Miguel Farías
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| Born | 1983 (age 41–42) |
| Nationality | Venezuelan-Chilean |
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Miguel Farías (born 1983) is a Venezuelan-Chilean composer and writer. He holds a PhD in Latin American Studies and is an associate professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He has received over 40 international accolades, including prizes at the Isang Yun Music Prize, The Queen Elisabeth Competition, Queen Sofia Competition, Zemlinski Prize, and the Patronize Award from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. He participated in the "Composer Project" and "Roche Commissions" programs at the Lucerne Festival (2011, 2013) with Pierre Boulez as curator. His musical work explores the connections between music and literature, as well as social and political aspects. Notable compositions include the operas "Renca, París y Liendres" (2012), which won the Art Critics' Circle Award and the Altazor Prize, and "El Cristo de Elqui" (2018), commissioned by the Santiago Municipal Theater. In 2021, he premiered the monodrama "La Compuerta nº12", based on the story by Baldomero Lillo. During the last years he has developed a serie of pocket operas, premiering them with his opera company "Ópera de Bolsillo". During the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 seasons, he has debuted with major orchestras including the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, OSESP, and Buenos Aires Philharmonic. The Los Angeles Philharmonic premiered his work "Estallido" in 2022 and commissioned a song cycle with Gustavo Dudamel. Recently he has collaborated with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Peabody Institute (as guest composer with the Peabody Youth Orchestra),and many others ensembles and institutions.
In 2024, he published his first novel, "Plástico" and his book "Negras, Blancas y voces indígenas", about latin american opera and indigenous figures/librettos.
Critical Reception Critics have noted Farías's distinctive compositional style. The San Diego Union Tribune compared his music to Finnish composers Magnus Lindberg and Esa-Pekka Salonen, "but more cut up or distorted." His work "Estallido" was praised by Classical Voice for its "novel use of percussion instruments" and its representation of social unrest in Santiago. Percorsi Musicale highlighted his "tensive writing" and "harmonic variability," while Bachtrack described his piece "El color del tiempo" as having "an enigmatic philosophical tone" with "ingenious swatches" and "glowing sounds."
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