Juan d'Ors was born in
Madrid
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, Spain, December 8, 1957.
His grandfather was the philosopher and art critic
Eugenio d'Ors
Eugenio d'Ors Rovira (Barcelona, 28 September 1882 – Vilanova i la Geltrú, 25 September 1954) was a Spanish writer, essayist, journalist, philosopher and art critic. He wrote in both Catalan and Spanish, sometimes under the pseudonym of ''Xèn ...
. He is the son of Juan Pablo d'Ors Pérez, a
humanist
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doctor, and María Luisa Fuhrer, a
philologist
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. He is a singer, musician, actor, writer, film-maker, and "Tintin" expert ("Tintinologist").
Biography
In April 1984, he published an ethic and aesthetic manifesto on
Tintin
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''The Adventures of Tintin''
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** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
´s style "
ligne claire
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" (clear line), in the Madrilenian postmodernist magazine La Luna.
[''Manifiesto del Nuevo Renacentismo, o qué diablos es eso de la Línea Clara'', La Luna de Madrid, nº 6, Abril 1984, págs. 34 y 35; photos and quotes published in the exhibition catalogue ''La luna de Madrid y otras revistas de vanguardia de los años 80'', National Library, Ministry of Culture, 2007] The text caused controversy and anticipated a new polemic emerging in October on the occasion of "Tintin Imaginary Museum", exhibition organized by
Fundació Joan Miró
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History
The idea for the foundation ...
in Barcelona.
His novels ''Belisa y el explorador de almas'' and ''No podrás ser feliz'' were both successively selected in the
Premio Planeta de Novela
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(Planeta Prizes) last vote in 1984 and 1985. However they were never released. Most of d´ Ors abundant and continuous narrative work written between his childhood and marriage still remains unpublished.
In 1985, he started working as a voiceover actor. In 1988, he published his essay ''
Tintin
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''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
,
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ...
… y los demás'', which is considered today as a precursor text and one of the best written synthesis on the narrative and aesthetic work of the Belgian master. The book was reprinted in 1989.
In 1990, he married Mónica Rabasa who gave birth to their only son, Jorge.
In 1991, he directed Spanish versions dubbing and took part as a singer and actor in series and films for several years.
The translation of the play ''Pour un oui ou pour un non'' by the French writer
Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute (; born Natalia Ilinichna Tcherniak ( rus, Ната́лья Ильи́нична Черня́к); – 19 October 1999) was a French writer and lawyer.
Personal life
Sarraute was born in Ivanovo-Voznesensk (now Ivanovo), 300&n ...
was published in 1994 and welcomed by specialized critics as Lorenzo López Sancho, in
ABC
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. Being the first Spanish version of the text, an adapted Mexican version enriched with Juan d´Ors notes was known years later in that country.
In 1999, he separated from his wife.
In 2003, Juan d´Ors established himself as a singer, overcoming his deceased father´s curse, who died in 1995, against his main vocation.
Progressively, he became surrounded by the grand musicians needed in each occasion, depending on his own musical evolution:
Olivier Chauzu,
Adán Latonda,
Gonzalo Rabasa,
Jordi Pinyol,
Albert Anguela,
Félix Arribas, Daniel García,
Costanzo Laini,
Donato Goyeneche, Tomás Álvarez ... among others. Together they spread out all the sensibility and imagination necessary, they also used different types of promotion strategies.
For two years, he fulfilled a giant musical work, producing, adapting and transforming more than thirty songs assembled in two main blocks “Tiempos” and “Latidos”. Nearly at the same time he recorded more than forty instrumental pieces on his own voice – "Tic – tac; bom – bom" –, which he wishes to perform with a chamber orchestra.
Even Juan d´Ors focuses his recent work as a singer, composer, arranger and producer, he never gives up his literary activity neither as an actor. He is almost always accompanied by a band of six multi-skilled and interchangeable musicians.
His current interests concentrate on videoclip: the first and second were made together with the producer Javier Cano, the third with the photographer Ignacio Cerezo and the fourth one, a jingle-soundtrack with the firm Posovisual. Also Juan d´Ors would like to contribute to the future creation of a permanent live cultural space in Spain.
From a musical point of view, 2014 has been an important year for Juan d´Ors. In June he fulfilled 32 versions recordings of
The Beatles
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at Galileo Galilei Concert Hall in Madrid. The works featured by a very pure sound, in acoustic and minimalist format, in the singer – songwriter style, paying special care to the dynamics. Together with
Diana Valencia,
Daniel Saavedra,
Javier Simón and
William Carreazo, the video can be watched in two parts in its own video channel. In September, ''Flamenco making – of'' and videoclip are published. His fifth work being a personal tribute to the 50th anniversary of
Los Brincos
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The group was formed in 1964. The members were Fernando Arbex (drums), Manuel González (bass), Juan Par ...
. It was filmed in Cádiz, with
Urban Sketchers
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from different groups. The film has its own official web in Facebook and soon it will take part at
Musiclip festival (Barcelona/Bogotá) contest in 2015.
Works
Music
Discography /Records:
* Trovadores de silencios (Book / Record. Calambur, 2010)
*
A Christmas Carol (Audio – Book. Karonte-Nuba Records, 2006)
Videoclips:
* Flamenco (Un videoclip de Juan d'Ors) (September 2014)
* Pasado
l videoclip(June 2013)
* Tiempos
l videoclip(July 2011)
*
Eleanor Rigby
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(December 2010)
* Himno a Venus (March 2010)
Most important performances:
* Juan d'Ors canta Beatles (2012–2014)
* Tiempos – Una suite de canciones (2009–2011)
* Juan d'Ors canta a
Lluís Llach (2004–2007).
Literature
* Monólogos (Magazine "El Invisible Anillo" nº 2, December 2006).
* Por un sí o por un no (Translation of the book by
Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute (; born Natalia Ilinichna Tcherniak ( rus, Ната́лья Ильи́нична Черня́к); – 19 October 1999) was a French writer and lawyer.
Personal life
Sarraute was born in Ivanovo-Voznesensk (now Ivanovo), 300&n ...
. ADE Publishers, Madrid, 1994. And El Milagro Editorial, México DF, 2000).
* Tintín, Hergé... y los demás (Essay. Ediciones Libertarias, 1988 and 1989).
* No podrás ser feliz (Unpublished novel Planeta Prize 1985 last vote selection).
* Belisa y el explorador de almas (Unpublished novel Planeta Prize 1985 last vote selection).
Dubbing works
*
B. D. Wong
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in, among other plays, the serie
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and the film
Focus
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*
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Robert Wagner
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Andrew McCarthy
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*
Rob Schneider
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Timothy Spall
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Antonio Fargas
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Lou Diamond Phillips
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* Tintin (in ''
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'')
* Ray (in ''
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* Tom (in ''Nicolás'')
* Raticus (in ''
Flying Rhino Junior High
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* Koji (in ''
Medabots
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* Kiba (in ''
Naruto
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* Fish Eye (''
Sailor Moon Super S'')
* Jesse (in ''
Bakugan'')
* Father (in ''
Brady's Beasts'')
* Darwin (in ''
The Wild Thornberrys
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* Jesucristo and Hitler (in ''
Family Guy'')
* Matt Groening (in ''
The Simpsons
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* Pesadillo (in ''
SamSam
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* Thomas and Pierre Chang (in ''
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Director, adaptor, singer, musical director
* ''The Minimighty Kids'' (Adaptor, musical director and singer in Opening Theme)
* ''Piezas'' (Canal+)
* ''
Parejas Y ladrones''
* Student body
* ''
La única verdad''
* ''
Life is sweet'' (by
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* ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (
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