Jordi Masó premieres a work by Jesús Torres

Posted by Marcel Soleda on March 15, 2007  |  Leave a comment

As part of the season Nous Sons at the Auditori de Barcelona, the young pianist from Granollers (Barcelona) premiered …i l’infant dorm by the Spanish composer Jesús Torres, in a programme of small-format works in tribute to the late Joaquim Homs. The concert included, among other works Tombeau by Benet Casablancas, and Instants by David Padrós.

Also within the Nous Sons season, on Saturday 17 March, the Ensemble Proxima Centauri performed Ciel rouillé by Héctor Parra, and on 24 March the Arditti String Quartet will be performing String Quartet No. 2 by Benet Casablancas, and String Quartet No. 1 by Joan Guinjoan, all published by Tritó.

World premiere by Benet Casablancas in Madrid

Posted by Marcel Soleda on February 15, 2007  |  Leave a comment

Conducted by principle conductor Josep Pons, the Orquesta Nacional de España (ONE) performs Alter Klang, a piece the orchestra commissioned from Mr Benet Casablancas, at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid on 16, 17 and 18 February

Concert with music by Casablancas in Madrid

Posted by Marcel Soleda on March 20, 2006  |  Leave a comment

The Auditorium of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid presents on the evening of 27 March a concert solely of works by the composer Benet Casablancas. The event is organized by the CDMC (Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea). Among other pieces, the programme features New Epigrams, Celebració Scherzino and Petita música nocturna, performed by the ensemble Modus Novus conducted by Santiago Serrate.

Acclaim for Casablancas’s premiere

Posted by Marcel Soleda on January 25, 2006  |  Leave a comment

This past 14 January saw the premiere of The Dark Backward of Time by Benet Casablancas, at the Barcelona Auditorium, performed by the OBC under the direction of E. Martínez Izquierdo. The piece earned the acclaim of the audience and critics alike:

From the outset, Casablancas remains true to his own personality as a composer, and brings out a more poetic, more evocative side to it, producing a level of tension and interest which is sustained throughout.

Jorge de Persia, La Vanguardia

An excellent score in terms of compositional technique, virtuoso in the interplay of colours and textures.

Manuel Cereijo, El Periódico

A de luxe orchestration and an admirable palette of sounds are the strong points in this difficult and appealing piece which once again confirms Casablancas’s place among the pantheon of contemporary Spanish composers.

Pablo Meléndez-Haddad, ABC

The premiere (…) saw one of our best contemporary composers in intense dialogue with the tradition whence he emerges and off which he feeds.

Àlex Susanna, El Mundo

A score which serves to confirm Casablancas as one of the leading composers of our day.

David Ramón, Diari de Sabadell

The OBC premiere Casablancas’s orchestral work

Posted by Marcel Soleda on January 4, 2006  |  Leave a comment

These coming 14 and 15 January, 2006, the Auditori de Barcelona hosts the premiere of the latest composition by the Catalan composer Benet Casablancas, The Dark Backward of Time, a title which quotes from Prospero in The Tempest by Shakespeare.

The piece will be performed by the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC), who commissioned the work, conducted by Ernest Martínez Izquierdo. The work is sixteen minutes long and is conceived for a broad orchestral effect.

Last quarter news from Tritó

Posted by Marcel Soleda on September 30, 2005  |  Leave a comment

At Tritó, we have returned from the summer holidays anxious to embark on new projects: projects that are aimed at further enriching our catalogue with new and interesting scores. In addition to the previously unpublished Tres Impromptus by Montsalvatge, we should also mention the arrangement of Ramon Carnicer’s Overture to the Barber of Seville by an anonymous contemporary of the composer, 6 diferències per a un tema mallorquí by David Padrós and 7 epigrames per a piano by Benet Casablancas.