Joaquín Rodrigo
About Joaquín Rodrigo
Spanish dance, Spanish poetry, the forms of older Spanish composers all found their place in Rodrigo’s output. And, for all the popularity of the Concierto de Aranjuez, the best of that output is still unknown… (The Independent by Martin Anderson)
Joaquín Rodrigo was born in Sagunto in the province of Valencia on 22 November 1901. Rodrigo’s almost complete blindness at the age of three and initial violin and piano lessons encouraged the development of his special relationship with music at an early age. Following studies in harmony and composition with Francisco Antich in Valencia (1917 to 1922), Rodrigo went to Paris in 1927 to study composition and orchestration with Paul Dukas at the École Normale de Musique for five years. He gained entry to the musical circles surrounding Maurice Ravel, Arthur Honegger and Manuel de Falla and established a reputation as pianist and conductor. After a brief stay in Madrid (1933/34), he returned to Paris in 1935 and took courses in music history with Maurice Emmanuel at the Conservatoire and with André Pirro at the Sorbonne in musicology. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Rodrigo and his wife, the Turkish pianist Victoria Kamhi, were forced to leave France. The couple returned to Spain in 1939 via Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Rodrigo gained his international reputation following the premiere of the Concierto de Aranjuez in Barcelona in 1940. Alongside his compositional activity and concert tours as a pianist, Rodrigo was also head of the music department at Radio Nacional de España, music critic for leading Spanish newspapers and executive director for the artistic section of the Spanish National Organisation for the Blind (ONCE). In 1947, he occupied the Manuel-de-Falla Chair at the Universidad Central de Madrid. Rodrigo died in Madrid on 6 July 1999.
The Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra, composed in 1939, is one of the most frequently performed works of the 20th century. Rodrigo was encouraged to compose the concerto by the guitarist Regino Sainz de la Maza and the work received its first performance with the Philharmonic Orchestra Barcelona directed by César Mendoza Lasalle. In this composition, Rodrigo succeeded in exemplary fashion in fusing traditions of the Spanish guitar – naturally including the flamenco – with an extensive Impressionist tonal palette and Neo-Classical forms. Although the work does not contain specific musical onomatopoeia, the intense atmosphere is highly evocative of the Baroque palace gardens in Aranjuez with their scent of magnolias, birdsong and splashing fountains.
Rodrigo’s early works display influences of Impressionist harmonies, the rhythmic structures of Stravinsky and de Falla and the polytonal techniques of Le Groupe des Six which included Honneger and Milhaud. From the 1940s onwards, the composer increasingly found his way towards a personal style which owed substantial influences to the composer’s study of Spanish Renaissance and Baroque music.
In addition to a large number of instrumental, choral and vocal works including the Sonada de adiós (“Homage to Paul Dukas”, 1935), the Ausencias de Dulcinea for bass, 4 sopranos and orchestra (based on a text by Cervantes, 1948) and the Dos danzas españolas for orchestra (1969), Rodrigo also composed numerous lieder, sacred works and music for ballets and films. The Concierto de Aranjuez is only one of a total of eleven concertos for a variety of solo instruments including guitar, violin, piano, harp and violoncello. The Concierto andaluz, composed by Rodrigo 1967 as a commission by the guitar quartet Los Romeros, is scored for four guitar soloists.
Rodrigo was awarded the Spanish Premio Nacional de Música for his Concierto heroico in 1942 and again in 1982 for his complete works. The composer was a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (from 1950) and the Belgian Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts (from 1978). In 1992, Rodrigo was raised to the nobility by the Spanish monarch Juan Carlos with the receipt of the honorary title Marqués de los jardines de Aranjuez. He is holder of the Cruz de Alfonso X el Sabio (1953), the Cran Cruz del Mérito Civil (1966) and the Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes (1996). Rodrigo was honorary doctor of numerous universities and received the French award Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1998.
More information at www.joaquin-rodrigo.com
Worklist
Chronology
Erhält Ratschläge von Enrique Gomá und Eduardo López Chávarri
Freundet sich mit der Pianistin Victoria Kamhi an (einer talentierten Lehrerin am Pariser Konservatorium sowie Schülerin von Georges Lalewitz in Wien und von Lazare Lévy und Ricardo Viñes in Paris)
Gewinnt ersten Preis des Círculo de Bellas Artes in Valencia für seine Sinfonische Dichtung "Per la flor di lliri blau"
Erhält das Conde-de-Cartagena-Stipendium für weitere Studien in Paris: Musikgeschichte und Musikwissenschaft bei Maurice-Emmanuel am staatlichen Konservatorium und bei André Pirro an der Sorbonne
Komponiert die "Sonada de adiós" (Homenaje a Paul Dukas) für Klavier zu dessen Gedenken
Lässt sich endgültig in Madrid nieder Leiter der Abteilung für Kunst und Propaganda der nationalen Blindenorganisation Spaniens ONCE
Mitarbeiter in der Musikredaktion des staatlichen spanischen Rundfunks
Beginnt, als Musikkritiker zu arbeiten
Tod seines Vaters Vicente Rodrigo Peirats
Welturaufführung des "Concierto de Aranjuez" für Gitarre und Orchester in Barcelona durch Regino Sainz de la Maza und dem Philharmonischen Orchester von Barcelona unter der Leitung von César Mendoza Lasalle am 9.11.
Musikkritiker der Tageszeitung Pueblo, in den darauffolgenden Jahren von den Zeitungen Marca und Madrid
Ehrenbürger von Sagunto
Ehrenmitglied der musikalischen Gesellschaft Sociedad Musical Lira Saguntina
Enthüllung einer Gedenktafel an seinem Geburtshaus in Sagunto
Heirat seiner Tochter Cecilia mit dem Violinisten Agustín León Ara am 6. April
Unterrichtet Musikgeschichte an der Universität Salamanca
Goldene Arbeitsverdienstmedaille
Vorsitzender der Jury beim Internationalen Gitarrenwettbewerb in Lüttich
Mitglied der Société Européenne de Culture
Schaffung des Joaquín Rodrigo-Kompositionspreises in Sagunto
Premio Popular der Tageszeitung Pueblo
Ehrenpräsident der musikalischen Gesellschaft Sociedad Musical Lira Saguntina
Präsident des nationalen spanischen Ausschusses des Internationalen Musikrats, der der UNESCO angehört
Ehrendoktortitel der University of South Carolina
Direktor der königlichen Akademie der Künste von San Fernando, Madrid
Ehrenrat der spanischen Autoren- und Verlegergesellschaft SGAE
Ehrendoktortitel der Universität Alicante Ehrendoktortitel der Universität Madrid
Medaille für künstlerische Verdienste der Stadt Madrid, die einen Platz am Auditorio Nacional de Música nach ihm benennt
Goldmedaille von Madrid
Die Musikhochschule von Valencia benennt sich nach Joaquín Rodrigo
Erhält von König Juan Carlos den Adelstitel eines Marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez
Premio Fundacíon Guerrero de Música Española Silbernes Siegel von Valencia
Ehrenmitglied der königlichen Akademie für valencianische Kultur
Goldmedaille von Aranjuez für das Ehepaar Rodrigo
Ehrenmitglied des Gitarrenverbands von Florenz
Berufsausbildungspreis, verliehen durch das Preisgericht des Weltrats für Berufsausbildung in Valencia
Der Rotary Club von Valencia stiftet dem Palau de la Música (Konzerthalle) von Valencia eine von Vicente Ferrán geschaffene Büste
Goldmedaille der königlichen Musikhochschule von Madrid, die einen Hörsaal nach ihm benennt
Premio Ondas der klassischen Musik für sein Gesamtwerk
Die Aula der philosophischen und literaturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Madrid und die Konzerthalle des Kulturzentrums Isabel de Farnesio de Aranjuez werden nach Joaquín Rodrigo benannt
"Prinz von Asturien"-Preis
Der Verlag Schott Musik International gibt anläßlich des 95. Geburtstages von Joaquín Rodrigo eine Gedenkmedaille heraus
"Stern" der autonomen Region Madrid
Großkreuz des Ordens Civil de la Solidaridad Social
Konzerte und Ehrungen zu seinem 95. Geburtstag
Ernennung zum "Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres"
Goldmedaille der Stadt Sagunto Geburt seines ersten Großenkels Santiago am 2. Oktober
Tod seiner Frau Viktoria Kamhi am 21. Juli
Preis für hervorragende Leistungen im Bereich Komposition klassischer Musik durch SGAE und AIE
Verleihung der Ehrenmedaille durch die UIMP, Internaitonal University Menéndez Pelayo, Santander
Goldmedaille des Festivals von Granada
Tod von Joaquín Rodrigo am 6. Juli in Madrid. Joaquín Rodrigo liegt in der Familiengruft auf dem Friedhof von Aranjuez begraben
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