Mikel Urquiza

ORCHESTRA

Pentimenti (2020)
percussion concerto
Commissioned by the Peter Eötvös Foundation
Premiere: Summer 2021, Budapest

Mis monstruos marinos (2019)
symphony orchestra
Commissioned by the Basque National Orchestra
Premiere: Euskadiko Orkestra, Ruth Reinhardt – 29/01/2021, San Sebastian

Las olas (2017)
string orchestra
Commissioned by the Basque Department for Culture
Premiere: OLC, Pieter-Jelle de Boer – 06/10/2017, Paris

Ikusia ikusirik (2016)
symphony orchestra
Commissioned by Musikene
Premiere: Musikene Orchestra, dir. Arturo Tamayo – 21/02/2016, San Sebastian

Erio (2011)
small orchestra
Premiere: Basque National Orchestra, dir. Nacho de Paz – 05/09/2012, San Sebastian

ENSEMBLE

Cancionero sin palacio (2021)
Commissioned by C Barré ensemble
Premiere : C Barré ensemble & Sébastien Boin – 21/12/2021, Marseille

Ships vanishing in the horizon (2021)
Commissioned by the New European Ensemble
Premiere : New European Ensemble – 09/06/2021, The Hague

Peristylium (2021)
Commissioned by Sonido Extremo
Premiere : Sonido Extremo, Jordi Francés – 24/03/2021, Madrid

Lavorare stanca (2020)
Commissioned by C Barre ensemble
Premiere : C Barré ensemble & Guillaume Bourgogne – 18/03/2021, Paris

Oiseaux gazouillants et hibou qui se retourne (2020)
Commissioned by the E. Intercontemporain and the French Department for Culture
Premiere : Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher – 21/12/2020, Paris

Ars memoriae (2019)
Commissioned by the Peter Eötvös Foundation
Premiere : UMZE ensemble, Rémi Durupt – 30/11/2019, Budapest

Monte Altissimo (2018)
string ensemble
Commissioned by the Peter Eötvös Foundation
Premiere : Danubia Orchestra – 27/02/2019, Budapest

Sex doll deluxe (2018)
Commissioned by ECLAT Festival
Premiere : ascolta ensemble – 10/02/2019, Stuttgart

Opus vermiculatum (2017)
Commissioned by the Goethe Institut and the Spanish Centre for Music
Premiere : ensemble mosaik, Enno Poppe – 20/03/2017,  Madrid

Serpientes y escaleras (serenata) (2016)
Commissioned by the WDR
Premiere : L’Instant Donné – 24/04/2016, Witten

Isiltzen denak (2015)
Commissioned by the Mikel Laboa Chair (University of the Basque Country)
Premiere : Kuraia Ensemble – 14/10/2015, San Sebastian

Les lueurs se sont multipliées (2015)
Commissioned by L’Instant Donné and the French Department for Culture
Premiere : L’Instant Donné – 28/06/2015, Festival Format Raisins

Zintzil (2012)
Commissioned by the BBVA Foundation
Premiere: Krater Ensemble – 10/01/2012, Bilbao

CHAMBER MUSIC

DUO______________________________________________________________________

Atelier de Giacometti (2019)
flute and piano
Premiere: Olech & Mazari – 21/09/2019, Musique aux Mirabelles

Cálculo de la caída (2015)
violin and viola
Premiere: DAI Contemporain – 09/12/2015, Paris

TRIO_______________________________________________________________________

Ex voto (2019)
saxophone, percussion, piano
Commissioned by Radio France
Premiere: Trio Accanto – 15/02/2019, Paris

Respirare l’ombra (2019)
three percussionists
Commissioned by the Peter Eötvös Foundation
Premiere: Schlanger, Nevelo, Kiss – 14/05/2019, Budapest

Pièges de neige (2018)
clarinet, cello, piano
Commissioned by Köln music
Premiere: Trio Catch – 19/02/2019, Cologne

Elurretan (2017)
plucked string trio – mandoline, guitar, harp
Commissioned by C Barré ensemble
Premiere: C Barré – 25/04/2017, Musique à la Ferme

Cinq pièges brefs (2013)
piano trio – violin, violoncello, piano
Premiere: DAI Contemporain – 21/02/2013, Paris
[CD: D.A.I répertoire contemporain et création. CREC Audio 14/094]

QUARTET___________________________________________________________________

Index (2021)
string quartet nº2
Commissioned by the Scene Nationale d’Orleans and Quatuor Diotima
Premiere: Quatuor Diotima – 26/09/2021, Festival Musica, Strasbourg

Opus latericium (2018)
Commissioned by L’Imaginaire ensemble
Premiere: L’Imaginaire – 17/06/2018, Faubourg 12, Strasbourg

Indicio (2016)
string quartet
Commissioned by the Diotima Quartet
Premiere: Diotima Quartet – 22/07/2016, Festival Pontino

Ondar (2012)
string quartet
Premiere: Diotima Quartet – 16/06/2012, La-Chaise-Dieu

QUINTET____________________________________________________________________

Cinco sólidos perfectos y una mariposa (2018)
piano quintet
Commissioned by the Saint Sebastian Music Fortnight
Premiere : Cuarteto Cosmos & Noelia Rodiles – 21/08/2018, San Sebastian

Manual de vuelo del aeronauta inexperto (2015)
wind quintet – flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Commissioned by the Basque Department for Culture
Premiere : Ensemble Intercontemporain – 04/02/2015, Paris

SOLO

Jupiter muscarius (2021)
violin
Commissioned by the I&I foundation
Premiere: Maja Horvat – 2022

Atelier d’Escher (2020)
piano
Commissioned by Orléans Concours International
Premiere: Summer 2021

Un lugar de Nueva Inglaterra en el que nunca he estado (2017)
microtonal accordion
Premiere: Iñaki Alberdi – 04/04/2018, Madrid

Contrapluma (2016)
piano
Commissioned by Bozar Brussels and ECHO
Premiere: Mariam Batsashvili – 07/03/2016, Cologne
Published : 2019, Suvini Zerboni

Belarretan (2014)
guitar and electronics
Premiere: Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete – 07/03/2014, Paris
[CD: Carpere Fide(s). Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete. ODRADEK ODRCD346]

Ouverture Française (2014)
accordion
3 minutes
Premiere: Vincent Lhermet – 15/10/2014, Lille
[CD: Rameau, hier et aujourd’hui. Vincent Lhermet. KLARTHE Audio K011]

Jeu de dames (2013)
piano
1 minute (pedagogical)
Published : 2016, Gérard Pesson, Musica Ficta, LEMOINE

VOCAL

Howl (2022)
Commissioned by the city of Witten for the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
Premiere: Exaudi – 07/05/2022, Witten

Songs of Spam (2019)
Commissioned by C Barré and the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Premiere: Neue Vocalsolisten & C Barré – 09/02/2020, Stuttgart

Alfabet (2019)
poems by Inger Christensen
Commissioned by the WDR and Cumulus
Premiere: Sarah Sun & Musikfabrik soloists – 12/05/2019, Witten

I nalt be clode on the frolt (2018)
Commissioned by Radio France and L’Instant Donné
Premiere diffusion: Marion Tassou et L’Instant Donné – 17/04/2018, Radio France

More sweetly forgot (2017)
poems by Sappho / Carson
Commissioned by C Barré ensemble
Premiere: Sarah Sun and C barré Ensemble– 11/10/2017, Nicosia

Sobre lo apenas entrevisto (2015)
poems by Su Xiaoxiao
Commissioned by the BBVA Foundation
Premiere: Carola Schlüter and Smash Ensemble – 24/03/2015, Bilbao

White nights (2014)
poems by Paul Auster
soprano and string quartet
Programme Voix nouvelles Royaumont
Premiere: Sarah Sun and Quatuor Diotima – 28/09/2014, Royaumont Abbey

STAGE

Chiisama tsubame (2021)
[Noh voice and cello]
Commissioned by Ryoko Aoki
Premiere: Ryoko Aoki and Ayano Kamimura – 12/01/2022, Tokyo