Blai Soler

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2020

17 December
Work: Antiphona
Performer: Octet Beethoven (dir. Joan Enric Lluna)
Venue: Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya

13 January
Work: Off the String (world premiere)
Performer: Jagdish Mistry (vln), Ensemble Modern (cond. Franck Ollu)
Venue: Alte Oper Frankfurt

6 January
Work: Off the String
Performer: Jagdish Mistry (vln), Ensemble Modern (cond. Franck Ollu)
Venue: Kölner Philharmonie


2019

17, 18 January
Work: Sol
Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (cond. George Benjamin)
Venue: Royal Concertgebouw

2017

5 March
Work: Sol
Performer: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine (cond. Paul Daniel)
Venue: L'Odyssée (Périgueux, France)

2, 3 March
Work: Sol (world premiere)
Performer: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine (cond. Paul Daniel)
Venue: Auditorium de Bordeaux

2016

7 June
Work: Imaginings
Performer: Artesian Quartet
Venue: St George's Church, Camden Hill (London)

19 April
Work: Imaginings
Performer: Alke Quartet
Venue: St John's Smith Square (London)

2015

26 July
Work: Antiphona
Performer: Moonwinds (dir. Joan Enric Lluna)
Venue: Vanha kirkko, (Uusikaupunki, Finland)
Crusell Music Festival

17 May
Work: Antiphona
Performer: Moonwinds (dir. Joan Enric Lluna)
Venue: Teatre Principal (Valencia)
Festival Ensems

8 May
Work: Imaginings
Performer: Artesian Quartet
Venue: Purcell Room, South Bank Centre (London)

4 May
Work: Imaginings
Performer: Artesian Quartet
Venue: The Roundhouse (London)
BBC Radio 3 live broadcast (In Tune)

2014

18 November
Work: Antiphona
Performer: Moonwinds (dir. Joan Enric Lluna)
Venue: Auditori de la Diputació d'Alacant (Alacant)

17 November
Work: Antiphona
Performer: Moonwinds (dir. Joan Enric Lluna)
Venue: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid)

6 January
Work: Imaginings (world premiere)
Performer: Jubilee Quartet
Venue: Purcell Room, South Bank Centre (London)
Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series

2013

19 August
Work: de dol (world premiere)
Performer: Diana Mathews (viola)
Venue: St James' Piccadilly (London)

12 May
Work: Plain-Chant
Performer: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (cond. Pablo González)
Venue: Théâtre de l'Archipel (Perpignan)

10 May
Work: Plain-Chant
Performer: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (cond. Pablo González)
Venue: Halle aux Grains (Toulouse)

18, 19, 20 January
Work: Divinacions (world premiere)
Performer: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (cond. Pablo González)
Venue: L'Auditori (Barcelona)
Reviews

17 January
Work: Antiphona (world premiere)
Performer: Moonwinds (dir. Joan Enric Lluna)
Venue: L'Auditori (Barcelona)

2012

9 December
Work: Lights and Shadows
Performer: BCN216 (cond. Francesc Prat)
Venue: Museo deSalamanca (Salamanca)
VII Festival Internacional SMASH de Música Contemporánea

3 December
Work: Lights and Shadows
Performer: BCN216 (cond. Francesc Prat)
Venue: Sala Joaquín Turina - Centro Cultural Cajasol (Seville)

14 November
Work: Lights and Shadows
Performer: BCN216 (cond. Francesc Prat)
Venue: Sala Luís Galve, Auditorio de Zaragoza (Zaragoza)

12 November
Work: Lights and Shadows
Performer: BCN216 (cond. Francesc Prat)
Venue: Conservatorio de Música Jesús Guridi (Vitoria)
Bernaola Festival

28 October
Work: Lights and Shadows
Performer: BCN216 (cond. Francesc Prat)
Venue: Teatros del Canal (Madrid)
Festival de Ensembles III

5, 6, 7 October
Work: Plain-Chant
Performer: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (cond. Pablo González)
Venue: L'Auditori (Barcelona)
2012-2013 Season Opening Concert

1 October
Work: Lights and Shadows (world premiere)
Performer: BCN216 (cond. Francesc Prat)
Venue: Auditorio del Conservatorio (Bilbao)
Festival Klem-Kuraia

13 January
Work: Tankas
Performer: Glass Farm Ensemble
Venue: Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space (New York City, New York)

2011

24 September
Work: Tankas
Performer: International Ensemble Modern Academy
Venue: Salle de la Bourse
Festival Musica (Strausbourg)

21 September
Work: A Walpurgis Night (world premiere)
Performer: LPO Foyle Future Firsts (cond. Nicholas Collon)
Venue: Royal Festival Hall (London)

8 September
Work: Plain-Chant
Performer: Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck (cond. Franck Ollu)
Venue: Franciscan Church (Schwaz)
Klangspuren Festival

8 June
Work: Plain-Chant (world premiere)
Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra (cond. Clement Power)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall (London)
LPO Debut Sounds

2009

21 May
Work: Oboes
Performer: The Oboe Band
Venue: Unitarian Music House (Bury-St-Edmunds)
Bury-St-Edmunds Festival

12 May
Work: d'amor i mort
Performer: Ensemble Modern (cond. Gwennolé Rufet)
Venue: Muffathalle (Munich)
International Ensemble Modern Composition Seminar

10 May
Work: d'amor i mort (world premiere)
Performer: Ensemble Modern (cond. Gwennolé Rufet)
Venue: Ensemble Modern Headquarters (Frankfurt)
International Ensemble Modern Composition Seminar

25 April
Work: Set-punt-u
Performer: Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien
Venue: Essl Museum, (Klosterneuburg bei Wien)
Musik im Schömer-Haus

18 March
Work: Tankas (world premiere)
Performer: Trio Arbós
Venue: L'Auditori (Barcelona)
Festival Nous Sons '09

2008

18 November
Work: In das schwarze Grün
Performer: Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
Venue: Liverpool University (Liverpool)
Cornerstone Festival 2008

25 September
Work: Oboes (world premiere)
Performer: The Oboe Band
Venue: St. George's Hanover Square (London)

27 May
Work: Set-punt-u
Performer: Concorde Ensemble
Venue: Sala Mompou-SGAE (Barcelona)
Nous Repertoris, IX Cicle

25 May
Work: Set-punt-u
Performer: Concorde Ensemble
Venue: National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin)
Concorde International Connections: Music from Spain and Ireland

20 May
Work: Clarinet Quintet
Performer: Cristo Barrios (clarinet), Arditti Quartet
Venue: CajaCanarias Auditorium (Tenerife)
V Festival de Música Contemporánea

19 May
Work: Clarinet Quintet (world premiere)
Performer: Cristo Barrios (clarinet), Arditti Quartet
Venue: Alfredo Kraus Auditorium (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
V Festival de Música Contemporánea

2007

Blai's Set-punt-u was taken on tour by the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien as part of the Labyrinthmaker Platform throughout 2007. The work was performed in Poland, Spain, Italy, Mexico, USA and Costa Rica.

Set-punt-u was performed by the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien at the Time of Music Festival in Viitasaari (Finland) on July 2007.

Blai was composer in residence at the Langvad Chamber Music Days in Denmark in July 2007.

Blai conducted the Spanish Ensemble Messiaen at the 4th Contemporary Music Festival in Tenerife (Spain) in May 2007. The programme included his Tumults, Visions and Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire.

2006

Cantus Firmus was premiered by Cristo Barrios and Clinton Cormany at the Wigmore Hall (London).