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Works for Cello

Concierto No. 1 (1982), for cello and orchestra.

Pieza (1992),  for cello solo.

Variaciones concertantes (1994), for cello, guitar, and instrumental ensemble.

Concierto N. 2 (1999), for cello and orchestra.

Tango (1999), for cello and piano.

Pour les enfants (2000), for cello and piano.

Adagio (2004), for cello octet. 

Estudio Bop #7 (Bachriación) (2006), for cello solo.

Works for Viola

Bop Study No. 6 (2004), for string trio.

Sources:

• Furman Schleifer, M., and Galván, G. (2016). Latin American Classical Composers, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Rowman & Littlefield.

• Toussaint, E (n.d.). Eugenio Toussaint—Biography. Eugenio Toussaint. https://www.eugeniotoussaint.com/en/bio/index.php

Eugenio Toussaint Uhthoff

Mexican composer and pianist, born October 9, 1954, died February 8, 2011.

Eugenio Toussaint Uhthoff was born in Mexico City on October 9, 1954. He was primarily self-taught until he had the opportunity to study harmony with Jorge Pérez Herrera and piano with Néstor Castañeda in 1974. In 1980, he received a scholarship to study orchestration at Dick Grove Music School in Los Angeles, California, but returned back to Mexico six years later to compose full-time. 

He also built a prolific career in performing, joining Roberto Aymes in Blue Note in 1975, and later founding Sacbé, an influential Mexican jazz ensemble, over a year later. Sacbé moved to Minneapolis and later to Los Angeles, recording and releasing numerous records that were well-received, such as “Música de Cámara” in 2000 and “3 Suites” in 1999. 

By the time he moved back to Mexico, he was already very accomplished and decorated. He was awarded the Lira de Oro award for musical accomplishment from the  Sindicato Único de Trabajadores de la Música (SUTM) in 1989 and membership to Creadores del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes in 1994. He continued to compose for many ensembles, premiering internationally, while also performing with his piano trio for the rest of his life.