Joan Martí-Frasquier

I think that the real (r)evolution in music today is not just the reinterpretation of works composed hundreds of years ago, but giving equal opportunities to new music, its creators and performers

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THREE LATIN PRAYERS, Giacinto Scelsi

I have always found Giacinto Scelsi a fascinating composer. His music is almost unique. I was very surprised by the Scelsi’s LATIN PRAYERS, so stylistically different from his best-known works. And I thought, why not to play them? The Composer GIACINTO SCELSI (La Spezia, Italy, 1905 – Roma, Italy, 1988) came from an aristocratic family. In his earliest years, he …

CONTEMPORANEUS 20[25]

A new edition of CONTEMPORANEUS is back, the festival of new music that the Contemporaneus Association has been organizing in Reus since 2023. My friend and sound adventures buddy, the composer and sound artist Joan Bagés i Rubí, and I co-direct it. The festival The third edition of CONTEMPORANEUS has grown in both duration and number of concerts and activities. …

It is no exaggeration to affirm that the music potential of Joan Martí-Frasquier is worthy of note due to his interpretations will be a precious legacy for next generations of saxophonists

His powerful, deep, intense and rich sound together with the enormous versatility of the instrument are the tools that allow Martí-Frasquier to develop a bold and original language

Without a doubt, all of this places Joan Martí-Frasquier as one of the references in the contemporary saxophone and new music

Saxophonist Joan Martí-Frasquier is one of the most interesting performers on the new music scene

The impeccable technique and the malleability of the baritone saxophonist Joan Martí-Frasquier brought a touch of excellence to the concert