Fabián Panisello
Fabián Panisello (, , born 11 October 1963) is an Argentinian-Spanish composer, conductor, and professor. Professional life. Panisello was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied composition in Buenos Aires with Francisco Kröpfl and at the Mozarteum of Salzburg with Bogusław Schaeffer (Magister Atrium, 1993, Diploma of Excellence and Special Prize of the Ministry of Culture of Austria). He completed his musical studies with composers such as Elliott Carter, Franco Donatoni, Brian Ferneyhough, and Luis de Pablo, as well as with conductors such as Peter Eötvös and Jorma Panula. Panisello receives commissions from important orchestras and festivals throughout the  world. He has collaborated with Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Susanna Mälkki, and Peter Eötvös and has worked with orchestras and ensembles including SWR Symphonieorchester, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon, Ensemble Modern, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Israeli Contemporary Players, and Meitar Ensemble. He is the founding director of PluralEnsemble in Spain. He is Professor of Composition at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid and guest professor at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing. From 1996 to 2000, he was Professor of Musical  Analysis and then Academic Director at the Reina Sofía School of Music and from 1996 to 2013 at the International Institute of Chamber Music of Madrid, and has been Director of the same institutions from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of the , the Academic Committee of Fundación Albéniz, and the Consulting Council of the Teatro Real in Madrid. Pedagogical work. He has been invited to lecture at the Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai), Manhattan School of Music, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, University of California at Davis, University of Zaragoza, and the Institute of Music of  the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, as well as the universities of Graz and Tel Aviv, giving masterclasses and seminars on composition, conducting, and musical analysis. Prizes. Panisello's prizes include the following: