Rate My Professor Orlando Garcia

Garcia has composed more than 200 works across diverse genres, including orchestral, choral, chamber, electroacoustic, interdisciplinary, and site-specific pieces, often featuring electronics and collaborations with visual artists. Influenced by Morton Feldman, his music is noted for its haunting sonic explorations and suspended time structures. Notable compositions include Auschwitz (nunca se olvidarán) for orchestra and choir premiered by the New World Symphony Orchestra in 1994; transcending time, an experimental video opera premiered at the Zagreb Biennale in 2009; In Memoriam Earle Brown for orchestra premiered by the Miami Symphony Orchestra in 2011; and el viento distante for clarinet and orchestra premiered by the Lviv Philharmonic in 2012. His works have been performed internationally by prestigious ensembles such as the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Simon Bolivar Orchestra, Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, and Continuum Ensemble, at festivals including ICMC, SEAMUS, Cervantino, and Spring in Havana. Recordings appear on labels like New Albion, Innova, Albany, CRI, and Toccata Classics. Awards encompass two Fulbright artist/lectureships (Venezuela 1991-92, Spain 1996-97), Rockefeller residencies (Bellagio 1999, American Academy in Rome 2000), two Cintas Fellowships, a Florida Composer’s Fellowship (2001), international competition prizes, and five Latin Grammy nominations (2009-2011, 2015, 2021).