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Antoni Tolmos, is a pianist and composer born in Lleida (Spain) in 1970. He has a degree in Piano, Musical Language and Music Theory and he is Doctor in Music Improvisation (Doctoral thesis about piano improvisation as an educational tool). He is currently working at Universitat de Lleida and at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona as a professor in Music education, being at some stage the been Vicedean of Faculty of Education of the Universitat de Lleida.
He cultivates different aspects and roles on his career like conducting several musical productions, composing the music and arrangements of plays as "Mercedes" by Tomas Bracht (Tarrega 97), "El Jorobado de Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo for Zum-zum teatre (Grec 97), "Rubab, el misteri de l'instrument prohibit" (Lleida 2007) etc., and composing the music for documentals, tv ads and some silent films as "Los Nibelungos", "Before to Hollywood" etc.
Over the years he has been awarded in several occasions and for different reasons: in 1999 he won the first award of Composition - "Ciudad de Reus" - of which he was also finalist in 1997, in 2007 extraordinary award of Doctoral Dissertation in 2006 - Batec Award - for his project "Musical improvisation, creating and enjoying in real time" and different awards for his compositions for theater plays and cinema.
His
music has been broadcasted in international radio and tv stations,
where he has also offered live performances. He usually teaches piano
improvisation and new technologies applied in music in different Music
Schools and Universities in Spain, Andorra, France, Hungary, Poland,
Czech Republic and Austria.
His
approximation to jazz has taken to him to Festivals of Jazz as
San Sebastian (2010), Festival of Jazz of Granollers (2009) and
Festival of Lleida's Jazz (2007/2010) where it has recorded CD and live
DVD.
He has released 8 CDs in the market, being the composer and interpreter
of "Cristall" (CD DiscMedi 1999), "Silencis" (CD Satchmo 2001), "Blanc"
(CD Satchmo 2003), “Sons de ciutat” (CD+DVD DiscMedi 2005), "Patio de
luces" (CD+DVD Quadrant 2008), “Nit Urbana” (CD Urban, 2010), "Musicolors" (DVD Tolmusic 2011) and "Essència popular" (CD Tolmusic 2011) Not only his
music is available in the market, but some of his pieces scores, books
and articles he has presented in international conferences have also
been published.
His challenge is to continue using his music as source of happiness of those who enjoy listening to it.
www.antonitolmos.com