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STUDIES

MUSIC STUDIES

  1. Bachelor's Degree in Music Composition from the Catalonia College of Music in Barcelona. (Título Superior de Música, Especialidad Composición, ESMUC (Escola de Música Superior de Catalunya)).
  2. Master's Degree in Music Research (Hybrid between Composition, Musicology, and Technology) from UNIR (Universidad Internacional de La Rioja).
  3. PhD Student at the University of Girona (UDG) in the field of music composition and theory, with a focus on Musical Textures and Organizations of Sonic Materials in the 21st Century.
  4. Bachelor's Degree in Violin Performance from Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo, Barcelona.
  5. Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Barcelona (CAP - Certificado de adaptación pedagógica).
  6. Composition studies with Manuel Hidalgo and Helmut Lachenmann (Stuttgart), Ramon Lazkano (Musikene), Walter Zimmermann and Marc Sabat (UDK Berlin), John Rahn (University of California, Berkeley), Michael Levinas (CNSM Paris), José Luís Torra (CSM Madrid), Luca Cori (Conservatorio Trieste) and Joao Pedro Oliveira (Universidade de Aveiro and UFMG).
  7. Attended masterclasses and lectures by Jonathan Harvey, Georg Friedrich Haas, Klaus K. Huber, Chaya Czernowin, Steven Kazuo Takasugi, Toshio Hosokawa, Brian Ferneyhough, and Joan Guinjoan among others.

LANGUAGE STUDIES:

  1. Native bilingual: Spanish and Catalan, C1.
  2. English C2 Proficiency from the University of Barcelona (UB).

INSTITUTIONS, COMMISSIONS, FESTIVALS AND RELEVANT PERFORMERS

Looking at the international scene, his works have been played and/or commissioned in many countries such the U.S.A., at the Cleveland Music Institute, and multiple American Universities as Harvard, SUNNY Buffalo, UC Berkeley, SU San Francisco, Stanford, Denison, Cranbrook Academy, Wayne State, Redlands, San Diego and North Park. In Colombia; at the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. In México, at the Festival Cervantino de Guanajuato. Within Europe, at Ircam (París), Praga  Contempuls Festival,  Royal School of Music London, Mednarodni Bienale Sodobne Glasbe Koper Slovenia, SAL Európai Ifjúsági Zenei Fesztivál Hungary, Finlandia Contemporary Music Festival Vitasaari, UDK Berlín, Dokumenta Kassel, Frankfurt Buchmesse, Festival Attaca Stuttgart, Schlos Solitude Stuttgart, Oh tu Schlos Oldenburg, Festival Frequenzen Frankfurt, Hamburg Kulturhause Galileo Galilei Festival, etc.

Inside the Iberian Peninsula, his works have been played in festivals like Nou Sons at l'Auditori Nacional de Catalunya, Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid,  CDMC, Festival Son de Música de Hoy, Sgae Barcelona, Pedrera Caixa Catalunya, Vigo Fundación Laxeiro, CCCB Barcelona, Girona Festival de Música Contemporánea SIM, Monographic concert at Sala Beckett  cicle 4x4 ,Sitges Fundación Música Contemporánea, Xº Festival de Música Contemporánea de Segovia, Festival Mixtur de Barcelona, Encontres de Compositors at Fundació ACA Mallorca, Búger, Fundac Pilar i Joan Miró at Mallorca, etc.

PERFORMERS AND RELEVANT ENSEMBLES AND ORCHESTRAS

He received commissions, or has been played by SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, OBC Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Sur Plus, Smash Ensemble, Ensemble Calliopée, Ensemble Multi-Lateral, Trigger-Ensemble, Ensemble BCN 216, Ensemble Espai Sonor, Chalumeau Cuarteto de Clarinetes, Martinu Ensemble, Zauber Quintett, Ensemble Sitges 96, Grupo Opus XXI, Trío Kachaturian, Ensemble l'Embut, Conjunto XXI, Arte Ensemble Barcelona, Ensemble Ars BB, Ensemble Fluido and also solo performers as Sebastien Berweck, Roger Illa, Isaac Rodríguez, Mireia Fornells, Joan Plana, Raul Garrido, Fix Nicolet, Jose Galeote, Oleguer Beltrán, Rosa Mª Caparrós, Jordi Sánchez, Yuval Gotlivobich, Jordi Torrent, Andrea Peirón, Felipe Agell, Fanny Vicenç and Lluís Claret among others.

GRANTS, PRIZES, TEACHING, RECORDINGS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

GRANTS & PRIZES

  • Selected composer for Efferent Verb: Strings Vol. I. September, 2023. Presented as part of the annual Avant-Garde! project in collaboration with Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The String Orchestra of Brooklyn.
  • Granted with the Javier&Marta Villavecchia Fellowship at the Centre for Aesthetics, Religion and Contemporary Culture and the Haas Library at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022.
  • Granted at International Residence la Marfà Girona 2022.
  • Granted with Beques de Creació by Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia, 2022.
  • Selected composer at the London New Wind Festival, 2022.
  • Granted with Beques Agita, Culture Figueres 2022.
  • Granted ICUB BARCELONA, Creació Sonora. 2021. 
  • Winner Àpres l'histoire Commissioning Project in Chicago (2018).
  • Winner Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR Orchesterwerkstatt für junge Komponisten mit dem Meisterkurs Orchesterkomposition (2012).
  • Granted at Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (2005).
  • Winner of the Composition Competition from European Conservatories (Composers Meeting), (2004).
  • Granted at International Darmstadt Music Institute (2004).

TEACHING

  • Professor at ESMUC (University School of Music of Catalonia) since 2013. Teaching music analysis and composition.
  • Professor of music analysis at the Master of Performance at Esmuc.
  • Professor of Auditive Perception at the Master of Contemporary Improvisation at Esmuc in collaboration with Royal Conservatoire of The Hague.
  • Professor of Music at the Master of Interartistical relation at UB (Universidad de Barcelona).
  • Professor of Music Composition, at Tarragona's Conservatory since 2022.
  • Guest Composer teaching at FUB ( Fundació Universitaria del Bages) UManresa | Campus Manresa de la UVic-UCC.2023.
  • Guest teacher of composition at Bologna's Conservatory. March 2024.

RECORDINGS 

  • Monographic CD works 1992-2008 “El món d'Ulisses” with the label La Mà de Guido in the series of 7 compositors Catalans, by the Catalan Generalitat.
  • Contrafactum, Monographic CD of orchestral works. Label Ribera Edicions. 
  • Say Thanks to Mr. Franz Joseph Beethoven, label Taurus de Hamburg.
  • Dos pensaments curiosos, for Woodwind Quintet. Label Zauberquintett.

DIVERS

Jury:

  • Jury at Concurso de Composición e interpretación para guitarra "Certamen LLobet"
  • Jury at Concurso de Composición Joan Guinjoan.
  • Jury at Concurs de Composició per a Orgue del Vendrell Benvingut Socias.
  • Jury at Concurs de música de Cambra de Sant Joan de Vilatorrada.
  • Jury at Composer's Competition of Conservatory of Tarragona "Xavier Gols".

Creation of microtonal instruments:

  • Creation of a  ¼ de tone guitar.
  • Creation of a spectrum guitar based on the harmonic series.
  • Creation of a percussion instrument "Torrijas" also with harmonic series.