Four-Time Oscar Nominee and 11-Time Goya Winner Alberto Iglesias Receives Honorary Doctorate at Berklee Valencia Commencement One of Spain's most revered international composers, Iglesias has been recognized twice for his outstanding contributions to the Spanish cinematographic scene by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
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Tori Donahue
July 5, 2022
Alberto Iglesias speaking at Berklee Valencia Commencement on Monday, July 4, at the Auditori Superior of Les Arts in Valencia, Spain.
Image courtesy of Tato Baeza and Vicente A. Jim nez
Berklee President Erica Muhl presented an honorary Doctor of Music degree to acclaimed Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias on July 4 at the commencement ceremony for the master's degree programs at Berklee's campus in Valencia, Spain. In advance of the ceremony, graduate students prepared and performed a medley of some of Iglesias's most renowned compositions at the commencement concert, held at l'Hemisf ric on Saturday, July 2.
An 11-time Goya Award winner and four-time Oscar nominee, Iglesias is one of Spain's most revered international composers. With a musical background that includes studies in piano, composition, counterpoint, and electronic music, he is recognized globally for his collaborations with some of the most prestigious Spanish film directors, including Pedro Alm dovar, Julio Medem, Iciar Bolla n, Bigas Luna, and Isabel Coixet. He has also worked with international film directors Oliver Stone, Fernando Meirelles, and Marc Forster, among many others.
It's a pleasure for me to be here sharing this very important day in your life and in my life, too, said Iglesias to the graduating class. We all represent a commitment with the art of music, we represent a craft that, in a combination of sounds, looks for a reflection of peoples lives and ideas of the world. Its not an easy craft but we know that it is the most thrilling. The maximum beauty of music is going to need your capabilities, to coordinate the learnt with the unknown, the written with the improvised, the light with the dark. You are the arrow that will change the world, I believe so.
Throughout a career that has spanned more than 40 years, Iglesias has garnered numerous recognitions for his work. In addition to 11 Goya Awards, he has won the Best Soundtrack Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Best Composer at the European Film Awards, and Soundtrack Composer of the Year at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2005 and 2012. In addition, Iglesias is a Golden Globe nominee for Best Original Score and a British Academy Film Award nominee for Best Original Music. The Spanish Ministry of Culture has recognized him twice for his outstanding contributions to the Spanish cinematographic scene.
In presenting the honorary degree, President Muhl praised Iglesias for his brilliant understanding of the natural synergy between visual and musical storytelling, and his masterful gift for narrative artistry. He has influenced entire new generations of composers for whom story and the collaborative magic that happens when music binds with and fuels human artistic expression of all kinds is a singular goal, she added.
At the commencement ceremony, 137 graduates from 42 countries received Master of Music degrees in music production, technology, and innovation; scoring for film, television, and video games; and contemporary performance (production concentration); and Master of Arts degrees in global entertainment and music business. Students who completed Berklee's post-master's program were also recognized at the ceremony.
Berklee's honorary doctorate recipients are recognized for their achievements and influences in music, and for their enduring contributions to American and international culture. Past recipients include Duke Ellington (the first, in 1971), Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Smokey Robinson, Steven Tyler, Loretta Lynn, Juan Luis Guerra, Annie Lennox, Paco de Lucia, Carole King, Willie Nelson, George Clinton, Rita Moreno, Lionel Richie, A. R. Rahman, Justin Timberlake, and Missy Elliott. In the last five years the Valencia campus has awarded honorary doctorates to John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Imogen Heap, Lila Downs, and Gilberto Gil.
About Berklee Valencia Berklee's campus in Valencia, Spain, is the first international campus established by the renowned Berklee College of Music, and its first campus outside of Boston. Located in the iconic City of Arts and Sciences, the magnificent 3,600-square-meter campus has been designed specifically for music and is equipped with state-of-the art technology.
Berklee's Valencia campus aims to provide a hub to launch careers across the globe for the most musically talented international students. Offering a unique curriculum, as well as an International Career Center to assist students in their transition from student to music professional, the campus presented Berklee College of Music's first graduate master's degree programs in contemporary music-scoring for film, television and video games; contemporary performance (production concentration); and global entertainment and music business-in 2012. A fourth graduate program launched in 2013: music production, technology, and innovation.
In addition, the campus offers a study abroad program for Berklee students from Boston, summer and special programs, and a new way for musicians around the world to join the global music community-as performers, practitioners, and leaders. For more information, visit valencia.berklee.edu.
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Four-Time Oscar Nominee and 11-Time Goya Winner Alberto Iglesias Receives Honorary Doctorate at Berklee Valencia Commencement One of Spain's most revered international composers, Iglesias has been recognized twice for his outstanding contributions to the Spanish cinematographic scene by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
