Joan Manén (Barcelona, 1883-1971), an artist to be discovered.
Manén had one of the most prestigious international careers among Spanish violinists of all times, with more than four thousand concerts in Europe and America.
Joan Manén's works span a period of over fifty years and their stylistic profiles expose a wide range of influences and the assimilation of many different aesthetics into a resulting eclecticism. The influences of Germanic, French, Spanish and Catalan music are deeply present, nevertheless, Manén has a personal composition style with an original harmonic development that defines his work. In his music we find a formal solidity of Germanic influence, a talent for thematic development and some very characteristic rhythmic and melodic elements, of great personality and inspiration.
Marc Migó (Barcelona, 1993)
In 2017, thanks to a scholarship issued by Fundación SGAE, Marc moved to New York in order to continue his musical studies. He pursued his Masters at The Juilliard School, where he was awarded the 2018 Orchestral Composition Prize. In 2019 he received The Pablo Casals Festival Award for his Cello Sonata “Cerdanyenca”, a Morton Gould young composers award by ASCAP and the New Juilliard annual commissioning competition award. He also has been a fellow at the 2020 Minnesota Orchestra Composer’s Institute, a winner of the George Enescu Prize 2020, and the recipient of the first ever Dominick Argento Fellowship for Opera Composition (2022), among other international recognitions.
Marc Migó is currently a C.V. Starr fellow at Juilliard. He has received commissions from leading institutions, ensembles and performers, such as UrbanArias, the Dutch National Opera, Verità Ensemble, Liceu Opera House, the New Juilliard Ensemble, Festival Pablo Casals in Prades, l’Associació Joan Manén, Fundación Pro Arte Córdoba, and duo Isas-Kwiek, among others.
PROGRAM IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY:
Romança mística op. A-46, Joan Manén
Romança mística (from Tres romances), Marc Migó
Sonata for violin and piano núm. 1, Lluís Benejam
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Caprici núm. op. A-33 "català", Joan Manén
Suite Casals for violin, violoncello and piano, Marc Migó
PROGRAM IN MONTEVALLO:
Romança mística op. A-47, Joan Manén
Romança mística (from Tres romances), Marc Migó
Sonata núm. 1 for violin and piano, Lluís Benejam
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Danses llunyanes, Narcís Bonet
Adagio (from Sonata núm. 3), Lluís Benejam
Flamenco Cyclotimia, Carlos Suriñach
Caprici núm. 3 op. A-33 “català”, Joan Manén
