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Puértolas, Pere J.
Pere J. Puértolas was born in 1949. He attended the Conservatori de Música del Liceu, Where he studied for the violin under F. Guerin, chamber music under Maria Canela and took various courses to further hone his technique under the violinist Antoni Brossa and the pianist Rosa Sabater.
In 1969 he won a place as violinist in the Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, as well as graduating in Hispanic Romance Philology and History of Art from the Universitat Central de Barcelona. In 1983 he was awarded the grade of Excellent by the University of Granada for his work in their postgraduate Contemporary Art courses. In 1978, he joined the Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona. Later he was appointed as violin teacher and, subsequently, worked as the orquestra’s Head of Press and Public Relations. Since 1990, he has dedicated his life exclusively to the tasks of musical composition and direction.
His first works were composed for the stage and screen, and were especially aimed at the younger audience: they include the musical comedies Supertot i Helena a l’illa de baró Zodiac, With lyrics by Josep M. Benet i Jornet, El Gran Claus i el Petit Claus, based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen, Contes a la vora del foc, on Catalan folk tales, L’auca del marrec tossut, by Carme Barberà, and many other pieces for the theatre, the cinema and dance.
His output includes chamber pieces such as solos, duos, trios, quartets, etc. amongst witch we would highlight Pinewood Waltz, for drums, the Quartets de Corda (String Quartets) numbers 1 and 2, Sonatina and Drums and Woods, both for percussion quartets and the Sextet Opus 49, for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello. He has also written orchestral pieces, such as the Suite Renard for a string orchestra, the symphonic work Concert per a Percussió i Orquestra Simfònica and Fanfara per a una Ciutat (Barcelona 2001), for a bras and percussion orchestra.
His works have been interpreted an numerous occasions in Spain and beyond, to great public and critical acclaim. -
Ribas, Maria Rosa
Maria Rosa Ribas i Monné (Barcelona, 1944 - 2024)
She held teaching positions at the Barcelona Conservatory of Music and the Victoria de los Ángeles School of Music in Sant Cugat del Vallès.
Ribas musical journey began at the Conservatory of Barcelona, where she honed her skills in piano, guitar, solfège, and composition. She was fortunate to learn under the tutelage of renowned maestros such as Sofia Puche, Josep Poch, Xavier Montsalvatge, and Antoni Ros Marbà. Her exposure to contemporary music was further enriched by Carles Guinovart, and she received specialized training in lied accompaniment from Professor Paul Schilhawsky. Her dedication to continuous learning led her to pursue various courses and seminars with esteemed musicians like Rosalyn Tureck, Dimitri Baskiroff, Frederic Gevers, Paul Badura Skoda, and Witold Lutoslawsky.
Ribas artistic endeavors encompassed both performance and composition. As a pianist, she formed a duo with soprano Maria Àngels Miró, showcasing a particular affinity for contemporary Catalan music. Her compositions have graced concert halls across Europe, extending to Mexico, Japan, and the United States. In 2010, her album "Les ales del vent" (The Wings of the Wind) was released, featuring her musical interpretations of poems by the Lleida-born poet Màrius Torres.
Her compositional talents were recognized through various accolades, including the “Francesc Basil Award” and the “Caterina Albert Award” bestowed by the Associació Catalana de la Dona (Catalan Women's Association). In 2009, she emerged victorious at the first Concurs de Dones Compositores (Women Composers' Competition) in Sant Cugat del Vallès with her piece "12 Haikús Japoneses" (12 Japanese Haikus). -
Rodríguez Picó, Jesús
He was born in Barcelona in 1953 and studied music at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu, where he obtained the title of Senior Professor of the Clarinet. After that he continued his study of this instrument in France and later became familiar with a repertoire of contemporary music and played the clarinet in various chamber music groups. Between 1976 and 1990 through his performances in numerous concerts he made music for the clarinet more widely known, debuting and recording works by contemporary composers.
The year 1976 saw the beginning of his creative stage with compositions in which he used flexible procedures and new manners of notation. Three years after he dispensed with this practice and returned to conventional notation. The first of his numerous symphonic works was La ciutat de les estrelles (The city of stars). From that moment on he received commissions from various orchestras. From these commissions arose works like the Concert n.1 for clarinet and orchestra, and the Simfonia Americana (American Symphony), and more recently the Fantasia sobre l’òpera El viatge de Marlow (A fantasy about the opera Marlow’s Journey) and the Danses d’Ibèria (Dances of Iberia).
Picó has an extensive chamber music oeuvre which is the result of his friendship and collaboration with different instrumentalists in which he displays a special preference for groups with clarinet and/or saxophone. Among these the Sonata a Colombina for clarinet and piano stands out along with the Sonata Marina for saxophone and piano, and the Danses de Zaira for clarinet, oboe and bassoon. He also wrote various chamber works such as El paradís de les muntanyes (The paradise of the mountains), which debuted in 1998 and was recorded to be released on disk by Columna Música, as well as Hotel Occident and Urbs.
In 1987 Picó drew up the project for the Catalunya Música broadcast and was head of programs until December 1990. He is the author of the book Xavier Benguerel, obra y estilo (Xavier Benguerel, his work and style), (2007, Idea Books).
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Romaní, Raimon
Raimon Romaní (Barcelona 1974) is composer, conductor and music teacher.
He holds a degree in Composition from the conservatories of Terrassa and Badalona, as well as a degree in Orchestra Conducting from the ESMUC. He teaches harmony, choral singing, orchestra, musical analysis and french horn at Conservatory of Sant Cugat and at Escola de Música i Dansa Fusió in Sant Cugat.
He took his first steeps in choral conducting under the guidance of Manuel Cabero and he furthered his training and knowledge following the courses organized by the FCEC and Europa Cantat. He has been conducting choirs since 1994. Under his direction some choirs of the Conservatory has won some prizes at choral contests by Ejea de los Caballeros in 2016, 2017, 2019 i 2022; Villena 2018, Villa de Avilés 2018 i 2022; Cocentaina 2019).
As a composer, the following choral symphonic works are worth highlighting: La llegenda de Sant Jordi, Magnificat, the hymn Veni, creator spiritus the Christmas cantata Pastors a Betlem and the sacred cantata Vacuum monumentum (The Resurrection); as well as the motets Quam dilecta, Caelus novus et terra nova, Quam pulchra es and Ave Maria.
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Rövenstrunck, Bernat
Bernhard Rövenstrunck was born on 10 March, 1920 in Essen-Altendorf (Germany).
After working as a master bookbinder, he studied music at the Witte Conservatory in Essen and the Folkwang school of music and dance in the same city. He exercised as Chapel Master in Buchau am Federsee and in Wrngen Church in Ulm. He also worked as a teacher at an elementary school in Ulm and was a guitar and composition teacher at the State Music College in Trossingen.
His musical training comprised mastering a number of instruments, including the viola, oboe, organ and guitar, as well as conducting choirs and orchestras and mastering forms of composition. He was also gifted in the fields of literature, humanism, philosophy and theology. As well as his native language of German, he was fluent in Latin, French, English and Castilian, and also Catalan as well, having learnt it over the many times he visited Catalonia, after first accepting an invitation from his friend, composer Jaume Padrós, in 1948. He was extremely knowledgeable about ancient Catalan music and Catalan popular music with an ancient tradition, and assimilated them more than most of his contemporaries.
Although his compositions were not afforded the recognition they deserved in his own country, they were regularly performed and recorded in pre-Communist Prague.
His compositions ranged from works for many instruments and voices through to different sorts of chamber music, and from choral music to pieces for solo instruments, including unusual ones such as the guitar, accordion or the chalumeau, traditional instrument from Catalonia. He wrote many pieces aimed at people learning various instruments and all his theoretical works can be found in the Ulm Library under signature 69346, where they can be consulted. His later work is particularly important, such as the compositions on the poetry of San Juan de la Cruz, for its simplification of form and polished translation into German.
He died in October 2010 in Albstadt.
