Joan Guinjoan

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Joan Guinjoan

Guinjoan’s musical training was undertaken in Barcelona and Paris, where he won many important prizes. In 1964, after following a busy career as a pianist, he established contact with the French musical avant-garde and decided to devote himself solely to composition. Guinjoan has received commissions from many soloists, chamber music groups, and orchestras. Together with Juli Panyella, Guinjoan founded the ensemble Diabolus in Musica. He has conducted various ensembles and symphony orchestras both in Spain and abroad. Notable amongst his conducting achievements was the Spanish premiere of Stravinsky’s Histoire du soldat. Between 1968 and 1975 Guinjoan was music critic for the newspaper Diari de Barcelona. Guinjoan’s music is celebrated in an extensive list of recordings, some conducted by himself.

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Joan Guinjoan
Sincrotró-Alba: The premiere of the third symphony by Joan Guinjoan

Sincrotró-Alba: The premiere of the third symphony by Joan Guinjoan

  • 5th May 2010
On Friday 7 May, the expected premiere of Sincrotró-Alba, the third symphony by Joan Guinjoan, will take place. The work, organised into three movements, is fruit of a commission from the Synchrotron Consortium, whose particle accelerator in ...
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ARRELS / STRING QUARTET No. 1

ARRELS / STRING QUARTET No. 1

  • 24th July 2008
Tritó has just released two works by Joan Guinjoan, the fantasia for cobla Arrels (roots) and String Quartet No. 1. The two formations, cobla and string quartet, represent new ground in Guijoan’s prolific career. Structured in three movements, ...
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