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Epitafio
Live recording of the premier with Taller Sonoro on the 20th of November 2021 at Festival Encuentros Sonoros. Commissioned with funds provided by Siemens Foundation and Iberomúsicas programme. Jesús Sánchez Valladares, flauta Camilo Irizo, clarinete J. Baldomero Llorens, percusión Ignacio Torner, piano Alejandro Tuñón, violín Mª del Carmen Coronado, violonchelo Javier Campaña, electrónica Con la colaboración de Thomas Hummel del Heinrich Ströbel Experimentalstudio del SWR y la espacialización en colaboración con Javier Campaña en 2021
Harriet. Act II Scene 1
Excerpt of the world premier of Harriet, Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman. Act II, Scene 1 Composition: Hilda Paredes Libretto based on poems by Mayra Santos-Febres and a selection of dialogues by Lex Bohlmeijer Conductor: Manoj Kamps Scenography • Jean Lacornerie Video Design • Miwa Matreyek Lighting design | Digital lighting | Scenography • Peter Quasters Costume design • Lieve Pynoo Voices: Claron McFadden / Naomi Beeldens Ensemble • HERMESensemble Violin • Wibert Aerts Guitar • Nico Couck Percussion • Gaetan La Mela Electronics | Sound Design • Monica Gil Giraldo / CIRM Experimentalstudio. Production: Muziektheater Transparant. Coproduction: HERMESensemble, Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Operadagen Rotterdam, Coordinación de Difusión Cultural UNAM, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ and CIRM, Centre National de Création Musicale. Composition commissioned by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Festival Internacional Cervantino, Muziekgebouw aan ‘IJ and Muziektheater Transparant.
Harriet. Act II Scene 5
Excerpt of the world premier of Harriet, Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman. Act II, Scene 5 Composition: Hilda Paredes Libretto based on poems by Mayra Santos-Febres and a selection of dialogues by Lex Bohlmeijer Conductor: Manoj Kamps Scenography • Jean Lacornerie Video Design • Miwa Matreyek Lighting design | Digital lighting | Scenography • Peter Quasters Costume design • Lieve Pynoo Voices: Claron McFadden / Naomi Beeldens Ensemble • HERMESensemble Violin • Wibert Aerts Guitar • Nico Couck Percussion • Gaetan La Mela Electronics | Sound Design • Monica Gil Giraldo / CIRM Experimentalstudio.
Harriet
Trailer
Harriet, scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman
Performance at Sala Miguel Covarrubias, Centro Cultural Universitario. Mexico City. Conductor: Manoj Kamps, Director: Jean Lacornerie; stage design: Miwa Matreyek; Light design: Peter Quasters; Costume Design: Lieve Pynoo. Singers: Claron McFadden and Naomi Beeldens; Hermes ensemble: violin: Wibert Aerts; guitar: Nico Couck; percussion: Gaetan LaMela; sound design: Monica Gil Giraldo. Winner of The British 'Ivors Composer Award' staged works 2019
Harriet
Fragment: Act 1 m316-458
Harriet
Fragment: Act 2 Scene 1
Harriet
Fragment: Act 2 Scene 5
Harriet
Fragment: Act 4 scene 4
Sueños robados
Sueños robados - (Stolen dreams) Tenor : Luis Aguilar and piano: Alberto Rosado. Music and words by Hilda Paredes Commissioned by National Opera Studio: https://www.nationaloperastudio.org.uk/1242-suenos-robados
Bitácora capilar
Commission funded by PRS make Women in music. The Arditti String Quartet at June in Buffalo from Dresden introduced by Robert Platz in 2021.
Demente Cuerda
Library of Congress presents: Ensemble Dal Niente – Recorded at Gannon Concert Hall—Holtschneider Performance Center, DePaul University. Chicago, IL. Ben Melsky – Solo Harp Emma Hospelhorn – Flute Andrew Nogal – Oboe, English horn Zachary Good – Clarinets Ben Roidl-Ward – Bassoon Matthew Oliphant – Horn Kyle Flens — Percussion Colin McCall – Percussion Tara Lynn Ramsey – Violin Caitlin Edwards – Violin Ammie Brod – Viola Juan José Horie Phoebus – Cello Edward Kass – Double Bass Michael Lewanski – Conductor
Siphonophorae
For mixed sextet. Performed by Ensemble Dal niente: Emma Hospelhorn - Flutes; Katherine Schoepflin Jimoh - Clarinets; Mabel Kwan - Piano; Tara Lynn Ramsey - Violin; Ammie Brod - Viola; Chris Wild - Cello; conducted by Michael Lewanski
Páramo de voces for piano and electronics
Commissioned by funded by RVW Trust. Recorded by Alberto Rosado.
Canciones lunáticas I For countertenor and string quartet.
Commissioned by Quarttetfest Heidelberg. Recorded by Jake Arditti and the Arditti Quartet.
Sortilegio
Commissioned funded by Siemens Foundation. World premier at Bouffes du nord as part of Festival D’Automne a Paris. Virgine Tarrete (harp and Laszlo Hudacsek (percussion)
Señales
Señales is Hilda Paredes' third CD on Mode Records. It contains three works for instrumental group and two for solo instruments, all written between 1995 and 2013. The album presentation took place on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 7pm, at the Fonoteca Nacional in Mexico City.
Jitanjafora
Performed by Ensamble del CEPROMUSIC (México), conducted by José Luis Castillo, director artístico.
Señales
Señales is Hilda Paredes' third CD on Mode Records. It contains three works for instrumental group and two for solo instruments, all written between 1995 and 2013. The album presentation took place on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 7pm, at the Fonoteca Nacional in Mexico City.
Códice de adivinanzas
Text by Briceida Cuevas Cob. World premier with Valentina Vapnarsky (narrator) and Garth Knox (viola) at Megeve Festival.
Códice de adivinanzas
Códice de adivinanzas integrates a reading of five poems in Mayan for children by the poet Briceida Cuevas Cob.Written and dedicated for Valentina Vapnarsky and Garth Knox. Funded by Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte, Mexico
Revelacion
Commissioned by “Integra - Fusing music and technology”, an EU funded project led by Birmingham Conservatoire, UK and by Grup Instrumental de Valencia. French premier by Court Circuit conducted by Jean Deroyer at Bouffes du Nord, Paris 2011.
Óox p’eel ikil t’aan (Three Poems)
La Tierra de La Miel
Papalote
Version from 2007 for Countertenor and string quartet

Interviews

Hilda Paredes: Auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks
Indische Rhythmen, atonale Musik, südamerikanische Lyrik: Hilda Paredes Werke speisen sich aus vielen Quellen. Und sie berichten von den Menschen, die im Schatten stehen. Dorothee Riemer stellt die Komponistin Hilda Paredes vor.
Podcast at Fundación Juan March
Aquí pueden encontrar información general sobre mi música de una manera muy concisa.
Fellow Travelers # 2 — Hilda Paredes
From her home in London, Mexican-British composer Hilda Paredes talks to us about her background as a flutist and composer, influences from her Mayan roots, writing for specific or imaginary players, and how she copes with Covid19 days.
Diáspora cultural: Hilda Paredes
Interview in Spanish
Harriet
Interview before the premier in 2018
Harriet
Estreno en México: Festival Vértice 2018
Altazor
Como parte del coloquio Salvador Contreras organizado por el CENIDIM y en colaboración con el Cmmas, presentan un diálogo con la periodista Dulce Huet sobre Altazor (2011) para barítono, grupo instrumental y medios electrónicos. Realizada por encargo del Festival D'Automne a Paris en los estudios del IRCAM en 2011.
Entrevista Mujeres de la música en Argentina _Programa 1
Entrevista para Radio Damus de la Universidad de Buenos Aires el 15 de abril 2021.
Hacia una Nueva Música I, Radio UNAM
En este programa, Ana Lara y Luis Velasco platicaron con la invitada sobre su obra La Tierra de la miel.Hilda habló sobre el proceso para crear esta obra cuyo tema principal gira en torno a los feminicidios y al tráfico de mujeres migrantes.
Hacia una Nueva Música II, Radio UNAM
En este programa se escuchó un fragmento del Acto I, Acto segundo, escena 1 y 5, epílogo
Compositoras mexicanas del siglo XXI
Ciclo de conferencias Compositoras mexicanas del siglo XXI organizado por Cenidim INBA. Acertijos de Marfil: un recorrido por la obra de Hilda Paredes Moderador: Luis Jaime Cortez