Joan Albert Amargós

Joan Albert Amargós ( born August 2, 1950 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish composer and conductor. He is the grandson of the composer Joan Altisent i Ceardi ( 1891-1971 ).

Life

After his studies in piano and clarinet at the Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo in 1969 followed his first compositions. Amargós is founder of the group Música Urbana with whom he recorded two albums between 1975 and 1979. Among his works include chamber music, symphonies, operas, dance music and music for film, theater and television. His knowledge in the flamenco music was to him for his compositions always of benefit.

In 1983 he composed the popular Concert which was first performed the following year at the Palau de la Música Catalana under the direction of Albert Argudo.

Amargós been awarded several prestigious prizes. 1988, the first prize for contemporary jazz composition for the work Hasta siempre, Jaco ( Farewell, Jaco ), he was awarded by Chick Corea. Together with Charles Benavent he received the award of Best Record of the Year. Between 1999 and 2004, the Music Academy honored him with an award for Best Arrangement of the Year five times in a row. In 2002 he was awarded for his chamber opera Eurídice y los Títeres de Caronte by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Premio Nacional de Música (, National Music Prize ') and in the same year the prize Premio Ciudad de Barcelona for the works Flamenco en orquesta ( with Miguel Poveda as singer) and Concierto para trombon bajo ( Concerto for Bass Trombone ').

Works

Chamber Music

  • Policromies ( Polychrome ) ( 1969)
  • 3 peces Breus by a tres clarinets clarinet baix i (o fagot ) (3 short pieces for clarinet and bass clarinet or bassoon) (1969 )
  • 6 Cançons d' Homenatge a Picasso ( 6 songs ' Homage to Picasso ') ( 1971)
  • Petit duet by a clarinet i fagot ( Little Duet for Clarinet and Bassoon ) ( 1976)
  • Le cheval de Malval ( The horse Malval ) ( 1976)
  • Trio per a guitarra, piano flauta i (Trio for Guitar, Flute and Piano) (1979 )
  • Sonata para flauta y piano ( Sonata for Flute and Piano) (1979 )
  • Sonata by a 2 Flautes ( Sonata for Two Flutes ) ( 1979)
  • Sonata breve para piano y vibrafono ( Sonata for piano and vibraphone) (1979 )
  • Petit quartet ( Small Quartet) (1979 )
  • Diàleg intimate ( Intimate Dialogue ) ( 1979)
  • Trio per a flauta, clarinet i corn anglès (Trio for Flute, Clarinet and English Horn ) ( 1980)
  • Petita suite per a 4 flautes ( Little Suite for 4 flutes) (1980 )
  • Vals bizarre ( Bizarrely Waltz ) ( 1981)
  • Sonata para dos guitarras ( Sonata for Two Guitars ) ( 1981)
  • Música by a piano n º 1 (Music for Piano) (1981 )
  • Le Cheval de Malval (1981 )
  • Vals by a piano ( The horse Malval ) ( 1982)
  • Pasacalle nocturno ( Nocturnal Passacaglia ) ( 1982)
  • Homenatge a Frederic Mompou ( tribute to Frederic Mompou ) ( 1983)
  • Concert del Sud ( Concerto of the South), para violín, violoncelo y orquesta de cámara ( for violin, cello and orchestra) (1986 )
  • Sevillanas ( Sevillanas ) ( 1988)
  • Hasta siempre Jaco ( Farewell, Jaco ) ( 1988)
  • Cantata de Sant Just ( cantata based on Antoine de Saint- Just) (1988 )
  • Sonata de primavera ( Spring Sonata ) ( 1990)
  • La nit ( The Night ) ( 1992)
  • Cinc cançons populars mallorquines (5 popular songs of Majorca) (1992 )
  • Cantata de la terra ( Cantata of the country) (1993 )
  • Requiem (1994 )
  • Concierto para clarinete y orquesta, versión para orquesta de cámara ( Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, chamber version) ( 1995)
  • Tango català ( Catalan Tango) (1996 )
  • Música by Arpa (Music for Harp ) ( 1996)
  • Tierra de nadie ( No Man's Land ) (1997 )
  • Flash Mompou (1997)
  • Suite homenaje a García Lorca (Suite dedicated to García Lorca) (1998)
  • Canciones populares españolas ( Popular Spanish Songs) (1998)
  • 2 Escenas flamenco ( flamenco scenes 2 ) ( 1998)
  • Planetarium ( Planetarium ) (2000 )
  • Pigmalió ( Pygmalion ) (2000 )
  • Música de cambra by a diversos instruments (chamber music for various instruments ) (2000 )
  • La campanada ( The Carillon ) (2000 )
  • Homenatge a Picasso ( homage to Picasso) (2000)
  • El Meu duc - meu ( The Duke Meu -Meu ) (2000 )
  • Allegro Festivo ( Solemn Allegro) (2000)
  • 2 peces by a orquesta de cordes (2 Pieces for String Orchestra) (2000)
  • Atlantic trio ( Atlantic Trio ) (2002 )
  • En el aire ( In the Air ) (2002 )
  • Trio by a Violi, clarinet piano i (Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano) (2004)
  • Declaració ( statement) ( 2005)
  • PAX HAGANUM ( Obertura per a la Pau) ( overture for peace ) (2005 )
  • La Pastoreta. para orquesta de cuerda ( ' La Pastoreta ' for string orchestra ) (2005 )
  • Las Morillas que me enamoran, cuatro manos para piano y voz a ( The women I love, work with voice and piano with four hands ) (2006 )
  • Capricho por bulerías ( Capriccio for Bulería ( flamenco dance) ) (2006 )
  • Variaciones sobre un Zorongo ( Variations for a Zorongo ( flamenco singing )) ( 2006)
  • Las morillas de Jaén ( The Women of Jaén ) (2006 )
  • Anda jaleo, para dos pianos y voz ( for two pianos and voice ) (2006 )
  • Zorongo, para dos pianos y voz (2006)
  • Joes Florals, para coro de hombres y solistas órgano ( for male choir and organ solo ) (2006 )
  • Aires españoles, para dos pianos y voz (Spanish Air, for two pianos and voice ) (2006 )
  • Simfonieta concertant (by a Cobla y 4 instruments ) ( Sinfonia Concertante for four instruments and verses ) (2007 )
  • La niña bonita ( The pretty girl ) (2007 )

Orchestral works

  • Variaciones para orquesta ( Variations for Orchestra ) ( 1981)
  • Concierto para clarinete y orquesta, versión para Symphony Orchestra ( Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, version for symphony orchestra ) ( 1995)
  • Los Taranto ( ballet, 1985)
  • Concierto para trombon bajo y orquesta ( Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra ) (2000 )
  • Mil · lenarium, versión para Symphony Orchestra ( for Symphony Orchestra ) (2003 )
  • Northern Concerto, para flauta dulce y orquesta (Nordic Concerto, for recorder and orchestra ) (2005 )
  • Concierto para saxo alto y orquesta de cámara ( Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra ) (2008 )

Music for orchestra and choir

  • Requiem flamenco ( for Mario Maya, 1993)
  • Cantata de la Terra ( Cantata of the country) (1992 )
  • Mil · lenarium, versión para coro mixto y Symphony Orchestra ( for Choir, mixed with Symphony Orchestra ) (2003 )
  • L' Assemblea dels infants ( Cantata by a nens ) (The Children's Assembly, cantata for children) (2004)

Operas

  • Eurídice ( Eurídice y los Títeres de Caronte ) (2001 )
  • El Salón de Anubis (2007)

Theatre Music

  • Pigmalión, with Dagoll Dagom
  • Tierra de Nadie ( No Man's Land ), with María Rovira (New York)
  • La luna de Valencia ( The moon of Valencia ) by Jaime Salom

Film Music

  • La fiebre del oro ( gold fever), Gonzalo Herralde (1992 )
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • Composer of classical music ( 21st century)
  • Spanish composer
  • Composer ( opera )
  • Arranger
  • Conductor
  • Person (Barcelona)
  • Born in 1950
  • Man
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