#  Ileana Perez Velazquez 

 

 



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 Title: Elegia  
Commission: 2015  
Completed: 2018  
Instrumentation: string quartet  
Premiere Location: Miami Beach FL  
Premiere Ensemble: Amernet Quartet  
Notes:

 Cuban born composer Ileana Perez Velazquez lives in upstate NY and is a Professor of Music Composition at Williams College, MA. The *New York Times* has praised the “imaginative strength and musical consistency” and the “otherworldly quality” of her compositions. Her music has been featured regularly in numerous international festivals and concerts around the world. She has written music premiered by Continuum Ensemble New York, Dal Niente Ensemble, Flux and Momenta quartets, Miranda Cuckson and NUNC, the Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, and performed by the American Composer Orchestra Chamber Players, League of Composers NYC, and Sequitur among others. Albany Records, Innova, and Urlicht Audiovisual have released recordings of her music.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Commission Date
    
     [2015](/commission-date/2015)
- ## Completion Date
    
     [2018](/completion-date/2018)
- ## Composer
    
     [Velazquez, Ileana Perez](/composer/velazquez-ileana-perez)
- ## Commissions
    
     [Past Commissions](/pastcommisions)