Biography
Keyla Orozco (Santiago de Cuba) established herself in The Netherlands as an independent artist since 1996. She is currently living and working in the US, sharing her professional career between these two countries mainly. She recently served as a Composer in Residence at Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras.
Awards:
Her compositional work has been awarded among others with the Guggenheim and the Cintas Fellowships as well as a MacDowell Residency Fellowship (all three in USA), First and Second Prizes at International Composition Contest René Amengüal in Chile, and the National Cuban prize for Symphonic Composition UNEAC.
Commissions and performances:
During the last 20 years Keyla has received several commissions by the main Arts Funding organizations in The Netherlands; to write for internationally aclaimed Dutch ensembles and soloists such as: the Nederlands Kamerkoor, Nederlands Fluitorkest, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Asko Ensemble, Nieuw Ensemble, Combustion Chamber, De Ereprijs, Ricciotti Ensemble, David Kweksilber Big Band, Susanna Borsch, Ernestine Stoop, Mikhail Zemtzov, Mondriaan Kwartet, and many others. She has been commissioned as well in the US by Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras and ZOFO duet. Her works are regularly performed in festivals and events around the world such as North Sea Jazz Festival, Holland Festival, ISCM Miami, Sonido de las Américas; at venues like Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York, Concertgebouw, Carré Theater, Muziekgebouw aan het Ij, Bimhuis, Tropentheater and Parasdiso Theater in Amsterdam, Teatro Amadeo Roldán in Havana, among others. Read more..
Awards:
Her compositional work has been awarded among others with the Guggenheim and the Cintas Fellowships as well as a MacDowell Residency Fellowship (all three in USA), First and Second Prizes at International Composition Contest René Amengüal in Chile, and the National Cuban prize for Symphonic Composition UNEAC.
Commissions and performances:
During the last 20 years Keyla has received several commissions by the main Arts Funding organizations in The Netherlands; to write for internationally aclaimed Dutch ensembles and soloists such as: the Nederlands Kamerkoor, Nederlands Fluitorkest, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Asko Ensemble, Nieuw Ensemble, Combustion Chamber, De Ereprijs, Ricciotti Ensemble, David Kweksilber Big Band, Susanna Borsch, Ernestine Stoop, Mikhail Zemtzov, Mondriaan Kwartet, and many others. She has been commissioned as well in the US by Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras and ZOFO duet. Her works are regularly performed in festivals and events around the world such as North Sea Jazz Festival, Holland Festival, ISCM Miami, Sonido de las Américas; at venues like Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York, Concertgebouw, Carré Theater, Muziekgebouw aan het Ij, Bimhuis, Tropentheater and Parasdiso Theater in Amsterdam, Teatro Amadeo Roldán in Havana, among others. Read more..
