Josep Colom (born January 11, 1947) is a Spanish
classical pianist.
Biography and career
Colom was born in
Barcelona,
Spain. He began piano lessons in
Barcelona with his aunt Rosa Colom, and later moved to
Paris to study at the
École Normale de Musique. His many awards include First Prize at the first ever Santander National Piano Competition (1972) and subsequently, the
Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition (1978) and First Prize at the Jaén and Épinal International Competitions. Since his debut at the
Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris in 1979, he has regularly toured the five continents giving recitals and concerts with orchestras and performing chamber music with a wide variety of ensembles and artists.
He made his first recordings in 1982 with the complete Sonatas of
Manuel Blasco de Nebra (Etnos), for which he was awarded the Spanish Ministry of Culture Prize. In 1989 he recorded the complete works of
Manuel de Falla (Circe), an album that
Fanfare magazine hailed as the best version of Falla's works. He has also recorded the complete works of
Frederic Mompou, the complete concertos and variations of
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...
, as well as works by Fauré, Debussy, Ravel and Brahms in collaboration with the pianist Carmen Deleito.
Mr Colom has served as jury of many important piano competitions, including the
Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition and the
International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. In 1998 the Spanish Ministry of Culture awarded him the Premio Nacional de Música. Since 2010 he regularly teaches in
Valencia at the Musikeon Postgraduate Programs,
and gives masterclass in Spain (Aula de Música de la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares), Switzerland (Cours International de Blonay) and France (
École Normale de Musique de Paris), among others.
External links
Colom's Bio at the Musikeon website
References
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1947 births
Living people
Spanish classical pianists
Male classical pianists
Catalan pianists
Prize-winners of the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition
21st-century classical pianists
21st-century male musicians
Spanish male musicians