Alfons Conde
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Biografía (Biografía sólo disponible en inglés) (Actualizado 2008-05-24)

Born in Barcelona, Alfons Conde began at the city's Conservatory his Piano and Harmony studies, which he would later alternate with Jazz studies at the Taller de Músics jazz school. In 1994 he moved to Los Angeles, CA, where he graduated in Film Scoring at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and studied privately with John Williams´ orchestrator, Conrad Pope. Recognition in the field of composition includes: double finalist at the XX Concours International de Themes de Jazz de Monaco (1991), Prize awarded at the Concurs de Joves Compositors de la Generalitat de Catalunya (1993), Grant of the Private Music Schools Association (1996), Prize awarded at the SGAE Jazz Composition Competition, selected for the ASCAP Film Scoring Seminar (Hollywood, 1998). Conde has written music for a diversity of ensembles -soloists, chamber, orchestra- as well as for TV, has collaborated in the soundtracks of the feature films The Phantom and The Stupids, and has been the orchestral proofreader for projects such as S. Spielberg´s Casper-The TV Series and Toonsylvania, some Disney productions, etc. On Advertising he has worked with many agencies worldwide, in a variety of styles, since 1997 -the year that he created his company The Music Chamber. On the 2005 season, the prestigious chamber ensemble Emerson String Quartet will premiere his work 'Color Of Time' String Quartet n. 1 at the Palau de la Música Catalana. He is currently Head of the Film Scoring Program at the Taller de Músics and working on his book 'Film Scoring Manual', to be published shortly.