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Short bio
Ramon
Humet (b. Barcelona,
1968) is composer and engineer. He has done his basic musical training with
Gerry Weil and Harriet Serr in Caracas (Venezuela). Later, he took master
classes with British composer Jonathan Harvey, and attended music technology
courses at Ircam as well as with composers such as Tristan Murail and
Salvatore Sciarrino. He also
studies shakuhachi with shihan Horacio Curti.
He has won the Olivier Messiaen International Composition Prize and
the XXIV Queen Sofia Composition Prize. Also he has received commissions from
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, CDMC, ACDA,
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, National Auditorium of Madrid, Phonos
Foundation, Neopercusion, Torroella Festival, Pocket Opera Festival and Caixa
Catalunya Foundation.
Prizes (selection)
XVI City of Tarragona International Composition Award (2008)
Olivier Messiaen International Composition Prize (2007)
XXIV Queen Sofia International Composition Prize (2006)
Joaquín Rodrigo – Villa de Madrid Composition Prize (2005)
Mostly Modern International Composition Competition (2003)
SGAE Youth Composers Composition Competition (1997)
Commissions
(selection)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
CDMC
ACDA
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Phonos Foundation
Fundación Autor
National Auditorium of Madrid
Neopercusión
Torroella Festival
Pocket Opera Festival
Caixa Catalunya Foundation
SGAE
Ensemble Barcelona 216
Trio Kandinsky
Tarragona Council
Orchestras and ensembles (selection)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducting Jacques Lacombe, Jean-François Rivest,
Roberto Minzcuk
Madrid Community Orchestra conducting Jose Ramón Encinar
RTVE Symphony Orchestra conducting Adrian Leaper
OBC – Catalonia Symphony Orchestra conducting Eiji Oue, Manel Valdivieso,
Rubén Gimeno, Pablo González
Zaragoza Chamber Orchestra – Grupo Enigma conducting Juan Jose Olives
JONC – Catalonia Youth Symphony Orchestra conducting Manel Valdivieso
Barcelona 216 conducting Ernest Martínez Izquierdo
Barcelona Modern Project conducting Marc
Moncusí
Ensemble Vol ad libitum conducting Jordi Rossinyol
Cobla Sant Jordi conducting Xavier Pagés
Ensemble Residencias
Ensemble Proxima Centauri
Plural Ensemble
Trio Arbós
Trio Kandinsky
Ensemble Neopercusión
Ensemble Vox21 conducting David Brophy
Ensemble Grup 21
Percussions de Barcelona
Esclats Percussion Ensemble
Nexeduet
Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble
Jordi Masó
Alberto Rosado
David Apellániz
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with Montreal Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Jean François Rivest
Montreal, january 2007
with Ensemble Grupo Enigma conducted by Juan Jose Olives
Festival de Musiques de Torroella de Montgri, august 2008
with H.M. Queen Sofia
Madrid, october 2007
with maestro Kent Nagano
Montreal, january 2007
with OBC – Barcelona Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ruben Gimeno
Barcelona, march 2009
with JONC – Catalonian Youth National Orchestra conducted by Manel Valdivieso
Barcelona, may 2009
with Trio Kandinsky at Munetsugu Hall
Nagoya (Japan), december 2009
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