Liova Bueno

Liova Bueno’s music is performed in concerts and music festivals internationally, from Europe, the United States, and across Canada to countries in Central and South America. He has received commissions from and has collaborated with various ensembles, including Cuarteto de Bellas Artes (Mexico), Vox Humana Chamber Choir (Victoria, B.C.), the Victoria Choral Society (Victoria, B.C.), the London Symphony Orchestra (U.K.), the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech Republic), BRNO Contemporary Orchestra (Czech Republic), the Illinois Modern Ensemble (Illinois), the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Juvenil and members of the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Dominican Republic), and members of the Victoria Symphony. He has worked with various conductors and soloists including Ovidiu Marinescu, Noreen Cassidy-Polera, Davide Alogna, Darwin Aquino, Stanislav Vavrinek, Pavel Šnajdr, Brian Wismath, Miran Vaupotic, Pierre Strauch, Mark McGregor, Patricia Kostek, Alexander Dunn, and the Dunn/Ward Duo. 

In 2005, Bueno was a founding member of Music Abierta, a seminal collective of Dominican composers and musicians dedicated to presenting and generating new interest in contemporary music. The group’s sponsorship from the Dominican Ministry of Culture led to premieres of various works by Liova, which were also featured in international festivals such as the Atempo Festival (Caracas; Paris) and Juventud Caribeña: Música Sínfonica y Coral del Caribe (Caribbean-U.S.-Central/South America).

Bueno’s works have been commissioned for and/or featured at events including the Victoria Symphony New Music Festival, the Northwest Guitar Festival (Seattle), the Victoria Choral Society’s 80th Anniversary Celebration, the Habitat III U.N. Convention (Quito, Ecuador), the University of Victoria School of Music’s 50th Anniversary (Victoria), concerts for Canada’s bi-centennial celebrations (Victoria), and in 2015–2016 held the position of Composer-in-Residence for the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Juvenil of the Dominican Republic.
His music was the focus of a presentation at the 23rd International Kodály Society Symposium “Singing the Circle/Cycle du chant,” and he has been cited as one of the present Dominican-born generation’s significant contributors to both composition and music education. Bueno’s recent recordings include Two Moods: Dusk and Carnaval (2022), Piccola Serenata (2023), Lluvia (2023), and Alma Caribeña released on Navona Records and digitally distributed via Naxos.