Joan Guinjoan i Gispert (28 November 1931 – 1 January 2019) was a Catalan

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and

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Life

Born in

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, Guinjoan studied at the

Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu () is a music college in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was created in 1837 with the name ''Liceo Filo-dramático de Montesión''. In 1847 the institution inaugurated the opera house Gran Teatre del Lic ...

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. In 1954, he moved to Paris and continued his studies at the

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. He also received instruction from

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. After more than 250 piano recitals, he abandoned his career as a pianist in the 1960s. He then devoted himself to

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. In 1962, he joined the

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. He returned to Barcelona the following year. In 1999 he received the

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, a distinction awarded by the

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, then in 2001, he received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. The personal papers of Joan Guinjoan are preserved in the

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Works

* ''Suite moderna'' (1960) * ''Sinfonía de la imperial Tarraco'' (1961) * Prélude nº 1 (1961) * Prélude nº 2 (1961) * ''Momentos 1'' (1961) * Fantasie en do (1961) * ''Escenas de niños'' (1961) * ''El pinell de Dal'' (1962) * ''Chez'' García Ramos (1962) * ''Tentación'' (1963) * Scherzo et trío (1963) * ''Rayo de luna'' (1963) * Prelude nº 3 (1963) * ''Peces bermejos'' (1963) * ''Nubes'' (1963) * Concierto for piano and

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(1963) * ''Jour jusqu'au sang'' (1964) * Fantasy for clarinet and piano (1964) * ''Canto espiritual indio'' (1964) * ''Trois mouvementes pour piano, clarinette et percussion'' (1965) * Triptique pour quintette à vent (1965) * ''Tres pequeñas piezas'' (1965) * ''Miniaturas'' (1965) * ''Puntos cardinales'' (1966) * ''Células nº 1'' (1966) * ''Células nº 2'' (1966) * ''Monólogo de Orestes'' (1968) * ''Los cinco continentes'' (1968) * ''Dynamiques-Rythmes'' (1968) * Five studies for two pianos and percussion 1968) * ''Células nº 3'' (1968) * Three pieces for clarinet alone (1969) * Symphonic Suite of the Ballet ''Los cinco continentes'' (1969) * ''Pentágono'' (1969) * ''Musica intuitiva'' (1969) * ''Fragmento'' (1969) * Duet for cello and piano (1970) * ''Bi-tematic'' (1970) * ''Magma'' (1971) * ''La rosa de los vientos'' (1971, revised in 1978) * ''Tensión-Relax'' (1972) * ''Retaule'' (1972) * ''Diagramas'' (1972). Prize for composition of the city of Barcelona in 1972. * ''Tríptico de Semana Santa'' (1973) * ''Las moscas'' (1973) * ''Improvisación I'' (1973) * ''Ab origine'' (1974) * ''Trama (1975, revised in 1983) * ''Música para violonchelo y orquesta'' (1975, revised in 1980) * ''Acta est fabula'' (1975) * ''Variorum'' (1976) * ''Retorno a Cataluña'' (1976) * ''Por la esperanza'' (1976) * ''Duelo'' (1976) * ''Dígrafo'' (1976) * ''Tzakol'' (1977) * ''Magic'' (1977) * ''Koan'' 77 (1977) * ''El diario'' (1977) * ''Ambiente nº 1'' (1977) * ''Phobos'' (1978) * ''La rosa de los vientos''. Second version in (1978). Prize for composition of the city of Barcelona in 1978. * ''G.I.C. 1978'' (1978) * ''Divagante'' (1978) * ''Cadenza'' (1978) * ''Puzzle'' (1979) * ''Prisma'' (1979) * ''Phrase'' (1979) * ''Jondo'' (1979) * ''G.I.C.'' 1979 (1979) * ''Neuma'' (1980) * ''Micrótono'' for viola solo (1980) * ''Horitzo'' (1980) * ''Croquis'' (1980) * ''Au revoir, Barocco'' (1980) * ''Tensión'' (1981) * ''Trio per archi'' (1982) * ''Foc d'aucell'' (1982) * ''Diferencias'' (1983) * Concerto n° 1 for piano and orchestra (1983). ''In memoriam''

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. * ''Vectorial'' (1985) * ''Música para II'' (1985) * ''Contrapunto alla mente'' (1985) * ''Homenaje a

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'' (1986) * Concerto N° 1 for violin and orchestra (1986) * ''Nocturno'' (1987) * ''In tribulatione mea invocavi dominum'' (1987). Dedicated to Pietat Homs. * ''Resonancias'' (1988) * ''Passim-Trío'' (1988) * Concerto for bassoon and instrumental ensemble (''Concierto para fagot y conjunto instrumental'') (1989) * Concerto for guitar and orchestra (1990) * ''Trencadis'' (1991) * ''Gaudí'' (1989-1992). Opera dedicated to Monique Gispert de Guinjoan, wife of the composer * ''Nexus'' (1993) * ''Trencadís'' (1994). Symphonic fragment of the ballet, taken from his opera ''Gaudí'' * ''Self-Paráfrasis'' (1997). Dedicated to Enrique Franco. * Symphonie No 2 ''Ciutat de Tarragona'' (1998). Dedicated to Montserrat Icart. * ''Pantonal'' (1998). In homage to the Cadaqués Orchestra, dedicated to Isabel Guinjoan Cambra, niece of the composer * ''Bi-temàtic'' (1998) * ''Fanfarria'' (1999). Dedicated to the

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. * ''Autógrafo'' (1999). * ''Díptico para 8 violonchelos'' (2000). Dedicated to [Jacques Bernaerd.

References

External links

Alejandro Bustamante, violín. Joan Guinjoan, Concierto para violín y orquesta
(YouTube)
Personal papers of Joan Guinjoan in the Biblioteca de Catalunya
(Catalan) {{DEFAULTSORT:Guinjoan, Joan 1931 births 2019 deaths Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu alumni École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni Schola Cantorum de Paris alumni Spanish opera composers Spanish classical pianists Male classical pianists 20th-century Spanish musicians 20th-century classical composers Spanish male classical composers Spanish classical composers 20th-century classical pianists People from Baix Camp 20th-century Spanish male musicians