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CPIA seminar | Lecture-recital with Joan Soriano Morales
PERMANENT SEMINAR ON CREATION, PERFORMANCE AND ARTISTIC RESEARCH
The Permanent Seminar of INET-md's Creation, Performance and Artistic Research research group is a forum where all its members (integrated and collaborators) and other academic, cultural, and artistic researchers can present their work.
13.05.2025 | 11:45 am | CCCI auditorium | Departamento de Comunicação e Arte da Universidade de Aveiro
Free entrance and in person.
Percussion music by Louis Franz Aguirre: a cathartic and singular blend of wisdom, mysticism, and excess
Joan Soriano Morales | Percussionist and teacher at the Professional Conservatory of Carcaixent
After more than a decade of collaboration with the Cuban composer based in Denmark, Louis Franz Aguirre, Spanish percussionist Joan Soriano presents a panoramic journey through the composer’s vast catalogue, which comprises around 80 works written over the past 25 years.
This repertoire, centred on percussion — both as a solo instrument and in dialogue with other ensembles — is explored from multiple perspectives: from the genesis and inspiration of the works to their aesthetics, performance, and organology. In this singular retrospective, Soriano places particular focus on the complete corpus of percussion sextets, on Aguirre’s most recent works featured in various recordings, and on ongoing creations developed in close collaboration with the composer himself, the ensemble Projecte SoXXI, and the presentation of Toque a Elegguá y Oshún.
This repertoire, centred on percussion — both as a solo instrument and in dialogue with other ensembles — is explored from multiple perspectives: from the genesis and inspiration of the works to their aesthetics, performance, and organology. In this singular retrospective, Soriano places particular focus on the complete corpus of percussion sextets, on Aguirre’s most recent works featured in various recordings, and on ongoing creations developed in close collaboration with the composer himself, the ensemble Projecte SoXXI, and the presentation of Toque a Elegguá y Oshún.
About Joan Soriano Morales
A percussionist and interdisciplinary artist, Joan Soriano Morales has developed a multifaceted career that integrates performance, pedagogy, and contemporary creation. Educated in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia, he has distinguished himself as a performer, researcher, and educator, with a strong academic foundation, including a PhD in Artistic Production from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He has collaborated with numerous Spanish orchestras and ensembles, such as RTVE, the National Orchestra of Spain, and Neopercusión, and is a member of the Ap-Art Duet with clarinetist Gabriel Calabuig, with whom he has promoted new repertoire at both national and international festivals. Soriano is the artistic director of the SoXXI Festival and a member of its resident ensemble, with which he released Egungún, an album dedicated to the works of Louis Franz Aguirre, under the Ekkozone label. He has also authored monographs on composers such as Xenakis, Cage, and Reich, and has worked alongside prominent figures such as Jean Geoffroy and Pedro Carneiro. With a deep commitment to education, he has taught at various conservatories and co-founded the Valencia Percussion Academy. He is currently a professor at the Carcaixent Conservatory and co-directs several festivals and meetings dedicated to contemporary percussion.
