Joan Magrané Figuera 
(Reus, 1988)

He received his first composition lessons by Ramon Humet. He subsequently studied at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona) with Agustín Charles, in the Kunst Universität (Graz) with Beat Furrer and in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse (Paris) with Stefano Gervasoni. He has been lauréat of the Villa Medici (Rome, 2016), member of the Casa Velázquez (Madrid, 2017/2018) and guest composer in La Pedrera (Barcelona, 2018/2019), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona, 2019/2020), CNDM (Madrid, 2020/2021) and L'Auditori (Barcelona, 2021/2022).

Some poetic and artistic references —from Ausiàs March and Joan Roís de Corella to Joan Miró and Perejaume— are crucial in his creative process. His works has been performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain (Pintscher, Mantovani), Isabelle Faust, Gérard Caussé, Quatuor Diotima, Graindelavoix (Schmelzer), London Sinfonietta (Colomer), Quartet Gerhard, Trio Fortuny, Les éléments (Suhubiette), Orquesta Nacional de España (Afkham), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Pintscher), Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (Matheuz, Ono, Volkov, Morlot), Kansas City Symphony (Pintscher), Franz Schubert Filharmonia (Grau), Orquesta de la RTVE (Kalmar), Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya (Valdivieso), Gio Symphonia (Prat),  Ensemble Ars Nova, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, Neue Vocalsolisten, Josep Colom, Carlos Mena, Iñaki Alberdi, Tanguy de Williencourt, Kebyart, Cosmos Quartet, Azahar Ensemble, Sigma Project and many others in places like the Philharmonie de Paris, Lucerne Festival, BOZAR de Bruxelles, Théâtre du Châtelet, Heidelberger Frühling, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Real, Festival de Peralada, L'Auditori de Barcelona, Palau de la Música Catalana, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Festival de Torroella, Grand Théâtre de Provence, Fondation Royaumont, Musée d'Orsay and many others.

In the field of opera he has worked on different projects such as Diàlegs de Tirant e Carmesina (with Isabella Gaudí, Anna Alàs and Josep Ramon Olivé), a production of Òpera de Butxaca i Nova Creació, Festival de Peralada and Gran Teatre del Liceu. His scenic work Intérieur (d'après Maurice Maeterlinck) was premiered in october of 2021 at Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris) by Ensemble Intercontemporain and Matthias Pintscher and mise-en-scène by Silvia Costa.

He has been awarded several international awards including the XXXI Queen Sophia Composition Prize (2014). Some of his pieces are edited by Éditions Durand and Ficta.