JULIÁN FUEYO
JULIÁN FUEYO
Composition
"[...] the piece blazes into a cosmic
tempest until it has no more room to
grow and is finally consumed in
an explosion of silence."
-- CoolCleveland.com, Lisa deBenedictis
Compositions
"[...] the piece blazes into a cosmic tempest until it has no more room to grow and is finally consumed in an explosion of silence—a noiselessness which did not last long due to the roar of the enthusiastic crowd which leapt to its feet for ovation after ovation."
MUSICAL LANGUAGE
Fueyo's music fundamentally explores ancient aesthetics and their place in our rapidly changing, contemporary culture. Referencing ancient art and literature (pre-Hispanic and Roman), his works investigate idealization, historicism, memory, and transcendence by juxtaposing current and ancient understandings.
These subjects often take the form of extensive, vectorial phrases that puzzle together to create overarching structures akin to processional architecture (mausoleums, temples, pyramids). With an emphasis on line, melody often lingers in the form of harmony etching vertical sound-masses into relief.
Although distant from the ‘minimalist’ tradition, repetition takes a special significance in his music, both as a cyclical device and as a symbol reminiscent of epic literature, ritual, and prayer.
At the individual level, Fueyo's music is most concerned with our need to communicate through emotion and intuition in order to connect with greater truths: that is, to connect with each other.
OEUVRE
Fueyo's oeuvre is broad and diverse; he creates symphonic, chamber, and electro-acoustic music, as well as music for film, installation, and other performance art. Besides accumulating 10+ million streams on streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, etc...), Fueyo's compositions have been presented at Severance Hall, the Linton Chamber Music Series, DiMenna Center for Classical Music (NYC), Lee Foundation Hall (Singapore), Houston Museum of Fine Arts (TX), Woolsey Hall, Cleveland Museum of Natural History (OH), Mixon Hall at CIM (OH), Belvedere Chamber Music Festival (TN), Kimball Recital Hall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (NE), Christ & St Stephen's Church (NYC), and Rocky Ridge Music Center (CO). He has collaborated with such musicians and ensembles as the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, CIM Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Yale Philharmonia, North/South Consonance New Music Ensemble, Si-Yan Li and members of the Chiara String Quartet, Luna Nova New Music Ensemble, The Playground Ensemble, Face The Music, Robert Avalon Ensemble (members of the Houston Symphony), Shannon Lee, Peter Otto, Arseniy Gusev, Isabelle Durenberger, Elizaveta Kozlova, Luosha Fang.
"He is truly a shining example [...]
I predict a bright future for him."