

His opera La Bisbetica, commissioned and performed by International Opera Theater was premiered in August of 2010 in Italy it was then invited to participate in the Bergamo International Festival of 2011 at Bergamo, Italy. Whipple in November 2011 Marahuaka, a concerto for 3 marimbas and Wind Symphony Orchestra and Epona's Portal, a concerto for bassoon and Wind Symphony Orchestra both commissioned by Robert Boudreau and the American Wind Symphony Orchestra in 2010. Recent work includes his piece Chocolat for solo bassoon commissioned and premiered by Jim R. Authorities say the shooting on Bigwood Way in the Hillview neighborhood resulted from a domestic dispute that left Elan’s mom Arielle with serious. Amaya was selected to be part of American Composers' Forum New Voices with International Opera Theater resulting in the collaborate opera The Decameron, which premiered in November 2010 in Philadelphia and then produced the following August 2011 in Città della Pieve, Italy. Elan Amaya, 4, is an energetic preschooler who loves eating strawberry lemonade popsicles, playing with his dog Lupa and spending time with his mom and baby sister. Elan Amaya, 4, was sedated in a hospital bed at Norton Children’s Hospital after being shot in the head by his father on Dec. His cello concerto Un Camino, commissioned by renowned cellist Kim Cook with a grant from the Pennsylvania Arts Council, premiered in August of 2013. His flute and cello duo Pres-ent commissioned and premiered by Gerald Carey and Tanya Carey releasing it in their CD Golden Celebration in December of 2013.

Amaya's two chamber operas: Clepsydra: An Operatic Installation with 13 Performers and Phantasmagorilla? No! Phantasmagoria, were also released by Albany Records in 2009 receiving excellent reviews by Pittsburgh Magazine, the American Record Guide and Fanfare Magazine. In 2004, Albany Records released the two-cello version of Silent Conversations in a CD entitled Zoo of Dreams, featuring the Amici Chamber Players. His debut CD A Sense of Time was released on Jby Élan Recordings. According to Elan Amaya, Ariel, he was taken off a ventilator on Saturday.

Amaya's compositions have been selected for performance at major international festivals and ensembles. GoFundMes Saving Super Elan page was built to cover Elans redemption. He was also a Meet The Composer Composer-in-Residence from 2001 to 2004. In 2004, Efraín Amaya received a Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
