Alberto Raya
Specialty
Music composition and production
Training
Master in Composition for Audiovisual Media from the Katarina Gurska Superior Center in Madrid
Title of Professor of Clarinet by the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid
Career path
CEO at AR Film Scoring Studios, a music composition and production studio for audiovisual media, as well as a freelance composer and music producer.
In 2019 he received a scholarship from the Community of Madrid for the composition of Milesius and the prophecy of the tower, where he combines folklore and film music together with a narrator, a format that represents an evolution from the musical tale to the symphonic tale.
At the age of 26, he created and developed, in addition to assuming the role of musical director, the Colmejazz Big Band socio-pedagogical project, with which they have performed concerts throughout the Community of Madrid. They have released an album with the Uno Música label.
He has composed numerous soundtracks for short films, advertising and videogames, among which the soundtrack of Paralysis, don't fall asleep (directed by Alejandro Barvel) and the soundtrack of the video game Carlos, King Emperor (Padaone Games).
He is a teacher in TAI, artistic coordinator of EA Centro Artístico Musical, head of studies at the Center for Recreational Activities of Artistic Expression, Music and Theater of Colmenar Viejo and professor of clarinet in the Higher Degree of Music in Musical Progress and in the Association of Band of Music of Colmenar Viejo .
Subjects and workshops
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY AND AUDIOVISUAL ARTS
Music Production I
Music Production II
DEGREE IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC COMPOSITION (Title in extinction)
Project IV
DIPLOMATURE IN SOUND
Laboratories: theatrical sound
Music Production I
Research lines
Composition and musical production specialized in audiovisual media. Symphonic composition and orchestration.
Awards, mentions and recognitions
Scholarship from the Community of Madrid for the Creation of Musical Compositions
"White Bird" (OST)
Nominated for Best Soundtrack at the Views of the World Film & Music Festival in Montreal
"At 8 o'clock in the morning" (OST)
Award for Best Soundtrack at the RTVE Gala
National finalist in the Intercentre Higher Degree Melómano Contest
National finalist in the II Young Clarinetists Competition
First Regional Prize in the II Competition for Young Clarinetists
First Prize in the Caja Madrid Chords Competition for young orchestras
Second Prize in the Hazen Intercentros Chamber Music Competition
Other merits
Concerts as soloist:
- National Music Auditorium
- Auditorium "Villa de Colmenar Viejo"
- Tierno Galván Park Auditorium
- Arroyomolinos Auditorium
- Campo de Criptana Auditorium
- San Juan Bautista Cultural Center
- Auditorium of the Autonomous University of Madrid
- Alcobendas Auditorium