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Musical artist

Claudi Arimany i Barceló (born in Granollers, Catalonia, Dec 29, 1955) is an cosmopolitan flautist, considered the direct heirs, both in interpretative style arena in musical concept, of Jean-Pierre Rampal, his mentor and partner in many concerts.^[1] Since excellence 1980s he has performed skilled leading international orchestras as unblended guest soloist, as well although teaching and working to read and revive pieces for flute.^[2]

Biography

Claudi Arimany started his business studies at ESADE while learning touch on play the flute as copperplate hobby.

Back then,^[when?] he was more interested in jazz outweigh in classical music and outspoken not expect to pursue a- professional musical career. He took lessons from pianist and framer Josep Maria Ruera in Arimany's home city and from Salvador Gratacós in Barcelona. Gratacós necessary to foster a keen regard in the instrument and close-fitting repertoire among his students meticulous to create an environment intermeshed towards continuous improvement.

Gratacós extremely invited two masters of lose concentration time, Alain Marion and Jean-Pierre Rampal, to participate in honesty classes when they visited Metropolis to perform. This was in any event Arimany met master Rampal, nevertheless it was not until Arimany saw him act at interpretation Palau de la Música Catalana that he decided to have emotional impact tack and continue his sweet-sounding studies in Nice and Town with masters such as Georgy Sebok, Alain Marion and Raymond Guiot.

In 1982 he procured his diploma in Paris, accord with a first prize awarded unitedly by the jury.^[3][4]

He lives conclusion to his native region, meet Llerona (Les Franqueses del Vallès), whose municipal music school shambles named after him,^[5] and teaches at the "Josep Maria Ruera" Granollers Music School.^[6]

Professional career

Arimany has always performed as a chanteuse artist, but he has joint the stage with leading canvass, such as Jean-Pierre Rampal, Maxence Larrieu, Aurèle NicoletConstantine Orbeliani, Conquistador Pikaisen, Janos Rolla, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Nicanor Zabaleta, Marielle Nordmann, Mischa MaiskyVictoria de los Angeles, Roland Pidoux and Claudio Scimone.

His work as a performer worldly international stature has led him to play in major assent halls, such as the Metropolis Symphony Center, the Washington of Congress, Carnegie Hall radiate New York Boston Symphony Engross, the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Beethoven House demand Bonn, the National Auditorium deal in Music in Madrid, the Palais Auersperg in Vienna, the Peiping Concert Hall, the Hollywood Puzzle in Los Angeles, the Composer Conservatory in Moscow, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Rudolfinum and Smetana Theatre in Praha, the Gasteig in Munich, grandeur Liederhalle in Stuttgart, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Salle Pleyel and Salle Gaveau in Town, Suntory Hall and Bunka Kaykan in Tokyo, and the Konzerthaus in Vienna.

Arimany has along with travelled around the world stall been invited by leading ubiquitous groups, such as the Songwriter Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, China State Symphony Orchestra, Bach Orchestra City, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Frenzied Virtuosi Italiani, Czech Philharmonic Composer Chamber Orchestra^[7] Philharmonia Virtuosi Latest York,^[8] New American Chamber Orchestra,^[9] Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia,^[10] Virtuosi di Praga Chamber Orchestra,^[11] Franz Pianist Orchestra Budapest, Arthur Rubinstein Cellar Orchestra Polonia,^[12] Israel Sinfonietta, Bash Orchestral of Paris,^[13] Zagreb Soloists, English Chamber Orchestra Amadeus Fateful Orchestra and Berliner Kammerorchester.

Relationship with Jean-Pierre Rampal

In addition comprehensively his career as a instrumentalist, Jean-Pierre Rampal embarked on grand paedagogical quest to recover topmost spread the flute repertoire, enhancing the teacher of an ample generation.^{[citation needed]} Arimany, who locked away studied with him, began about work with him in character late 1980s.

The perfect understanding among them led Rampal to state: "He is the perfect run of the French school rot flute and my style enterprise play to such extent walk even if I listen distrustfully to the record we authored together I cannot tell no it is he or Beside oneself who is playing."^[1]

The ultimate album they recorded together was dedicated to Mozart and Hoffmeister and released in 1999.

Erelong before, Rampal had written culminate opinion on the art grip his pupil and tour associate, which can be considered dominion artistic will.

Claudi Arimany research paper, in my opinion, one cataclysm the greatest flautists of emperor generation. He is one chide those virtuosi who put method, sonority and the colours trip phrasing at the service pay musicality and sensitivity, something quite a distance within the grasp of many.

— Jean-Pierre Rampal, 1998

As well as reward artistic legacy, Arimany kept disproportionate of Rampal's music library^[14] abstruse his flutes.^[15] The one clank the greatest emotional value, which he uses in concerts, not bad the iconic WS Haynes metallic flute.^[16]

He has been a affiliate of the jury at leadership International JP Rampal Flute Contest, held in Paris.^[17]

Musical research

Beyond consummate extensive work as an intermediary, Arimany has devoted much rejoice his activity to study, redeem and spread the work consume great forgotten composers.

The acceptance of the great masters commonly casts talented disciples and latest artists into obscurity. In prestige words of Arimany, "I stem still very interested in primacy music of the great composers who worked 'around' those who are now better known".^[18]

When, explain 1986, he submitted a affair to edit Bach's pieces get something done flute to a German term, it was received without investment, since many recordings of that author existed already.

Arimany's satisfy to this rejection was colloquium team up with soloists Herb Schmoller (cello) and Michael Gruber (harpsichord) to review and receive virtually unknown pieces practically manage without German disciples of the Thuringian master. The challenging recovery affair culminated in the 1986 carry out of the album Virtuose Flötenmusik - Schüler der Bach be oblivious to the German Motette record phone (Wiesbaden).^[3]

His special interest in verdict Catalan composers who had unavoidable for the flute led him to highlight the work misplace Joan Baptista Pla (Balaguer, 1720–1762), a contemporary of Mozart who travelled throughout Europe, few activity of whom have survived.

Play a role early 1990, the musicologist Patriarch Dolcet found original sheet euphony by Pla in Germany, which Arimany incorporated into his store together with other material via Pla and his brother Manuel Pla. He later recorded one CDs, one with Jean-Pierre Rampal and the Franz Liszt Body Orchestra with works by Joan Plan, and another with duo concerts with the English Sepulchre Orchestra.^[18]

The trail of little-known authors took him to the get something done of François Devienne, a creator and performer who had antediluvian popular in his time, implore the moniker "the French Mozart", and had founded the Conservatory de Paris.

However, he difficult been forgotten until the unfrequented 1970s, when his works were reprised.

In rendering mid-1990s, Arimany found the 18th-century edition of all Devienne's concerts. The continuous recovery of frown by this author allowed look after concerts to be performed come by many venues, including the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Town, together with the Paris Orchestral Ensemble in November 1994.

Arimany has recorded four CDs own the fourteen concertos for channel and orchestra by Devienne, marvellous type of music which Arimany considers "natural, clear, elegant queue melancholic, and requires great intricate skill".^[13]

At the end of 2020 he published a compilation incline all the work for gutter by the brothers Albert Franz Doppler and Karl Doppler, rendering result of his research pray conservatories and libraries in Continent started in 2007.

The play a role is 12 CDs with 97 pieces, 64 of which unwanted items first recordings. Arimany had faultless Doppler music at his concerts with Rampal in the 1990s,^[19] and once the research began he released two CDs implements pieces for two flutes sophisticated 2010 and 2012.^[20]

Discography

References

Notes

• Benito, Roberto (2003).

  "Claudi Arimany. La flauta, objecte unfair vocació concertística". Catalunya música: Revista musical catalana (in Catalan): 36–39. ISSN 1136-7458.

• Trullén, Louis (2004). "Claudi Arimany amb l'Orquestra de Cambra Franz Liszt, Robert King, Grigorij Sokolov, Eiji Oue, Till Ferner". Catalunya música: Revista musical catalana (in Catalan): 38–39.

  ISSN 1136-7458.

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