Àlex Garrobé

ÀLEX

Garrobé

PERFORMER

Since winning First Price at Fundación Guerrero Guitar Competition and the Musical Youths of Spain Competition, his concert career has quickly developed in more than forty countries performing in some of the most prestigious international halls, including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Radio France Auditorium in Paris, Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona) or the Lutowslasky Auditorium (Warsaw).

As a result of his interest for modern creation and contemporary music Àlex Garrobé has established frequent associations with many composers and premiered several unknown works. Among his many collaborations as a soloist with orchestra are the premieres of the Mare Nostrum Concerto, by Salvador Brotons, …di un soffio d’aura, by Agustín Charles and the Concierto de Petrer by Simone Iannarelli among others.

Alex Garrobe received a doctorate in art history and musicology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and has been professor at Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco (MUSIKENE) and the Catalan Music College (ESMUC) where he currently holds the professorship in guitar and chamber music. His teaching has produced several first- prize winners in international competitions. He has presented master classes in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, México, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom and United States.

He has released eight CDs on the labels Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, Opera Tres, Columna Música and JSM Guitar Records. After listening to his CD dedicated to British composers, Sir Malcolm Arnold expressed the opinion that it was: “A masterly interpretation”, to which he added “It is gratifying to hear one’s music played so superbly”.

AUDIO RECORDINGS

ANOTHER LIGHT

Published by Knobloch Music.
Sound Engineer: Javier Salvador
(2019)

VIDEOS

Audio produced by Javier Salvador
Video by Francisco Jódar Gómez

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Marco Smaili

MARCO

Smaili

PERFORMER / COMPOSER

International Prize “Manuel de Falla” of composition for guitar for , obscura, íntima (Seville 2018), International Prize “Andrés Segovia of composition for guitar” for La misma luz de entonces (Granada 1999), International Prize of composition for guitar “Festival de Ponferrada” for Boleros (Ponferrada 2001), Diploma di merito di composizione per chitarra “Paolo Barsachi ”for Ophelia in the electric roomc (Viareggio 2001).

He obtained the title of Professor of guitar at the Conservatory Óscar Esplá of Alicante and later he graduated in Humanities with Extraordinary Prize at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. He is invited as a jury member in the competitions “Andrés Segovia” Granada, “Ciutat d ‘Elx, ‘José Tomás’ Petrer, ‘Emilio Pujol’ Sassari-Italy.

Deep connoisseur of the artistic and cultural movements of the twentieth century has developed its own language from a personal interpretation of tonality. Mompou, Scriabin or Takemitsu are influences present in his music at different levels. The Mediterranean luminosity permeates his production from the beginning. From the extraversion of his early works such as La misma luz de entonces to the introspection of his latest productions such as , Obscura, íntima, his discourse finds in the fragility of the sound of the guitar the sensitive material for a half-voiced confidence.

Personalities such as Cristóbal Halffter, Jesús Villa-Rojo, César Camarero or Antón García Abril have praised his personal style and his compositional technique on different occasions. His works are published by Dobermann, L’Empreinte Mélodique, EMEC, Piles, BG éditions, Ut Orpheus edizioni and artists such as David Russell, Roberto Aussel, Álex Garrobé, Anders Clemens, Margarita Escarpa, Carles Trepat, Piero Bonaguri are incorporating them to their repertoire. Their music has already been heard in more than 30 countries with notable reviews in the music press and magazines. Paul Bowman presented Morton Feldman sings love songs (2012) in a tour of American halls and universities including Winthrop University, University of Miami, NC State, University of Alabama or the University of Southern Mississippi.

AUDIO RECORDINGS

ANOTHER LIGHT

Published by Knobloch Music.
Sound Engineer: Javier Salvador
(2019)

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