top of page

BIO Mauricio Charbonnier

White Feather

 Argentine composer and pianist based in Buenos Aires city, he completed his academic training and graduated from the Conservatory of the same city and from the National University of Art, with development in the field of composition, piano and chamber music. His interpretive training was linked to the study of very diverse authors from the baroque, classical and romantic repertoire with special interest in Argentine, German and French authors. His compositional language is essentially tonal: he has a special interest in recovering the great formal archetypes of the past: the symphony, the concert, the sonata. His works denote a sophisticated lyricism with a marked romantic emotional content, and a certain harmonic color linked to French music.

 

 His aesthetic search does not intend to disassociate himself from the western musical tradition, but not for this reason, to leave aside the search for an identity and a personal stamp. His compositional style appears many times linked to a Neo-Romanticism. As a lover of European music, the influence of Italian opera has also marked his creative conception, you can see his obsession with achieving "the great line" that was advocated by the Italian masters.

​

 His works have been premiered in important theaters in his country and around the world, both in international festivals and in commissions for orchestras in Europe and Latin America. Its catalog includes compositions for piano and chamber music, for different ensembles, also choral symphonic works and concert works for different soloists (clarinet, violin, piano and others). He is a fervent admirer of the romantic chamber song, and has a cycle within this genre, inspired by religious texts, entitled "Sacred Songs" (for soprano and piano), which was premiered in a tribute concert for the centenary of the birth of the Pope John Paul II, in Poland, under the auspices of the Vatican Foundation and broadcast live on Polish national television, in May 2020.

​

 His works have been performed by the following groups: Antofagasta Symphony Orchestra (Chile, tour of six concerts in the world premiere of his Rapsodia for bandoneon and orchestra),  Castvlum Symphony Orchestra(Spain, two concerts at the Hermita de Linarejos for the premiere of his Clarinet Concert), UFBA Symphony Orchestra (Brazil, two concerts in the 2020 season opening), National University of Art Symphony Orchestra (Argentina, New Year's Eve Concert, City of Buenos Aires).

​

 He has collaborated with the following soloists and chamber groups in international premieres and festivals: Andrés Mejido (Spanish clarinetist, Belgium's "Clarinetissimo" festival), Hudson Ribeiro (Brazilian clarinetist, soloist of the UFBA Symphony Orchestra), Alphonso Melo Silveira ( Portuguese clarinetist, University of Evora), Martin Castillos (solo clarinet of the Montevideo Philharmonic, Uruguay), Gloria Berner (Chilean soprano, Antofagasta Theater), Cuarteto 21 (saxophone quartet, United Kingdom, Cardiff), Ensemble Cuatro Saxos (Chile ), Trío Capriccious (Mexico, Musical Research Center of the Universidad del Buap).

​

 Member of the Association of Argentine Composers, he is the founder of the collaborative project New Music of the Americas, aimed at disseminating the academic music of contemporary authors from the region, together with the multi-award winning composer and pianist from Philadelphia of Colombian origin Leonardo Le San. He is also the musical director of the ensemble Nuevo Romanticismo.

Recently, in august 2020, the last audio and video record of this joint project was published, under the title "The new music of the Americas", which involves the recording of chamber works of his own, along with a repertoire of Argentine and Latin American music with works by Piazzolla, Guastavino, Ginastera and Le San. The filming of this recent work is broadcast by the classical music platform SelectaTV and Allegro tv Eurochannel for its thousands of subscribers in Latin America and the United States. His works have also been broadcast by National Classical Radio Argentine, where he was also interviewed in various segments dedicated to Argentine composers.

bottom of page