31.8.2016

2Queens - Screening Théâtre Outremont

Para realizar 2 Reinas, Javier se inspiró de un fenómeno del montaje cinematográfico creado por el cineasta ruso Lev Kuleshov en la década de los 20, conocido como el efecto Kuleshov [...] Y como Javier es un gran pianista y un músico consumado, quiso hacer lo mismo que Kuleshov, pero con la música. De ahí el por qué la música que él compuso para 2 Reinas, ocupa un lugar importante en la trama del cortometraje.

Pablo Gómez Barrios
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31.8.2016
11.8.2016

2Queens - Official Selection of The World Film Festival

  • 1432 Rue de Bleury, Montréal, QC H3B 2W4.
23.5.2016

Music on his fingertips

La pasión por la música comenzó a muy temprana edad en Javier Asencio. El placer de escuchar música estuvo siempre presente en su casa, donde se escuchaba desde el folklor hasta la música clásica. 

Pablo Gómez Barrios
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Return to Cuba - Screenings

  • 3575 Av du Parc, Montréal, QC H2X 2H8
  • 2396 Rue Beaubien E, Montréal, QC H2G 1N1

The film Return to Cuba which I had the pleasure to score, will be screened every day starting this Friday at Cinema du Parc and Cinema Beaubien. Hope to see you there!

« After 18 years living in Italy, the Cuban Barbara Ramos returns to live in her homeland. In the town of Santa Clara, she discovers through the projects of family and friends what has changed in Cuba but also what has not and will likely never change. »

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10.5.2016
7.7.2016

Buzz Beat - Le rencontre musical de la diversité des Amériques

  • 11th July 2016 - Parc Pine Beach Chemin Bord du Lac
  • 12th July 2016 - Centennial Park 288 boul. Beaconsfield
  • 13th July 2016 - Parc Peterborough 8400 boulevard Châteauneuf

Happy to announce that Buzz, with Corine Renné (vibes) and Julien Compagne (drums and percussion) will perform a series of compositions and arrangements I wrote especially for them.

2.4.2016

Meet in Beijing Arts Festival

  • F16-17, Juran Plaza, A3, Dongzhimen South Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing

On April 25th. Buzz Brass will represent Canada at the opening of Meet in Beijing Arts Festival . They will perform along with the symphony orchestra of Qingdao, Le boléro martien de la Péri a crazy arrangement that I've wrote gathering the works of Dukas (La Péri), Ravel (Boléro) and Holst (Mars).

30.12.2015

Global Music Awards

  • 7946 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 201, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA

Bronze medal winner finalist: 2Queens - original score/sound track movie & television.

19.10.2015

Chevelu Proyect

Para María Isabel Rondón, el cabello crespo es bonito y las mujeres deberían verlo de una forma positiva y no negativa.

Pablo Gómez Barrios
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Chevelu Proyect - World Premiere

  • September, 17th - 19th, 8pm.
  • 3680, rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal H2X 2K5

Projet Chevelu is a reflection on the intimate, visceral and even political relationship that we have with our hair. A convergence of personal, cultural, social and sexual identities, hair symbolizes the tension between existence and appearance, between being and being perceived. The exuberant hairstyles of black women are rooted in the personal and collective unconscious, and like an untamed monster, the amorphous mane can sometimes conceal a dark world of pain, shame and envy. Simultaneously intimist and universal, Projet Chevelu becomes a spiritual quest.

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14.11.2014
26.6.2015

Javier Asencio: film scoring

El compositor y orquestador Javier Asencio llegó con una maleta llena de sueños a las tierras canadienses. Hoy, está musicalizando películas y obras de teatro -entre otras- destacándose y convirtiéndose en un buen referente.

Martín Movilla
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6.6.2015

The time of the water is now available on Vimeo

It is a strange hot fall day in Buenos Aires when Rosa decides to make a road-trip to meet the love of her younger days. In the meantime, her neighbor "Noodle" takes care of her mysterious house, under a strict set of rules. Once the limits get pushed, we quickly start to understand what Rosa has been hiding.

29.5.2015

My national insecurity - TéleQuébec

  • June 1st. - 8pm

Pour ceux qui n'ont pas eu l'opportunité de voir le documentaire de Patricio Henriquez «Mon insécurité nationale» sur grand écran, vous pourrez le revoir ce lundi sur les ondes de Télé Québec, à 20h. C'est un immense honneur d'avoir fait la musique pour ce film. Ne manquez pas ça !

My national insecurity - RIDM World premiere

  • Novermber 19th, 8pm.
  • 175, avenue du Président-Kennedy, Montréal.

Upon arrival in Canada in 1982, Salvadorian journalist Victor Regalado was treated as a security threat by the Canadian government and its secret police. He has never been convicted of anything, and still does not know what reasons or evidence led to the accusations against him.

Some 14 years after he arrived in Canada, the government suddenly normalized the situation without explanation. Now a Canadian citizen, Regalado is taking legal steps to obtain a copy of his secret file.

This documentary follows the slow process, while also exploring Regalado’s past in El Salvador and Québec.

20.7.2014

Music and sound design - Installation artwork

  • Parc des Champs-de-Bataille, Québec.

Cette exposition, organisée et mise en circulation par le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, propose un dialogue inédit entre les peintres fondateurs de l’art moderne canadien, James Wilson Morrice (1865-1924) et John Lyman (1886-1967), une sorte de face à face entre ces deux artistes montréalais qui ont en commun d’avoir côtoyé Henri Matisse (1869-1954).

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3.7.2014

The time of the water

  • 6925 Hollywood Blvd, CA 90028, USA.

Official Selection of the 10th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference August 14-23, 2014 TCL Chinese Theaters and Hollywood Roosevelt.

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30.5.2014

Among sounds and images

Las composiciones musicales de Javier Asencio comienzan a sonar en los espectáculos canadienses ganando apoyo del público y apoderándose de la sensibilidad de muchos de los que tienen la oportunidad de escucharlas.

Martín Movilla
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Andrée-Anne Tremblay

  • March 19th, 8pm.
  • Salle Claude Léveillée
  • PLace des arts

Tengo el honor de haber hecho la realización algo así....

Andrée-Anne est violoniste, pianiste et chanteuse depuis plus de 13 ans. Elle a collaboré avec plusieurs artistes dont Jean-François Breau, Manuel Tadros, Carl Tremblay, Breen Leboeuf, le Saint-Amand Blues, Delirium du Cirque du Soleil, Pol Pelletier et Édith Butler.

Le 19 mars prochain, avec son violon, qu’elle joue comme une guitare à la Pink Floyd, elle sera entourée de 3 musiciens: Javier Asencio au piano, claviers et arrangements, ainsi que Pierre-Luc Cerrat à la basse et Pascal Lepage à la batterie, tous deux membres de Bran Van 3000.


14.3.2014

The time of the water

  • Novermber 19th, 8pm.
  • 175, avenue du Président-Kennedy, Montréal.

"The Time of the Water" is already an official selection of some festivals. It will be screened in France, Poland, Japan, Canada, and many other places to come!

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26.01.2014
11.11.2013

Elipsis - Ensemble Triosphère

  • November 18th. 6pm
  • 305 av. du Mont-Royal Est, Montréal.

Ce soir, aux Jeunesses musicales (305, Avenue Mont-Royal), aura lieu le spectacle bénéfice pour l'excellentisime Ensemble Triosphère, pour lequel j'ai eu le plaisir de composer une pièce originale et je serai présent pour l'interpréter, au piano. Il reste encore des billets, j'ai hâte de vous voir !

16.11.2013

Couleurs d'ici - MAtv

  • DIR. EMILIE GOATHIER

Aujourd'hui soir vous pourrez voir mon épisode de Couleurs d'ici à 13h sur MATv! Demain matin, dimanche 17 novembre, l'émission passera à nouveau à 19h, minuit, ou 4h du matin pour ceux qui auront de l'insomnie...!

12.2.2013

Élan - Shortfilm

  • DIR. Javier Asencio

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12.2.2013

Transmutación - Shortfilm

  • DIR. Javier Asencio

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Barravento Proyect - World Premiere

  • September, 21th - 22th, 8pm.
  • 3680, rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal H2X 2K5

Barravento: a wind in Bahia that rises suddenly off the sea. Barravento: a metaphor for change and transition. Barravento: a choreography that evokes a familiar and strange elsewhere with distinct ties to ancestral memories. A new figure on the Montreal dance scene, Maria Isabel Rondon already possesses a unique signature in which elements of capoeira and the dances of the Orixas – Afro-Brazilian deities – fuse with a resolutely contemporary language. Her choreographies stand out for their astonishing geometry and the animal nature of their movement.

Barravento flirts with trances of possession, reminiscent of the states of confusion experienced by initiates to the religion Candomblé. A dance of chiaroscuro, of spasmodic and aerial movements, Barravento plays on disequilibrium and surrender. The choreographer shares the stage with three dancers; together, they engage in a larger than life experience of the body.