“Fauré: piano music”. Joan Ramon Company in concert

Joan Ramon Company Tormo is a pianist and collaborative artist from València (1986). He has performed at prestigious halls and festivals and he is invited regularly as an accompanist for different international masterclasses. A graduate from the Catalonia College of Music, began his piano studies with his maternal grandmother at ten and among his teachers were Jordi Masó, Javier Esplugues, Isabel Soler, Luca Chiantore and Pablo Gómez Ábalos. As a soloist, he has been awarded first prize in the Arjau Competition of Barcelona, second prize in the Ciutat de Xàtiva and Sant Anastasi de Lleida, and he has received an honorable mention as an accompanist in competitions such as the Premio delle Arti and Intercentros Melómano. Actually he teaches at the Victòria dels Àngels Music School and Conservatoire in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Catalonia).

Programa: Nocturne 4, Opus 36 – Thème et variations, Opus 73 – Barcarolle 9, Opus 101 – Nocturne 13, Opus 119 – Nocturne 6, Opus 63 – Vers la vie nouvelle (Nadia Boulanger)

Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, Sicilienne, nocturnes for piano and the songs “Après un rêve” and “Clair de lune”. Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style.