Mariano Etkin

Mariano Etkin (1943–2016) was an Argentine composer.

Etkin was born in Buenos Aires.

He studied with Guillermo Graetzer, Maurice Le Roux and Gerardo Gandini.

And, at the Utrecht University, with Gottfried Michael Koenig, and also at the Juilliard School with Luciano Berio (under an Organization of American States fellowship).

In parallel to its education as a composer, he studied conducting with Paul Hupperts at the Conservatory of Utrecht (scholarship from the OEA and the Government of the Netherlands) and with Pierre Boulez at the Music Academy of Basel (Switzerland).

He was Head Professor of Composition and Director of a Research Project on Analysis of New Music at the National University of La Plata.

Previous posts included a visiting positions at McGill University, at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and at Wilfrid Laurier University.

He has received commissions from Radio Deutschlandfunk, Radio Bremen, Freiburger Schlagzeug Ensemble, Ensemble Aventure (Germany); Festival Neue Musik Ruemlingen (Switzerland); Composers/Performers Group of New York, Fundación Música AntiquaNova and the City of Buenos Aires.

He had received several awards including the Composition Prize of the Fondo Nacional de las Artes (Argentina) and the Composition Prize of the City of Buenos Aires.

His compositions are performed in Canada, United States of America, Europe and most Latin American countries, at important Festivals and Concert Series.

As World Music Days (held in Toronto, Amsterdam, Oslo and Essen) organized by the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM); NovAntiqua Köln; Musica Nova Series, Leipzig; Èclat, Stuttgart; Latin-American Festivals in Mexico, La Habana and Caracas, among others.