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Faber Music Signs Francisco Coll

Jun. 28, 2011

Faber Music announces the signing of Valencia-born composer Francisco Coll. Born in 1985, the composer is currently based in London where he is a fellow at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a private pupil of Thomas Adès.

To date, Coll has composed three works for orchestra, several pieces for large ensemble, and chamber and instrumental music. His current project is a clarinet quintet Sguardo verso l’interno for this year’s Aldeburgh (June 17), Aix-en-Provence (July 4) and Verbier (July 30) festivals. He will also be writing two works for the Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana in 2012, with whom he has just been appointed Composer-in-Residence. Recent projects include Piedras, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which was premiered at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in April 2011 under the baton of Thomas Adès, and an octet for members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra for broadcast on BBC Radio 3. His work Óxido, for soprano and ensemble, was premiered at Wigmore Hall, London, under the baton of the composer in 2010.

I have known Mr. Coll’s music for several years and have from the start been impressed by his ear for timbre and his highly personal sense of musical structure. His music displays an original and powerful sense of drama, and his ideas about music proceed from a strikingly individual and unusual mind.
-Thomas Adès

Meeting him for the first time made a huge impression on me: he was a young artist with a strong belief, determination and his intentions as a composer were absolutely clear. Since that day I have seen Mr. Coll working continuously to ensure a craftsmanship in projecting his musical ideas and visions on the orchestral forces. Mr. Coll has by now the craftsmanship which will enable him to go on and succeed with large scale projects.
- Magnus Lindberg

Works now available from Faber Music include Aqua Cinereus (2006) for large orchestra, The Eternal Present (2008) for trombone and orchestra, Cuando el niño era niño... (2008) for piano quartet, Hidd’n Blue (2009) for large orchestra, Piedras (2009-2011) for large ensemble of 16 players and many more.

Learn more on Francisco Coll by visiting www.fabermusic.com.

Francisco Coll
Aqua Cinereus (2006)
for large orchestra
pic.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.2.btrbn.1-5perc-harpsichord-pno-str
12’

The Eternal Present (2008)
for trombone and orchestra
pic.2.2.ca.bcl.Bb.bass sax.2.cbsn-4.3.2.btrbn.1-4perc-hp-pno-str
16’

Hidd’n Blue (2009)
for large orchestra
pic.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.2(1.ptpt).2.btrbn.1-timp-2perc-hp-pno-str
4’

Piedras (2009/2010)
for large ensemble
1.1.1(bcl).1(cbsn)-1.1.1.0-2perc-hp-pno-str
15’

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