Rafael Leonardo Junchaya
Rafael Leonardo Junchaya is a Peruvian-Finnish composer. He took piano lessons with Yvonne Schiaffino, and later studied composition at the Peruvian National Conservatoire (nowadays National University of Music) with José Sosaya and Enrique Iturriaga, majoring in 2005. He made a specialisation in Composition teaching and studied also orchestral conducting with Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Eduardo García Barrios.
Junchaya has worked as a composer, arranger, music copyist and editor, and orchestral conductor. He produced and conducted radio programmes at Radio Filarmonía (Lima, 1990–2002). He was a teacher of analysis, music history, and composition at the Regional Conservatoire “Carlos Valderrama” in Trujillo, at the National Conservatoire, and the San Martin University, all in Peru. In 1992, he held a course in MIDI instruments at La Serena conservatoire in Chile. He has also been visiting teacher at the Puerto Rico Conservatoire (2005). Junchaya has a PhD in musicology from the University of Helsinki where he defended a thesis on the pedagogy of composition. He has taught composition workshops for children and young people and has presented papers at several musicology congresses.
Junchaya’s musical production includes electroacoustic pieces, as well as orchestral, vocal, soloist, and chamber works. Among these works are the Concerto Silvestre for bass clarinet and orchestra, Varidanzas (National Conservatoire’s Anniversary Prize, 2006), Magnificat (Composers Kombat prize, Vermont, 2005), Tres danzas episkénicas for saxophone, clarinet and piano, Desapegos for guitar and string quartet, Die Abschiede for viola and piano. He is a member of the Finnish Composers’ Society and co-founder of the Peruvian Composers’ Circle, Circomper.
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Category | Duration | Available from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahorita en clase | flute | 1992 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | |
Al soffio della notte Op. 13 | bass clarinet, horn and cello | 2007 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
Ccoyllurcha | flute and synthesizer | 1993 | Electro-acoustic Works | 00:00 | |
Concertino Silvestre Op. 14 | 2007 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 00:00 | ||
Concerto Silvestre Op. 14a | 2222/4231/12/0 strings, solo bass clarinet | 2008 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 00:00 | |
Cuatro motetes cuasi profanos Op. 6 | mixed choir | 2004 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | |
Die Abschiede Op. 15 | viola and piano | 2008 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
Die Erscheinung | 2003 | Electro-acoustic Works | 00:00 | ||
Esquisse Op. 5 | 3333/4331/13/1, pno/cel, strings | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | ||
Estancias | soprano and string orchestra | 1992 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 00:00 | |
Estancias II Op. 3 | soprano and string quartet | 1998 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | |
Estancias II Op. 3a | soprano and piano | 2001 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | |
Hojarasca | violin, bassoon and piano | 1992 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
In-vita | 2000 | Electro-acoustic Works | 00:00 | ||
Järven ääressä Op. 17 | viola solo | 2012 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | |
Kaksi osaa orkesterille | 3333/4331/12/0, pno/cel., strings [add.: picc, ehn, bcl, cfg] | 1993 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | |
Kleines Stück für Streichquartett | string quartet | 1989 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
Lied so pre-texto Eguren | mezzo-soprano and piano | 1990 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | |
Madrigal | 2002 | Electro-acoustic Works | 00:00 | ||
Magnificat Op. 8 | two sopranos, flute, oboe and horn | 2005 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | |
María Fernanda se reb(v)ela en el salón de los espejos | 2012 | Works for the Stage | 00:00 | ||
Marinera | string quartet | 1989 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
Marsyatikos Op. 4 | flute and piano | 2003 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
Michiqkuna Op. 16 | flute and string quartet | 2011 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
Michiqkuna Op. 16a | 2011 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 00:00 | ||
Michiqkuna Op. 16b | flute and piano | 2011 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
Minibazz Op. 11 | bass clarinet | 2005 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | |
Momentos | 1111/1000/00/0, strings | 1993 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | |
Picaflor esmeralda | mixed choir | 1988 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | |
Piedra del Q'osqo | 1991 | Electro-acoustic Works | 00:00 | ||
Preludi Op. 1 | piano | 1989 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | |
Qepakunanchiq Op. 18 | trumpet and piano | 2012 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
Satsi Op. 17 | clarinet solo | 2011 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | |
Sevoc Anatos | 2005 | Electro-acoustic Works | 00:00 | ||
Sincronismos II Op. 10 | 0200/2000/00/0, strings | 2005 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | |
Sincronismos I Op. 9 | 1111/1211/3 percussion (bongos, piatti, 2 tom-toms, triangolo, claves, cowbell) | 2005 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | |
Sinfoninen osa, Op. 2 | 3222/4331/15/0, piano, strings | 1996 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | |
Soneto XCIV de Pablo Neruda | mixed choir | 1995 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | |
String Quartet | 1992 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | ||
String Quartet Op. 20 | 2013 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | ||
Tambok | 2005 | Electro-acoustic Works | 00:00 | ||
Tres danzas episkénicas Op. 7 | clarinet, saxophone and piano | 2005 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
Variantes motímbricas | clarinet, trumpet and synthesizer | 1990 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | |
Varidanzas Op. 12 | 2222/4231/12/1, hrpsch/cel, strings | 2006 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | |
Yaraví | violin (or viola) and piano | 1989 | Chamber Works | 00:00 |