Arturo Fuentes

His musical path has taken the Mexican/Austrian composer Arturo Fuentes (*1975 in Mexico) from Milan to Paris, Innsbruck and Vienna. His catalog, published by LondonHall Editions, includes a hundred works, from solo pieces to orchestral works and operas. Over the course of 25 years, various »exploratory phases« from the complexity of composition to harmonic-spectral form to a microtonal-minimalist sonority have shaped and enriched his style. Composing, he says, is like »getting lost in a labyrinth«; like Paul Klee, he wants to let »the line determine his path« in order to discover a »dramaturgy of sound.« His music, including works with live electronics, is »kaleidoscopic and colorful.« His theoretical research includes music informatics and the philosophical aspects of the act of composition, based on Wittgenstein and the hermeneutic critique of representation. Fuentes also directs his own musical theater, opera, and dance pieces, developing concept, script, and dramaturgy, and designing lighting and set in keeping with the musical idea. He also produces and directs his own videos and short films, establishing a link with his photographic work.