In the first part of this concert we will listen to electroacoustic works by composers who have been linked to Phonos, such as Dur, in which Josep Manuel Berenguer explores the granularity of sound matter, the four virtual interpretations of the number “one” associated to Eduardo Polonio’s Turing machine and the reflection on the materiality of sound in Mercè Capdevila’s Gramatges.

In the second part of the concert, the clarinetist Víctor de la Rosa offers works by the founding members of Phonos and Gabriel Brnčić, who has been involved since its inception: For Harry, which Andrés Lewin-Richter dedicated to the clarinetist Harry Sparnaay; Espai sonor by Luis Callejo, which was part of the first official Phonos concert in 1976; Vol d’ocell davant el sol for solo clarinet, by Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny; and Clarinen Tres, in which Gabriel Brnčić lets an algorithm distribute the notes played by three clarinets.

Biography

Committed to contemporary music, he has premiered more than 50 works by composers from around the world, playing at festivals such as the Sampler Series, the Geneva Archipel, Huddersfield Festival, Lucerne Festival, Éclat de Stuttgart, the ENSEMS or the VANG. In 2014 he replaced acclaimed bass clarinetist Harry Sparnaay in Gerard Pape’s opera “Why Poets” in the role of soloist alongside Nicholas Isherwood and John Kenny. Likewise, he is a founding member of the CrossingLines ensemble. As a soloist he has played with the OBC, OCM and the One Tree Hill Sinfonia. Since 2014 he has been a clarinet professor at the Superior Conservatory of the Balearic Islands.