Tre Divertimenti

BENET CASABLANCAS (1956) -- "Tre Divertimenti" for piano, four hands (2006) Performed by Vesko Stambolov & Emili Brugalla at Auditori Liceu, Barcelona, 24.04.2014 http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-curriculum.php?nIdioma=ing&idComp=29 BENET CASABLANCAS (Born 2 April 1956 Sabadell, España) studied in Barcelona and at the Vienna Academy of Music with Friedrich Cerha and Karl Heinz Füssl, and he graduated in Philosophy in Universidad Atonoma de Barcelona (1982). He has also a PhD in musicology. His music, firmly rooted in the great modernist tradition, is notable for its great individuality, structural complexity and extraordinary richness of textural detail. Rooted in the formal techniques of serialism, in the 1990s he became more concerned with harmony and texture. His wide-ranging oeuvre covers the most diverse genres and formats, increasingly drawn towards the orchestral field. Critics have highlighted his concern for balancing constructional rigour and expressive strength, dramatic character and whimsical register, in the framework of a discourse in which coexist a progressively luminous harmonic language, rhythmic spirit, timbral differentiation and instrumental virtuosism. He has received many awards: Premio Nacional Disco Ministerio de Cultura de España, Premio Nacional de Música de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Premio Ciudad de Barcelona, Composer's Arena Amsterdam (Gaudeamus), Musiciens's Accord New York, Premios Ferran Sors, Oscar Esplá, Jeunesses Musicales, etc. In 2002 he was appointed Academic Director of the Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo in Barcelona. His music has been presented at the most important international festivals: Holland Festival Amsterdam, Musica Strasbourg, ISCM World Music Days Vilnius, Biennale Düsseldorf, Spanien Modern Wien, Theatre Miller New York, Atempo Caracas, Weimar, Bruxelles, Antwerpen, London Barbican Hall, Paris, Lausanne, St. Petersburg, Warzawa, Montréal, München, Vancouver, Bolonia, Buenos Aires, Stockholm, Malmö, Lima, Rotterdam, Tokio, Frankfurt, Napoles, etc. Recent commissions include: Miller Theater New York, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Cantus Croatia (Zagreb Biennale) and Ensemble 88 Maastricht.