| As well
as his active concert schedule in Europe
and the Far
East, Carles Pons I Altés is a well-known
recording artist and
broadcaster, and is Head of Guitar at the
Irún Music Conservatoire. "The
delicate nuances in the musical details
and the sound production both surprise professional
musicians and create a response of joy and
pleasure." – Gregory Popov,
Bulgarian composer
Program:
From Spain...
Tres Canciones catalanas:
El cant dels Ocells .
. . . . . . . . Popular
El testament d’Amélia . . .
. . . Miquel Llobet (1878-1938)
La Filadora . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .Miquel Llobet
Sonata op.14 “Gran Solo” . .
.Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
La “Canción”
española:
Copla “Ojos Verdes”
. . . . . . . Manuel López Quiroga
(1899-1988)
Pasodoble “Romance
de la Valentía” (tr.: Carles
Trepat)
Pasodoble “Francisco Alegre”
Danza del Molinero . .
. . . . . . .Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
… to
the world.
Maxixe . . . . . . .
. . . . Agustín Barrios (1885-1944)
Vals n°3 . . . . . . . . . .Agustín
Barrios
Usher –Valse . . . . .Nikita Koshkin
(1956)
One Time Swing . . David Qualey (1948)
Tango en Skaï . . . . Roland Dyens
(1955)
Les Loups . . . . . . . .Louis Bessieres
(1913) (arr. R. Dyens)
About Carles Pons...
Carles Pons began his music studies at
the age of 5 in the city of Lleida with
Jordi Montagut, continuing his studies from
1982 to 1984 under Professor José
Muñoz Coca in Barcelona. Moving to
Barcelona in 1986, he attended classes for
the Higher Music Degree at the Municipal
Higher Conservatoire while undertaking further
guitar studies with Manuel González.
In the academic years 1988-1989 and 1989-1990,
Pons obtained the highest qualifications
in the seventh and eighth guitar courses
(higher degree in performance) at the Liceu
Higher Conservatoire, Barcelona, under the
direction of Jaume Torrent.
He has received numerous scholarships,
including Scholarship Competition for the
Fine Arts (Music and Dance Section) of the
Excelentísima Diputación of
Lleida in 1984, 1986, 1987 and 1988, and
Honour Diploma and Finalist in the T.I.M.
Competition, organized by the Italian Musical
Youth Association in 1997.
As well as his current post in Irún,
Pons has taught at the Ricardo Viñes
Music Academy in Lleida and the Professional
Music Conservatoire, Cáceres, in
addition to master classes and courses at
the Bahrain Music Institute (Persian Gulf)
and the University of Ankara (Turkey) and
master class and lecture in the “III
International Guitar Festival Pro-musica/SESC”
in Caxias do Sul (Brazil).
In 1998 he was a judge at the International
Guitar Competition of Zarautz. Director
and organizer of the "I International
Guitar Festival of Irún", Carles
Pons i Altés is also the founder
of the cultural association "Música
Oberta" in Lleida, organizer of the
"I Festí de les Muses"
music festival at the University of Lleida
in 1989 and 1990, and coordinator of the
"I Music Week" in the Music Conservatoire
of Balaguer (Lleida) in 1991.
He has recorded for Channel 1 of the RTB
(Bahrain Radio and Television), for ETB
(Euskadi Television), for RTT1 (Turkey Radio
and television), and UCS-TV (cable TV from
Brazil). In 1999 he recorded a CD, together
with several Basque guitar players, devoted
to the music by J. de Azpiazu. He is editor
the guitar handbook, Elijo Mis Obras, published
by Ed. Donostiarra in 1999.
A concert career spanning nearly 20 years
has taken him to all parts of Spain, including
Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, San Sebastian,
Bilbao, and Burgos, as well as to Bahrain
in the Persian Gulf, Ankara in Turkey, Sofia
and Plvodiv in Bulgaria, and Brazil.
He has played the “Concert for Guitar
and Orchestra” of Villa-Lobos with
the Barcelona orchestra “Kamerart”,
conducted by Jordi Colomer, in Valencia;
and the “Concierto de Aranjuez”
in Irún conducted by Juan Jose Ocón
with the “Fundation Orchestra”.
Carles Pons plays with Savarez Strings.
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