2 premieres of new works during February

During the last weeks I've been working hard on finishing 2 new pieces that are going to be premiered during February. The first one is an Overture to Beethoven's Piano Concerto num. 5 and is going to be premiered on Leipzig on February 2nd. It was comissioned by my friend, the pianist Jordi Humet who will be the soloist for that concerto.Feb.02.2011 19.30h , Großer Saal, University for Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn" Lepizig

Beethoven im Orbit

Manuel Durão, conductorAlicia Torrea Goikoetxea, Jordi Humet Alsius, solositsThe other is a new big piece for Concert Band, to be premiered on Barcelona's Auditori on February 27th. The piece is called: Throughout the Hubble. A galactic suite inspired by the Hubble Telescope's discoveries and it is a comission from Barcelona's Concert Band in its 125th Anniversary. It will be conducted by Salvador Brotons, my former composition professor.The piece has 5 movements, trying to describe musically the impressions of some of the pictures and discoveries made by the telescope:

I - Overture: A space adventureII - NebulaeIII- Black HoleIV - The Death of a StarV - The Star Nursery: The rebirth

Feb.27.2011 11.30h , Sala Pau Casals, L'Auditori de Barcelona

Roman Feasts

Salvador Brotons, conductor[you can buy tickets here]I would like to finish with one of the images that inspired me to write the music of this piece, in this case, for the Second Movement (Nebulae). It's from the Orion Nebula: