ADRIAN SUAREZ
He received the ''Casa de Las Américas Composition Prize'' in 2017 for his work "Diamante Duende" [Goblin Diamond] for a cappella choir with texts by Federico García Lorca and Santos López. Graduated from the School of Arts of the ''Universidad Central de Venezuela'' in 1994; he studied trombone and composition at ''la Escuela Superior de Música José Ángel Lamas de Caracas''. He has taken courses in Afro-Caribbean percussion and in the restoration and conservation of wind instruments. He studied composition with professors Helmut Lachenmann and Marco Stroppa. In 200, he received his master's degree in composition from the ''Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst'' in Stuttgart, Germany.
He worked professionally with ''la Revista Papel Musical'' (1992); he was a researcher and consultant of the ''Foundation of Music Ethnology and Folklore'' (FUNDEF) under the direction of Dr. Isabel Aretz; and he served as consultant for documentary films and visual arts exhibitions. Since 1999, he has been a member of the international group of composers ''Aspekt'' based in Germany and since 1991, the ''Asociación Musikós de Caracas''. He participated in ''La Cátedra Latinoamericana de Composición Antonio Estévez'' under the direction of Juan Carlos Núñez (1994-1996).
He has received numerous awards including the unique national prize for composition Manuel Enrique Perez Diaz (Cognac, Caracas, 1998) for his solitude, homage to an Octavio Paz, for two guitars and harp, the communal prize for music (Caracas are 2002 to 2017), the national prize for culture (2010) and the prize of the Ibero-American competition for composition for wind orchestra "Ibermúsicas-Oaxaca" (2016). He was ''Fellow Kulturbund Humboldt'' (1996-1997), the ''Festival for Contemporary Music'' in Darmstadt (1998) and Donaueschingen (2000), the ''Fundación Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho'' (1997-2000), the ''Goethe-Institut'' in Bonn, Germany (2001), the ''Das Experimentalstudio des Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung'' (SWR German radio station) in Freiburg (2003) and the ''National Fund for Art and Culture of Mexico'' (2006), among others.
He served as author and director of shows in Venezuela, including titles such as: ''Lamas siempre'' (1995), ''Proyecto Música e Hipótesis Aleatorias'' (1997), ''Atavismos del Sol y de la luna'' (2000), ''Maithuna'' (2009), ''Watunna'' (2010), ''Meñé Ruwa, los dueños del canto'' (2011) ''Immer Lamas'' (1995), ''Project, Music and Random Hypotheses'' (1997), ''Atavism of the Sun and Moon'' (2000), ''Maithuna'' (2009), ''Watunna'' (2010), ''Meñé Ruwa, Owner of Singing'' (2011)] - the first musical game of the continent for instrumental ensemble and two shamans - ''La salsa es trombón'' (2012, 2015, 2017) ''La salsa is trombone'' (2012, 2015 and 2017)]. This role has also occurred in Europe, with works such as ''La saturación del alma'' (Germany, 1998) ''the repletion of the soul'' (Germany, 1998)], ''Atavismos'' (Germany, 2000) ''y Al sangrado árbol...'' (Belgium, 2000) ''Atavism'' (Germany, 2000) and ''By the Blooming Tree...'' (Belgium, 2000)], among many others.
Creator of the ''Lux Aeterna Ensemble'' which is the interpretation of works dedicated to the spiritual and sacred character of all time. In 2009, he was also the founder of the ''Festival of New Music Akoustikos''. As a trombonist, he cultivates popular music of the continent with special emphasis on Venezuela and the Caribbean. His work as a researcher, composer and performer has enabled him to share the results of his projects and his music with several countries in America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
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