Agustí Charles i Soler (; ; born 12 July 1960) is a Spanish-born composer and scholar.

Biography

He was born in

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(Province of Barcelona)."Bio"
Biography on the official website (English version). Retrieved 14 August 2014. His first works in composition date back to the 1980s, under the guidance of his first composition teachers: Miquel Roger, Albert Sardà and Josep Soler. Later, he studied with

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and Samuel Adler, as well as worked with other composers and conductors including

Joan Guinjoan Joan Guinjoan i Gispert (28 November 1931 – 1 January 2019) was a Catalan composer and pianist. Life Born in Riudoms, Guinjoan studied at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona. In 1954, he moved to Paris and continued ...

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, J.R. Encinar and Ros Marbà.

Career

His work ''Seven Looks'', inspired by the poems of García Lorca was awarded the 2003 prize of the Spanish Association of Symphony Orchestras (AEOS) and has been played by a number of Spanish and German orchestras in the 2004 and 2008 seasons. His first opera ''La Cuzzoni, esperpent d’una veu,'' was premiered in October 2007 at the

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Staatstheater in Germany. In 2008, the Italian Stradivarius Records issued a CD which includes his orchestral work, performed by the

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and conducted by José Ramón Encinar. In 2010, Tritó Records compiled a release in conjunction with the

Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia The Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia (; ) is a symphony orchestra based in Barcelona, Spain. Since April 1999, the Orchestra has had its headquarters at L'Auditori. Prior to that, from its foundation to 1998, the o ...

, conducted by Jaime Martin. In March 2011, the premiere of his second opera, ''Lord Byron: A summer without summer'', took place in the

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, Germany, while it was staged again in Barcelona the following year. The libretto is by Marc Rosich with stage direction by Alfonso Romero Mora. In August 2012, the premiere of his third opera ''Java Suite'' took place in the Perelada Festival (

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Publications

He is also author of texts and books related to musical composition and analysis, among them: ''Análisis de la música española del siglo XX'' (2002), ''Dodecafonismo y serialismo en España'' (2005), ''Colección Instrumentación y orquestación clásica y contemporánea'' (5 vols) (2005–2012)."El Argonauta listing"
Details on works published listed on the website of a specialist music bookshop. Retrieved 14 August 2014. Charles currently teaches composition at the

Catalonia College of Music The Catalonia College of Music (; ) is a music school in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The school is located at L'Auditori, a performing arts center inaugurated in 1999 which also houses three concert halls and a museum. The school has an internat ...

in Barcelona.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charles, Agusti People from Manresa 1960 births Living people Composers from Catalonia Academic staff of the Catalonia College of Music