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Francisco Coll was born in Valencia in 1985. He is currently living in London where he is a fellow at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and a private pupil of Thomas Adès.
To date, Coll has composed three works for orchestra, several pieces for large ensemble, and chamber and instrumental music. His current project is a clarinet quintet Sguardo verso l’interno for this year’s Aldeburgh (17th June), Aix-en-Provence (4th July) and Verbier (30th July) festivals. He will also be writing two works for the Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana in 2012, with whom he has just been appointed composer in residence. Recent projects have included a new piece, Piedras, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic which was premiered at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in April 2011 under the baton of Thomas Adès, and an octet for members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra for broadcast on BBC Radio 3. In 2010 Óxido (2010), for soprano and ensemble was premiered at Wigmore Hall, London, under the baton of the composer.
His music has attracted many prizes and accolades.
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