STUDIES

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentine and gold medal graduate of the Manuel de Falla Conservatory, Javier Bravo did advanced guitar studies with Vicente Elías and studied composition with Rodolfo Daluisio.

AWARDS

He has been awarded several times in guitar and composition competitions since 1986:

Young Guitarist National Competition(1986, Jrimian Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentine).
Young Soloist National Competition (Symphonic orchestra of Bahía Blanca 1994 2º Prize, guitar-harp category, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentine).
Young Musician Competition ( Symphonic orchestra Nacional -Strings category -1º Prize 1995, Buenos Aires, Argentine).
Carlos Suffern Young Musician Competition ( 1º Prize Radio Nacional 1996, Buenos Aires, Argentine).
XI Composition Competition "Andrés Segovia" (1º prize, "Sonata Porteña" for guitar, La Herradura-Almuñecar 1998, Spain)
"Luis Gianneo" Guitar Competition (1º Prize 1998, Buenos Aires, Argentine).
"Pau Casals" International Guitar Competition , (2º Prize 1999, Rosario, Argentine).
International Competition of the Festival de Música de Bs. As. (1º Mention, 2001, Buenos Aires, Argentine).
"Eduardo Fabini" Composition Competition (3º Prize, "Diálogos Rioplatenses" guitar and string orchestra, Montevideo, Uruguay,2004)
2006: 1º Honorific Mention at Music Competition of the City of Buenos Aires (Period 1998-1999).

He assisted to the international course "Música en Compostela" (Santiago, Spain 1993) and was a semifinalist at classical guitar competitions : UNISA (Pretoria, South Africa 1995) and Printemps de la Guitare (Walcourt, Belgium 1996)

CONCERTS

He gave numerous recitals of solo guitar music, ensemble music and guitar and orchestra concertos in Argentine, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay, México and USA, invited by International Festivals like Guitarras del Mundo, Guitarras en Concierto (Argentine), International Festival of Lausanne (Switzerland) and International Festival Eduarrdo Fabini (Uruguay).

He has appeared as soloist with the Bahía Blanca Symphonic, National Symphonic, University of Tucumán, EMET and Congress String Orchestras in Argentina, performing Rodrigo, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, and his own concerto music.

RECORDINGS

Spain: from Albéniz to Paco de Lucía was his first Cd and was released in 2002. It gathers classic pieces of spanish music together with less known pieces and his Suite Hispana, an homage to Joaquín Rodrigo. In 2004 Javier released two Cds: A duo (together with Silvana Saldaña) with music ranging from Baroque to LatinAmerican contemporary and Argentine Guitar Collection which contains a selection of traditional and new pieces of argentine folk and tango music.

TEACHING

Javier gave masterclasses in Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico and USA and has an active guitar-teaching schedule at main music Conservatories of Buenos Aires such as the Carlos Buchardo National Conservatory, Astor Piazzolla Conservatory and Manuel de Falla Conservatory.

COMPOSER

As a composer he wrote and arranged music for several instruments including symphonic and electroacoustic music. His musical language is inspired by popular Argentine music and jazz, together with sound resources and procedures of contemporary music.

List of works:

Preludio for piano, 1993.
Suite Hispana (Homenaje a Joaquín Rodrigo) for guitar 1993.
Romance de la luna luna for canto y piano (texto de García Lorca) 1993.
Variaciones Livianas for guitar 1994.
Incidental Music for Tomo la Palabra (textos poetas argentinos) 1994.
Imágenes for flute and piano, 1995.
Sonata Porteña, for guitar, Editorial EMEC (España), 1995.
Concierto, for guitar and simphonic orchestra , 1996.
Danza (homenaje a Ginastera), for simphonic orchestra, 1999.
Bitango, for piano, 1999.
Kuntur (evocación andina), for guitar, 2000.
Figuras, for electroacoustics, 2000.
Kuntur (reworked for guitar and tape), 2002.
Toccata (guitar),2004.
Diálogos Rioplatenses (guitar and string orchestra),2004.
El Marginal (tango del desamparo) (guitar duo), 2005.
De dos Orillas (two guitars and string orchestra), 2005.
Distancia (solo guitar), 2005.
Trío (violin, cello and piano) 2007.

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