Pedro Ochoa
	Compositor / Composer
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   Pedro Ochoa was born in 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has studied composition privately with Alejandro Iglesias Rossi, and piano with Martha Bongiorno and Ana Stampalia. He is a Member of the National Tango Academy and has been professor at the Superior School of Tango. He is recipient of the prize awarded by Edenor - Foundation El Libro for his essay "Tango and Cinema Worldwide" (2001). For many years he has produced and hosted a radio show on contemporary music called "Chronicles of Impossible Sounds" at the National Radio of Argentina.
   He has received a Recommendation from the International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music (Copenhagen, 2002), International Music Council, UNESCO, as well as from the Rostrum of Music for Latin America and the Caribbean (2000). Mention at the Pierre Schaeffer International Computer Music Competition (Pescara, Italy, 2001). National Rostrum of Composers Prize (1999) and National Electroacoustic Music Rostrum Prize (2001) organized by the Argentinean Music Council. He has also received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts of Argentina (2000) and from the Antorchas Foundation (2002).

WORKS:

TIERRA VIVA
First part: GRITO DE CIELO Y PIEDRA (8' 43")
Second part: HACHA (5' 10")
for piano and tape
year 2003
duration: 13' 53"
Work realized whit supports of the Fundación Antorchas.

HACHA (Axe) 4.3 Mb - PROGRAMME NOTES

We strike.
If the spirit has no mercy
The axe brakes.
Brown the sweat and the wood.
Brown the blood and the river.

"Tierra viva" (Living Land) has two movements, which can be played separately as two autonomous works.
The main theme of the first movement, "Grito de Cielo y piedra" (Cry of Sky and Stone) is a Baguala, an indigenous genre of song from the North-West of Argentina.
The second one, "Hacha" (Axe), is a Malambo, a creole rhythm from the Argentine Pampas.
All samples (with the sole exception of the composer's voice) were taken from the piano.
In the present recording the piano was played by the composer.
Composer shall kindly send the performance material by request.

EL CAMINANTE
electroacustic work
year 2000
duration: 12' 24"
Work realized whit supports of the Fondo Nacional de las Artes.

    "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to he tempted by the devil." (Matthew, 4,1)
    All spiritual journeys need preparation. St. John of the Cross calls it "the dark night" (la noche oscura).
    Not even Christ avoided it; in fact: the more important is the mission, the more rigorous must be the preparation. lt is not accidental than this episode of the "temptations" comes just after Jesus' baptism and before the beginning of His preaching.
    From the "burning bush" on, the fire has been a symbol of Divinity. The???fire of love? for St. John of the Cross, is the Holy Spirit, active manifestation of the Divine.
    This process is not exclusive of Christianity; it happens necessarily in any kind of spiritual work.

Pedro Ochoa
Pasco 56
(1081) Buenos Aires
Argentina
(54 - 11) 4951-8566
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