Joan Gibert i Camins

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Independent Composer of Catalonia (CIC). From left to right: Robert Gerhard , Agustí Grau , Joan Gibert i Camins, Eduard Toldrà , Manuel Blancafort , Baltasar Samper and Ricard Lamote de Grignon . Frederic Mompou is missing in the picture . (1931)

Joan Gibert i Camins (* 1890 in Barcelona ; † August 9, 1966 there ) was a Catalan pianist, harpsichordist, composer and music teacher. He was a great connoisseur of early music and brought the harpsichord back to the concert halls of Catalonia.

life and work

Joan Gibert studied at the City Conservatory of Barcelona with Lluís Millet and Robert Goberna . At the age of 15, she made her debut in a public concert in Barcelona in 1905. From 1920 to 1928 he completed in-depth studies in Paris with Alfred Cortot , Vincent d'Indy and Wanda Landowska .

In 1928 he returned to Barcelona and made a remarkable contribution to the city's musical life. He gave numerous piano and harpsichord concerts and was accompanied by artists such as Lilly Ulanowsky , Conchita Badía , Concepción Callao , Mercè Plantada and Alícia Halffter . He was also a member of the Chopin Festival Orchestra conducted by Pau Casals from 1931, the Bach Festival Orchestra conducted by Joan Lamote de Grignon from 1932, the Iberia Quartet and the Associació Obrera de Concerts (workers' concert association founded by Pau Casals) ). Gibert was a co-founder of the Compositors Independents de Catalunya (CIC). This so-called CIC was also very interested in questions of music education, so that Gibert developed a musical education plan for primary schools in Catalonia with the music professors Ainaud, Cervera and E. Gibert Camins (Joan Gibert's brother).

In 1945 he was appointed professor for harpsichord and two years later also professor for piano. He frequently wrote music reviews for the Revista Musical Catalana , for La Publicitat and for French press organs. He made an important contribution to the re-establishment of musical culture after the Spanish Civil War in Catalonia.

As a composer, Gibert has created several works for piano, voice and choir.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joan Gibert Camins (Nekrolog). La Vanguardia, August 10, 1966, accessed December 23, 2019 (Catalan).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Joan Gibert i Camins. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Joan Gibert i Camins. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música.
personal data
SURNAME Gibert i Camins, Joan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan pianist, harpsichordist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1966
Place of death Barcelona