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 Template:Es
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