Jorge Martín (composer)
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Jorge Martín was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, and established his residence in the United States at an early age. He studied at Yale University[2] and at Columbia University, where he earned a Master of Music and a Doctor of Music in composition.[1]
Work
His opera Before Night Falls, based on the 1992 autobiography of the same name by Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, was given its world premiere at the Fort Worth Opera in June 2010.[3] The Fort Worth Opera released a recording of the opera on Albany Records. Albany also released another recording of Martin's compositions entitled Cello Music in 2012.[4]
Other compositions include "Beast and Superbeast", a set of four one-act operas based on short stories by Saki; a Saxophone Quartet and Four Dances for Bassoon and String Quartet, which had its world premiere in Finland in July 1997.[2]
