Ramón Humet Explained

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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-24-11-2006/abc/Espectaculos/humet-premio-reina-sofia-de-composicion-por-escenas-de-pajaros_153127207075.html Humet, Queen Sofía Composition Prize awardee for Escenas de pájaros
2. http://www.osm.ca/en/index_concerts_concert.cfm?ID=303 The OSM International Competition Prize Gala Concert.
3. http://www.mundoclasico.com/ed/documentos/doc-ver.aspx?id=8f3a75bd-81fc-4e32-93d3-7fc559cf385f Ramón Humet wins the Ciudad de Tarragona Composition Prize.
4. http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-curriculum.php?idComp=76 Profile
5. http://soundcloud.com/neurecords/sets/ramon-humet-niwa-london-sinfonietta Booklet notes of the Ramon Humet · Niwa · London Sinfonietta & Nicholas Collon CD
6. El Compositor Habla: «Ramon Humet estrena