Juan J. Colomer

Juan J. Colomer
Juan José Colomer (born Juan José Revueltas Colomer in Alzira, Valencia, Spain, 1966) is a Spanish composer.
Personal life
Juan Colomer started his music studies at age eight in his local music school, "Sociedad Musical de Alzira." He continued his studies in the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Valencia, where he graduated in trumpet and composition. In 1990 he moved to Boston where he studied Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music.
In 1992 he moved to Los Angeles, his actual residence, where he started working as a film composer, as well as arranging and producing for other artists. He has worked and collaborated with artists like Alejandro Fernández, Bebu Silvetti, Juan Carlos Calderón, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Ramón Flores.
In 1999 he recorded a CD with his own songs in Spanish, under the name of Bella y oscura, entitled "Reina en prisión" (queen in prison) with Esmeralda Grao as the lead singer.
In 2006 he became an American citizen and now has dual Spanish-American citizenship.
He is also known by his nickname in Spain Juanjo Colomer.
Career
His classical work, as a composer or orchestrator, has been performed and recorded by James Levine, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Christian Lindberg, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Vienna Symphony orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, Orchestra & choir of the Arena di Verona, Russian National Orchestra, Orquesta de la Comunidad Valenciana, Orquesta de Castilla y León and Spanish Brass. He has worked regularly with Plácido Domingo as an orchestrator for the Christmas in Vienna series of concerts, as well as The three tenors concerts in Paris 1998 and Monterrey in 2005, the Arena de Verona and the Operalia anthem. Recently he arranged and orchestrated several of the tracks for the CD Pasión española (Spanish passion) with Plácido Domingo and the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid conducted by Miguel Roa, for the Deutsche Grammophon label. This CD won a Grammy for Best Classical Album at the 2008 Latin Grammy Awards.
Juan J. Colomer has received commissions from the National orchestra of Spain (OCNE), International Horn Symposium, Center for Contemporary Music (CDMC), International Philip Jones competition (Guebwiller, France) and Instituto Valenciano de la Música (IVM).
In 1991 he won a composition prize in Madrid for his piece "Añoranzas" for Harp. He was also nominated for two consecutive years for an Euterpe award by the Federación de sociedades musicales valencianas for his piece "Raíces" for best symphonic work.
In 2010 he created a non profit organization called "Artistic Soirées" that hosts monthly concerts in Los Angeles. He is the co-founder, with conductor Ignazio Terrasi, of the LA Grand Ensemble, a flexible formation that incorporates visual elements into their concerts.
His works have been performed at prestigious halls like Carnegie Hall (NY), Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (Moscow), Teatro Real (Madrid) or Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles).
Juan Colomer publishes his works with Editions BIM of Switzerland, Editorial Piles, Tritó, and Rivera editores in Spain.
Compositions
Operas
El Pintor, symphonic opera in 3 acts
Dulcinea XL, chamber opera in 2 acts
Ballets
Sorolla
Vocal orchestral works
Agua que no has de beber, for choir & orchestra
Fallen Angels, Oratorio for soloists, choir & orchestra
Orchestral works
A casual walk to extinction
Air in light of darkness
Convergencias
Ciento Volando
Escaping insanity
Escenas pintorescas (Picturesque scenes)
Esperpento cubista
La ancestral letania, for viola & orchestra
La complicidad del espectro
La Devota Lasciva, for brass quintet & orchestra
Naturaleza Humana, for horn, choir of horns & orchestra
Preludio de Dulcinea
Sorolla breve suite
Symphonic genesis
Symphonic vignettes, for trumpet & orchestra
Adagio, for strings
Concerto Nº 1, for piano & orchestra
Works for symphony wind orchestra
Raices
Chova
Feb 93
Josep Pau
Vocal works
Ave Maria, for soprano & orchestra
Canciones de entretiempo
Canciones en femenino
Lied, for soprano & piano
Magnificat, Choir SATB & brass quintet
Silent ceremony, Children's chorus, mixed chorus, oboe, harp & organ
Chamber music
Comfortably familiar (and peacefully numb), String quartet & piano
Como pez en su pecera, for brass trio & percussion
Concerto breve, for solo trombone
Danzas Anacrónicas, for violin, cello & piano
Decadence, for oboe, horn & piano
Dialogos inmencionables, for solo trombone & brass quintet
Downtown Bagatelles, for violin & piano
Easy pieces for professional musicians, Viola & piano
EB-1, for violin & piano
Fierabrass, for brass ensemble
Gabrieli según San Juan
Gestas de un Don Nadie, for solo trumpet & brass quintet
Historia de un muntante, for brass quintet
Lisonjas de la alcahueta, for euphonium & brass quintet
Los cinco mosqueteros, for brass quintet
Mar sin Luna, Horn & Piano (also cello & piano)
Obertura y Chacona, for trumpet & organ
Obsession, for two violins & piano
Patterns of behavior, String quartet, clarinet & Vibraphone/Marimba
Quintet, for five flutes
Realidades disipadas, for cello & piano
Semana Santa en Gomorra, for large ensemble
Separation, for violin & piano
Sonata, for trumpet & piano
The allure of despair, for violin, cello & piano
The charlatan's daughter, for 2 solo trombones & brass quintet
The existential tourist, for cello & piano
Thelma & Louise on a Vespa, 2 trombones & piano
Tiempos, for string quartet
The exile of time, for string quartet
Trio, for flute, viola & harp
Visions, for horn & piano
Viveros, for flute, cello & piano
Works for piano
Autumn notebook
El ladrón de memorias, for solo piano
Influjo, for solo piano
Decadence, for oboe, horn & piano
EB-1, for violin & piano
Realidades disipadas, for cell & piano
Sonata, for trumpet & piano
Viveros, for flute, cello & piano
Works for harp
Trio, for flute, viola & harp
Añoranzas
Film music
A day without a Mexican
A letter to Rachel
Acts of love
Aimee Price
Bobby
CNB
Cronique de la Decouverte
Dangerous cargo
Dark honeymoon
Distorted Images
Double or nothing
Fat free
First date
For better and for worse
Getting Rachel back
Invisible temptation
Last Kill
Learning to lead
Luna
Maradentro
Mulholland ceremonies
Pacifico inedito
Rewrite
Shakespeare...in & out
Sunsplit
Sylvia's Baklava
Ten seconds
The box
The Crimson hour
The Mexican dream
The Wall
Three short pieces
Yellow belle
References
External links
Official website
myspace page
Editions BIM
Deutsche Grammophon (Plácido Domingo)
Rivera Editores
Editorial Tritó/Amalgama
Editorial Piles
Artistic Soirées
LA Grand Ensemble
1966 births
Living people
Spanish classical composers
Spanish male classical composers
Composers from the Valencian Community