Music composer
Contemporary and classic music composition for concert, theatre, dance and film
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The Queen of Spain giving me the prize
Award for the Best Novel Show for “Metrópolis”, by Teatro Che y Moche, with music by Víctor Rebullida
XIII Premios Max de las Artes Escénicas 2010 / XIII Max Prizes of the Performing Arts 2010
Victor Rebullida was born in Zaragoza (Spain) in 1963 and studies music at the Conservatory of his town. He attended lessons by the composer Agustin Charles as well as courses and masterclasses with reputed Spanish composers. He obtains the Special Award in Composition of the Music Conservatory of Zaragoza.
His work has been played by reputed musicians and groups such as the Spanish National Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra of the Spanish Radio and Television, Madrid Symphonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra from the Zaragoza Auditorium-Enigma Group, Pellegrini Quartet, ANAKI, Sax Ensemble Group, Madrid Flute Orchestra, Cámara XXI, Per-Sax Dúo ( Israel Mira, sax y Manel Ramada, percussion), Choir of the Aragonese Institute of Choral Music, guitarists such as Santiago Rebenaque and Alberto Royo, Mª Antonia Rodríguez (flute), Aurora López (piano), Francisco Martinez (sax), Naoko Imai (organ), Carola Cuypers (sax), Soraya Chávez (mezzo), Madrid Soloits, "Finale" group , etc. and his music has been conducted by maestros such as Sergiu Comissiona, Juan José Olives, Günther Herbig, Gloria Isabel Ramos, Tomás Garrido, Enrique Azurza and Vicente Egea.
In 1990 he is awarded the First Prize ex aequo in the 20th Contest of Composition for Choirs given by the C.I.T. of Tolosa for his work Dies Irae. He gets the Third Prize of the Contest of S.G.A.E. 1992 for Young Composers with his work Jarcha. In 1994 he obtained the 12th Queen Sofia Composition Award given by the Ferrer Salat Foundation with the work for orchestra In Memoriam. In 1996 he is awarded the Composition Prize "Luis de Narvaez", by the Caja de Ahorros de Granada, for his string quartet Soneto. His work was awarded a prize in the Composition Stage Injuve ’98 and he was commissioned a piece by the Contemporary Music Center (CDMC) and the Youth Institute (Injuve) He gets the First Prize of the 12 th Contest of S.G.A.E. for Young Composers with his work Nocturnales. His orchestral piece Movimiento para orquesta is awarded the prize granted by the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of its Music Section. The International Festival "Veruela Música Viva" (Monasterio de Ntra. Sra. de Veruela, Zaragoza) commissions him a piece for flute, piano and string orchestra which gets its premiere with the title Becqueriana performed by M.ª Antonia Rodríguez and Aurora López and the Madrid Soloists during the Festival in the year 2000. His symphonic works A Través del Sueño and Madrid 1808 have been awarded prizes in Sevilla (21st "Joaquin Turina" Prize) and Madrid (Virgen de la Almudena Prize, granted by Unión Fenosa and Madrid Town Hall).
He has been invited to take part in the Contemporary Music Week of the Auditorio de Zaragoza, in the season of the Chamber Orchestra of the Auditorio de Zargoza and he has also written in journals like the Aragonese Journal of Musicology NASSARRE published by Fernando el Católico Institution of the Zaragoza Diputación Provincial with an essay about the work Ancient Voices of Children, by George Crumb and comments on the recording of the work by Agustin Charles. He has also been invited to give talks in different workshops and has been a jury in composition and performing contests.
He took part in the 16th International Festival of Contemporary Music in Alicante with his work Música para Buñuel performed by Grupo Enigma-Orquesta de Cámara del Auditorio de Zaragoza conducted by Juan José Olives. He was the only Spanish composer whose work was performed in the ISCM World Music Days 2001 in Yokohama with the piece Oceánica-Sonata for organ.
ANAKI (pianist Ananda Sukarlan and accordionist Iñaki Alberdi) asked him to write a piece, titled Changing Roles premiered in April 2002 in the London Royal Academy of Music. His Trio for clarinet, cello and piano was performed in Munich by the Archaeus Ensemble conducted by Liviu Danceanu during the 3rd Cycle of Contemporary Spanish Music in Europe.
The Choir Music Contest in Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza) commissioned him the compulsory work for the Choirs in the 2004 Contest with the title Tambores y otros sones. The Comunidad de Madrid Orchestra and the Foundation Canal de Isabel II asked him to write a play, Quinteto de Viento Quinteto de Agua (Wind Quintet) for their annual season of concerts around the topic of water.
The Chamber Orchestra of the Auditorio de Zaragoza (Grupo Enigma) plays in the Cánovas Theatre in Málaga Suite Imaginaria de El Quijote as a part of the collective work Lectura de El Quijote to celebrate the Fourth Centenary of the first edition of the work by Cervantes. In February 2005 the Luxembourg Sinfonietta conducted by Juan José Olives played Música para Buñuel in Luxembourg.
In 2005 he takes part in a project with the director Carlos Gil-Roig and the producing company "Factoría 9" to write the music for the documentary entitled The Last Templar which is shown in the permanent exhibition in the Centro de Interpretación de la Orden del Temple situated in the Saint Nicholas Chapel in the Castle of the city of Monzon (Huesca) In the same year the organizers of the International Workshop of Choral Music in Borja (Zaragoza) ask him to write a piece for orchestra and choir to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the workshops. The work is entitled Cantemos y Holguemos.
In the 2005-2006 season of the Chamber Orchestra of the Auditorio de Zaragoza-Grupo "Enigma", to pay homage to the late Aragonese composer Angel Oliver Pina, the conductor Juan José Olives asks him to orchestrate Piezas sobre temas populares infantiles españoles written by Oliver for piano.
Paloma Manau, conductor of Coral Montisonense, asks him to write an adaptation of the popular 16th century piece De Monçon venía el moço, a favourite song of the choir of Monzón (Huesca). He has been invited by Marcos Castán (composer and choir conductor) to take part in the Stage of the Young Choir of COACE (Spanish Choral Federation) which took place last July in Graus (Huesca).
From 1998 he has been writing the music reviews from Zaragoza for the music magazine RITMO and from 2004 he also write reviews for the newspaper HERALDO DE ARAGON. He has also written for the magazine PHILOS METAL and the former Aragonese magazine TRÉBEDE.
He has composed the orchestral music for a stage production of the film Metrópolis of Fritz Lang, produced by the theatre company Teatro Che y Moche and the Aragon Drama Center that was premiered in December 2007. This spectacle has been awarded with the Professionals Jury and the Public Jury in the Theater and Dance Show (MATD08) in the cities of Alcañiz and Caspe in Spain. “Metrópolis” is winner of the MAX Prizes for Performing Arts in Spain in the section of Best Novel Show.
Premiere of "Metrópolis"
He has composed an electronic work for the new Pavilion of Zaragoza in the 2008 International Exhibition in this city.
He has composed the musical themes for the children show “¡Que te calles!” with text by Miguel Angel Ortiz and directed by Marian Pueo and produced by Teatro Che y Moche.
He has composed the music for the puppets show "Cajal, el Rey de los Nervios" with text from Adolfo Ayuso and directed and performed by Elena Millan (Puppets Company "Titeres de la Tía Elena") about the youth of the Spanish scientist and Nobel Prize Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
The Matarraña (county from Aragón, Spain) Choirs Asociation honoured him with the Honorific Mention "Miguel de Aguilar" for his choral music.
His work “Música para Buñuel” (“Music for (Luis) Buñuel”) will be played by the Saragosse Auditorium Chamber Orchestra-”Enigma” Ensemble in his latinamerican tour.
Is member of the multiartistic team “El Arte-Facto” created by Che y Moche Productions.
May 2010