“Para mantener la cordura”: experiencias sobre la práctica del songwriting durante la pandemia del COVID-19

Daniel Alonso Canales Madero; Víctor Hugo Ñopo Olazábal

doi:10.62230/antec.v8i2.252

Authors

Daniel Alonso Canales Madero Universidad Nacional de Música https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3977-9210
Víctor Hugo Ñopo Olazábal Universidad Nacional de Música https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5797-5330

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62230/antec.v8i2.252

Keywords:

Songwriting, Pandemic, COVID-19, Phenomenology, Musical composition

Abstract

This study explores songwriting experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to understand how exceptional circumstances affected musicians' creativity and compositional process. A phenomenological study was carried out with five participants from different specialties, residing in Peru, using semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were coded and analyzed thematically. As a result, two theoretical categories were generated: a) processes and use of technological tools for musical creation and b) impact of the pandemic on songwriting. Similarities were identified in the composition processes and variants in how the pandemic influenced the topics addressed. The experiences documented in this study enrich theoretical knowledge about the processes and stages of songwriting. In addition, they offer musicians tools to face future adversities, strengthening their resilience and adaptation to challenges.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Alonso Canales Madero, Universidad Nacional de Música

Guitarrista y arreglista. Comenzó sus estudios bajo la guía de Marco Rivas en el 2015. Desde 2016 ha desarrollado su técnica y conocimientos con Daniel Romero. Ha participado en clases magistrales de guitarra clásica impartidas por Virginia Yep, Santiago Becerra y Simone Vallerotonda. En 2021 se adentró en el estudio del laúd bajo la dirección de María Eugenia Codina. Actualmente, es profesor de guitarra en la Escuela de Música Strauss, director musical de la agrupación multidisciplinaria Los Reales y miembro del Cuarteto Koribeni, donde explora repertorio latinoamericano y peruano.
Víctor Hugo Ñopo Olazábal, Universidad Nacional de Música

Doctor en Administración y Magíster en Ciencias Empresariales por la Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola. Egresado de la Universidad Nacional de Música (UNM). Investigador reconocido por el Registro Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología y de Innovación Tecnológica (RENACYT). Director del Instituto de Investigación de la UNM y cofundador de la Escuela de Música Vivace. Productor del Festival Internacional de Guitarra Vivace y del Concurso Internacional Ciudad de Lima. Ha ofrecido conciertos, cursos y ponencias en América Latina y Europa y ha publicado diversos trabajos de investigación. Es director de tesis y enseña metodología de la investigación en diversas universidades.

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