Gabriel Senanes is an Argentine conductor, composer and journalist <http://www.lanacion.com.ar/02/03/23/ds_382863.asp> . Born April 16th 1956 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, his works have been performed and recorded by soloists and ensembles in Argentina, Europe and the United States. He has participated as a composer, arranger and music director in numerous recordings and concerts, and has also composed scores for feature films <http://cinenacional.com/personas/index.html?persona=10545> and theater.

Mr. Senanes <http://www.musicaeninternet.com.ar/notas/n_sena.htm> has conducted his own symphonic works and premiered numerous recordings of contemporary Argentine music. His Concierto en canto negroriano for violin and orchestra was written for Fernando "Negro" Suárez Paz, violinist with the late Astor Piazzolla. Senanes conducted the work in many performances, including the National Symphony Orchestra, and subsequently recorded it with Suárez Paz as soloist. In 1995 the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Interamerican Music Council commissioned an opera, Ring Side, opera in seven rounds. He has also received a commission from the Argentine Culture Secretary to write Proa al Este, a work commemorating the centenary of Jorge Luis Borges' birth, which premiered with the National Symphony Orchestra on August 27th 1999 to great success. The Mayo Orchestra commissioned Tres retratos entrañables (Three Potent Portraits - Concerto for strings and strings) in 1997, conducted by Bulgarian Maestro Dmitr Manolov.

That same year, Senanes was a member of the jury panel awarding the National Music Prize, the most prestigious musical honor in Argentina. He was also member of the 2000 Edition of the Alberto Ginastera International Competition Award panel awarded September 2000 in the Canary Islands, Spain. Paquito D'Rivera, the American Saxophone Quartet and The Commission Project commissioned his Cubamericargie Quintet, which premiered December 19, 1999 at the Merkin Concert Hall in New York. The following day, December 20, 1999, the Camerata Bariloche premiered En claves celestiales at the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires, a result of another commission by this prestigious group. The D'Rivera and American Saxophone Quartet studio version of the Cubamericargie Quintet <http://sonsofsound.com/music/cds/sspcd009.html> have been released on the Sons of Sound label (The Commission Project CD <http://sonsofsound.com/news/press/20020108.html> , January 2002). Senanes' CDs have been well received both critically and by the general public. Several well-known classical and popular artists have participated in recording of his works. León Gieco, Fernando Suárez Paz, Roberto Fats Fernández and other prestigious artists play in his LP Cartón lleno (1987) and in his first CD Vía Libre (Free Way) released in 1996, with Senanes conducting The Spring String All Stars Orchestra and playing keyboards, sax and guitar. In November 2000 it was released Kasakoff plays Senanes, a CD recorded by the prestigious Argentine pianist Susana Kasakoff focusing on his solo piano compositions. He is the founder conductor of the Leon Symphony Orchestra, devoted to the music of argentine composer Ernestina Puppo. He was also commissioned to compose the Antipopular Suite <http://www.eldorado.org.ar/coleccion/coleccion.htm> for flute, bassoon and orchestra, recorded by flutist Jorge de la Vega and bassoonist Andrea Merenzon in a CD released by Radio Clásica in April 1999. On September 9th and 10th 1999, he was invited to give lectures about composition at the San Francisco Conservatory and the Star Classics Recital Hall, in San Francisco.

Mr. Senanes was also commissioned to write chamber pieces by the renown French classical saxophone player Claude Delangle which premiered at the Musica 99 Strasbourg Festival in September 1999 and was recorded in 2001, and by the Fundación Encuentros Internacionales de Música Contemporánea <http://www.aliciaterzian.com.ar/encuentros_con_el_tango_programa.htm> , which premiered in August 1999, was recorded in November 1999 and released in France in 2001. On February 15, 2000 the celebrated Latin American String Quartet (Cuarteto Latinoamericano) premiered his Cuartetango in Mexico. The famous American viola soloist Paul Neubauer performed his Tango for Four Strings at the OK Mozart 2000 Festival in June of that same year. In December 2000 Senanes released a CD made with his beloved friend, the tango poet Enrique Cadícamo, featuring Leopoldo Federico, Néstor Marconi and Julio Pane (bandoneon), Fernando Suárez Paz (violin), Nicolás Ledesma (piano), Horacio Cabarcos (double bass), Anibal Arias and Lucho González (guitar) and many other legendary tango players. As an arranger, Senanes has worked and recorded with many famous popular and folk artists of his country. He also arranged and conducted the songs written by Alejandro Lerner and Lito Vitale for the Channel 13 program "Day of the Millennium", for chorus, orchestra and lead singer Mercedes Sosa, which broadcast worldwide December 31, 1999. In May 2000 he conducted the Say No More Symphony Orchestra during the Charly García concert at the Obras Stadium. On October 7, 2000 he conducted the Orchestra and Choir at the UNICEF Festival in Panamá. He arranged and conducted Sinfonías para adolescentes, Sui Generis' new CD, released in October 2000.

His Concierto en Canto Negroriano para violín y orquesta (Negrorian concerto for violin and orchestra) had its US premiere on June 30, 2000 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, with the San Francisco Camerata conducted by maestro José Luis Moscovich and Fernando Suárez Paz as guest soloist. The same musicians and orchestra recorded this composition at the George Lukas' Skywalker Ranch in July 2000, with Senanes as artistic producer and Leslie-Ann Jones as sound engineer. On August 4, 2001 Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet) and the Buenos Aires String Quartet performed the world premiere of Senanes' Uncertain certainty (the life is) <http://www.lanacion.com.ar/01/08/07/ds_325651.asp> at the Colon Theater. This three movement piece and his arrangement of Piazzolla's Concert for Quintet are included in the CD Riberas (Shores) (Epsa Music, 2004) played by Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet) and the Buenos Aires String Quartet. On March 22, 2002, he conducts the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentine premiering his Prosa Sinfónica <http://www.laguia.clarin.com/diario/2002-03-26/c-00401.htm> , commissioned by Inter American Music Friends <http://pagina12.feedback.net.ar/buscador/ver.php?idnota=3116&amp;idsec=6> . He also wrote the original arrangements for Martha Argerich, Mercedes Sosa and Camerata Bariloche's great concert in the 2003 edition of the Martha Argerich Festival at the Colon Theater. In 2004 he composed and recorded a string quartet for the play Matar el pensamiento, written by Federico Olivera. This same year, the top TV show Fútbol de Primera (Football Major League) broadcasts every Sunday night his string orchestra (Orquesta Cuerda), playing under his conduction five pieces commisioned by this very popular program. On 13th. October 2004 he conducted the Filarmonia Veneta Orchestra premiering Filippo Perocco, Claudio Ambrosini and Enrico Cocco compositions and his own symphonic work Altergato (Tres Tristes Traviesos en Treviso), at the 10th. edition of the Finestre sul Novencento International Festival, in Treviso, Italy.

As a journalist, Senanes was a member of the staff of Clarin, the largest circulation daily in Argentina, and other media. He has also hosted his own radio program. In 1980, he wrote 4 x 4 = Rock, a book of interviews with outstanding rock musicians (Ed. Grupo Editor de Buenos Aires).

In September 2000 became Musical Advisor of the Culture Secretary of the Buenos Aires City Government. From 2001 until 2002, he was appointed Music Director of Buenos Aires City. Since 2002 until 2004, he was General and Artistic Director of the Colon Theater.

Selected works - Lista seleccionada de obras

Ring-Side, opera en siete rounds (Ring-side, opera in seven rounds) - Opera commissioned by the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1995.
Hércules en la Perfumería, (Si mon blue songe chantait...), for orchestra - Commissioned by Maestro Simón Blech - Premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra in 1995, conducted by Maestro Simón Blech.
Proa al este (Monumento sonoro a Borges), for orchestra. Commissioned by the Argentina Culture Secretary commemorating the centenary of Jorge Luis Borges' birth. Premiered and broadcasted the 27th August 1999 by the National Symphony Orchestra.
Tres retratos entrañables (Three potent portraits) - Commissioned by the Mayo Bank Foundation - Premiered the 14th October 14th 1997 by the Mayo Orchestra, conducted by the Bulgarian maestro Dmitr Manolov.
Suite antipopular (Unpopular suite), for flute, bassoon and orchestra - Commissioned by Jorge de la Vega and Andrea Merenzon, CD released in April 1999 by Radio Clásica.
Concierto en canto negroriano, for violin and orchestra, dedicated to Mr. Fernando "Negro" Suárez Paz, violinist with the late Astor Piazzolla. Premiered by Mr. Suárez Paz and the composer conducting the National Symphony Orchestra in 1996 - Recorded by Suárez Paz and Senanes conducting the Rosario Symphony Orchestra (live performance)
Four fatos for Fats, for trumpet and orchestra - Dedicated to Roberto Fats Fernández - Premiered by Mr. Fernández (trumpet) and the composer conducting the National Orchestra of Argentine Music in 1996.
Oboide, for oboe and orchestra - Premiered by Luis Giavón (oboe) and the composer conducting the Rosario Chamber Orchestra in 1992.
Suite a cuerda, for string orchestra - Premiered by the composer conducting the San Juan Symphony Orchestra, 1991. - Also available in CDs "Vía Libre" (Free way) (EPSA Music 17432) and "Panorama de la música argentina", (IRCO 315).
Campechana, for string orchestra. Premiered by the composer conducting the National Orchestra of Argentine Music, 1995.
Bandada (Sinfonía para Banda), for symphonic band - Commissioned by Mtro. Daniel Schapiro - Premiered by Mr. Schapiro conducting the Michigan University Symphonic Band, 1986.
Bandida (Sinfonía para Banda), for symphonic band - Premiered by the composer conducting the Buenos Aires Symphonic Band, 1986.
QuinteTo Cante (¿Quin te toca ante?), for woodwind quintet. Premiered and recorded by La Sociedad de los Cinco Vientos in June 1998 at Phoenix, Arizona.
Cuartetango, for string quartet. Commissioned by the National Tango Academy's String Quartet, 1999. Premiered 15th February 2000 by the Latin-American Quartet, in Mexico.
En una petite garconiere de Paris (lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo) and Perfume a Café, commissioned by the Futuristic Tango group of Claude Delangle, 1999, premiered the 29th. September in Musica 99, Strasbourg.
Gatongo Atunaleza (Gatango), for flute, clarinet, violin and cello. Commissioned and premiered by the Grupo Encuentros, 27th. August 1999. Recorded in November 1999, included in the CD Encuentros con el Tango (Disques Dom, 2001, France).
Cubamericargie Quintet, commissioned by Paquito D'Rivera, the American Saxophone Quartet and The Commission Project, premiered the 19th. December 1999 at the Merkin Concert Hall, New York. Included in The Commission Project, a Sons of Sound's CD released in January 2002, New York, USA.
En claves celestiales, commissioned by the Camerata Bariloche, premiered the 20th December 1999 at the Colon Theater, Buenos Aires.
Kasakoff plays Senanes (Epsa Music, CD 17446) - Piano works played by Susana Kasakoff. Released in November 2000.
Uncertain certainty (the life is), (Certeza incierta, la vida), three movements for clarinet and string quartet. Commisioned and premiered by Paquito D'Rivera and the Buenos Aires String Quartet at the Colon Theater, August 4th 2001. Later recorded by the same artists and included in the CD Riberas (Shores), released in August 2004 by Epsa Music.
Prosa Sinfónica, for full orchestra. Commissioned by Inter American Music Friends. Premiered by the composer conducting the National Symphony Orchestra, 22th. March 2002.
Altergato (Tres Tristes Traviesos en Treviso), for orchestra. Premiered by the composer conducting the Filarmonia Veneta Orchestra, 13th. October 2004, at the 10th. edition of the Finestre sul Novencento International Festival, Treviso, Italy.
Gabriel Senanes