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The specialized critics consider Mariano Ceballos as a remarkable violinist and
bright interpreter with a unique level of performance. He is fully dedicated to the investigation, interpretation, education and diffusion of contemporary
classical music.
His musical activities allowed him to participate in the most important artistic
centers, orchestras and music festivals of the world. Mariano was the only South
American musician to be part of the prestigious “Ensemble Intercontemporain” of
Paris, which was conducted and founded by the internationally recognized Mr.
Pierre Boulez. As a conducter, composer and pedagogue Pierre Boulez is considered
to be one of the brightest and most important figures in the field of avantgarde
music and aesthetics. Mariano Ceballos studied at the “International Menuhin Music Academy” of Switzerland and “Carnegie Mellon University” of USA; his teachers were Alberto Lysy (Switzerland), Cyrus Forough (USA) and José Bondar (Argentina). Mariano went on tours through Switzerland, Spain, France and USA, he also played in several orchestras and groups such as: the “Wheeling Symphony Orchestra”, “Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble” (USA), “Camerata Lysy” and “Lucerne Festival Academy” (Switzerland). Mariano won first Price in the contest “Mozarteum Competition”, “Shell Youth Biennial Contest” 2011/2012 and “Alberto Lysy Foundation” scholarship. “National Fund for the Arts” Award and scholarship by ““Fullbright Comision”, USA. He also received the “2010 Outstanding Young Award” to the Artistic Trajectory and the artistic acknowledgement of the “Argentinean Embassy in France”. Mariano has performed in brilliant sessions with the most prestigious musical ensembles of Europe: “InterContemporain” (France), Klangforum (Austria), “MusikFabrik”, “Recherche” and “Ensemble Modern” (Germany). Mariano is involved in many activities: he produces recordings, participates in pedagogical programs, and he also diffuses his activity in contemporary music through the different channels and media of the world: Kulturmagazin (Switzerland), CDTV (Chile), Canal á (Argentina), EuroArts and ARTE (Germany), Japan Foundation TV (Japan), and Radio France (France). |
Mariano is devoted to an intensive pedagogical activity with interpreters and
composers, developing the violin technique in the music of our times and teaching
in courses which take place in distinguished educational and cultural centers of
South America and Europe.
Since 2005 he has worked hand in hand with the “Ensemble Intercontemporain” and with soloist members of the Ensemble going on several tours and Mariano is also involved in several projects of chamber music, developing avantgarde repertoires and performing in the most important festivals of Latin America and Europe; such as: “International Festival of Guanajuato” in México, “International Festival des Musiques d´Aujourd´hui” in Strasbourg, “International Festival of Frutillar” in Chile, “International Festival of Contemporary Music, Montevideo”, “Lucerne Festival” in Switzerland, “Oslo Contemporary Music Festival” in Norway, and “International Festival of Classical and Contemporary Music”, Lima (Peru). The dedication and perseverance that this fruitful musical genre requires has led him to develop activities of interpretation of contemporary music, including premieres in Latin America and Europe as well as first auditions of works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio, Krzysztof Penderecki, Toru Takemitsu, György Kurtág, and Philippe Leroux among others. Mariano performs in recitals and concerts that take place in artistic centers and in prestigious festivals of Chile, Brasil, USA, France, and Germany. The vast repertoire of Mariano includes soloist works with orchestra, piano and electronics. Classical composers of the twentieth century such as: Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Olivier Messiaen and Arnold Schoenberg. Contemporary composers of the XX and XXI centuries, such as: György Ligeti, Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio, George Crumb, Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Kurtág, Helmut Lachenmann, Pascal Dusapin, Toru Takemitsu, Salvatore Sciarrino, Giacinto Scelsi, Georges Aperghis and Kaija Saariajo, among others. Mariano Ceballos performs with a Jean Baptist Collin Mezin violin (1908). |
