Andres Levell

Andrés Levell (Caracas, 1983), is a Venezuelan pianist and composer. At the age of eleven, he began his studies in music. He is a self-taught composer. The son of artist parents, he developed an interest in various branches of the arts, which he has explored in one way or another. He has ventured into composing music for dance and theater, dramaturgy (including his multidisciplinary stage works Siete Réquiems del Suicidio, Reflexiones de un Autista, premiered in February 1999, and Suite Dreptklooniwtlavsptf, premiered at the Teresa Carreño Theater in October 2003 under the author’s direction, with the special participation of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel), narrative (a short novel in progress, Flores en jugo de naranja, and a short story collection in progress, Alicia y la Melancolía), and musical composition (the cycle of works El Despertar de los Templos Dormidos for mixed choir, actors’ choir, soloists, solo piano, dancers, and symphony orchestra—a kind of opera still in progress—Danzas del Desgarramiento, Naturaleza Muerta for piano, Espectros for piano and string quartet, Zeus toma la forma de un cisne for voice and piano, etc.). Between September and November 2004, he was selected through the UNESCO-Aschberg program to undertake a scholarship as part of the Young Artists Programme, consisting of a creative residency at the Conservatorio de Las Rosas in Morelia (Mexico). This residency was later suspended by the conservatory following…