Carles Santos Ventura

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Carles Santos, Berlin 2007

Carles Santos Ventura (born July 1, 1940 in Vinaròs in the Valencia region ; † December 4, 2017 there ) was a Spanish composer and artist .

Life

Carles Santos began his training at the renowned Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona and continued his studies in Paris . In 1961 he began his career as a pianist. His repertoire included works by Bartók , Schönberg and Webern . A grant from the March Foundation brought him to the United States in 1968, where he met many avant-garde artists such as John Cage . In the late 1960s he also began to turn to film. A series of shorts, documentaries and feature-length films followed.

Exhibition I-Cervantes Berlin 'Visca el piano!' 2007

In the 1970s he decided to only play his own compositions. He has appeared at the Festival d'Automne in Paris, the Wintermusic '82 in Karlsruhe , the Fundaçao Gulbenkian in Lisbon , the Musicalia in Milan, the Moers Festival , the Music Theater Festival in London and the Bienal San Juan de Puerto Rico , at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel in Zurich and at New Music America '83 in Washington, DC

In the 1980s he began to design and implement scenic and musical shows, which he a. a. at the Sydney Opera House , the Hebbel-Theater Berlin , the Edinburgh Festival and the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.

He also took on various commissioned work. He became known to a larger audience at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona . He composed part of the music for the opening ceremony, which he conducted, and the official Olympic fanfare . He also composed for the 2001 Art Biennale in Valencia .

In addition to his musical and cinematic work, he also distinguished himself as a visual artist and writer .

He died of cancer at the age of 77.

style

Santos' music was marked by a decidedly minimalism. His musical language was shaped by Romanticism and traditional Spanish music as well as by atonal and twelve-tone music .

Awards

He received awards and prizes a. a. the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona for International Projection (1996), the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona of Music (1993), the Creu de Sant Jordi Prize of the Generalitat de Catalunya (1999), the Premi Nacional de Composició de la Generalitat de Catalunya (1990 ), the Premio MAX for the best soundtrack (2000), the Premio de la Crítica de Barcelona for Ricardo i Elena for the best music show, the Premio MAX 2001 for the best composition (Ricardo i Elena), the Premio MAX 2002 for the best Composition (La Pantera Imperial), the Premio MAX 2003 for the composition Sama Samaruck Suck Suck, the Premio MAX 2005 for the best music show, the best direction and composition (El Compositor, la Cantant, el Cuiner i la Pecadora…), Medalla de Oro del Circulo de Bellas Artes (2006)

Discography

  • 1977: Piano - Obres de Cowell, Cage, Webern, Stockhausen i Mestres-Quadreny (Edigsa)
  • 1981: Voice Tracks
  • 1984: Piano track (Linterna Música)
  • 1986: Perturbación inesperada (Linterna Música)
  • 1988: Carles Santos: Piano (Grabaciones Accidentales)
  • 1989: Five Voices - Greetje Bijma / Shelley Hirsch / Anna Homler / David Moss / Carles Santos (Intakt Records)
  • 1991: Belmonte - Banda Simfònica de la Unió Musical de Llíria - Carles Santos (Virgin España)
  • 1992: Música para las Ceremonias Olímpicas Barcelona 92 - Fanfàrria de Cerimònies, Banda Simfònica de la Unió Musical de Llíria, Cor de València, Cor d'Asdrúbila, Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona - Carles Santos (On The Rocks)
  • 1993: Promenade Concert: Música per a una acció original de Xavier Olivé. 20 d'Abril de 1993 ( Fundació Joan Miró )
  • 1995: Himne del Segon Congrès Català de Cuina (K. Indústria Cultural)
  • 1995: La porca i vibràtica teclúria (Institut d'Edicions de la Diputació de Barcelona)
  • 1999: Un dit és un dit , CD inclós en el number 9 de la revista “Cave Canis”, Barcelona 1999.
  • 2001: L'adéu de Lucrècia Borja (Universitat de València)
  • 2002: Sama Samaruck Suck Suck (Ópera-Circ) (K. Indústria Cultural)
  • 2006: Amores Cage (Dahiz Producciones)

Filmography

Film music

  • 1968: Nocturn 29 (together with: Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny, director: Pere Portabella )
  • 1970: Vampire Cuadecuc (Director: Pere Portabella)
  • 1975: Informe general (Pere Portabella)
  • 1977: L'obscura història de la cosina Montse (Jordi Cadena)
  • 1981: Vértigo en Manhattan (Jet Lag) (Gonzalo Herralde)
  • 1981: Barcelona Sud (Jordi Cadena)
  • 1984: Pa d'àngel (Francesc Bellmunt)
  • 1988: És quan dormo que hi veig clar (Jordi Cadena)
  • 1989: Pont de Varsòvia (Pere Portabella)
  • 1998: El pianista (Mario Gas)

Compositions for short films

  • 1969: Miró l'altre (Director: Pere Portabella)
  • 1970: Poetes Catalans (Pere Portabella)
  • 1971: Semejante a Pedro (Francesc Bellmunt)
  • 1971: Calidoscopi (Beni Rossell)
  • 1972: Umbracle (Pere Portabella)
  • 1972: Cantants 72 (Pere Portabella)
  • 1973: Advocats laboralistes (Pere Portabella)
  • 1978: El barri del Besós (Carles Durán)
  • 1979: Laberint (Agustí Villaronga)
  • 1979: La delinqüència (Jaume Codina)
  • 1979: Setmana de la sanitat (Jordi Cadena)
  • 1979: L'Ajuntament (Georgina Cisquella and Pere Joan Ventura)
  • 1979: L'agressió quotidiana (Carles Durán)
  • 1981: L'assemblea de Catalunya (Carles Durán)
  • 1982: Eleccions a Las Cortes 28-10-82 (Isona Passola)
  • 1989: Romàntic (Aurora Corominas)
  • 1991: Clara foc (Judith Colell)
  • 1992: Art a Catalunya (Pere Portabella)

Director

  • 1967: L'àpat.
  • 1967: L'espectador. Habitació amb rellotge. La llum. Conversa.
  • 1968: La cadira.
  • 1969: Preludi de Chopin, Opus 28 nº 7.
  • 1970: Play-back (with: Pere Portabella)
  • 1972: Acció Santos (with: Pere Portabella)
  • 1974: Preludi de Chopin, Opus 28 nº 18.
  • 1977: El pianista i el conservatori
  • 1977: 682-3133 Bufalo Minnesota.
  • 1978: Peça per a quatre pianos
  • 1979: La Re Mi La.

Scenic shows

  • 1983: Beethoven, si tanco la tapa ... què passa?
  • 1983: Té fina la fina petxina de Xina?
  • 1985: Arganchulla, Arganchulla Gallac
  • 1989: Tramuntana Tremens
  • 1991: La grenya de Pasqual Picanya
  • 1992: Asdrúbila
  • 1995: L'esplèndida vergonya del fet times fet
  • 1996: Figasantos-fagotrop: missatge al contestador, soparem a les nou
  • 1996: La Pantera Imperial
  • 2000: Ricardo i Elena
  • 2000: El Barbero de Sevilla

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Santos Ventura, Carles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santos, Carles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Vinaròs
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 2017
Place of death Vinaròs