Alex Burtzos (born 1985 in Denver, Colorado, United States) is an American composer based in New York City and Orlando, Florida.
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 Alex Burtzos leading a rehearsal in New York City in 2015. |
| Born | (1985-11-11) November 11, 1985 (age 38)
Denver, Colorado |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Alma mater | Loyola University New Orleans Manhattan School of Music |
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| Occupation | Composer |
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| Website | https://alexburtzosmusic.com/ |
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Alex Burtzos was born in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in nearby Colorado Springs.[1] He studied music at Loyola University New Orleans before moving to New York City in 2010, where he earned his doctorate in composition from Manhattan School of Music in 2016.[2] His primary teachers include James Paton Walsh, J. Mark Stambaugh, and Reiko Fueting.[3] Burtzos' music has been performed across four continents, and has received awards from numerous organizations within the United States.[4][5] He has received particular attention for his compositions for authentic baroque-era instruments.[6] Other of Burtzos' compositions utilize rappers, metal guitar, and other sounds drawn from popular music.[7]
Burtzos is the founder of ICEBERG New Music, a composers collective based in New York City.[8] In 2018, he was named the Endowed Chair of Composition Studies at The University of Central Florida.[7]
Solo
- pWr (2021) for Cello Solo
- Perforation (2018) for Piano Solo
- Should the Wide World Roll Away (2018) for Piano Solo
- Wilfred Owen at the Gates (2015) for Piano Solo
- He Never Heard That Fleshless Chant (2011) for Oboe Solo
- Football in Marja (2011) for Piano Solo
- Baroque Fantasy on 'Go Down, Moses' (2008) for Organ Solo
Chamber
- Sin City (2023) for big band
- What We Wish to Remember of Ourselves (2021) for woodwind quartet and piano
- Relativity (2020) for three bassoons
- SEA (2020) for two vibraphonists
- Atoms (2020) for electric guitar and drum kit
- PIPES (2020) for 10 flutes
- King | Cawdor (2019) for violin, bass clarinet, cello, and piano
- Māyā (2019) for woodwind quintet
- R A G E (2018) for ensemble
- pOwer trIo (2018) for saxophone, piano, percussion
- The Birth of Dangun (2018) for piano trio
- we ain't got no $$$ honey but DAMN we got _____ (2017) for percussion quartet
- Megalopolis (2017) for saxophone ensemble
- The Hourglass Equation (2017) for flute, violin, bassoon, and harpsichord
- The F Word (2016) for amplified ensemble with MC
- SONATA/SONARE (2016) for trio sonata
- The Rembrandt of Avenue A (2015) for amplified ensemble with MC
- X Codes (2015) for violin, clarinet, and piano
- Alice and Zoltan 4ever (2014) for saxophone, bass trombone, and piano
- One Final Gyre (2014) for two saxophones
- OMAHA (all the things you could be you are you were) (2014) for string quartet
- The Impossible Object (2014) for violin and piano
- SXTG >;-) (2013) for clarinet, cello, and guitar
- Teach the Torches to Burn Bright (2013) for violin, clarinet, and piano
- 12.14.12 (2013) for ensembles
- Prince Prospero (2013) for soprano, flute, oboe, saxophone, guitar, piano, and percussion
- A Country of Vast Designs (2012) for string quartet
- The Revivalist (2012) for saxophone quartet
- March the Twenty-Fifth (2011) for woodwind quartet
- The Outlaw in the Gilded Age (2010) for violin, clarinet, saxophone, horn and piano
Choral and Vocal
- Sky (2022) for soprano, baritone, and piano
- Five Arias from 'HE Who Gets Slapped' (2022) for five vocal soloists with piano
- Wooden Woman (2020) for singing cellist with chamber orchestra
- MIRABILIS (2018) for SSAATTBB chorus with string sextet
- Many Worlds I (2016) for baritone, trumpet, bass clarinet, and trombone
- The Explosion, and Other Tales (2016) for mezzo-soprano and piano
- Gursky Songs (2015) for baritone and piano trio
- Love and Loss and Loathing and Lizards (2015) for soprano, MC, and amplified ensemble
- Come Away Death (2012) for Countertenor and Harp with SATB chorus
- The Hill Wife (2012) for mezzo-soprano with ensemble
- Days Into Days (2011) for soprano with large ensemble
- The Turing Test (2019) for two guitars and fixed media
- LEGION (2017) for flute, piano, and fixed media
- When He First Appears (2017) for soprano, viola, harp, and fixed media
- MASKS (2016) for baritone, guitar, piano, and tape
- In a Cool, Green Hall (2010) for mixed media
Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
- d[RAM]edy (2023), concerto for piano and wind ensemble
- Arias and Interludes from 'HE Who Gets Slapped' (2022) for five vocal soloists and orchestra
- Echo Chamber (2019) for wind ensemble
- Pulse (2019) for orchestra
- The Black Riders (2013) for orchestra
- Sky Above Clouds (2011) for orchestra
- In Search of a Bird (2011) for chamber orchestra
- The Conqueror (2009) for wind ensemble
- Psyche (2009) for wind ensemble
- Colorado (2008) arranged for wind ensemble
- Colorado (2007) for orchestra
Opera
- HE Who Gets Slapped (2022), opera in two acts
