Javier Farias

Chilean composer and guitarist Javier Farías has led a prominent musical career composing extensively for the guitar, having his music performed by some of the main exponents of this instrument including; Eliot Fisk, Ben Verdery, David Tanenbaum, Eduardo Isaac, Emanuele Segre, José Antonio Escobar, Ricardo Cobo, legendary rock guitarist of The Police, Andy Summers, and jazz fusion guitarist Mike Stern.
His catalogue as a composer includes more than eighty compositions, emphasizing his numerous works for solo guitar, as well as duos, quartets and ensembles for guitar. He has also written numerous works for orchestra, jazz ensemble, mixed choir, bandoneon, flamenco guitar, electric guitar, charango and other instruments. Javier Farías has been awarded First Prize in the Andrés Segovia Composition Competition, International Composing Competition "2 Agosto," and Michele Pittaluga Composition Competition for Classical Guitar. Farías was honored with the 2014 Fromm Music Foundation Prize at Harvard University for a concerto for two guitars composed for Sérgio and Odair Assad and the YOA Orchestra of the Americas. His catalogue consists of works ranging from solo guitar to full guitar ensemble to others featuring or incorporating the guitar into compositions for chamber ensembles, choral music, and orchestral settings, including five guitar concertos.
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