Maximiliano A. Soto Mayorga
With currently 45 works premiered since 2017 in the Americas, Europe and Asia, with renowned ensembles such as the SWR Symphonieorchester or ensemble Aventure, as well as new ensembles such as .abeceda (SI), SHSHCC (CA), Clash Trio (DE), and Colectivo Azul (CL) among many others, I dedicate my practice of music creation from both sound and stage.
BIO
Maximiliano Alejandro Soto Mayorga (Santiago, 1991) completed his composition studies in Chile (Licenciatura en Artes mención Composición) with Rafael Díaz Silva and Jorge Martínez Ulloa and in Germany (Master & Konzertexamen) with Johannes Schöllhorn. Masterclasses, including with Carola Bauckholt (2010), Luca Belcastro (2013), Bernard Cavanna (2015), Ramón Lazkano (2018), Eunhwa Cho (2020), Dre Hocevar (2020), Georges Aperghis (2022) and Annesley Black (2022), complemented his training.
WORKS
Since 2017, Soto Mayorga has built an international career with 55 premieres in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Mexico, the UK, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea and Canada. His works have been published by Sikorski-Boosey & Hawkes and Editorial Nacional (Chile). In 2023, he was invited to give lectures at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Universidad de Chile, as well as workshops at the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín in Arequipa, Peru.
AWARDS
European awards among others the residency scholarship of the Akademie Musiktheater Heute (Deutsche Bank Stiftung) 2024-26, the Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen 2024, participation in the orchestral composition workshops of the SWR Symphony Orchestra 2021 (Titus Engel) and 2024 (Manuel Nawri), the TONALi20 prize and commission under the patronage of Sofia Gubaidulina and Ad-Libitum 2022 (as a participant in the trioNONtrio collective). At Ibero-American level, Soto Mayorga received the Ibero-American Composition Prize IBERMÚSICAS 2023 and the IBERMÚSICAS Residency 2021 in London. In Germany, he received the federal scholarship Neustart KULTUR 2022, the scholarship Klangspektrum, the DAAD Prize 2018 and was a finalist at Doppelpunkt22 (Akademie Hamburg) and the DMW 2019 and 2022. In Chile, he was awarded the Carlos Riesco Prize 2016 of the Academia Chilena de Bellas Artes, the PULSAR Prize 2018 of the Sociedad de Derechos de Autor and second place in the composition competition for oboe of the Mismar Foundation.
FESTIVALS
Soto Mayorga has participated in festivals such as the EstOvest (Italy, October 2024), Open Ears Festival (Canada, June 2024), .abeceda Festival (Slovenia, 2023-24), Sommer in Stuttgart (Germany, 2022), Forum Neuer Musik Mit doppeltem Blick (Germany, 2022), ENSEMS 42 Hibridations (Spain, 2020), NUNTEMPA 7 (Mexico, 2019), the Festival de Videoarte MARCO La Boca (Argentina, 2020), the Museum Night Hegau-Schaffhausen (Germany, 2019) and the XVII FIMC Universidad de Chile (Chile, 2017), as well as the PRISMAS Festival Permanente de Creación Latinoamericana (Chile/Peru/Argentina - 2012-14).
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
As a lecturer, Soto Mayorga has conducted composition workshops for children and young people in Freiburg, including the Home for Refugees Freiburg-Wiehre (2018) and participation in the festival for new music for children KLONG Mehrklang e.V. (2024)
As artistic director of the Kompass Ensemble in Freiburg (2018-2023), he led projects such as INSEKTEN, an international collaboration of 94 composers with over 100 miniatures premiered online and on Deutschlandfunkkultur during the pandemic between 2020 and 2021.
In 2019, he rescued and supervised the German revival of the work of the (politically persecuted) German-Chilean composer Leni Alexander Pollak as part of the Art&Schock season of the Equal Opportunities Office of the Freiburg University of Music.
CV TABULAR
Maximiliano Alejandro Soto Mayorga (born September 26, 1991 in Santiago, Chile)
Education:
● 2017-22: Master & Konzertexamen in Composition, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Johannes Schöllhorn
● 2010-16: Licenciatura en Artes mención Composition, Universidad de Chile with Rafael Díaz (2010-2011, 2015) and Jorge Martínez Ulloa (2012-2014)
● Master Classes & Workshops: Alessandro Solbiati (2024), Sara Abazari (2024), Martin Schüttler (2024), Isabel Mundry (2024), Brice Pauset (2023), Annesley Black (2022), Georges Aperghis (2022), Dre Hocevar (2020), Eunhwa Cho (2020), Ramón Lazkano (2018), Bernard Cavanna (2015), Brigitta Muntendorf (2014), Christophe Havel (2012), Luca Belcastro (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), Carola Bauckholt (2010), Sonia López (2008, photography) Raúl Zurita (2007, poetry)
● 2014: Pure-Data with René Romo
● 2008-2009: Composition with Nicolás Espinoza Curimil
● 2007-2011: Harmony, Counterpoint and Arrangements with Roberto Trujillo Sibilla
● 2007-2011: Saint Gabriel's School Youth Ensemble for Early Music (Cembalo / Organ) Dir. Pedro Espinoza
Awards, Residencies & Scholarships (Selection):
● 2024-2026: Akademie Musiktheater Heute Deutschebank Stiftung
● 2024: Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Scholarship & Residency
● 2024: SWR Symphony Orchestra Composition Workshop, conductor Manuel Nawri - Stuttgart
● 2023: IBERMÚSICAS - Iberoamerican Composition Prize
● 2022: NEUSTART KULTUR Scholarship – Commissioned by the BKM
● 2021: Ad Libitum Composition Prize Winfried Böhler Cultural Foundation
● 2021: SWR Symphony Orchestra Composition Workshop, conductor Titus Engel - Freiburg
● 2020: IBERMÚSICAS - Iberoamerican Residency Grant for Composers (London - Duo Sowicz-Sano)
● 2019: Netzwerk Neue Musik - Composer in Residence Landesjugendensemble Neue Musik Baden-Württemberg Schloss Kapfenburg
● 2018: DAAD Prize
● 2018: PULSAR Prize SCD Chilean Copyrights Association for "Best Classical or Concert Artist"
● 2016: Chilean Academy of Fine Arts Composition Prize "Carlos Riesco"
Festivals (Selection):
● 2024: EstOvest Festival - Call for Works Winner
● 2024: Rathenower Tage für Neue Musik
● 2024: KLONG Children’s New Music Festival Freiburg - Mehrklang e.V. - Germany
● 2024: Open Ears Festival Toronto, Canada – SHSHCC Ensemble
● 2024: SIMUC Expo Lima - Chilean Classical Music Expo Festival - Lima, Peru
● 2023: Trio Clash Commissioned Work for 50 Years of the Freiburg Percussion Ensemble
● 2023-24: Institut .abeceda Composer in Residence, Slovenia
● 2022: Forum Neuer Musik “mit doppeltem Blick” - Deutschlandfunk & Ensemble Aventure
● 2022: Sommer in Stuttgart MDJ - Young Digital Adventures
● 2020: ENSEMS 42 Hibridations - Alfonso Gómez - Valencia, Spain
● 2019: Museumsnacht Hegau-Schaffhausen - LJE Neue Musik Ba-Wü - Germany
● 2017: XVII Festival Música Contemporánea Universidad de Chile - Colectivo Azul Ensemble
Publications (Selection):
● 2020: Sikorski / Boosey & Hawkes “Figuren im Raureif” (EXEMPLA NOVA 710) ISMN: 9790003043067
Teaching:
● Composition Workshops:
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2024: KLONG New Music for Children - Pestalozzi Schule (6. Klasse) - w. Rosa Bandera
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2023: Universidad Nac. de San Agustín, Arequipa Perú - Percussion Composition Workshop - w. Henry Heizmann
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2019: FREIBURG 900 - Composition workshop Droste-Hüllshof Gymnasium - w. Ensemble Aventure
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2018: Refugee Home Freiburg-Wiehre - Orchester con Anima & Katharina Schmauder
Management & Others (Selection):
● 2024 to date: Librarian - 2eleven edition musiQ
● 2020 to date: Freelance Score Engraver (Sibelius)
● 2019-23: Kompass Ensemble Artistic Direction - Various Projects
● 2019-20: Gleichstellungskommission HfM Freiburg Student Representative
● 2019: (HfM Freiburg) Art&Schock VI LENI ALEXANDER - Idea & Management
● 2019: (HfM Freiburg) BESTIARIO Neue Musik aus Chile - Idea & Management
● 2017-18: Festival Azul de Nueva Música Artistic Direction (Chile)
● 2014-16: OSE Orquesta Sinfónica Estudiantil Universidad de Chile - Orchestra Inspector & Librarian
● 2014-17: Germina.Cciones... Chile & PRISMAS Festival Permanente de Creación Latinoamericana - Production Manager
● 2012-13: Germina.Cciones... Chile - Management Assistant