Daniel Osorio - Zikkus

Daniel Osorio, born in Chile in 1971, grew up with the sounds of Andean instruments, among which the sikus (pan flute) has special significance for him. As a sign of resistance, these instruments were de facto banned during the Pinochet dictatorship. Memories of this time have never left Daniel Osorio; thus, between 2007 and 2021, he created five works for solo instruments and electronics that deal with the different musical and cultural facets of the sikus. They are combined here in a cycle. The creative shaping of the material with the tools of a European compositional tradition is also reflected in the slight alienation of the instrument's name: Zikkus.

Daniel Osorio studied composition and electroacoustic music with Prof. Pablo Aranda at the Universidad de Chile. In 2005, Osorio went to Saarbr�cken and completed his postgraduate studies in composition with distinction with Prof. Theo Brandm�ller and Prof. Dr. Stefan Litwin at the Hochschule f�r Musik Saar. Daniel Osorio received a scholarship for the German Study Centre in Venice, the sponsorship scholarship of the state capital of Saarbr�cken and the Culture Prize for Music of the Regional Association of Saarbr�cken. He is the founder and director of the festival eviMus - Saarbr�cker Tage f�r elektroakustische und visuelle Musik and the ensemble Die Cronopien - Kollektiv f�r interkulturelle Neue Musik.