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Octavio Vázquez has been hailed by the press as "a burning torch for the next century... stunning... superb" (The New Music Connoisseur), with a style characterized by "melodicism and rhythmic buoyancy" (The New York Times) and "astonishing virtuosity" (Soundboard Magazine). His music has been performed worldwide across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia and recorded on prestigious labels such as Naxos, Delos, and Odradek. His works have also been broadcast by national radio and television networks in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Russia, and China.
Vázquez's compositions have been championed by leading conductors, including Carlos Kalmar, Rossen Milanov, Paolo Bortolameolli, Dima Slobodeniouk, Paul Daniel, and Andreas Delfs, and performed by renowned soloists such as Hilary Hahn, Dmitri Berlinsky, Johnny Gandelsman, and Eldar Nebolsin. His creative versatility extends to film scoring and cross-genre collaborations as an arranger, orchestrator, and producer, most notably with Silkroad Ensemble member Cristina Pato.
A recipient of numerous national and international awards, Vázquez's recent recognitions include fellowships from the I-Park Foundation, MacDowell, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). He has received grants and commissions from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, New Music USA, Meet the Composer, Aspen Music Festival, Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra, Royal Galician Philharmonic, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Galician Cultural Council, Fulbright Commission, and Chi-Mei Foundation among others.
He holds degrees from the Adolfo Salazar Conservatory and Real Conservatorio Superior de Música in Madrid, the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Maryland, College Park. Currently, he serves on the composition faculty at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester and directs the composition program at the Nazareth University School of Music.
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