Aug.16.2022

As part of the Inaugural Composing Inclusion Composer Commissions, my new orchestra work will be featured on the NY Phil’s Young People’s Concert: New Voices, on May 6, 2023, at David Geffen Hall’s Wu Tsai Theater, conducted by Paolo Bortolameolli.

May 8 2021

Amazingly performed, and video recorded by the WDR Sinfonieorchester and Baldur Bronnimann.

Oct 5 2021

"Detrás de un muro de ilusiones" is having its Swiss premiere by the cool Basel Sinfonietta.

Jan 27 2022

"B-sides" from 2018 is premiering on January 27 by the nice Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia and Carlos Ágrega, conducting.

Jan 22 2022

so honored to be featured on the Washington Post' 22 for ’22: Composers and performers to watch this year.

Aug 24 2020

Excited to be one of the winners of the National Sawdust's Digital Discovery Festival New Works Commission. Looking forward to writing a new piece for National Sawdust Ensemble.

Jul 03 2017

Nashville Symphony Composer Lab Workshop 2017 (Next November, TN)
Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor.
Aaron Kernis, Program Director and Jury Chairman.

Jan 21 2021

Honored for joining Schott PSNY!
Since now, Schott administrates and publishes my chamber works worldwide.

Jul 21 2014

Commisioned by International Winter Festival of Campos do Jordao.
Percussion Ensemble of Festival. Eduardo Leandro (Brazil), conductor.

Feb 12 2020

Two of my orchestral works are featured now on the Vienna-based portal, "nomus21."
It seeks out and presents symphonic music by living composers. Check it out!

Jun 23 2017

26th Annual Underwood New Music Readings.
American Composers Orchestra. George Manahan, Music Director and conductor.
Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music.

Mar 15 2016

Talk about compositional process and influences.
Universidad Distrial FJC.

Nov 14 2017

Concert Band, the State University of New York at Fredonia. Raymond Stewart, conductor.

Mar 27 2018

MSM composers concert:
"INFRASTRUCTURES" for string quartet. Greenfield Hall, MSM

Molly Germer, violin
Julia Suh, violin
Lena Vidulich, viola
Thea Mesirow, cello

May 06 2016

Talk about compositional process of Concerto for Percussion Trio and Orchestra.
Orchestration vs. Composition.
Javeriana University

Nov 14 2019

Member of the Medellin Phil will be performing my second string quartet "INFRASTRUCTURES". The program includes Beethoven's Symphony 1. On this occasion, the audience will be sitting very close to the orchestra, and also the full orchestra will be on the stage during the performance. Such a cool idea! I wish I could be there!

Sep 20 2019

The inaugural concert of the Colombian Composers Collective (C3) will take place in Austin. Glad to be working with the ensemble, Hear No Evil. The program will include pieces by Sergio Cote, Diana Rodriguez, Felipe Henao, Nicola Aguia, Jose Martinez, and myself. The concert was possible thanks to the Rainwater Innovation Grant. The University of Texas at Austin. Stay tuned for more about our collective.

Jun 21 2017

"From Infinity" for orchestra,
American Composers Orchestra's Underwood New Music Reading.

Jan 28 2019

So thrilled to be selected the 2019 composer-in-residence for the Medellin Philharmonic. The roles include composing a large piece, "Concerto for orchestra and electronics", and programming another orchestral and chamber pieces, plus workshops and lectures in the city of Medellin.

Mar 05 2018

THROUGH THE NOISE Contemporary Concert Series II at Opera America, NYC. "A song for" for solo violin, premiered by Julia Suh.

Apr 20 2018

Selected composer fellow for the Loretto Project 2018. I'll write a new piece for Longleash. Very looking forward to meeting Kate Sope and the other fellow composers"

Jul 23 2013

Composition Prize of the International Winter Festival of Campos do Jordao 2013.
Dynamics of a Meteorite for string quartet

Feb 16 2018

"CADENZA" for orchestra was based on the Riverside Church Tower's structural design. The piece is dedicated to Reiko Fueting.
Performed by the Manhattan School of Music Composers Orchestra, conducted by Maestro George Manahan

Jul 23 2013

International Winter Festival of Campos do Jordao 2013.
Fundation OSESP
Kalevi Aho (Finland), composer in residence.

Nov 16 2015

Coral and Symphony Composition Award by the Bogotá Philharmonic
Stories and Shadows fWind Ensemble

Apr 25 2014

Commissioned by International Winter Festival of Campos do Jordao and Symphony Orchestra of Sau Paulo (OSESP). Percussion Ensemble of Festival.
Eduardo Leandro (Brazil), Conductor.

Oct 16 2017

THROUGH THE NOISE, composers
Riverside Church Hall
Molly Germer, violin
Julia Jung Un, violin
Jay Julio, viola
Thea Mesirow, cello

Aug 06 2020

"her letters" for solo violin was composed as part of the #GLFCAMGigThruCOVID digital World Premieres.
"her letters" was recorded at home by Julia Suh.

Apr 04 2017

Infinity Lines for flute and piano.
Leia Slosberg, flute and Brian Daurelle, piano.
Composers Concert
Miller Hall. Manhattan School Of Music.

May 18 2017

Talk about compositional process, notation and indeterminacy in
Mirrors in the Void for Orchestra.
National University of Colombia

Jan 28 2017

"Eclosion" for Orchestra
Recording Session
EAFIT Symphony Orchestra. Cecilia Espinosa, conducting.
CD: New Colombia Music for Orchestra 2017.

May 05 2018

I'm so glad to invite you all to an evening of my music. One hour of music, four pieces and around twenty great and cool musicians.
Please join us!

Apr 06 2017

Second Place and Honorable

Jun 14 2016

Selected the winner of the Young Music Talents 2016 by the Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
Read the interview (Spanish).

Jan 28 2018

Composer selected for the 2018 programs of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. Composition fellows will be working with Grammy-nominated duo ZOFO to create original new music over the span of this year with onsite readings and master classes provided in beautiful Boonville, CA, San Francisco, and Columbia, South Carolina.

May 11 2018

So thrilled to be awarded the Nicolas Flagello Award and the Saul Braverman Award for outstanding achievement in n Composition and Music Theory, respectively, by the Manhattan School of Music.

Nov 29 2012

"REFERENCE" for orchestra. National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia's Platform 28.
Baldur Brohnnimann, conducting.
Fabio Lozano Hall, Bogota.

May 12 2017

American Composers Orchestra's Underwood New Music Readings.
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music.

Oct 31 2013

Ivory Tower, Concerto for Orchestra. Second Place and Honorable Mention
National Composition Prize 2013. Bogotá Philharmonic.

Sep 22 2012

"XV National Award for Musical Composition City of Bogotá" by the Bogotá Philharmonic.
"Iron Curtains" for chamber ensemble.

Julio 31 2015

by the Ministry of Culture of Colombia for his Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra

Nov 13 2015

Young Performers Series 2015. Camilo Chaparro, cello and Sebastian Avendaño, piano. Luis Ángel Arango Hall, Bogota.

Oct 24 2019

Apply Triangle's program, New York Counterpoint includes several pieces for flute, clarinet, piano, and electronics. I'm so glad I'll be touring with this amazing ensemble and group of friends.
Tour: New York, Magdeburg (SinusTon Festival), Weimar, Leipzig, and Dresden.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

Nov 29 2013

"Catarsis" for orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia,
Alejandro Posada, conducting.
Young Colombian Composers Workshop: Platform 28-2013.
Fabio Lozano Hall.

Nov 23 2019

Last but not least concert as the 2019 composer-in-residence for the Medellin Philharmonic. The orchestra will be performing my 25-minute long piece "RETRO". I'll be again performing the electronics on stage. The program includes Beethoven's Triple Concerto and Dvorak's Symphony 9.

May 07 2015

Opening Concert of Contemporary Music Festival of Pereira. Wind Ensemble of Pereira, and Mateo Sepulveda, conductor.

Dec 17 2015

by Camará Ensemble
Commissioned work for
Closing Concert of Música de Agora na Bahia-Brazil.

Mar 02 2020

"Never was the way" for amplified ensemble was selected as one of the followMyScore 2019 Call for Works. The piece was premiered by TAK Ensemble + cellist Meaghan Burke on March 23, 2019, at the ARCH, UPenn.

Jan 22 2019

As part of the institute, I will write a new piece for the Orchestra of Saint Luke's to be performed at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York City on July 19th.

Feb 02 2018

CD New Colombian Music for Orchestra, Vol 6 by the EAFIT Symphony Orchestra.
Cecilia Espinosa, conducting.
"Eclosion" (2014)

Jan 13 2017

New Music Ensemble,
National University of Colombia.
Lienzo - Eliana Echeverry
Tres Aforismos - José Guillermo Martínez
Dinámicas de un meteorito - James Diaz
Cavatina - Gustavo Parra
Petits entreteniments subtils - Moises Bertrán

Nov 03 2016

Talk about form, orchestration and process of "Catarsis" for orchestra
Manhattan School of Music.

Dec 09 2015

Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra, Saturn Lights. Recording Session.
Mateo Sepulveda, conducting.
REC Symphony
Javeriana University

Dec 15 2017

A collective of composers, musicians, choreographers, and visual artists, Path New Music Theater, curates and produces contemporary new media theater.
Our first project, Simulacrum is an opera based on the libretto Loved for parts by playwright Marianna Staroseklsky.

Oct 30 2012

by the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia for his work REFERENCE for Orchestra Reading Sessions of New Colombian Composers: Plataforma 28-2012.

Jun 08 2018

"Simulacrum" was premiered in the 3LD Arts &amp; Technology Center.
Featuring music by Peter Kramer, Yangzhi Ma, Meng Wang, Longfei Li, Reiko Fueting, and James Diaz. Librettist Marianna Staroselsky.

Mar 01 2017

Young Colombian Composers Workshop: Plataforma 28-2017.
Mirrors in the Void for Orchestra.

Jul 19 2019

The inaugural DeGaetano Composition Institute culminated with world premieres for chamber orchestra by participants Viet Cuong, José Martinez, Liza Sobel and myself.

Jun 01 2019

So excited for my inaugural concert as the 2019 composer-in-residence for the Medellin Philharmonic. The orchestra will be performing my piece "CADENZA". The Brazilian conductor Alexandra Arrieche will be conducting. The program includes Higdon's Percussion Concerto and Villalobos' Bachianna No. 7.

Nov 26 2014

Sidereal Inflections for trumpet and vibraphone

Commisioned by the DUO Percutrom, Juan Fernando Avendaño, trumpet and Gabriel Galvis, vibraphone
Olav Roots Hall

April 05 2019

So excited for the upcoming Mexican premiere of my piece "Mirrors in the Void" (2017) by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa and maestro Eduardo Leandro
What a cool program: Xenakis' "Peaux, de Pleyares"&nbsp;and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring."

Oct 10 2019

Medellin Phil will be performing my recent orchestral piece "Behind a Wall of Illusions". The program includes Beethoven's Symphony 8.

Aug 03 2019

"Azul", the second movement of my concerto for orchestra and electronics, will be pre-premiered by the Medellin Philharmonic, with Colombian conductor Juan Pablo Valencia. The first time ever I'll be performing electronics on stage! The program includes Beethoven's Symphony 5 and Strauss' Horn Concerto with outstanding Stefan Dohr.

Nov 24 2014

by National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia for his work "Reflections of a Radioactive Sky" for orchestra.
Thomas Goldka, conducting.
Reading Sessions of New Colombian Composers, Platform 28.

Apr 12 2015

Mention of honor and commission of new chamber music work.

Feb 03 2018

The Colombian Ministry of Culture has released the CD National Prizes in Composition 2015-16, featuring James' Concerto for percussion trio and orchestra, "Saturn Lights".

Mar 24 2017

"Mirrors in the Void" for orchestra. National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, Jose Luis Dominguez, conducting.
Fabio Lozano Hall.

Feb 28 2020

The piece was reviewed by composer/writer Itza Garcia, to be included in the special edition of the magazine "La palabra y el hombre" was made to celebrate the 90th year anniversary of the Xalapa Symphony, who did the Mexican premiere of my work "Mirrors in the voids".

Jul 31 2015

by the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, Teatro Colón, National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia for his piece Eclosión

Sep 01 2013

by National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia for his work Catarsis for Orchestra.

Reading Sessions of New Colombian Composers: Platform 28.