Elisenda Fábregas


Elisenda Fábregas is a Spanish/American composer.
WWW elisendafabregas.com

Biography

Fábregas studied piano at the Conservatory of Barcelona until 1977. She came to the USA and studied for her bachelor's and master's degree in piano performance at Juilliard School of Music with Beveridge Webster and Joseff Raieff and Samuel Sanders. She made her debut in the Carnegie Recital Hall in 1983.
She received doctorates from Columbia University Teachers College in education and Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in music composition.
As a pianist she performed besides in Spain, in various countries, England, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and the United States.
From 2010 through 2021 she lived in Seoul, South Korea, and was working as invited professor of music and cultural studies at Kyung Hee University.
At present she lives and composes full time in Catalunya, Spain. During the 2023-24 season she was the

Awards

Fábregas received the Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award at the Music Teachers National Association Convention in Washington D.C. in 2001.

Works

Fábregas has composed more than fifty works for solo, chamber ensemble, vocal, chorus and orchestra. She has composed several large-scale piano works like Mirage, Portraits I, Homenatge a Mompou, Hommage for Mozart and Somnis radiants.
  • Five Songs for soprano and piano, 1986
  • Variaciones para Orquesta, 1990
  • Five Poems of García Lorca for soprano, cello, clarinet and violin, 1992
  • Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, 1994
  • Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, 1995
  • Andante Appassionato for solo flute, 1996
  • Sonata No. 1 for flute and piano, 1996
  • Mirage for piano, 1997
  • Lyric scenes for the young for piano, 1999
  • Portraits II for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, 1999
  • Cinco Soledades for basbariton and piano, 1999-2004
  • Portraits I for piano, 2000
  • Winged serpent for clarinet and piano, 2001
  • Album for the Young for piano, thee books, 2002.
  • Five musings on the past for soprano and piano, 2002.
  • Village Scenes for mezzosoprano and piano, 2002
  • Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello and piano, 2003
  • Miniatures for the Young for piano, 2004
  • Moments of change for mezzo-soprano and piano, 2005.
  • Hommage a Mozart for piano, 2005.
  • Moments of change for soprano and piano, 2005
  • Colores Andaluces for cello and piano, 2006.
  • Homenatge a Mompou for piano, 2007.
  • Voices of the Rainforest for flute, cello and piano, 2007.
  • The Flaming Rock for choir and string quartet, 2007. Text in English & Spanish
  • Goyescas for soprano, flute and piano, 2009.
  • Solitary for baritone, clarinet, cello and piano, 2009
  • Terra Mater for Symphony Orchestra, 2011
  • Retorn a la terra for narrator, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, and double bass, 2012.
  • Caminos del duende for marimba and percussion, 2012.
  • Ancient walls for violin, 2013.
  • Wandering spirit for violin & piano, 2013.
  • Symphony No. 1 for Symphonic Band, 2014. Commissioned by the Banda Simfònica de Barcelona. Recording available on Naxos Records, .
  • Triple Concerto for Piano Trio and Orchestra, 2015.
  • Tiempo de amor for tenor, soprano and piano, 2015. Commissioned by the Barcelona festival of Song. Text in Spanish texts by Andalusi poet Ibn Zaydun and princess Wallada.
  • Homenatge a Pau Casals for cello, 2015. .
  • Repartido entre tiempo y espacio for soprano, trumpet & piano, 2016. Text in Spanish by Juan Eduardo Cirlot.
  • Accents Catalans for orchestra, 2016. Commissioned by the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra in Seoul. Premiered at the Concert Hall of the Seoul Arts Center on April 10, 2016.
  • Imitació del foc for tenor and piano, 2019.. Recording released on, Visca L’Amor: Catalan Art Songs of the XX and XXI Centuries.
  • Masks for clarinet, cello & piano, ed. 2019/21.
  • Danses de la terra for cello, 2020.
  • Danses de la terra for viola, 2023.
  • Uphill: from Clara to Robert for cello & piano, 2021.
  • Dos Colores Andaluces for cello, 2022. arr.
  • Castell de Miravet for copla and percussion, 2022. Commissioned by Agrupació Cultural Folklòrica Barcelona in collaboration with
  • Parlen les dones for mezzo, SATB choir, orchestra, 2022. Commissioned by El Cor Canta. Setting of poems by Catalan author Montserrat Abelló.
  • Aires Catalans for string orchestra, 2023.
  • Somnis radiants for piano, 2022. Premiered by Canadian pianist at in Essen.
  • Oda a la fortalesa for soprano, alto, women's choir and orchestra, 2024. Commissioned by the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona.
  • Quintet for piano and string quartet, 2024. Commissioned by the Palau de la Musica Catalana.
  • Bonna Domna for a cappella choir, 2001–24. Commissioned by the Palau de la Musica Catalana.
  • Recances for mezzosoprano and piano, 2024. Text in Catalan by Marta Pessarrodona.
  • Fiery earth for string quartet, co-commissioned by Cuarteto Casals and Palau de la Musica Catalana, 2024. To be premiered at the .