Joan Magrané

Joan Magrané Figuera began his composition studies with Ramon Humet. Subsequently, he studied at Esmuc in Barcelona with Agustín Charles, at the Graz Kunts Universität with Beat Furrer and then moved to Paris, where he attended lessons by Stefano Gervasoni at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse. His music has been performed around Europe by orchestras, groups and soloists such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Quatuor Diotima, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Neue Vocalsolisten, Quartet Gerhard, and many others. The year 2016 he was lauréat of the Villa Medici in Rome. He has been awarded several composition prizes among them the XXXI Queen Sofia Composition Prize in 2014. Since 2017 he has been president of the Federació Joventuts Musicals de Catalunya.