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SAD NEWS | Celebrated Catalan Composer Joan Guinjoan Has Died - Aged 87

By The Violin Channel

January 3, 2019

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Catalan composer and pianist Joan Guinjoan has passed away - aged 87

Catalan composer and pianist Joan Guinjoan has passed away - aged 87.

A graduate of Barcelona’s Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu and Paris’ École normale de musique, Professor Guinjoan served a long term teaching position on faculty at the Schola Cantorum de Paris.

He was a former recipient of the prestigious Spanish Creu de Sant Jordi award and the Spanish Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.

Our condolences are with his family, friends, colleagues and students.

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