Daniel Rojas
Daniel Rojas (b. 1974) is a Chilean-born Australian pianist and composer. His music draws on indigenous, folk, popular and classical Latin American traditions.
He has received commissions and performances from many notable artists, ensembles and orchestras, including Claire Edwardes, Southern Cross Soloists, Sydney Omega Ensemble, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Youth Orchestra, The Metropolitan Orchestra and The Queensland Orchestra.
Rojas has won several prizes for his compositions, including the Fellowship of Australian Composers Award, the Frank Albert Prize, the Miriam Hyde Memorial Award, and the Keys National Piano Composition Competition.
He is also a pianist and improviser, and has worked with Zubin Kanga on a series of two-piano performances and recordings. A PhD graduate of the University of Sydney, he is a lecturer at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Compositions by Daniel Rojas appear on
Flash: Marimba Miniatures
Flash is Claire Edwardes’s second Tall Poppies recording: a warm programme of marimba miniatures drawn from her pianist beginnings and life with two young daughters, pairing new Australian works with transcribed children’s piano gems on the five-octave marimba.