Camilo Mendez is a composer of acoustic concert music. His artistic practice revolves around three main ideas: pieces that are conceived and grouped into compositional cycles; using prepared musical instruments and found objects; and exploring the combinatorial and interpretative possibilities of modular structures.
Mendez completed a Doctorate and a Master’s in advanced composition at the Royal College of Music in London and in 2017, was appointed as the Rieman and Baketel Fellow for Music at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. He is currently an assistant professor of the Academy of Music at HKBU.
At MacDowell, Mendez composed Helicoide/Bellatin; a work for Montreal-based collective No Hay Banda, inspired by Peruvian writer Mario Bellatin and the Helicoide building in Caracas. Helicoide/Bellatin is scored for an Ondes Martenot and sound objects specially designed and built for this project. The work was structured, composed and performed around resonating sonic sculptures that were designed and built in collaboration with the members of No Hay Banda.
Portrait by Dovydenaite
