2024 Program Guide | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

Gabriella, as a cello-violin-voice-electronics duo, have performed together around the world, including in Reykjavík, New York City, and Paris. Gabriella grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area playing and writing music, hiking, backpacking, and volunteering on a songbird research project. CABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 19 IVÁN ENRIQUE RODRÍGUEZ Sponsored by Carole & Henry Klyce FEATURED COMPOSERS GABRIELLA SMITH Sponsored by Michael Good & JoAnn Close His recent orchestral piece,  A Metaphor for Power , explores the Latinx experience and ongoing equality issues in the United States. Selected for the 2019 Edward T. Cone Composition Institute, the piece premiered with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Cristian Măcelaru. Rodríguez's commitment to human rights led him to collaborate with the Vision Collective on a German tour through refugee camps. His Concerto for Puerto Rican Cuatro and Strings Orchestra premiered at El Museo del Barrio in N.Y.C. in 2016. Rodríguez earned his Bachelor of Music degree at the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico and his Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School, where he also recently received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in the C.V. Starr doctoral program, receiving various scholarships and fellowships along the way. Rodríguez's  Madre Lunawon the 2014 Rimini International Choral Competition prize, and his Crípticos Nos. 1, 2 & 3 earned accolades at the 2015 International Composition Competition Maurice Ravel. He has twice won the American Composers Orchestra EarShot Program, with the Columbus Symphony in 2015 and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2023. Recognized with the ASCAP Leonard Bernstein Award in 2019 and the 2023 ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize, Rodríguez has been composer- in-residence at  Sweden’s  Lövstabruks Kammarmusikfestival and the historic Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music's 2022 season. Named one of Musical America Worldwide's 2021 Top Professionals of the Year and recipient of the 2014 Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World award in Puerto Rico by Junior Chamber International, Rodríguez's compositions reflect his dedication to human rights and social justice, drawing from his Puerto Rican heritage. Puerto Rican composer Iván Enrique Rodríguez (b.1990) is acclaimed for his fiery, gripping, and lyrical compositions, praised by critics from San Francisco Classical Voice, Boston Classical Review, andNewYork Concert Review. Hismusic resonates globally, having been performed at prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Harpa in Reykjavík, Iceland. Lost Coast, a concerto for cello and orchestra, written for her longtime collaborator Gabriel Cabezas, received its world premiere in May 2023 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. This work joins her organ concerto, Breathing Forests , written for James McVinnie also premiered by the LA Phil, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Other current projects include a large-scale work for Kronos Quartet, commissioned in celebration of their 50th anniversary season, and an album- length work for yMusic featuring underwater field recordings. In December 2023, her work Tumblebird Contrails was performed on the Nobel Prize Concert by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Esa- Pekka Salonen. Her first full-length album, titled Lost Coast , was recorded with Gabriel Cabezas and producer Nadia Sirota at Greenhouse Studios in Iceland and named one of NPR Music’s “26 Favorite Albums Of 2021” and a “Classical Album to Hear Right Now” by The New York Times. Gabriel and Gabriella Smith is a composer whose work invites listeners to find joy in climate action. Her music comes from a love of play, exploring new instrumental sounds, and creating musical arcs that transport audiences into sonic landscapes inspired by the natural world. An “outright sensation” ( LA Times ), her music "exudes inventiveness with a welcoming personality, rousing energy and torrents of joy” ( NY Times ). ☆ ☆