Miguel Farías
*1 December 1983
Works by Miguel Farías
Biography
Miguel Farías Composer and Phd in Latin American Studies. He Studied in Chile, Switzerland and France. He is the winner of several international prizes and beneficiary of commissions and residences in Chile and Europe. He was a finalist in the "Composer Project" and "Roche Commissions" programs of the Lucerne Festival, with Pierre Boulez as a jury. In June 2012, he won the 2012 Critics 'Art Critics' Prize in the National Opera category and the National Arts Prize "Altazor" in 2013, with his opera "Renca, París y Liendres" premiered by the Chilean Symphony Orchestra. In 2018, his second opera “El Cristo de Elqui” was premiered at the Chilean National Opera, Municipal de Santiago, with Jorge Lavelli as metteur en scène. He won the Beaux-Arts Chilean Academy prize for the premiere of this opera. Since 2018, Miguel Farías teaches at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
About the music
Composer of instrumental, opera and theatrical music. Farias researches on latinamerican characteristics and identity aspects of music. Interested in social and political aspects of musical creation, he has written chamber and grand operas, premiered in Chile and Europe.