Artists

Born in Prats de Lluçanès, Barcelona, he began piano studies at Escolania de Montserrat, where he also studied violin and organ. He continued his piano training with Albert Attenelle and chamber music studies with Jordi Mora at the Escola de Música de Barcelona. In 1994 he earned a Recital diploma from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and completed his studies in 1996 at the Conservatori Professional de Música de Tarragona, earning first prize. He then moved to Freiburg to study under Vitali Berzon. Armengol currently teaches piano and chamber music at the Escola de Música de Barcelona and serves as pianist of the Cor de Cambra of the Palau de la Música Catalana, conducted by Simon Halsey, with whom he has recorded a CD of choral and piano works by Cristòfor Taltabull. He frequently performs in recitals with soprano Elena Copons and baritone Josep Ramon Olivé.

Després de finalitzar els seus estudis al Real Conservatori Superior de Música de Madrid i complementant-lo amb la Kunstuniversität de Graz, va realitzar el màster de Música en la Robert Schumann Hochschule de Düsseldorf. Ha estat membre de nombroses orquestres sota la batuta de directors com Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Vasily Petrenko, Daniel Harding o Marc Minkowski. Entre els anys 2018 i 2022 va ser ajuda de solista de l'Orquestra Sinfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu i professor titular de contrabaix i de música de cambra en la Fundació Conservatori Liceu. Actualment és membre de l'Orquestra i Cor Nacionals d'Espanya i professor de contrabaix a l'Escola Superior Fòrum Musikae.

Jorian van Nee was born in 1999. He follows lessons from Frank Peters at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and also followed lessons and masterclasses from several pianists, including Ronald Brautigam and Jan Wijn. He played with various orchestras, including Sinfonia Rotterdam, the Yehudi Menuhin orchestra, and the Residentie Orkest in The Hague. In 2013, he won the first prize as well as a first prize at the composition competition at the Prinses Christina Concours. In 2015, he won the best accompaniment prize at the same competition. He also won prizes at the Young Pianist Foundation, the Peter de Grote Festival and, together with singer Noëlle Drost, at the International Student Lied Competition. Also with Noëlle, he participated in the Leeds Lieder Festival in 2023 and the International Lied Festival in Zeist in 2021. He has a Bechstein grand piano on loan from the Nationaal Muziekinstrumenten Fonds.

Born in Barcelona, his musical education, including piano, cello and voice, started at the Escolania de Montserrat. He held bachelor degrees in Choral Conducting and Singing from the ESMUC in Barcelona before going on to study at the Guildhall School. Operatic roles feature Il Conte (Le nozze di Figaro), Mercutio (Roméo et Juliette), Aeneas (Dido & Aeneas) o Tarquinius (The Rape of Lucretia), among others. As a lieder performer he has presented Die schöne Magelone, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Dichterliebe, Histoires Naturelles, La bonne chanson or An die ferne Geliebte at the Schubertíada, the LIFE Victoria and L'Auditori in Barcelona or the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid. He has also taken part in the premieres of Catalan composers such as García-Demestres (L'eclipsi), Magrané (Diàlegs de Tirant e Carmesina) o García-Tomás (Chansons Trouvées).