Joan Albert Amargós is a Spanish composer and conductor born in

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in 1950. Amargós is an instrumentalist on

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and

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, and has composed a number of chamber and symphonic works. He is also a great connoisseur of

Flamenco Flamenco () is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the Gitanos, gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Region of Murcia, ...

, which has served as the basis for some of his compositions, which always breathe a brightness and colour distinctly Mediterranean. He has earned a number of prizes, such as the prize for best arranger of Spain. The government of

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

awarded him the National Award for music for the opera Euridice in 2002. He also won the Ciudad de Barcelona Prize the same year, for his collaborations with Miguel Poveda. In 2008 his composition Northern Concerto was nominated for a

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in the category of Best Classical Contemporary Composition;

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was the soloist on

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. He also collaborated with

legends

Paco de Lucía Francisco Sánchez Gómez (; 21 December 194725 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía (), was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flamen ...

and

Camarón de la Isla José Monje Cruz (5 December 1950 – 2 July 1992), better known by his stage name Camarón de la Isla, was a Spanish Romani flamenco singer. Considered one of the all-time greatest flamenco singers, he was noted for his collaborations with Pa ...

Filmography

He has composed the soundtracks of several motion pictures. *2005 : '' J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka''

References

KML Fondazione

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amargos, Joan Albert Musicians from Catalonia 1950 births Living people Spanish clarinetists 21st-century Spanish pianists 21st-century clarinetists