Biography




Sergio Bové is an Argentinian Spanish composer and performer based in Madrid. After years dedicated to contemporary music, Sergio Bové has expanded his work beyond the limits of music itself. In addition to music, he currently finds his sources in several disciplines different from it, such as visual arts, philosophy, science and technology, as well as in the observation of nature, reality and the everyday that surround him. Nowadays he seeks to find conjunction among these sources, where music is not understood exclusively as an auditory but as a field of activities with mutual feedback between them. Not only does he include traditional musical instruments in his work so as to accomplish these ideas, but today he also works with different tools such as everyday sound objects, video-mapping and live performance computer programs, like Pure Data and MAX/MSP7.


Principal Commissioned Works

Silently, for viola, double bass and video-mapping.

Composed for Johnny Chang and Koen Nutters, Perceptive Turns 4th Edition, Initiative Neue Music Berlin e.V., Spektrum Auditorium, Berlin, 2016.

percuRsOS bárbAros, for saxophone, electric guitar and piano.
Composed for the Rosa Ensemble; Kikker Theatre, Utrecht, 2005; Halifax, 2006.

Poco a poco, for chamber ensemble.

Composed for the Maarten Altena Ensemble; Ives Connection; Vredenburg Theatre, Utrecht, 2001; Bimhuis, Amsterdam, 2001; Lantaren-Venster, Rotterdam, 2002.

Poslodocosmos, for wind ensemble.

Composed for the ensemble "de ereprijs", 7th International Young Composers Meeting 2001, Gaudeamus Foundation of Contemporary Music and Cultural Centre Gigant, Apeldoorn, 2001.

Aridandantemente, for chamber ensemble.
Composed for the Gral. San Martín Theatre, Contemporary Music Series, Buenos Aires, 2000.


Selected Performances of Original Works


Cicadas Series, Piece #1, for electronics.
Sergio Bové, electronics.
Collaboration project with the visual artist Julia R. Ortega.
Complutense University of Madrid, Fine Arts University, March 2019.

Silently, for viola, electronics and video-mapping.
Conde Duque Cultural Centre, Madrid, 2018.
Espacio Ronda Cultural Centre, Madrid, 2018. 

···, for piano and video.
Sergio Bové, piano and video:
Conde Duque Cultural Centre, Madrid; 2018.
Espacio Ronda Cultural Centre, Madrid, 2018. 
Luna de Octubre event, AVLAB Meetings, Medialab-Prado Centre, Madrid, 2017.
Toledo School of Architecture, MAET (Spanish Architecture Exhibition and Music in Toledo), MUTE concert series, 2017.

Flux, for cello and electronics.
Sergio Bové, cello and electronics: 
Conde Duque Cultural Centre, Madrid, 2018.
Espacio Ronda Cultural Centre, Madrid, 2018.
Toledo School of Architecture, MAET (Spanish Architecture Exhibition and Music in Toledo), MUTE concert series, 2017.
Paloma Carrasco López, cello and Sergio Bové, electronics, Luna de Octubre event, AVLAB Meetings, Medialab-Prado Centre, Madrid, 2017.

Música Para Dos Percusionistas, for percussion.
Ensemble Octandre, Seconda Rassegna Internazionale di Composizione Alfeo Gigli, Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, Bologna, 2000.
Ricardo Rojas Cultural Centre, Rojas Festival, Buenos Aires, 1998.

Música Para Tres Percusionistas, for percussion. 
Concert Studio of the Bulgarian National Radio, Musica Nova, Sofia, 2000. 
Casa Rosada Museum, Buenos Aires, 1998.
Recoleta Cultural Centre Auditorium, Buenos No Duerme ’98 Festival, Buenos Aires, 1998.

Sin No, for chamber ensemble. 
Isaac Fernández Blanco Hispanic American Museum, l.v. Concert Series, Buenos Aires, 1999.

Longe Tão Perto, for flute, clarinete and piano.
British Arts Centre, Contemporary Music Centre for Advanced Studies (CEAMC), Concert Series ’98, Buenos Aires, 1998.
La Scala de San Telmo, l.v. Concert Series, Buenos Aires, 1998.
Recoleta Cultural Centre Auditorium, l.v. Concert Series, Buenos Aires, 1998.


Awards

Tres Piezas, for wind ensemble.
First Prize, 6th International Young Composers Meeting 2000, Gaudeamus Foundation of Contemporary Music and Cultural Centre Gigant, Apeldoorn, 2000.


Current Projects

Sfumato composition, piece for Alto Flute and Baset Horn, for the Argentinian performers Andrea Escobar and Marcelo González.


Selected Solo Piano Performances

Pernambuco Conservatory of Music Hall, Music on Wednesday, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1995.
Rómulo Raggio Foundation Museum, Buenos Aires, 1990.
Promúsica Auditorium, Juventudes Musicales, Buenos Aires, 1986.
Buenos Aires Province House, Morón Conservatory of Music, Buenos Aires, 1986.


Education

Morón Conservatory of Music, Buenos Aires
Bachelor of Music in piano performance, 1991.

      Composition Teachers

                 Peter Ablinger • Mariano Etkin • Claudio Schulkin • Enrique Cipolla

      Composition Seminars

Dieter Schnebel • Louis Andriessen • Bernard Wulff • Maarten Altena •  
                 Gerardo Gandini • Julio Viera • Marta Lambertini • Gustavo Basso.      

      Piano Teachers

                  Rosa Antonelli • Haydée Schvart

      Piano Seminars

Gerhard Oppitz • Rosalyn Tureck • Stephen Drury • Haydée Schvart.


Professional Memberships 

Argentinian Association of Authors and Composers, Buenos Aires, 1998 - 2003
l.v. Group of Composers, Buenos Aires, 1998 - 2002