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Jorge
Isaac (b. 1974, Caracas) completed his professional training
under the tutelage of Walter van Hauwe at the Amsterdam Conservatory
in 2000. In 2002 received his master degree on contemporary performance
& live electronics at the same institution. In 2006 he was appointed
as Recorder Professor at the Amsterdam Conservatory, succeeding
the worldwide recorder-icon Walter van Hauwe.
Isaac’s specialist field is in contemporary music and the
use of live electronics. He has won prizes at renowned contemporary
music competitions such as the International Gaudeamus Interpreters
Competition 2001 (including the special prize "best use
of electronics") in The Netherlands and the Krzysztof Penderecki
International Competition of Contemporary Music in Poland (2001).
In 2004 he was awarded the first prize at the Jur Naessens Music
Award in Amsterdam with his multimedia production "Mensa
Secunda". In 2007 he received an Award of Distinction
at the Prix Ars Electronica in Austria for his work "Marionette".
As a soloist, Isaac has given a great variety of performances and
masterclasses in The Netherlands, Germany, England, Belgium, Ireland,
Poland, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey,
Mexico and Venezuela.
He has
participated in varied recording productions, such as radio broadcasts
for the Hessen’s radio (HR4) in Germany, Teldec (Germany),
blockflute samplers in the USA, and his own music together with
pianist/composer Elik Alvarez (Los Angeles). He has participated
in several International Music Festivals such as Hessen’s
Festival (Korbach-Germany), Second International Blockflute Festival
(Amsterdam), Ultima Festival (Oslo), Music for Galway (Ireland),
Gaudeamus Music Week (Amsterdam), Spazio Musica (Cagliari), International
Music Forum (Kiev), Time of Music Festival (Finland), Festival
ArteScienza (Rome).
Jorge Isaac has performed together with a.o. the Dutch ensembles
- ASKO & Schoenberg, the Dutch Chamber Orchestra, The National
Dutch Ballet, The Dutch Opera, regisseur Pierre Audi, blockflutist
Walter van Hauwe, cellist Frances-Marie Uitti, composers György
Ligeti, Roderik de Man, Jukka Tiensuu; and the conductor Reinbert
de Leeuw.
He is at the moment involved with solo recitals, multimedia research
projects, and in the production of multidisciplinary performances
together with Visisonor Media Productions. Among his recent works:
Mensa Secunda (2004, interdisciplinary
performance), Voix égales (2005,
research towards the "Integral Music Performance"), OMONIA
(2005/06, one-man-art performance), Sensorial
Acts (2006, research project towards the use of smells and temperature
changes in music performance), Marionette
(2006-07, multimedia concert), PANOPTICON
(2007, interdisciplinary performance), are
you here? (2007-08, multimedia installation).
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