Joan Sanmarti

Collaborations with: Max Sunyer, Manel Camp, La Coral Cosmica, Cubik Quartet, Big Band De L’aula, Beboppourum, Santi Arisa i Lakatans,Barcelona Boulevard, Sisa, Santi Vendrell, Maria Del Mar Bonet, Hector Vila, David Lyme, Mili Bermejo, Koniec plus Big Ensemble Taller de Músics, Ze Eduardo, Agusti Fernandez, Xavier Maristany, Joan Saura, Laurent Philippe, Paolo Ghetti, Furio Di Castri, Massimo Manzi, Aldo Romano, Gringos, Kasper T. Toeplitz, John Zorn/COBRA, Orquestra Del Caos, Angel Pereira, Salvador Niebla, Acelino de Paula, Eugene Martynec, Carles Benavent, David Xirgu, Marc Parrot, Barcelona Ad Libitum, Carme Cuesta, 2impar, Dom Famularo, Marc Miralta, Omer Avital, Percussions de Barcelona, Alexis Cuadrado i Victor Prieto.

Awards

Album Joan Sanmarti “Inmersion“, Best Catalonian Jazz recording in 1988 by RNE3.

Award Composer of Year (1996) by Associació de Músics de Jazz de Catalunya (Catalonian Jazz musicians association) .

Works

NYX (1995) for a wind quartet and computer system.

I See Caos (1995-96) , work granted by L'Institut Universitari de l'Audiovisual /Fundació Phonos.

1ª Exposició (1996) for saxophone quartet.

Xtrapolución #1 (1996) for tenor guitar, vibraphone, percussion and computer system.

Xtrapolución #2 (1996) for chamber sextet.

Rellotges Efimers (1997) for piano, acordion , vibraphone, synth - guitar and narrator.

METRO L1 2a estació: S.Andreu (1997) for vibes, tenor guitar and electroacustic system

METRO L1 3a estació: Catalunya (1997) per soprano sax, percussion ensemble and electroacustic system.

METRO L1 4a estació: Sants (1997) per bass clarinet, percussion ensemble,synth-guitar and electroacustic system.

Xtrapolución #3 (1997) for guitar and computer system.

Dels Equilibris (1998) for percussion, accordion and cello.

Xtrapolución #4 (1998) for guitar and computer system.

Stratos 1 (1998) for electric guitar, percussion, brass quintet and computer system.

Entre les cordes ( 1999 ) for cello, electric bass, double bass and guitar.

Passadis (2000) ) for cello and computer system.

Improvisacions amb La Historia d'un soldat d'Igor Stavinsky (2001).

Cuina Selecta (2005) for quintet and three performers.

Les Quatre portes de Fes (2006), for guitar, bass, percussion ensemble and computer system.

Times Flies i Transformaciones (2009) vocal octet (commissioned for sculpture installation “Lamentations - Javier Perez”) Setantacinc (2009) jazz septet. (commission by and premiere in 20è Jazzfestival de Granollers)

Grasshoppers and ants in the early hours (2010) percusión quartet. (commission and premiere by Percussions de Barcelona)

Zinc Element for Rhytmethic (2010) percusión quartet. (commission and premiere by Percussions de Barcelona)

Part per Catalog (2010) percusión quartet. (commission and premiere by Percussions de Barcelona)

He venido de muy lejos (2011) voice, orquestra 3.3.3.3 4.3.2.1, and big band (commission and premiere by 10th anniversary Esmuc) Show less