Andreu Jacob

Andreu Jacob Martinez Foglietti (born 1971) known as Andreu Jacob is a Catalán composer. Andreu Jacob works in such musical genres as classical and contemporary music, jazz, flamenco and other musical styles. He has a wide experience in media, television, studio recordings and movies. Besides he is a gifted multi-instrumentalist musician, producer and arranger.

Andreu Jacob in Portugal
Composer
Andreu Jacob playing piano in Rjukan Kino – Norway

Biography

Born in 1971 in Barcelona , Catalonia (Spain) Andreu was brought up in a poor family that lived in the Raval neighborhood. Jacob showed a great interest in music at the age of 9. He began his musical studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo in Barcelona. A year later he made his first musical performance at theConservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo. At the age 14 he started to work with the Catalan guitarist Max Sunyer. During their cooperation, Andreu learned to play (drums, guitar, trumpet, piano, lute...) by himself. Andreu also studied and worked with a famous Spanish musician Salvador Niebla, later creating with him a creative tandem.

Andreu took the 1st place in the prestigious 75th Composer’s Festival Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Besides he studied carpentry in Barcelona and architectural acoustics in France. In 1990 he published his first work.[1] At the age of 23 he participated in a prestigious international jazz festival in Krakow, Poland and also in Zamosc.

In 1995 at age 24, Andreu got his first sponsorship from the international company Paiste, agreement expiring in 2007 after accepting the proposal to work with his new sponsor Zildjian.[2] Since 2001 Andreu Jacob is considered to be one of the most prestigious musicians. He participates in all kinds of filmmakers tests, demonstrations of musical organizations, manufacturers. He is a headliner in different well-known art magazines and newspapers. Andreu cooperates with such famous brands like: Zildjian, Evans, Tama,[3] Soundart,[4] Casio, PRK Percussions,[5] Music Distribución,[6] Musicmania,[7] Ventamátic, Directworld, Adagio, Native Instruments, Clavia'', Steinberg, Propellerhead, Phantom sound, Microfusa, MI7.[8]

He organized and conducted many different jazz festivals [9] and international musical seminars in (Germany, England, Portugal, Poland, Spain, France, Sweden, Norway...). Andreu Jacob made numerous concerts in different cities[10][11] - (New York, Berlín, Porto, Lisboa, London, Barcelona, Madrid etc.)

Andreu performed and gave various Master Classes Master Class and conferences[12] en Conservatorios superiores de música, centros de enseñanza =,[13] in many prestigious international music schools. During his career he cooperated with world-class musicians: Chano Domínguez, Miguel Poveda, Guadiana, Max Sunyer, Albert Bover, Salvador Niebla, Jordi Bonell, Alicja Satrurska, The Great Resonance Choral (Poland), Michael Grossman, Maksim Dedikov, Errol Woiski, Miles Griffith, Santi Arisa, Esther Estrada, Rob Stillman, Choral Zangensemble SLAVA (Netherlands), Chema Vilchez, Marina Albero, Juan Gómez "Chicuelo", Conrad Setó, Jordi Rallo, George Soler, Mario Lecaros, Gorka Benitez, Big band " Taller de Músics", Jordi Gaspar, Nacho Romero, Antonio Mesa, Juan de Diego. Also he worked with famous literary poets like: José María Herranz, Luis Antonio de Villena y María Esperanza Párraga among the highlights.

At this moment, A. Jacob is working in projects with famous graphic artists such as: Thomas Dodd, Peter Gric, Gottfried Helnwein, Ian Brodie, Laurie Lipton, Lara Zankoul, Peter Coulson, Alex Timmermans, Tommy Ingberg, Brooke Shaden, Bjørn Tore Manuel Emanuelson, Viviana González ...

In 2012 he moved to Sweden to continue his work. A year later Andreu Jacob moved to Norway where he lives up to now. There he created own company called [14]A.Jacob' s NORGE productions

Other activities

Nominations

Works

Andreu Jacob has written and published numerous works. As an arranger Andreu Jacob has worked with many different artists. He is an author of soundtracks for such movies as "Laura esta sola" de Lauren Films (2003), "La memoria de los peces" de Manga Films (2004), "Glamour sex" de Coco Films (2003), "Private Château" de Private Films 2005, "El mar no es azul" de Manga Films (2005), "Arcus de Biart" de Manga Films (2004), "La entrega" de Bert Palmen (2004) o "Buhos" de Plimlico Artworkz (2003).

Own records

  1. El Valle de Cabuérniga (1990)
  2. The perfume of honey (1997)
  3. 6666 (1998)
  4. Dragon Dreams Vol. I (2000)
  5. Dragon Dreams Vol. II (2000)
  6. Digital Loneliness (2001)[23]
  7. A.Jacob v.1.0 – Black (2002)
  8. A.Jacob v.1.0 –White (2002)
  9. The pious sinner (2003)
  10. Uelhuxe (2003)
  11. Blind passenger to Kamtschka (2004)
  12. Home das Bubas Vol. I (2005)
  13. Home das Bubas Vol. II (2005)
  14. Die enttaeuschung des Hans Castorp (2006)
  15. Natural Order (2007)
  16. Outside (2008)
  17. BLOW (2009)
  18. Ojos de Dios (2010)
  19. Mlechny put (2011)
  20. Manuscritos para Anastasía (2012)
  21. Amargo despertar (2012)
  22. Ett nytt land utanför mitt fönster (2013)
  23. I miss you (2013)
  24. My sweet love (2013)
  25. Guds Øyne (2014)
  26. Manuskripter til Anastasia (2014)
  27. KUNST art symbiosis (2015)
  28. Ja vi elsker dette landet (2015)
  29. Rjukan, Den evige omfavnelse av fjellet (2015)

Collective works

  1. Acid by Vanguard School (1995)
  2. Resonance by Vanguard School (1995)
  3. Boing Boing (2002)
  4. Batería Total (1998)
  5. Jazz i Noves Músiques de Catalunya 7 (2001)
  6. Jazz i Noves Músiques de Catalunya 9 (2003)
  7. Jazz i Noves Músiques de Catalunya 10 (2004)
  8. JAÇZ Nº1 (2004)
  9. Revista de Jazz 04 (2005)
  10. Projet ONE / Maxi Tuning (2003)
  11. Razzmatazz 03 (2006)
  12. Ukiyohe Behaviour (2003)
  13. A los viejos Maestros / El niño de la Chata (2010)
  14. Hope / Crystina Maez (2010)
  15. Todo en beso / Malena placeres (2008)
  16. Eva / gremio afiliado de joyeros (2006)
  17. Respiraire / Maite Barrera (2011)

Soundtracks

  1. Laura esta sola de LAUREN FILMS (2003)
  2. La memoria de los peces de MANGA FILMS (2004)
  3. Glamour sex de COCO FILMS (2003)
  4. Private Château de PRIVATE FILMS (2005)
  5. El mar no es azul de MANGA FILMS (2005)
  6. Arcus de Biart de MANGA FILMS (2004)
  7. La entrega de Bert Palmen (2004)
  8. Buhos de Plimlico Artworkz (2003)

Symphonies

  1. Sinfonia nr. 24, Solens synfoni (2014)
  2. Gumnerside – Kammerkonserte nº 2 (2014)
  3. Sinfonia nr. 23, Rjukan Den evige omfavnelse av fjellet (2013)
  4. Expanding the Space – 57th International Austronautical Congress, (2006)
  5. Concierto para piano y orquesta nº 1, op. 36, en Si bemol mayor
  6. Concierto para piano y orquesta nº 2, op. 225, en Do mayor
  7. Concierto para piano y orquesta nº 3, op. 280
  8. Missa solemnis, opus 38
  9. Toccata C / Aram Chatshaturjan
  10. La cathedrale engloutie / Claude Debussy
  11. Symphonic Nr. 8 C- moll op. 65 / Dimitri Schostakowisich
  12. Unter Grünen
  13. Die Hundekatastrophe
  14. El Valle de los Alientos op. 42

References

  1. ↑ “El valle de Cabuérniga” – 1990
  2. ↑ Zildjian
  3. ↑ Tama
  4. ↑ Soundart
  5. ↑ PRK percussions
  6. ↑ Music Distribución,
  7. ↑ Musicmania,
  8. ↑ MI7
  9. ↑ Festivales de Jazz Archived 20 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Concierto en la Giralda de l´Arboç
  11. ↑ Concierto con Max Sunyer Trio
  12. ↑ Conferencias
  13. ↑ SAE
  14. ↑ A.Jacob' s NORGE Productions
  15. ↑ Circuit REASONS JAZZ
  16. ↑ 57-th International Astronautical Congress ".
  17. ↑ Concierto de 104 baterías entrando en "Récord Guinness"
  18. ↑ OUTSIDE (2009)
  19. ↑ BLOW (2010)
  20. ↑ BLOW (2010)
  21. ↑ OJOS DE DIOS (2011)
  22. ↑ MUM (2007–2009) Archived 14 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  23. ↑ Digital Loneliness (2001)

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