Enrique Llácer Soler (Alcoy, Alicante Province, 20 June 1934 – Madrid, 11 April 2024), also known as Regolí, was a Spanish jazz and classical percussionist and composer.

Life and career

Llácer Soler started his jazz career in 1952 in Barcelona's Jam Sessions while expanding his

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and Madrid conservatories studies under

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in Paris and

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in New York. In 1966 he wrote a drum set method, ''La batería: técnica, independencia y ritmo''. In 1972 he became the

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percussion soloist and he subsequently started teaching percussion in the Madrid Royal Conservatory. From then on he focused in the classical side of his career as both performer and composer, but he still was active in the Spanish jazz scene through the 1980s in bands such as Canal Street Jazz Band. In 2015 he received the

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. Llácer Soler died on 11 April 2024, at the age of 89.Fallece el músico alcoyano Enrique Llácer Soler 'Regolí'

Compositions

* Soloist and Orchestra: Percussion Concerto No. 1 — Percussion Concerto No. 2 — Castanets Concerto op.24 — Coloratura Soprano Concertino op.28 — Violin Concerto op.29 — Drum Set Concerto No. 2 * Orchestra: Welleriana op.25 — Celebration for Robinne op.26 — Fantasía en dos tiempos op.30 — Secuencias rítmicas — Fantasía rítmica * Chamber: Divertimento for Wind Sextet * Solo percussion: Polirritmia — Tres tiempos — Fantasy for drum set

Premieres as performer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Llacer Soler, Enrique 1934 births 2024 deaths People from Alcoy Spanish percussionists Spanish jazz drummers Spanish classical composers Madrid Royal Conservatory alumni Academic staff of the Madrid Royal Conservatory 20th-century Spanish male musicians 21st-century Spanish male musicians