Orlando Jacinto Garcia

Orlando Jacinto Garcia (born 1954; surname sometimes spelled García) is a Cuban-American composer of contemporary classical music.

Garcia received a DMA degree in composition from the University of Miami in 1985. He also studied composition with Morton Feldman.

Garcia serves as director of the School of Music, director of the Composition Program, and professor of music at Florida International University in Miami, Florida.

He is a guest composer and lecturer at national and international festivals.

Garcia has composed an extensive catalog of works, and his music has been performed throughout North America, Europe, and Latin America. His music has been recorded by the New Albion, Composers Recordings, Inc., New World, O.O. Discs, North/South, Albany, Edición Sonora, Opus One, Contemporary Recording Studios (CRS), and Capstone labels. His scores are published by Kallisti Music Press, the American Composers Alliance, BHE, Rugginenti, and North/South Editions.

His music has been performed numerous artists such as Joan La Barbara, Bertram Turetzky, Luis Gómez-Imbert, Jan Williams, Joseph Celli, Odaline de la Martinez the Gregg Smith Singers, and many orchestras in the Americas and Europe.

Garcia is the founder and director of several international festivals that include the New Music Miami Festival and the Music of the Americas Festival. He is the founder and artistic director of the NODUS Ensemble and the Florida International University (FIU) New Music Ensemble.

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