Terrassa
Terrassa () is a city in central-eastern Catalonia and in the province of Barcelona (Spain). It is one of the two capitals of Vallès Occidental county, being the larger in both area and population.
The name ''Terrassa'' derives from Latin ''Te ...
,
Province of Barcelona
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Juilliard School of Music
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with
Beveridge Webster
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Biography
Beveridge Webster initially studied with his father, who was director of the Pittsburgh Co ...
Columbia University
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Teachers College in education (1992) and
Peabody Institute
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of the
Johns Hopkins University
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in music composition (2011).
As a pianist she performed besides in Spain, in various countries, England, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and the United States.
From 2010 through 2021 she lived in
Seoul
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,
South Korea
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, and was working as invited professor of music and cultural studies at
Kyung Hee University
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Fábregas has composed more than fifty works for solo, chamber ensemble, vocal, chorus and orchestra. She has composed several large-scale piano works like Mirage (1997), Portraits I (2000), Homenatge a Mompou (2006), Hommage for Mozart (2006) and Somnis radiants (2022).
*''Five Songs'' (On poems by
Federico García Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a g ...
) for soprano and piano, 1986
*''Variaciones para Orquesta'', 1990
*''Five Poems of García Lorca'' for soprano, cello, clarinet and violin, 1992
*''Sonata No. 1'' for violin and piano, 1994
*''Sonata No. 2'' for violin and piano, 1995
*''Andante Appassionato'' for solo flute, 1996
*''Sonata No. 1'' for flute and piano, 1996
*''Mirage'' for piano, 1997
*''Lyric scenes for the young'' for piano, 1999
*''Portraits II'' for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, 1999
*''Cinco Soledades'' (on poems by
Antonio Machado
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) for basbariton and piano, 1999-2004
*''Portraits I'' for piano, 2000
*''Winged serpent'' for clarinet and piano, 2001
*''Album for the Young'' for piano, thee books (33 pieces), 2002.
*''Five musings on the past'' for soprano and piano, 2002 (text in Spanish by the composer).
*''Village Scenes'' for mezzosoprano and piano, 2002
*''Voces de mi tierra'' for flute, cello and piano, 2003Pub. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag. *''Miniatures for the Young'' for piano, 2004
*''Moments of change'' for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2005.
*''Hommage a Mozart'' for piano, 2005 Pub. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag. *''Moments of change'' (poems by
Margaret Atwood
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Goya
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Goya
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Federico García Lorca
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) for soprano, flute and piano, 2009 Pub. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag. *''Solitary'' for baritone, clarinet, cello and piano, 2009
*''Terra Mater'' for Symphony Orchestra, 2011
*''Retorn a la terra'' (Return to the homeland, poems by Josep Carner and
Joan Maragall
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Li ...
) for narrator, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, and double bass, 2012.
*''Caminos del duende'' for marimba and percussion, 2012.
*''Ancient walls'' for violin, 201 Pub. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag. *''Wandering spirit'' for violin & piano, 2013 Pub. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag. *''Symphony No. 1'' for Symphonic Band, 2014. Commissioned by the Banda Simfònica de Barcelona. Recording available on
Naxos Records
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Catalan Wind Music Vol. 2
*''Triple Concerto for Piano Trio and Orchestra'', 2015.
*''Tiempo de amor'' for tenor, soprano and piano, 2015. Commissioned by the Barcelona festival of Song. Text in Spanish texts by Andalusi poet Ibn Zaydun (1003-1071) and princess Wallada (1011-1091).
*''Homenatge a Pau Casals'' for cello, 2015 Pub. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag
*''Repartido entre tiempo y espacio'' for soprano, trumpet & piano, 2016. Text in Spanish by Juan Eduardo Cirlot.
*''Accents Catalans'' for orchestra, 2016. Commissioned by the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra in Seoul. Premiered at the Concert Hall of the Seoul Arts Center on April 10, 2016.
*''Imitació del foc'' for tenor and piano, 2019. (Catalan text by Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel). Recording released o Bridge Records Visca L’Amor: Catalan Art Songs of the XX and XXI Centuries.
*''Masks'' for clarinet, cello & piano, ed. 2019/21.
*''Danses de la terra'' for cello, 2020.
*''Danses de la terra'' for viola, 2023.
*''Uphill: from Clara to Robert'' for cello & piano, 2021.
*''Dos Colores Andaluces'' for cello, 2022. arr.
*''Castell de Miravet'' for copla and percussion, 2022. Commissioned by Agrupació Cultural Folklòrica Barcelona in collaboration wit Músics per la Cobla for the Memorial Joaquim Serra 2022. *''Parlen les dones'' for mezzo, SATB choir, orchestra, 2022. Commissioned by El Cor Canta (Catalan choral grup). Setting of poems by Catalan author Montserrat Abelló.
*''Aires Catalans'' for string orchestra, 2023.
*''Somnis radiants'' for piano, 2022. Premiered by Canadian pianis Jaeden Izik-Dzurko a Ruhr Piano Festival in Essen.
*''Oda a la fortalesa'' (Ode to fortitude) for soprano, alto, women's choir and orchestra, 2024. Commissioned by the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona.
*''Quintet for piano and string quartet'', 2024. Commissioned by the Palau de la Musica Catalana.
*''Bonna Domna'' for a cappella choir, 2001–24. Commissioned by the Palau de la Musica Catalana.
*''Recances'' (Regrets) for mezzosoprano and piano, 2024. Text in Catalan by Marta Pessarrodona.
*''Fiery earth'' (''Terra Encesa'') for string quartet, co-commissioned by
Cuarteto Casals
The Casals Quartet (''Cuarteto Casals'') is a Spanish string quartet based at l'Auditori in Barcelona, where all four members reside and teach at the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya.
Formation
The Cuarteto Casals was founded at the Rein ...