Juan Calderon
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I'm a composer in the New York City area.Band/artist history
New York city based composer and guitarist Juan Calderon (b. 1979) is a native of Ecuador and was raised in Colombia since he was five. He immigrated to Miami, Florida at age 21 for political reasons.
The work of Juan Calderon speaks a unique language that blends elements from his early musical experiences in Colombia, as a member of various folk, rock (metal ) ensembles, and his studies in East Asian music fuelled by travels and interaction with musicians and artists in China and Japan.
Calderons music has been performed throughout South America, the United States and Asia. Although Juan cannot return to his native Colombia, his string duet, Famous Librarians (commissioned by Olivia de Prato and Victor Lowrie, was premiered at the Medellín Conservatory of Music.) His piece for electric bass and keyboard, Glue Pain Ghost, a collaboration with video artist, Jane Hsu, was invited to a world premiere at the GEISAI Art festival in Tokyo, and the Art Basel festival in Miami.
Juan Calderon holds a Masters of music from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under the tutelage of Susan Botti in composition and electronic music with Joel Chadabe. He also holds a Bachelors of Music degrees from Miami Dade College, where he studied jazz guitar with Tom Lippincott, and the New World School of the Arts, where he studied composition with Susan Epstein.Have you performed in front of an audience?I played in a black metal band and a prog metal band in Colombia. When I moved to the US I played on a jazz band in college and I did gigs on the side playing solo guitar for weddings and graduations.
Your musical influences
A Chronological Journey of Changing Musical Tastes:
-Corny Spanish Rock on the radio
-The Police
-Queen
-Led Zeppelin
-Gringos Locos
-Alice in Chains
-Metallica
-Death
-Cannibal Corpse
-Sepultura
-Slayer
-Ingwie Malmsteen
-Fight (Rob Halford's solo project)
-Pantera
-Symphony X
-Dream Theather
-Shitloads of Salsa and Vallenato I was forced to listen to on Colombian public transportation
-Soda Stereo (Never owned a record, though)
-The Cure
-Pat Metheny
-Pat Martino
-Bill Frisell
-Wes Montgomery
-Bill Evans
-Chick Corea
-Miles Davis
-John Coltrane
-Manitas de Plata
-J.S. Bach
-Shostakovich
-Bartok (Those dammed string quartets)
-Scriabin
-Mahler
-Interpol
-Morrisey
-The Smiths
-Debussy
-Stravinsky
-Rachmaninov
-Brahms
-Steve Reich
-John Adams
-John Cage
-Charles Ives
-John Harbison
-Lots of Piazzola
-GesualdoWhat equipment do you use?
Pencil, paper, Roland keyboard found on the street, and many guitars.
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