Rafael AlbertiCallada partida, on a poem by Conchita Colón Nada te turbe, on a poem by Santa Teresa Cinco canciones verdes, on poems by Safo, Delmira Agustini, Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli, Rainer Maria Rilke and Catulo Salomé, cáliz vacío, on poems by Delmira Agustini, texts by Oscar Wilde y excerpts from Salomé de Richard Strauss Soneto Quasi una Fantasía, on the sonnet "A Beethoven" by Gerardo Diego
;ChamberMovimiento, for violin and pianoCrucifixus, for 20 strings and pianoHomenaje a Cesar Franck, for wind quintetIniciales, for flute and pianoTítulo a determinar, for septetFantasía sobre "Don Giovanni", for piano four-handsTrio, for violin, cello and pianoVariaciones sobre dos temas de Scarlatti, for sextetCuarteto en sol, for string quartetLa Commedia dell'Arte, for flute, viola and guitar, and, for flute, viola and harpVariaciones sobre un tema de Prokofiev, for bassoon and pianoSonata da chiesa, for viola and pianoDivertimento, aria y serenata, for viola octet, and, for cello octetDos duetos, for cello and piano, and, for viola and pianoKammerconcertante, for flute in g, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello and double-bassSeis metaplasmos, for two violinsVariaciones y tema, sobre el Tema con variaciones "Ah, vous dirai-je, maman!", de W. A. Mozart, for violin and piano, and, for two pianosTúmulo de la mariposa, for clarinet, cello and pianoSonata y Toccata, for piano four-handsRosa engalanada, for flute and guitarCuatro cuartetos, for basset-horn quartetTres palíndromos, for piano four-handsScherzo para un hobbit, for quintetPasoDoppio, for clarinet and celloParáfrasis sobre "Don Giovanni", for cello octetClémisos y Sustalos, for string quartetTres tercetos, for violin, cello and pianoOcteto de agua, wind octetLas siete últimas palabras de Jesucristo en la cruz, for string quartetSonata, for violin and pianoViaggio di Parnaso, for violin, cello and pianoCinco quintetos, for brass quintetHércules y Cronos, for brass and percussion ensembleDanzas entrelazadas, for flute, clarinet, percussion and piano sextetDie Windsbraut, for wind quintetPaganini 24, for nonetEncore alla turca, for nonetBurlesca, for clarinet and piano sextetSeis fragmentos de "D.Q. ", for wind quintetEl juego del Cíclope, for trombone and harpBach in excelsis, for string quartetConsolación, for french horn and pianoEl viento que nunca duerme, for flute, violin, viola and cello
;SoloCopla de cante jondo, for guitar¡Ya "uté" ve...!, for pianoEn volandas, for celloDubles, for fluteScherzo, for pianoAmb "P" de Pau, for pianoCinco preludios a un tema de Chopin, for pianoCuatro estudios en forma de pieza, for guitarCuatro estudios en forma de pieza, for guitarDue essercizi, for harpsichordPunto de órgano, for organNotas dormidas, for harpMonólogos del viento y de la roca, for guitarPreludio sobreesdrújulo, for guitarToccata , for pianoL'art d'être touché par le clavecin , for harpsichordHomenaje a Isaac Albéniz , for pianoPartita, for double-bassCatdenza, for clarinetSoliloquio , for pianoSaeta, for marimbaHomenaje a Isaac Albéniz , for pianoDos cuadros de Marc Chagall, for violinHomenaje a Isaac Albéniz , for pianoArboretum, for guitarEl guardián entre los pinos, for pianoCollage, , for pianoJeu du solitaire, for violinViola joke, capriccio for viola
;Discography Crucifixus, for 20 strings and pianoEpílogo del misterio, on poems by José Bergamín Punto de encuentro, for orchestraPrimera antolojía, on poems by Juan Ramón Jiménez Copla de cante jondo, for guitarFantasía sobre "Don Giovanni", for piano four-handsTítulo a determinar, for septetIniciales, for flute and pianoEn volandas, for solo celloTrio, for violin, cello and pianoPentimento, for orchestraOcnos , for speaker, cello and orchestraExequias , for choir and chamber orchestraVariaciones sobre dos temas de Scarlatti, for sextetAmb "P" de Pau, for pianoScherzo, for pianoConcierto para violín y orquesta Kammerconcertante, for alto flute, bass clarinet and string quartetFantasía sobre una Fantasía de Alonso Mudarra, for orchestraMusica ex lingua, for choir and orchestraDos duetos, for viola and pianoDue essercizi, for harpsichordCuarteto con piano El arpa y la sombra, for orchestraTúmulo de la mariposa, for clarinet, cello and pianoMúsica fugitiva, for orchestraRosa engalanada, for flute and guitarMonólogos del viento y de la roca, for guitarFantasía sobre doce notas, for orchestraDos danzas sinfónicas, for orchestraConcierto para piano y orquesta Scherzo para un hobbit, for quintetD.Q. , operaL'art d'être touché par le clavecin , for harpsichordHomenaje a Isaac Albéniz , for pianoOcteto de agua, for wind octetSoliloquio , for pianoCinco quintetos, for brass quintetLa Commedia dell'arte, for orchestraHomenaje a Isaac Albéniz , for pianoCollage, , for pianoDos cuadros de Marc Chagall, for violinExequias for choir and chamber orchestraViola joke, capriccio for viola