MusiChess Team

Age: ?

Country: Sakon

MC Position: Webmaster

Main sections: Chess, Mind Sports, Music

Occupation: Chess & Mind Sports trainer

Other projects: Game Designer, Scriptwriting (Las Ligas de la Ñ, Geometría Celestial)

Favorite periods: XIX, XX

Favorite composers: R. Wagner, L. Beethoven, I. Stravinsky, R. Strauss, A. Dvorak, G. Verdi, G. Rossini, G. Puccini, V. Bellini, G. Donizetti, C. Debussy, J. Sibelius, E. Grieg, J. S. Bach, G. F. Händel, S. Rachmaninoff, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, S. Prokofiev, W. A. Mozart, G. Mahler, M. Falla, J. Williams, H. Zimmer, B. Hermann, E. Morricone, M. Rozsa, J. Horner, D. Elfman, H. Shore, J. de Meij, G. Holst, A. Roussel, O. Respighi, H. Berlioz, M. Nyman, P. Glass, W. Stenhammar, C. Villiers Stanford, H. Harty, E. Patlayenko, V. Herbert, E. Kapp, W. Kilar, A. Holmes, F. Delius, I. Yun, A. Pettersson, R. Gliere, A. Bliss, A. Silvestri, E. Rautavaara, E.-P. Salonen…

Favorite works: The Planets (G. Holst), Symphony No. 9 “New World Symphony” (A. Dvorak), Der Ring des Nibelungen + The Flying Dutchman + Lohengrin + Tannhauser + Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (R. Wagner), The Lord of the Rings + The Hobbit (H. Shore), Star Wars (J. Williams), Alpine Symphony + Don Quixote + Also Sprach Zarathustra + Don Juan + Aus Italien (R. Strauss), The Rite of Spring + The Firebird + Pulcinella + Petrushka (I. Stravinsky), Peer Gynt (E. Grieg), La Mer + Arabesques (C. Debussy), operas (Verdi, Rossini, Puccini, Bellini, Donizetti, R. Strauss…), Ma Vlast (B. Smetana), Karelia Suite + Finlandia (J. Sibelius), Conan the Barbarian (B. Poledouris), Carmen (G. Bizet), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (F. Mendelssohn), Symphonies 5, 6, 7, 9 (L. v. Beethoven), Rodeo (A. Copland). Rhapsody in Blue (G. Gershwin), Gayaneh (A. Khachaturian), Scheherezade (N. Rimsky-Korsakov), Symphony No. 1, Lord of the Rings + Highlights from Chess + Planet Earth + The Wind in the Willows (J. de Meij), Vikings (Trevor Morris), The Isle of the Dead (S. Rachmaninoff), The Witcher (A. Skorupa)…

Favorite modern genres: metal, rock, soundtracks, progressive, jazz, blues, world music, folk, country, Afro-American music. Music, in general.

Favorite chess players: G. Kasparov, B. Fischer, M. Tal, A. Alekhine, V. Topalov, P. Morphy, A. Anderssen, A. Morozevich, J. Polgar, J. Piatigorsky, B. Jobava…

Description:

My music list (classified in excel) includes:

• Musicians from more than 150 countries.
• More than 5.000 modern artists.
• More than 700 classical composers.

My chess list includes 350-400 chess players since Middle Ages to nowadays.

Name: D. Peláez

Age: 29

Country: Madrid (Spain)

MC Position: Community manager, Document controller, Content creator

Main sections: Music content: Dissemination, Art, Profiles

Occupation: Music document controller.

Other projects: Artist: Music and fine arts

Favorite periods: 19th and 20th centuries

Favorite composers: L. W. Beethoven, F. Chopin, A. Dvorâk, I. Albéniz, Duke Ellington, Jamie Cullum

Favorite works: Violin Concert in D minor – Tchaikovsky. Fantaisie Impromptu, Op. 66 – Chopin.

Favorite modern genres: Jazz, Rock, Indie

Description: The practice and training in documentation researcher has become my passion. My objective: unify music and documentation and convert them into culture

Age: Born in 1992

Country: Spain

MC Position: Webmaster

Main sections: Music, Chess

Occupation: Violinist, Pianist, Composer and Musicologist

Other projects: Chess player

Favorite periods: XVII, XVIII y XIX

Favorite composers: A. Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, G. F. Händel, J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, L. Beethoven, F. Schubert, R. Schumann, F. Chopin, G. Verdi, J. Brahms, R. Wagner, J. Strauss, G. Mahler, S. Rachmaninoff, J. Sibelius, F. Mendelssohn, C. Debussy, M. Ravel, P. Sarasate, L. Bernstein, O. Messiaen, I. Stravinsky, G. Ligeti, T. Takamitsu, J. Williams, H. Zimmer, B. Conti, J. Horner, H. Shore, E. Morricone, N. Uematsu, J. Hisaishi, Y. Kajiura, T. Davis, L. Stirling, J. M. Jarre, M. Oldfield…

Favorite works:

Favorite modern genres: Power Metal, Gothic Metal, Symphonic Metal, Rock, Symphonic Rock, Jazz, Blues, J-Pop, K-Pop, Soundtracks, Modern Instrumental Music.

Favorite chess players: M. Tal, M. Carlsen, S. Karjakin, H. Yifan, J. Polgár, G. Kamsky, G. Kasparov, B. Fischer.

Description: Music is the meaning of my life in all its facets. Dedicating myself professionally in all its areas is what makes me happy. Music as art, science, culture, education, values, creativity, expression, way of life and of course, passion.

Age: 30

Country: Madrid, Spain

MC Position: Illustrator, Designer

Main sections: MC Publisher

Occupation: Art conservator

Other projects: Las Ligas de la Ñ