Francisco J. Gil Valencia
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Francisco J. Gil Valencia was born in Granada (Spain), in 1969. Aged six years old, he began to study Music in preparation for the Conservatory exams of Granada, and obtained the maximum qualifications. At eighteen he obtained, by competition, the Professor's square in the specialty of Clarinet. In 1989 he moved to Italy to study Clarinet with professor Giuseppe Garbarino and received a scholarship to study in the noted Chigiana Accademia which carries out studies of Musical Composition with Franco Donatoni and Conducting with Gennady Rodetsvensky. Their repertoire of compositions include works of Chamber Music, works for Orchestra, Symphonic Band, String Quartet, Guitar, Choir, Instrumental Groups, voice and Piano. He is a Professor of Piano Diplomes and has the following titles, Superior Professor of Clarinet, Superior Professor of Music Language, Music Theory and Accompaniment, Superior Professor of Harmony and Accompanied Melody, Counterpoint and Fugue, Composition and Instrumentation, and Superior Professor of Conducting. He wrote the Work "Estampas Granadinas" (Granada Postcards) for International Guitar Festival of Cordoba (Spain) in 1999 and the work "Suite of the Emotions" for International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada (Spain), year 2000. That same year he was rewarded in the Sibelius Competition of Sibelius Software Ltd for the score "Laughing Stock". The Judges of the National Competitions of Slow Marches Composition for Symphonic Band "Teacher Perfecto Artola" of Malaga (Spain) and judges of Hoces Nazarenas of Cuenca Competition have selected him during two years works for the recording of three compact disks CD dedicated to "Semana Santa" of Malaga and Cuenca respectively, their folkloric and popular music. In 1991 he published the book THE CLARINET: "TECHNIQUE AND INTERPRETATION". He is member of the Association of Composers Symphonic Andalusians (ACSA).

Francisisco was a joint winner of our Summer Notation competition and his entry 'Crazy Mouse' is below. He has generously agreed that the music can be downloaded free from this website and played for non profit purposes in accordance with the general terms and conditions of this site. This is his website and Sibelius personal Page.