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Benet Casablancas Domingo (born April 2, 1956 in Sabadell) is a Spanish composer and musicologist. == Biography == Casablancas started to study music in Barcelona´s Conservatory of Music and privately with Josep Soler Sardà and then moved to Vienna, where he attended lessons in the Vienna Academy of Music with Friedrich Cerha and Karl Heinz Füssl. He also graduated in Philosophy in Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona (1982) and has a PhD in musicology by the same university. He has always combined composition with teaching and research. In 2000 he published the book “El humor en la música”〔See Amadeu Viana's review at http://www.filcat.udl.es/3_recerca/unic/reviews/casablancas.htm〕 and in 2002 he was appointed Academic Director of the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu of Barcelona. Since the 1990s, Casablancas’ music enjoys an increasing international diffusion. His “New Epigrams” (1997), which have been performed all around the world (USA, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Venezuela, Croatia, Lituania, Japan, etc.), represented Spain at the ISMC World Music Days Vilnius (2008).〔See http://www.wmd2008.org/en/info/47〕 Also in 2008, the “Seven Scenes of Hamlet” had its UK premiere in a performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra,〔See http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=7343〕 and in 2009 his work “Alter Klang. Impromptu for Orchestra” was first played in the Netherlands and Belgium by the NJO of the Netherlands, in Sweden by the Malmö Symfoni Orkester〔See http://www.mso.se/upload/08%2009%20programpdf/web2%20april%20josrpx2%2009.pdf〕 and performed again in Belgium by the Orchestre National de Belgique.〔See http://2009.fetedelamusique.be/node/369〕 In the chamber field, the Arditti Quartet gave the premiere of Casablancas' "String Quartet n.3".〔See a review at http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cataluna/Arditti/Casablancas/camino/perfeccion/elpepiespcat/20090803elpcat_9/Tes/〕 In December 2009 he was invited to visit Japan (Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka), where he gave lectures and master-classes and attended several concerts which included the JP Prémière of his set of "Haiku".〔See http://tokio.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha60378_67_1.htm〕 In the last years, several monographic concerts have taken place in Vienna at the Musikverein,〔See http://www.musikverein.at/konzerte/konzertprogramm.asp?idx=18501〕 Madrid (Auditorio 400 del Museo Reina Sofía, Música dhoy, Residencia de Estudiantes, Círculo de Bellas Artes) and Barcelona (L´Auditori). They were followed, in February 2010, by a Composer’s Portrait by Perspectives Ensemble in Miller Theatre of New York, conducted by Angel Gil-Ordoñez, which included the US Premiere of the "Seven Scenes from Hamlet" (with the actor Chuck Cooper in the soloist role)〔You can watch and listen to this work at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=542L1D4Povg&feature=relmfu See also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Fb4olZbQc and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq_pRG0XLmg&feature=relmfu〕 and the World Premiere of the new work, “Four Darks in Red”, after Rothko, commissioned by Miller Theatre〔See further details at http://www.millertheatre.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1290〕 with the collaboration of the Foundation for Iberian Music.〔See the program notes by Paul Griffiths at http://www.disgwylfa.com/〕 There has been another premiere planned for 2010, that of his “Chamber Concerto n.1 for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra”, which has been commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philarmonic Orchestra.〔You can watch and listen to this work at http://www.liverpoolphil.com/4411/royal-liverpool-philharmonic-orchestra/benet-casablancas-dove-of-peace-part-1.html and http://www.liverpoolphil.com/4415/royal-liverpool-philharmonic-orchestra/benet-casablancas-dove-of-peace-part-2.html〕 Also in 2010, his work “New Epigrams” was performed by The London Simfonietta, conducted by Frank Ollu, in Barcelona (“'Festival Nous Sons'09', L'Auditori”)〔See http://www.auditori.org/seccions/programacio/fitxa.aspx?idconcert=1457&cicle_id=223〕 and in Madrid (Saison of CDMC, Auditorio 400 Museo Reina Sofia)〔See http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/event/london-sinfonietta-cdmc-madrid〕 Next commitments include new commissions and performances by Ensemble 88 Maastricht,〔See http://www.ensemble88.nl/concertagenda_2010.aspx〕 Deutsches Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble Nomad Japan, Ensemble Cantus Croatia,〔See http://www.cantus-ansambl.com/eng/announcements〕 Grupo Encuentros de Buenos Aires, The Tokyo Sinfonietta, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conducted by Oliver Knussen〔() ()〕 and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.〔(Temporada Palau 100 2011-2012 )〕 He has been "Visiting Composer" at the "Cairo Contemporary Music Days 2011"〔http://www.eecms.eu/archives/858〕 and currently he is working in several commissions by Fundación Autor y la Asociación de Orquestas Españolas (AEOS), the pianist Diego Fernández Magdaleno (homage to Jordi Savall),〔See http://paris.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha78047_30_3.htm〕 and the Foundation for Iberian Music at The City University New York.〔Ver http://brookcenter.gc.cuny.edu/2012-composers-commission-benet-casablancas/〕 In 2011 Benet Casablancas has signed an exclusive publishing agreement with The Music Sales Group (UME).〔See http://unionmusicalediciones.com/umeE12_ENG.html〕 Previous publishers include Tritó Edicions, EMEC and Boileau.〔See http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2434&State_2912=2&newsId_2912=2452〕 In 2013 Casablancas was distinguished with the Spanish National Music Prize 2013 (“Premio Nacional de Música 2013”) granted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. This award is the most prestigious honour of its kind within Spain. The decision of the jury was unanimous regarding the intellectual maturity of Casablancas’s works, the diversity of genres mastered by him and the international impact of his works.〔See http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2013/11/19/actualidad/1384867545_707064.html#bloque_comentarios〕〔http://www.conservatoriliceu.es/images/stories/noticies/2013-14/1314-029.pdf〕〔http://www.naxos.com/news/default.asp?op=1086&displayMenu=Naxos_News&type=2〕〔http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2841〕 Benet Casablancas has been appointed Composer in Residence of the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.〔http://www.elcompositorhabla.com/es/noticias.zhtm?corp=elcompositorhabla&&arg_id=141〕 Currently he works in several commissions: CNDM de Madrid (for the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (JONDE) and the Festival de Granada),〔http://www.granadafestival.org/blog/tag/benet-casablancas〕 and Ensemble Reconsil in Vienna. Recently he has received the commission of a new opera, "L´enigma di Lea", based on the original idea and libretto by Rafael Argullol, by the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona to be premiered next 2016-2017 Season.〔http://www.hagaselamusica.com/noticias/el-liceo-encarga-una-nueva-opera-a-benet-casablancas-y-rafael-argullol/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benet Casablancas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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