Pablo M. Teutil

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Composition
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Pablo M. Teutli is a young Mexican composer interested in observing the society around him to portray it through allegorical and imaginative musical narratives. He studied music composition at the Faculty of Music of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University, and at UC Berkeley. His professional training has been under the guidance of composers Lucía Álvarez, Arturo Márquez, Ken Ueno, P. Q. Phan, David Dzubay and Maria Granillo. In 2020 he received the Young Creators Grant from the National Fund for Culture and Arts. He has been awarded national and  international composition prices such as the New Voices for Orchestra, Jacobs School of Music (2023), the Salvador Contreras Composition Competition for Symphonic Orchestra (2020), the Arturo Márquez Composition Contest for Chamber Orchestra (2017) among many others. Some of his most relevant works are: ‘’El circo de las luces’’ (The circus of the lights), dedicated to the victims of hate crimes; ‘’Un beso en la herida’’ (A kiss on the wound), composition which promotes the sensitivity required to cross cultural borders dividing society; and ‘’El eco de la sangre’’ (The echo of the blood), which commemorates the 200 years anniversary of the consummation of the Mexican independence and was awarded by the Mexican Government in 2021.

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