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bios
henry vega (b. 1973)
composer - computer performer
Henry Vega, born in New York City, is dedicated to the creation and promotion of electro acoustic music. In a handful of years he has been involved as teacher, technician, composer and performer on productions of theatre, dance and concert music that focus solely on modern artistic trends. As a composer Vega has received commissions to work with choreographers, theatre directors and video artists while his devotion is focused on computer interactive performance.
Vega studied composition at Florida Intl. University, the University of North Texas with Jon Nelson and the Institute for Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague where his mentors, Paul Berg and Joel Ryan, guided him in programming and improvisation as well as composition. During these years Vega has also had the opportunity to study composition with Franco Donatoni, Earl Brown, James Tenney and Christian Wolff.
His music has received honors from the Hungarian Radio EAR competition including a first prize from SCI as well as having been performed at venues in Cuba, the United States, Europe and Australia and festivals such as SEAMUS, Sonic Residues, the Scarborough EA Festival, Primavera en la Havana, Sonorities, Aural Tick and the Florida EM Festival. His work Alibi is an upcoming finalist for the Gaudeamus Composition Contest in 2004, Amsterdam.
web site : http://onds.com/hvega
e-mail : hvega@onds.com
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