Coriún Aharonián

"The only way of being oneself ... is to try to live the creative act in such a way that it can generate cultural countermodels"

Coriún Aharonián is a composer of electronic and instrumental music, essayist, conductor, and educator. His music is deeply Latin American and explores native wind instruments with particular attention to their expressive context and suggestive dynamics.

Aharonián has traveled widely, teaching, conducting, and attending performances of his music in Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela, and Spain. He has been artist-in-residence in Berlin, Bourges, and Stockholm, and received commissions from festivals in Warsaw, Freiburg, and Donaueschingen. He has served as executive secretary of the Latin American Courses for Contemporary Music.

Aharonián currently lives in Montevideo, Uruguay, and actively composes, teaches, and travels.

Available CDs