Còdols Pau Sandaran & Amat Santacana

• Juli Sandaran (1914 - 1995): Repos:
• 1 Sandaran: Repos 02:50
• Pau Sandaran: La Torre de Babel:
• 2 Sandaran: La Torre de Babel 02:25
• Juli Sandaran: Cinc perces per a violoncel i piano:
• 3 Sandaran: Cinc perces per a violoncel i piano: I 00:54
• 4 Sandaran: Cinc perces per a violoncel i piano: II 00:47
• 5 Sandaran: Cinc perces per a violoncel i piano: III 00:50
• 6 Sandaran: Cinc perces per a violoncel i piano: IV 01:31
• 7 Sandaran: Cinc perces per a violoncel i piano: V 01:07
• Pau Sandaran: Tres peces per a violoncel i piano:
• 8 Sandaran: Tres peces per a violoncel i piano: I. Choro per a Frida 01:25
• 9 Sandaran: Tres peces per a violoncel i piano: II. Oda al Sol 02:05
• 10 Sandaran: Tres peces per a violoncel i piano: III. L'ocell blau 01:13
• Dues impresions:
• 11 Sandaran: Dues impresions: I. Romança sense melodia 02:40
• 12 Sandaran: Dues impresions: II. Melodia 01:21
• El cant del ocells:
• 13 Sandaran: El cant del ocells 01:44
• Pau Sandaran: Un chemin vers le ciel:
• 14 Sandaran: Un chemin vers le ciel 03:05
• Oda al Sol:
• 15 Sandaran: Oda al Sol 06:14
• Total Runtime 30:11

Info zu Còdols

Just like pebbles (còdols) flourish from the slow action of nature over the rocks, these miniatures for cello and piano by Juli Sandaran and Pau Sandaran are the product of a similar transformation, having been polished without any rush in search of their own identity. Dues impressions (Romança sense melodia i Melodia) by Juli Sandaran, is a work with great expressive character and a clear example of this unhurried but consequential process.

Throughout this creative experience, the interpreter has been a fundamental figure for me. I have been fortunate enough to count with cellist Amat Santacana who is a musician of great sensitivity. Amat and I have known each other since 2002 as a result of studying together in Vienna. Working hand in hand with him has offered me the rewarding experience of being able to experiment directly with the instrument for which I was composing.

The beautiful ceramic pebbles featured on this disc are the work of ceramic artist, Teresa Escayola. These pebbles which stand out are the result of a painstaking work. This mirrors the spirit of persistence and love on which the music of this album has flourished as well as its entire process of creation.

Amat Santacana, cello
Pau Sandaran, piano

Amat Santacana
Barcelona (1980). He studied cello with Suzana Stefanovic and Peter Thiemann in Barcelona. He graduated in Cello Performance at the Conservatorio Superior de Salamanca with Iagoba Fanlo and Aldo Mata and also graduated in chamber music with Alberto Rosado, Kennedy Moretti and Arnau Tomàs. He complements his training in Vienna with Wofgang Herzer and Howard Penny, in Stuttgart with the Melos Quartett, and in Zurich with Roel Dieltiens.

He is a founding member of the Qvixote Quartet in 2006, with whom he has performed throughout Europe and South America. He has been instructed in the art of string quartet playing at the European Chamber Music Academy with great world specialists such as Hatto Beyerle, Johannes Meissl, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Christoph Richter, among others.

He has won first prizes in the chamber competitions Josep Mirabent and Magrans de Sitges (2007), Montserrat Alavedra de Terrassa (2008) and Premio Joven Bach de Madrid (2013).

He has taught cello at the Robert Gerhard Municipal School of Music in Valls, at the Escolania de Montserrat, at the Liceu Professional Conservatory of Barcelona and at the Municipal Conservatory of Music in Manresa between 2009 and 2019. He has also given master classes in Venezuela and Bolivia and is regularly invited as a guest professor at the National Youth Orchestra of Catalonia.

He has shared the stage with leading musicians such as members of the Casals Quartet, Kennedy Moretti, Gordan Nikolic, Khatia Buniatishvili and Olga Paschenko. He has also participated in the recording of the album 'Tempo Rubato' by Mayte Martin, with whom he has toured several times.

In the field of interpretation with historical instruments, he has played with Barry Sargent's Mallorca Baroque Orchestra and the Montsalvat Orchestra. He has performed on several occasions the 'Integral of the six suites for solo cello' by J. S. Bach. In addition, he has recorded the disc of the 'Sonatas for cello and basso continuo' by Antonio Vivaldi with Roel Dieltiens, awarded with the 'Editor's choice' prize by Magazine magazine.

His repertoire embraces 400 years of music for solo cello, from the first works of the 17th century to contemporary works. He has premiered works for solo cello by Joaquim Homs and has performed for the first time in Spain the work of the South Korean composer Geonyong Lee, 'Song in the dusk II'. He is currently immersed in the project of rediscovering the music of the forgotten cellos of the 18th century.

Pau Sandaran
is a pianist and composer, he has to his name, works for diverse instrumental settings such as solos, chamber music, big band and orchestra.

His works for big band have been performed at Vienna’s Musikverein, Vienna’s Birdland and Eisenstadt’s Haydn Saal.

Among other premiers, his Choro per a Frida for orchestra was performed by the Murta Ensemble under the musical direction of Xavier Puig in the Auditori de Santa Coloma de Gramenet and at the Teatro Zorrilla in Badalona. Likewise, the prestigious theatre group Corral de Comedias de Alcalá de Henares premiered his music for the theatre work El cavaller i els músics.

Pau Sandaran holds a Master of Arts in musical composition and a Bachelor of Arts in jazz composition from the Music University in Vienna.

Currently, he is professor of music theory, modern harmony and piano at the Conservatori Municipal de Vilanova i la Geltrú in Catalunya.

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