Composer
Pianist
Researcher
Composer
Electronics
Composer
Pianist
Researcher
Composer
Electronics
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Arnau Gran i Romero is a Catalan
composer currently based in Paris.  Deeply
interested in everything related to the
technological dimension, his music often
aligns with the electronic world.

Born in Catalonia in 2001, he began his studies at the Conservatory of Girona where he learned piano, cello and harpsichord. In 2018, he met the Spanish composer José Manuel López López who introduced him to the world of contemporary creation and with whom he began his composition studies in 2019 at the CRR de Paris. In 2020, he obtains the DEM of composition of the CRR with the congratulations of the jury and he joins the University of Paris VIII where he passes the degree in musicology with the specialization in computer assisted composition with Alain Bonardi and Anne Sèdes. 

After having completed this Musicology degree in electroacoustic composition at Paris 8 University and a Piano degree at ESMAR (Valencia), he is now pursuing a composition degree at CNSMDP under the mentorship of Gérard Pesson, along with a Musicology/Composition Master’s at Paris 8 University. His main areas of research, which significantly influence his compositional practices, include the gestural complexity in electroacoustic music—studying the challenges of gesture recognition and developing new interfaces to address interpretative issues—and the artistic perception of the dematerialization process, combating the obsolescence of this burgeoning repertoire.

During these years, he has composed for a wide variety of ensembles such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain, l'Itinéraire, Cairn, TM+, Sinkro, MG21, KDM, ... In 2023, he is awarded a commission by the contemporary music festival 'Mostra Sonora Sueca' for the Feedback Trio, which will be premiered at this festival.

Awards
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COMMI
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Awards

4th Ise Shima Special Award
2024
Franco Donatoni
2024
Artsom II Composition Competition
2023
Petrichor - Rechords
2021
ESMUC Prize for research work
2019

RELLEVANT WORKS

[Work in progress], Divertimento
MILAN
2024
Monochrome rouge-oxide, Trio Feedback
VALENCIA
2024
Songs to be burnt IV, Ensemble Cairn
PARIS
2024
Espace des inexistants, Sinkro
PARIS, PAYS BASQUE
2023
Crush (De)construction, EIC & Next
PARIS
2022
Sounds from an electric nature, Itinéraire
PARIS
2021