2023 UNT Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Program

MEET OUR GUEST ARTISTS
Javier Vilaplana González (E-flat clarinet, B-flat clarinet),
Manuel Martínez Minguez (B-flat clarinet), Martí Guasteví
Olives (basset horn) and Alejandro Castillo Vega (bass
clarinet) are a quartet of versatile clarinetists with a wide
trajectory and number of published works. Innovation, fusion,
interdisciplinarity and pedagogy are some of the concepts
that best define the creative
path of this ensemble. Their
performances are known by
their meticulous chamber
work and a curated and
energetic staging.
Shortly after its formation,
the BCP were invited to
participate in the Fifth
National Clarinet Congress
and the Second European
Clarinet Congress held in
Madrid in December 2011,
and later in festivals such
as Festival Otoño Musical
Soriano, Fira Tárrega, Fiestas
de la Mercè de Barcelona, Sirga Festival of Contemporary
Music and Summer Festival of Mao. They have performed at
the main music halls in Spain such as Auditorio 400 in Madrid,
Palau de la Música de Valencia, Auditori de Barcelona and
ADDA. They have also performed in France, Austria, Belgium,
the United States and Mexico.
The quartet works in close collaboration with Auditori of
Barcelona where they performed their first concert in January
2013. BCP have appeared as soloists with Banda Municipal de
Palma, Banda Municipal de Bilbao, Banda Municipal de Barcelona,
Banda Sinfónica de las Américas, Lone Star Wind Orchestra,
North Texas Wind Symphony and worked with conductors
Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Tim Reynish, José Rafael Pascual
Vilaplana, Luís Serrano and
Óscar Navarro among others.
BCP have recorded five
albums: Toma café, with music
by the great saxophonist
Pedro Iturralde, Czernowitzer
Skizzen with music by
Alexander Kukelka, Égloga:
New flamenco for clarinets
and voice with music by
Enric Palomar featuring the
great cantor Pere Martinez
and Offertorium, with works
by five of the most important
composers in Europe and the
latest released One for All,
recorded with the Lone Star
Wind Orchestra and North Texas Wind Symphony conducted by
Eugene Migliaro Corporon. Current projects of the BCP include
the premiere of La Trace with music by José Manuel López
and the images by the videoartist Pascal Auger and two new
recordings: The Black Pool Suite by Joan Vidal and a very special
album with chamber music by Paquito D’Rivera.
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