Arturo Cardelús
{{Short description|Spanish-American composer}}
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Arturo Cardelús (born 1981) is a Spanish-American composer of film and concert music. His scores for films Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles and Dragonkeeper have been nominated for Goya Awards.
Biography
Cardelús was born in Madrid, Spain on December 27, 1981.{{Cite news|title = Arturo Cardelús, entre la Filarmónica de Berlín y el Papa Francisco|url = http://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/20140108/abci-cardelus-compositor-filarmonica-berlin-201401072146.html|newspaper= ABC|first = Susana|last = Gaviña|date=January 8, 2014|language=es}} He became an American citizen in 2019.{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/525646713/10156144198531714 |archive-date = 2022-04-27| url = https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156144198531714&set=pb.525646713.-2207520000..&type=3 |title = Arturo Cardelús on Facebook |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}} He studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música (Salamanca, Spain), Royal Academy of Music, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, and Berklee College of Music.{{Cite news|title=De YouTube a la Filarmónica de Berlín: historia de un joven compositor madrileño|url=http://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/2014-01-02/de-youtube-a-la-filarmonica-de-berlin-historia-de-un-joven-compositor-madrileno_72164/|access-date=February 4, 2016|newspaper=El Confidencial|date=January 2, 2014|last=Alfredo|first=Pascual|language=es}}
In 2012, Cardelús orchestrated the score for the film The Paperboy. In 2015, he composed the soundtrack for the Italian film Chiamatemi Francesco.{{Cite web|title = Música de Arturo Cardelús para Chiamatemi Francesco (2015)|url = http://www.beethovenfm.cl/musica-de-arturo-cardeluz-para-chiamatemi-francesco-2015/|website = Radio Beethoven [es]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160130171115/http://www.beethovenfm.cl/musica-de-arturo-cardeluz-para-chiamatemi-francesco-2015/|archive-date = January 30, 2016|url-status = dead|language=es}}{{Cite news|date=February 15, 2016|title=Arturo Cardelús, nuevo referente hispano de Hollywood|newspaper=República [es]|agency=EFE|url=https://www.republica.com/2016/02/15/arturo-cardelus-nuevo-referente-hispano-de-hollywood/|access-date=July 26, 2020|language=es}} In 2017, Cardelús composed the soundtrack for the animated short In a Heartbeat, which went viral and attracted wide attention.{{Cite news|last=Caron|first=Christina|date=August 4, 2017|title=YouTube Falls Hard for 'In a Heartbeat,' a Boy-Meets-Boy Story|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/movies/in-a-heartbeat-movie.html}}{{Cite news|date=August 10, 2017|title=Arturo Cardelús, el músico detrás del corto de amor gay "In a Heartbeat"|language=es-ES|publisher=Telemadrid|url=http://www.telemadrid.es/noticias/cultura/Arturo-Cardelus-musico-In-Heartbeat-0-1929107099--20170810014720.html|access-date=July 26, 2020}} The score won Best Original Score – Animated Short Film at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Cardelús's song "Song for the Untitled" from the 2018 documentary Yo Galgo, which Cardelús also scored, was nominated for Best Original Song – Documentary in the following year's Hollywood Music in Media Awards.{{Cite news|last=Xu|first=Linda|date=November 15, 2018|title=Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Full List of Winners|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-music-media-awards-winners-2018-1153411|access-date=July 26, 2020}}
In 2019, Cardelús scored the animated feature Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles.{{Cite news|date=March 12, 2017|title=Arturo Cardelús, en territorio Beatle para componer a Buñuel|work=El Espectador|agency=EFE|url=https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/cultura/arturo-cardelus-en-territorio-beatle-para-componer-a-bunuel/|language=es}} His music for the film won awards for best score at the 2019 Annecy International Animation Film Festival{{Cite news|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|date=June 14, 2019|title=Annecy Festival Announces 2019's Special Prize Winners|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/events/annecy-festival-announces-2019s-special-prize-winners/|access-date=July 26, 2020|newspaper=Animation Magazine}} and the 2019 Málaga Film Festival.{{Cite news|last=Green|first=Jennifer|date=March 23, 2019|title='The Days to Come,' 'The Good Girls' and 'This Is Not Berlin' Split Top Malaga Film Festival Prizes|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/days-come-good-girls-is-not-berlin-split-top-malaga-prizes-1196708|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter}} The score was also nominated for a Goya Award,{{Cite news|last1=Lang|first1=Jamie|last2=Hopewell|first2=John|date=December 2, 2019|title='Pain and Glory,' 'While at War,' 'Endless Trench' Lead Goya Nominations|website=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/awards/pain-and-glory-while-at-war-endless-trench-lead-goya-nominations-1203420843/}}{{Cite news|date=January 24, 2020|title=De dirigir y componer a trabajar con tres directores para lograr un Goya|language=es|newspaper=La Vanguardia|agency=EFE|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20200124/473105038135/de-dirigir-y-componer-a-trabajar-con-tres-directores-para-lograr-un-goya.html}} a Feroz Award,{{Cite news|date=January 17, 2020|title=Los ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2020|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/01/17/actualidad/1579249368_131433.html}} and a Spanish Cinema Writers Circle Award{{Cite news|last=Gurpegui|first=Carlos|date=January 13, 2020|title=Buñuel animado, la partitura que transporta "a los lugares de don Luis"|language=es|work=Diario de Teruel [es]|url=https://www.diariodeteruel.es/movil/noticia.asp?notid=1020778&secid=6}} for best original score and for a Hollywood Music in Media Award{{Cite web|last=Atienza|first=Javier|date=November 10, 2019|title=Arturo Cardelús en los Hollywood Music in Media Awards|url=https://cinemagavia.es/arturo-cardelus-hollywood-music-awards/|access-date=July 27, 2020|website=CinemaGavia|language=es}} and an International Film Music Critics Association Award{{Cite web|date=February 6, 2020|title=IFMCA Award Nominations 2019|url=http://filmmusiccritics.org/2020/02/ifmca-award-nominations-2018-2/|access-date=July 26, 2020|publisher=International Film Music Critics Association}} for best original score in an animated film.
In classical music, Cardelús attracted national attention for his 2013 composition Con Aire de Tango, which was commissioned by members of the Berlin Philharmonic after they saw a video of his work on YouTube.{{Cite news|date=August 21, 2013|title=El tango irrumpe en la Filarmónica de Berlín de la mano de un español|language=es|newspaper=ABC|url=http://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/20130822/abci-etreno-compositor-espaol-filarmonica-201308211642.html}}{{Cite news|last=Sánchez|first=Rosalia|date=August 24, 2013|title=Primero tomaremos Berlín|language=es|newspaper=El Mundo|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/08/24/cultura/1377336505.html}}{{Cite news|date=October 3, 2013|title=Arturo Cardelús, 'Con aire de tango'|language=es-ES|work=Marca España|publisher=RTVE|url=http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/marca-espana/marca-espana-arturo-cardelus-aire-tango-03-10-13/2043828/|access-date=February 4, 2016}} Two years later, Naxos Records released an album of Cardelús' compositions.{{Cite web|title=CARDELÚS, A.: Con Aire de Tango (Cardelús, Dinca, Berlin Philharmonic String Soloists) – 9.70240|url=http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=9.70240|access-date=February 4, 2016|publisher=Naxos}} In 2016, Cardelús was elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM).{{Cite web|date=March 4, 2016|title=2016 Honours are announced – Royal Academy of Music|url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/news/2016-honours-are-announced|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709010404/http://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/news/2016-honours-are-announced|archive-date=July 9, 2017|publisher=Royal Academy of Music}} His work Grace was nominated for a 2017 Hollywood Music in Media Award in the category Contemporary Classical/Instrumental.{{Cite web|title=Genre Noms|url=https://www.hmmawards.com/08-genre-noms.pdf|access-date=July 26, 2020|publisher=Hollywood Music in Media Awards}} Works by Cardelús have been performed in venues including Madrid's National Auditorium and Boston's Jordan Hall.{{Cite news|date=January 2, 2014|title=El compositor español Arturo Cardelús, de YouTube a la Filarmónica de Berlín|language=es|newspaper=La Razón|url=http://www.larazon.es/cultura/musica/el-compositor-espanol-arturo-cardelus-de-youtube-a-la-filarmonica-de-berlin-GL4951338#.Ttt1KIbFJhlCtFf}}
Filmography
- The Paperboy (orchestrator) (2012)
- Tangernación (2013)
- War Is Beautiful (2014)
- Chiamatemi Francesco (2015)
- In a Heartbeat (2017) (short)
- Altamira, el origen del arte (2018)
- Yo Galgo (2018)
- Original Sin (2018)
- The People's Fighters (2018)
- On the Run (2018)
- Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2019)
- Aún se bendicen los campos (2019)
- Kalipay (2019)
- Black Beach (2020)
- Descendents: The Royal Wedding (TV special) (2021)
- Dylan & Zoey (2022)
- Los Reyes Magos: La Verdad (2022)
- Back to Lyla (2022)
- Centurion: The Dancing Stallion (2023)
- Dragonkeeper (2024)
Concert music discography
- Con Aire de Tango (Naxos Records, 2015)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- [http://www.arturocardelus.com/ Official site]
- {{IMDb name|4723660}}
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Category:Spanish male composers
Category:Musicians from Madrid
Category:Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni