Pérez-Villegas Morey, Joan

I started studying percussion at the age of eight at the Conservatory of Palma. Pulled by the cultural attractions of Barcelona, I decided to study classical and contemporary percussion at the Esmuc. It is in this center where I discover and become interested in other music such as jazz and traditional music, as well as disciplines such as composition and improvisation. So much so that, at the end of the degree, I start and finish the Barcelona Jazz Master in composition under the guidance of Lluís Vidal. My career has led me to take part in numerous and diverse projects ranging from chamber to symphonic music, jazz orchestras, music for dance or theatre, pop, traditional music, etc. My compositions have been performed in Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and the United States.

As a composer I was awarded with the 1st prize of the KUG Jazz Comp 2021 (Austria) for my piece The Properties of Rubber and with the Núvol’s Ruta del Jazz price (Spain) for the album Blau Salvatge (2020). In 2019 I presented Blau Salvatge, my first project as a composer and band leader. Thanks to a crowdfunding campaign involving over 150 sponsors, we were able to record the album, which was released in 2020, while I continued my studies in composition at the HKB in Bern, with Martin Streule, Django Bates and Stefan Schultze. I have written commissioned works for Staatstheater Braunschweig (2023), Kebyart Ensemble (2022), among others. I have had the opportunity to be academician of the Balearic Symphony Orchestra (2016-2017), as a guest artist at the SICMF 16’ (South Africa) and Cistermusica 16’ (Portugal) with the percussion duo Face two Phase, with which we won the first prize at the 4^th edition of CIMCA (International Chamber Music Competition Cidade Alcobaça, Portugal).

I currently work as a freelance composer, musician and producer while continuing to develop my own projects such as Blau Salvatge and Alanaire. I am also performing and composing for the dance company GN|MC and with the theater company Atzar.