Joan Magrané Figuera

Joan Magrané Figuera (born Reus, 1988) is a Catalan composer.

Biography

Joan Magrané Figuera started to study composition with Ramon Humet. Subsequently, he studied at Esmuc in Barcelona with Agustín Charles, at the Graz Kunts Universität with Beat Furrer and then moved to Paris, where he attended lessons by Stefano Gervasoni at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse.^[1] His music has been performed around Europe by orchestras, groups and soloists such as Ensemble Intercontemporain,^[2] BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,^[3] Quatuor Diotima, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra,^[4] RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Neue Vocalsolisten,^[5] Quartet Gerhard^[6] and many others. The year 2016 he was lauréat of the Villa Medici in Rome.^[7] He has been awarded several composition prizes among them the XXXI Queen Sofia Composition Prize in 2014.^[8]

Works (selection)

• Double (swans reflecting elephants), piano (2015/16)^[9]
• Frammenti da Michelangelo, baritone and ensemble (2013/15)^[10]
• Un triptyque voilé, string trio (2014)^[11]
• sourd-muet-aveugle, flute, violin and cello (2013/14)^[12]
• Uns fragments d'aparicions, violin and electronics (2013/14)^[13]
• Alguns cants òrfics, string quartet num. 2 (2013)^[14]
• Madrigal (Musik mit Gesualdo), string quartet num. 1 (2012)^[15]
• ...secreta desolación..., orchestra (2012)^[16]

Notes

1. "Joan Magrané Figuera gana el Premio Reina Sofía de Composición Musical - Doce Notas". Doce Notas (in Spanish). 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
2. "Grand Soir". Philharmonie de Paris. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
3. "Joan Magrané Figuera - Concerts, Biography & News - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
4. "EL VIOLONCHELO DE ALISA WEILERSTEIN Y LA QUINTA DE BEETHOVEN". L'Auditori (in Catalan). Retrieved 2016-06-08.
5. "TRÍO ARBÓS | NEOPERCUSIÓN | NEUE VOCALSOLISTEN STUTTGART | Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical". www.cndm.mcu.es. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
6. "QUARTET GERHARD". Ajuntament de Banyoles - Cultura (in Catalan). 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
7. "Villa medici". www.villamedici.it. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
8. "Joan Magrané won the Queen Sofia Composition Prize (Revista Musical Catalana)". www.revistamusical.cat. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
9. "Double, recording". 2016-06-07.
10. "Frammenti da Michelangelo, recording". 2016-06-07.
11. "Un triptyque voilé, recording". 2016-06-07.
12. "sourd–muet–aveugle (2013/14)". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
13. "Uns fragments d'aparicions (2013/14)". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
14. "Alguns cants òrfics (2013)". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
15. "Madrigal (Musik mit Gesualdo) (2012)". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
16. "...secreta desolación... (2012) — ORTVE, Carlos Kalmar". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2016-06-07.

External links

• Official website
• Free listening on SoundCloud
• Interview to Joan Magrané in Radio Clàsica (in Spanish)