Alejandro Casales
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Alejandro Casales is a multimedia artist, a promoter and producer for artistic activities in cultural areas of local and federal governments in México; he has created his own intermedia festivals exploring music, video, sound art, electro-acoustics and planetariums.
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He has awards as National Visions Sonora – Yamaha, Mexico 2007; Casa Serra Sucesores, Production Grant, Mexico 2007; Third Prize, Prix Internacional Luigi Russolo-Rossana Maggia, Fundazione Russolo-Pratella de Varèse, Italy 2011; Honorable Mention in the First Latin American Contest of Electroacoustic Composition G. Becerra Smith, Santiago de Chile 2010; Certificate of Merit Award in Computer Music at VI International WOCMAT, University of Taiwan & Taiwan Computer Music Association, Taiwan 2010; Honorable Mention in the XII National Video Contest, Mexico 2014; as well as different awards for the selection of artistic work for festivals, exhibitions and support to complement artistic projects.
He has presented his work at festivals like: Festival de Arte Sonoro, Sismo, UNAM, México, 2005; Festival MFM, Sueños de una noche de verano, Mercado de las Flores, Madrid, España. 2007; Konzert ohne optische Eindrücke by Thomas Gorbach. Old Forge Kunstverein Wien, Austria, 2008; Festival Hecho en México. Electronic Music Concert. Wortham Opera Theatre. Houston, Texas, Estados Unidos, 2008; Festival Zeppelin, Sonoscop, Barcelona, España, 2009; V Jornadas Argentinas de Música Contemporánea. CORAT, Subsecretaría de Cultura, Secretaría de Extensión de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Argentina, 2009; Humanities, Arts and Technology Festival, 2010 University of North Carolina, USA; Festival de Música Electroacústica Aimaako, Santiago de Chile, 2011; International Forum of New Music Manuel Enriquez in the years 2010, 11, 12 and 13; EMU International Electroacoustic Music Fest Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Italy in 2009, 10 and 11; NYCEMF 2013 – The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival; The International Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology Taiwan – WOCMAT 2010 and 2012; Electroacoustic Spring Festival of Valencia, Spain. 2010; Spring Festival Electroacoustic Havana, Cuba. 2010; 2ªBienal Composition from the University of Cordoba, Argentina, 2012; Soundwalk, MISO MUSIC Festival, Lisboa, Portugal, 2014; The FILE, Electronic Lenguage International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brasil, 2015; Simposio Internacional Understanding Visual Music, Universidad de Brasilia, Brasil, 2015; Festival MUSLAB, en el Laboratorio de Investigación y Producción Musical del Centro Cultural Recoleta. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015; Jornadas de Música Contemporánea, Círculo Colombiano de Música Contemporánea (CCMC), Bogotá, Colombia, 2015; Festival Mixtur, Músiques de Recerca I Creació Multidisciplinaria, Barcelona, España.2015; eviMUS, KuBa – Kulturzentrum am EuroBahnhof e.V. Saarbrücken, Alemania, 2015; Journées Art & Science chaque année à Bourges, LES ELEMENTS, Bourges, Francia, 2016; SUONI INAUDITI FESTIVAL, VII Rassegna internazionale di Música Contemporánea, Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali, Piero Mascagni, Livorno, Italia, 2016; OUA Electroacoustic Music Festival, Osaka, Japón, 2017; Festival Bahía In Sonora, Museo Taller Ferrowhite de Bahía Blanca, Argentina, 2017; New Music Day | @SONICSCAPE – en “Yongin Poeun Art Gallery – Sur Corea, 2017; and many more.