Daniel Rojas (Australian musician)

Daniel Rojas (born 23 June 1974) is a Chilean-born Australian pianist and composer. Rojas’ work as a composer and improviser draws upon indigenous, folk, popular and classical Latin American traditions. Early life and education Rojas received a Bachelor of Music – Composition with Honours (First Class and Medal) and a Master of Music in Composition from the University of Sydney. He later graduated with a PhD from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Career Since 2012, Rojas worked as a solo pianist, performing music by Latin American composers, including Astor Piazzolla and Alberto Ginastera, his own works, arrangements of traditional folksongs and free improvisation. He performed his own Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra under George Ellis, has performed solo recitals in Sydney and Townsville and performs with Latin jazz, tango and world music groups such as Latin Kaos; Sonora Galaxia; Orquesta Los Mambizes; Tango Paradiso; Chai Ensemble, Jacana, Drumbeats and Tigramuna. In 2012 Rojas released a solo album, Latin Piano Expressions, featuring his own works, Piazzolla’s Resureccion de Angel and Histoire du Tango as well as four free improvisations. Th