Biography
Dr. Luis Jorge González's compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles, choir and solo instruments have been performed in major concert halls and festivals of Europe, the U.S.A., South America and Japan. His works have been presented at the International Forum of Composers in Paris, France (1981, 1985 and 1991); some of his compositions have been published by Belwin Mills, Sounding Solitudes Press, Don Henry Music (U.S.A.) and Bérben (Italy) He has recordings on Opus One Label, New Arts Recordings, Lejos del Parafso (México) Consejo Argentino de la Música Collection.
Dr. González has received many prizes and awards, among them: a Guggenheim Fellowship (1978-79); two First Prizes from the International Composition Competition of the Percussive Arts Society, U.S.A. (1975 and 1979) ; Prizes from ''Fondu Nacional de las Artes'', Argentina (1975 and 1976); Third Prize from the Wieniawski International Competition, Poland (1976); Premio di Composizione Sinfonica Citté di Trieste, italy (1978); from Radio France International Guitar Competition (1984), Premio Trinac - from the National Tribune of Composers of Argentina (1980, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993), American Harp Society, U.S.A. (1986), the Faculty Arts Award from the University of Colorado (1990), Faculty Fellowship from the University of Colorado (1995) International Society of Bassists (1997) and University of Colorado Award for Creative work (1999)
He has received commissions from Universidad Nacional de San Juan (Argentina), Austin Music Festival, Shapleigh Foundation, Encuentros con la Música Contamporánea (Argentina), Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Cosanti Foundation, North / South Consonance, Colorado Music Festival, University of Northern Colorado, Sociedad Mexicana de Arpa, University of Kentucky and the American Guild of Organists, and some internationally renown soloists.
Dr. González earned his Master of Music and Doctor in Musical Arts degrees in composition from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, where he studied with Earle Brown and Robert Hall Lewis.
Gonzalez has taught theory at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and theory and composition at the University of San Juan, Argentina. He has been a faculty member at the University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S.A. since 1982.