BIOGRAFÍA

Javier Iha Rodríguez (Cuba)

Composer, pianist, and pedagogue. He graduated in Composition from the University of the Arts (ISA) in 2017, earning the distinctions "Gold Degree" and top graduate by overall index. He holds a Master's in Management of the Historical-Documentary Heritage of Music from San Gerónimo College, Havana (2019). As a composer, he has participated in major music festivals in Cuba, including the Festival of Contemporary Music of Havana, the Festival of the Arts, the A tempo con Caturla Festival, and the Chamber Music Festival. Javier Iha has been awarded the Conmutaciones Creation Grant, organized by the Asociación Hermanos Saíz (AHS), and the Harold Gramatges Composition Prize by the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

In his teaching career, he has taught Harmony, Analysis, and Orchestration. Since 2014, he has served as a Harmony professor at the Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA) and, since 2020, as a professor of Orchestration and Analysis at the University of the Arts. He currently serves as a Yamaha Schools Supervisor in the Middle East.

His professional experience as a composer includes works for piano, voice, choir, chamber ensembles, and electroacoustic media. He has dedicated several works to Cuban performers and ensembles, such as the Dúo Promúsica, Trío Emanuel, Trío Lecuona, and the Orquesta de Cámara de Las Tunas, among others. He has also collaborated with audiovisual creators and the theater company Gaia Teatro.

Part of his work has been recorded under the Colibrí label, including the CD Nueva Música (a compilation of UNEAC Composition Awards) and Retrato y Escenas Peregrinas, awarded the Cubadisco 2021 Prize in the Chamber Music category.