Composer
Ramon Humet
b. 1968
Ramon Humet’s music is delicate and subtle, with high poetic imagination. Humet is a hope for the future; he has a fine ear, and a spirit full of light. - Jonathan Harvey
Biography
Ramon Humet studied harmony, improvisation and piano with Gerry Weil and Harriet Serr in Caracas, Venezuela. Also he studied composition and orchestration with Josep Soler in Barcelona. He has attended master classes with composers such as Jonathan Harvey, Brian Ferneyhough, Tristan Murail, Salvatore Sciarrino, Walter Zimmermann, Helmut Lachenmann, George Crumb, Beat Furrer, Mauricio Sotelo, Jose Luis Campana, Jesus Rueda, Benet Casablancas and Joan Guinjoan.
He has won the Olivier Messiaen International Composition Prize, the XXIV Queen Sofia Composition Prize, and the Joaquin Rodrigo - Villa de Madrid Composition Prize. Also he has had different international commissions.
He holds the degree of Engineer of Telecommunications, from Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, with a concentration in Electronic Equipments. He teaches acoustics in the Conservatory of the Liceu (Barcelona), and analyses in the Conservatory of Vila-seca. He also studies shakuhachi with shihan Horacio Curti.
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