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Benet Casablancas
Born: 1956
Nationality: Spanish
Publisher: UME
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BorninSabadell(Barcelona),BenetCasablancasstudiedmusicinBarcelonaand
Vienna,whereheworkedwith,amongothers,FriedrichCerhaandKarlHeinzFssl.
HealsohasadegreeinphilosophyandaPhDinmusicology,bothfromthe
UniversitatAutnomadeBarcelona.Hisworks,distinguishedwithnumerous
commissionsandawards(CiutatdeBarcelona,MusiciansAccordofNewYork,
SpanishNationalRecordingPrize,ComposersArenaofAmsterdam,Fundacin
JuanMarchinMadrid,JuventutsMusicalsdeBarcelona,scarEspl,FerranSors,
finalistatthePrincePierreofMonacoFoundationMusicalCompetition,etc.),have
beenperformedregularlyaroundEurope,Canada,theUSA,JapanandLatin
Americabyprestigiousensembles,soloistsandconductors(LondonSinfonietta,
EnsembleContemporaindeMontral,Ensemble13deBadenBaden,Orchestrede
ChambredeLausanne,ArdittiQuartet,LeipzigerStreichquartett,Triocordesde
Paris,DeutschesKammerphilharmonieBremen,BBCSymphonyOrchestra,
OrchestreNationaldeBelgique,NJOofTheNetherlands,LHermitageState
OrchestraSaintPetersburg,PerspectivesEnsembleNewYork,Ensemble10/10
Liverpool,TheTokyoSinfonietta,NotabuEnsembleDsseldorf,NomadEnsemble
Japan,EnsembleModernAkademie,GrupoEncuentrosdeBuenosAires,Ensemble
ReconsilWien,OberlinContemporaryMusicEnsemble,ZeitflussEnsembleinGraz,
SeattleChamberPlayers,MalmSymfoniOrkester,LondonPhilharmonicOrchestra,
OrquestaNacionaldeEspaa,FilarmnicadeGranCanaria,SinfnicadeACorua,
SinfnicasdeBarcelona,Tenerife,FilarmonadeGalicia,CiudaddeGranada,
MallorcaIslands,CastillayLen,ComunidaddeMadrid,JovenOrquestaNacional
deEspaa,OrquestadelaRadioyTelevisinEspaola,etc.).
In2008hemadehisdebutwiththeBBCSymphonyOrchestraandhisNewEpigrams(publishedbyTrit)representedSpain
attheSIMCWorldMusicDaysheldinVilnius.Hisworkshavebeenprogramedinsuchemblematicconcerthallslikethe
MusikvereinofVienna,theLondonBarbicanHall,thePalaisdesBeauxArtsofBruxelles,theMillerTheatreatColumbia
UniversityNewYork,theCrculodeBellasArtes,AuditorioNacionalandResidenciadeEstudiantesinMadridandtheGran
TeatredelLiceuandPalaudelaMsicadeBarcelona.The2007wasawardedtheNationalMusicPrizegrantedbythe
GeneralitatdeCatalunya.Earlyoninhiscareerhebegancombiningcompositionwithteachingandresearch.Anadvisorfor
differentinstitutionsandpatronofseveralfoundations,hehaspublishednumeroushistoricalandanalyticalarticles(inThe
NewGrove,Arietta,Quodlibet),andthebookElhumorenlamsica:broma,parodiaeirona(Reichenberger,2000).Hehas
beenheadoftheoryatanumberofSpanishconservatories,educationaldirectoroftheCatalanNationalYouthOrchestra
(JONC)andassociateprofessorattheUniversitatPompeuFabradeBarcelona.Hehasalsobeenafrequentmemberofthe
juryofseveralEuropeancomposingandperformingcompetitionsandkeptupabusyagendaasaguestprofessoratseveral
internationalschools,betweenthemandregularly,theCoursesofMusicalSpecializationoftheUniversidaddeAlcalde
Henares.In2002heassumedthedirectionoftheConservatoriSuperiordeMsicadelLiceu(Barcelona),aposthenow
combineswithhisworkincompositionandresearch.Hiswiderangingoeuvre,coveringthemostdiversegenresandformats,
ismarkedbyaquestforradicalpersonalandaestheticindependence.Thecriticshavehighlightedhisconcernforbalancing
constructionalrigourandexpressivestrength,dramaticcharacterandwhimsicalregister,intheframeworkofadiscoursein
whichaprogressivelyluminousharmoniclanguage,rhythmicspirit,agrowingtimbraldifferentiationandinstrumental
virtuosoismcoexist.RecentlyhehaspublishedsevennewrecordingsbyNaxos(piano,chamberandorchestral),
Stradivarius,Trit,ColumnaMsicaandAnemos.Forthelastone,recordedbytheOrquestaNacionaldeEspaaconducted
byJosepPons,hewonanominationforthe15theditionoftheSpanishMusicAcademyAwards2011.Hismostrecent
assignmentsincludecommissionsfromtheMillerTheatreatColumbiaUniversityNewYork(ComposerPortraitsseries),the
RoyalLiverpoolPhilharmonicOrchestra,theEnsemble88inMaastricht,theFestivalAtempoCaracas/Paris,theEnsemble
CantusCroatia(26thZagrebBiennale),theTokyoSinfonietta,theOSVBarcelonaSymphonyOrchestra,thepianistsDiego
FernndezMagdalenoandDanielLigorio,theAmericanguitaristAdamLevin,theclarinetistLauraRuizFerreresandLe
MusicheQuartett,andtheGranTeatredelLiceuinBarcelona(fortheoperaIo,basedontheoriginallibrettobythewell
knownSpanishwriterRafaelArgullol,whichshallbepremieredin2017).
In2013hewasappointedfirstcomposerinresidencefortheBarcelonaSymphonyOrchestraandLAuditoriandwas
awardedwiththemostprestigiouscompositionprizeinSpain,theNationalMusicPrizegrantedbytheSpanishMinistryof
Culture.
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