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Born in Barcelona in 1959, his
first contact with music was within his own
family. He studied clarinet and interpretation with Juli Panyella, Thea King, Anton
Weimberg, Tony Pay, Igor Markevitch
and Giörgy Sebök. He was founder and co-soloist of the
Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (Spanish National Youth Orchestra) and member of the
Orquestra de Cambra del Teatre
Lliure and Barcelona 216
orchestras.
He has performed all over Spain and
in the main European countries with pianists Mary Ruiz-Casaux, Julius Drake and Joan Rubinat, violoncellists Suzana Stefanovic and Radu Aldulescu, sopranos
Montserrat Alavedra and Juliane Banse, string quartets Casals, Basel's Euler and Barcelona's Homs; also
as a soloist, accompanied
by different national and foreign orchestras.
Joaquim Homs, Xavier Montsalvatge
and István Vántus have dedicated
works to him for his
solo clarinet recitals, amongst which we must highlight
Meditations, The
musical world of Joan
Miró and Your
voice, my friend- music by Joaquim
Homs inspired by the works of Tagore
and Valéry. He has recorded the entire clarinet work by Joaquim Homs (Columna,
2000).
He has participated in many
smaller-scale performances, where music is linked to
theatre, narration, poetry or dance. He is the author
of the books: La música, font de salut (Amalgama, 1998) and Tocats pel jazz
(Amalgama, 2000). Together with
members of the groups New Orleans Blue Stompers and Barcelona
Swing Serenaders, he was
awarded the first prize at
the Saint Raphaël's International New Orleans Jazz Competition (France,
1998).
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AVAILABLE
REPERTOIRE
Solo clarinet: Bach, Debussy, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Montsalvatge, Homs
Clarinet and string quartet: Mozart,
Brahms, Weber
Clarinet and string orchestra: Giorgy
Ranki, Xavier Turull
Clarinet and orchestra: Mozart,
Debussy
Clarinet and piano: Brahms, Schumann, Debussy, Poulenc, Montsalvatge
Clarinet, viola and piano: Mozart,
Schumann, Bruch
Clarinet, violoncello and piano: Beethoven,
Brahms, Juon, Garriga
Voice, clarinet and
piano: Schubert, Spohr,
Bach, Homs
Clarinet and basoon: Beethoven, Poulenc
Clarinet and organ: Bach, Mozart, Padrós, Montsalvatge
Voice and clarinet: Homs, Vaughan Williams
MONOGRAPHIC
PROGRAMS
Solo Clarinet:
Your voice,
my friend: works by Joaquim Homs on texts by Rabindranath
Tagore and Paul Valéry
Meditations: Bach, Debussy, Koechlin, Nielsen, Homs and traditional music
The musical world
of Joan Miró: Bach, Debussy,
Koechlin, Nielsen, Homs and traditional music
Clarinet and piano
Brahms and
Schumann: Sonatas op.120
nº1 and 2 by Brahms; Fantasy Pieces by Schumann
French music: Debussy,
Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Milhaud, Poulenc, Sévérac
Clarinet, viola and piano:
Schumann: Trio,
Romances (cl/pno), Forest Scenes (viola/pno), Fantasies (cl/pno)
Clarinet, violoncello and piano
Brahms: Trio, Sonata op. 99 (vc/pno), Sonata op. 120 nº 1 (cl/pno)
MOST
FREQUENT PARTNERS
Piano: Mary
Ruiz-Casaux
String quartet: Quartet
Homs
Viola: Elisabeth
Romero
Violoncello: Suzana Stefanovic
Basoon: David Tomàs
DISCOGRAPHY
Oriol
Romaní (clarinet)
Integral works of Joaquim Homs for solo clarinet (Columna, 2000)
Oriol
Romaní (clarinete) and Angel
Soler (piano)
Catalan Music for
clarinet and piano. Works
by Ruera, Montsalvatge, Garriga, Soler, Guinjoan...
(PDI, 1991)
Oriol
Romaní (clarinete), Suzana Stefanovic
(violoncelo) and Mary Ruiz-Casaux (piano)
Beethoven, Juon,
Brahms (Alcatel, 2000)
Júlia Arnó (soprano), Oriol Romaní
(clarinet) and Emili Brugalla (piano)
Joaquim Homs: a portrait.
(Anacrusi, 2003)
REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES
He strengthens the sense and the
beauty of the work. Federico Mompou (1982)
He plays with great expression and humour. Yehudy Menuhin
(1984)
He really can give an unacomanied clarinet recital, because he is a musician with a gifted spirit. Victoria
de los Angeles
(1984)
Splendid clarinet music, equal to violin
or violoncello as a soloist chamber musician. Extremely successful performance in a program full of contrasts. Xavier Montsalvatge
(1989)
The concert was like a discreet
and joyful conversation between the composers, the performers and the audience.
Heraldo de Aragón
Coordinated, expressive, brave and determined
version, with the taste of
the best chamber music. Diario
Sur de Málaga
In the lieder by Spohr his performance
was decisive in achieving complete soloist-audience communication. Avui
His concert genuinely bewitched the audience because of its
attractive program, even with the
contemporary works, and by his significant
introductory commentaries.
Menorca
His performance as a soloist was perfect,
and his sensual delivery of sound,
freshness and agility to the
Divertimento by Ranki, a work
with Hungarian and jazz airs, delighted the audience. El País
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