Biography
Born in Cuba, composer Keyla Orozco has developed an international career, which started since her study years in Havana, and continued while established in The Netherlands for eighteen years and later in USA, where she currently lives and works.
Awards:
Her compositional work has been awarded with the Guggenheim and the Cintas Fellowships, Fromm Music Foundation Commission, Two-Years Composition Grant by the Dutch Performing Arts Funds, a Residency Fellowship at MacDowell Colony, First and Second Prizes at International Composition Contest René Amengüal in Chile, and the National Cuban prize for Symphonic Composition UNEAC.
Commissions and performances:
Keyla has received several commissions by the main Arts Funding organizations in The Netherlands; and more recently in the US, to write for internationally acclaimed ensembles and soloists such as: Nederlands Kamerkoor, Nederlands Fluitorkest, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Asko Ensemble, Nieuw Ensemble, Combustion Chamber, De Ereprijs, Ricciotti Ensemble, David Kweksilber Big Band, String Orchestra of New York City, ZOFO piano duet, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, Susanna Borsch, Ernestine Stoop, Mikhail Zemtzov, Mondriaan Kwartet, and many others. Her works are regularly performed in festivals and events around the world such as Artes de Cuba Festival (Washington DC), North Sea Jazz Festival, Holland Festival, ISCM Miami, Sonido de las Américas; at venues like The Kennedy Center For Performing Arts (DC), Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and Symphony Space 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 with the Guggenheim and the Cintas Fellowships, Fromm Music Foundation Commission, Two-Years Composition Grant by the Dutch Performing Arts Funds, a Residency Fellowship at MacDowell Colony, First and Second Prizes at International Composition Contest René Amengüal in Chile, and the National Cuban prize for Symphonic Composition UNEAC.
Commissions and performances:
Keyla has received several commissions by the main Arts Funding organizations in The Netherlands; and more recently in the US, to write for internationally acclaimed ensembles and soloists such as: Nederlands Kamerkoor, Nederlands Fluitorkest, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Asko Ensemble, Nieuw Ensemble, Combustion Chamber, De Ereprijs, Ricciotti Ensemble, David Kweksilber Big Band, String Orchestra of New York City, ZOFO piano duet, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, Susanna Borsch, Ernestine Stoop, Mikhail Zemtzov, Mondriaan Kwartet, and many others. Her works are regularly performed in festivals and events around the world such as Artes de Cuba Festival (Washington DC), North Sea Jazz Festival, Holland Festival, ISCM Miami, Sonido de las Américas; at venues like The Kennedy Center For Performing Arts (DC), Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and Symphony Space 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..