
Ramon Humet
Ramón Humet is a Spanish composer born in Barcelona in 1968. In 2006 he was awarded the Queen Sofía Prize for Escenas de pájaros,[1] which also won the Montreal Symphony Prize the following year,[2] and in 2008 he won the Ciutat de Tarragona Award for Gagaku.[3] His music, influenced by nature and zen, has been described as atemporal, luminous, colorful, very meditative and organic by Pablo González,[4] and as delicate and subtle, with high poetic imagination by Johathan Harvey.[5]
Compositions
Opera
- Sky Disc (2012)
 
Orchestral
- El temps i la campana (The time and the bell, 2014-2015)[6]
 - Escenas de pájaros (2006)
 - Gagaku (2008)
 - Escenas de viento (2008)
 - Música del no esser (2010)
 
Concertante
- 3 Nocturnes for saxophone and orchestra (2001)
 - And the World Was Calm, for piano and ensemble (2009)
 
Ensemble
- From the Meadows (2006)
 - Jardí de haikus (2007)
 
Chamber music
- Mantra 2 (2002)
 - Quatre jardins zen (2008)
 - El jardí de Kinko (2008)
 - Pètals (2009)
 - Petites catàstrofes (2010)
 
Solo
- Escenes del bosc, for piano (2005–08)
 - Meditació, for marimba (2007)
 - Vent de l'Oest, for shakuhachi (2007)
 
Vocal
- Homenaje a Martha Ghaham (2011)
 
Choral
- Salve Montserratina (2011)
 - Tres Ofertoris (2012)
 
Cobla
- El Montsant (2004)
 
References
- ↑ Humet, Queen Sofía Composition Prize awardee for Escenas de pájaros, ABC, 24 November 2006
 - ↑ The OSM International Competition Prize Gala Concert. Montreal Symphony's website, 10/01/08
 - ↑ Ramón Humet wins the Ciudad de Tarragona Composition Prize. Mundoclasico.com, 17 December 2008
 - ↑ Profile in the Catalan Composers Association's website
 - ↑ Booklet notes of the Ramon Humet · Niwa · London Sinfonietta & Nicholas Collon CD, quoted in soundcloud.com
 - ↑ El Compositor Habla: «Ramon Humet estrena (in Spanish)
 
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.