Joan Guinjoan

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Joan Gispert Guinjoan (born Riudoms, Bass Camp, 1931) is a Catalan composer of contemporary music. Until the sixties he acted as a concert pianist, and from that time devoted himself to composition, especially after making contact with French avant-garde music in 1964. He has conducted prestigious orchestras in Europe and America and has received several awards including the National Music Prize awarded by the Ministry of Culture in 1990 and the National Music Prize awarded by the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1995, was also a finalist for the Award World Record IRCA (New York). On 3 November 2004, debuted at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Gaudi's opera, with libretto by Joseph Maria Carandell. On November 3, 2011 the National Auditorium in Madrid hosted a concert in honor of his figure, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Guinjoan: Concert for Percussion

Joan Guinjoan: Sincotró Alba, Sinfonía No. 2, Pantonal

Joan Guinjoan: Retrato de un homenaje

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NORDHEIM: Response / TANAKA: 2 Movements for Marimba

Spanish Composers of Today, Vol. 3 - Joan Guinjoan

Musica De Cambra

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Guinjoan: Fundamental Works, Vol.1

Joan Guinjoan: Integral de Piano. Vol 2

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Homenatges a Mompou

Joan Guinjoan: Integral de Piano. Vol 1

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Compositores Españoles De La Generacion Del 51

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Joan Guinjoan. Obra Simfònica vol. 1

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