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Jorge
Isaac (b. 1974, Caracas) completed his professional training under
the tutelage of Walter van Hauwe at the Amsterdam Conservatory in
2000. In 2002 received his master degree on contemporary performance
& live electronics with Jos Zwaanenburg at the same institution.
Isaac’s specialist field is in contemporary music and the
use of live electronics. He has won prizes at renowned contemporary
music competitions such as the International Gaudeamus
Interpreters Competition 2001 (including the special prize "best
use of electronics") in The Netherlands and the Krzysztof Penderecki
International Competition of Contemporary Music in Poland. In 2004
he was awarded the first prize at the Jur Naessens Music Award in
Amsterdam with his multimedia production "Mensa Secunda".
As a soloist, Isaac has given a variety of performances and masterclasses
in The Netherlands, Germany, England, Belgium, Ireland, Poland,
Norway, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Mexico
and Venezuela.
He
has participated in varied recording productions, such as radio
broadcasts for the Hessen’s radio (HR4) in Germany, the company
Shell (Mexico/ The Netherlands), Teldec (Germany), blockflute samplers
in the USA, and his own music together with pianist/composer Elik
Alvarez (Venezuela). He has participated in several International
Music Festivals such as Hessen’s Festival (Korbach-Germany),
Second International Blockflute Festival (Amsterdam), From Distant
Lands (London), Festival Internacional de Puebla (Mexico), Ultima
Festival (Oslo), Music for Galway (Ireland), Gaudeamus Music Week
(Amsterdam), Spazio Musica (Cagliari), International Youth Music
Forum (Kiev), Time of Music Festival (Finland).
Jorge Isaac has performed together with a.o. the Dutch ensembles
- ASKO & Schoenberg, the Dutch Chamber Orchestra, The National
Dutch Ballet, The Dutch Opera, regisseur Pierre Audi, blockflutist
Walter van Hauwe, cellist Frances-Marie Uitti, composers György
Ligeti, Roderik de Man, Jukka Tiensuu; and the conductor Reinbert
de Leeuw.
He is at the moment involved with solo recitals, multimedia research
projects, and in the production of multidisciplinary performances
together with Visisonor Media Productions.
Among his recent works: Mensa Secunda (interdisciplinary
performance, 2004), Voix égales (2005,
research towards the "Integral Music Performance"), OMONIA
(2005/06, one-man-art performance), Sensorial
Acts (2006, research project towards the use of smells and temperature
changes in music performance), Marionette
(2006-07, multimedia concert).
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