Discography & Upcoming Projects / Discografía y Próximos Proyectos

Cortahojas (2023)

Monographic album including works for solo instrument and duos with and without electronics

Protomaterial Records

NOW AVAILABLE via Bandcamp

Reviews:

“Cortahojas is revelatory, showing Amaya’s incredible range and talent. I can’t wait to hear more” from Brad Rose’s review in Foxy Digitalis

“deeply imaginative and rigorous in his practice” from “The Best Contemporary Classical on Bandcamp: February 2023” by Peter Margasak

“inventive and always fascinating” from “Bandcamp Navigator, April 2023” by Robert Newsome

“te deja una experiencia que va más allá de lo convencional” from Rubén Ortega’s review in Indie Rocks

 

Tinker Tailor

by Shepherdess

(2022)

Several composers

Enclosed: Pregunta no.3: Fonón for mezzo-soprano, violin, and electronics / para mezzo-sproano, violín y electrónica

NOW AVAILABLE via Bandcamp

 

Axis Mundi: New Workds for Bassoon

by Ben Roidl-Ward

(2022)

Sideband Records

Several Composers

Enclosed: Pregunta no.4: Quimera for solo bassoon/para fagot solo

NOW AVAILABLE via Bandcamp

Included in “The Best Contemporary Classical on Bandcamp: November 2022” by Peter Margasak

 

hotchpotch - Miúin Selection Vol. 1 (2022)

Miúin Records

Several Composers

Enclosed: quebrada for fixed media

NOW AVAILABLE via Bandcamp

 

New Music by Living Composers Vol. 2 (2022)

Petrichor Records

Several Composers

Enclosed: La mano izquierda es la que escribe las mentiras chiquitas for tenor saxophone and electronics / para saxofón tenor y electrónica

Performer: Brandon Quarles

NOW AVAILABLE via Spotify

 

New Music by Living Composers Vol. 6 (2022)

Petrichor Records

Several Composers

Enclosed: que (no) te cubras de sombra for fixed media/para medios electrónicos

NOW AVAILABLE via Spotify

 

FANG POET I

by Fat Pigeon (2020)

Gilded Records

Performer: Fat Pigeon

All music co-composed by Emily Beisel, Craig Davis Pinson, and Luis Fernando Amaya

NOW AVAILABLE via Bandcamp and streaming on all major platforms

 

The Same Old Wonder

by Hasco Duo (2020)

New Focus Recordings

Several Composers

Enclosed: Tinta Roja, Tinta Negra/Red Ink, Black Ink for soprano, electric guitar, and electronics

NOW AVAILABLE via Bandcamp

“Tinta Roja/Tinta Negra (Red Ink/Black Ink) by Luis Fernando Amaya is an especially compelling work.” from Lauren Ishida’s review in I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

 

Gather 2017 Mixtape

Gather

Several Composers

Enclosed: Objeto/Espacio no.3 - Variación 3 for prepared/flawed string instrument

Performer: Eli Namay

AVAILABLE via Bandcamp

 

Cuerdas Sin Cordura

(2015)

Urtext Contemporary Classics

Several Composers

Enclosed: Navío al Garete for string quartet

Performer: Cuarteto Arcano

AVAILABLE in all streaming platforms

 

Upcoming Albums

  • Ten by Ten (2023): label to be determined, performer: Beyond This Point & Chicago Composers Orchestra, enclosed: cosa verde para descansar los ojos

    for percussion quartet, sound sculptures, and chamber orchestra/para cuarteto de percusión, esculturas sonoras y orquesta de cámara.

Upcoming Works/Premieres

  • Inner/Outer for bass clarinet, percussion, electronics, and video. Collaborative work composed with clarinetist/composer Elena Perales Andreu with set design by Ana María Bermúdez. A version of the work in progress was presented at Kunsterforbundet (Oslo, Norway) within the project I AM UNDONE on November 4, 2023.

  • New piece for saxophone quartet. Written for Masso Quartet

  • New piece for percussion, piano, and electronics. Written for Flannau Duo

  • Dialecto de Árbol no.5 with New Art/New Media. Visuals by Alex McLeod

  • Nacen en silencio for solo percussion. Written for Rubén Bañuelos

  • la memoria incendiada for solo piano and electronics. Written for Jacob Mason

  • The True Name of the Sun—for string players (at least 2) and percussionists (at least 2). Written for Missing Piece

  • New piece for electric guitar and electronics. Written for Alex Tentor

  • Árbol de Bocas (2018 - 2022)—an opera for 24 voices, saxophone quartet, percussion, electronics, and amplified violin and bassoon as sectional soloists / ópera para 24 voces, cuarteto de saxofones, percusión, electrónica y violín + fagot como solistas seccionales.

    Performers/Intérpretes:

    Voices/Voces: Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble (Conductor: Dr. Donald Nally)

    Saxophone Quartet/Cuarteto de Saxofones: ~Nois

    Percussion: Kyle Flens (Ensemble Dal Niente)

    Violín: Theo Espy (Spektral Quartet)

    Basson/Fagot: Ben Roidl-Ward

    Bass Clarinet/Clarinete Bajo: Elena Perales Andreu