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Ignacio Baca Lobera
9+ albums
mexicomexican
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Ignacio Baca Lobera (b. 28 June 1957, Mexico City) is a Mexican composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and electroacoustic works that have been performed throughout the world. Prof. Baca Lobera began self-taught studies in guitar at age fourteen. He studied composition with Julio Estrada at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City in 1979 and with Brian Ferneyhough, Jean-Charles François and Jōji Yuasa at the University of California, San Diego from 1985–91, where he earned his MMus and PhD. He also attended the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt in 1990 and 1992. Among his honours are honourable mentions in the competition Lan Adomián (1980, for Contornos [withdrawn]) and competition José Pablo Moncayo (1982, for Movimientos [withdrawn]), both in Mexico City. He was also a finalist in the competition New Music Today in Tōkyō (1988, for Invención No. 2) and for the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt (1992, for Trios (y dobles)) and won the Irino Prize in Tōkyō (1996, for Tierra Incógnita). In addition, he earned an artist's salary from the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes in Mexico City (1992–93) and received the Guggenheim Fellowship (2001–02). He has been a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA) in Mexico City since 1997. He is also active in other positions. He served as composer-in-residence to the Orquesta Filarmónica de Querétaro in 1994–95. He has taught analysis, c
