Andreu Diport (1998) is a composer, orchestrator, and arranger from Barcelona. He was part of the Montserrat Abbey Choir School (Escolania de Montserrat), the "Oriol Martorell" Artistic School, and the Municipal Conservatory of Barcelona. He began his composition studies at the Catalonia College of Music (ESMUC) with Bernat Vivancos and Mauricio Sotelo. He continued his formation with Paweł Łukaszewski and Tomasz Opałka at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, sponsored by "Fundació Universitària Agustí Pedro i Pons". He also participated in the Screen Scoring program of the Accademia Musicale Chigiana. Recently, he received a fully-funded
fellowship from "La Caixa" Foundation to pursue the Screen Scoring MA at the
USC Thornton School of Music (Los Angeles), where he has been awarded the Harry Warren Endowed Scholarship. There, he is studying with
Peter Golub,
Pete Anthony,
Garry Schyman, and
Lolita Ritmanis, among others.
Experience
He has collaborated with multiple performers such as the Polski Chór Kameralny, the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès (OSV), the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra (BSO), all the choirs of el Palau de la Música Catalana (Orfeó Català, Cor de Cambra del Palau, Cor de Noies, Cor Jove, Cor Infantil, de Petits i de Mitjans), the Chopin University Symphony Orchestra, BCN216 ensemble, Cor "Amics de l'Òpera de Sabadell", Cor de Cambra de Granollers, Cor Bruckner, Noctes Cor de Cambra, Coral Sant Jordi, Cobla Sant Jordi - Ciutat de Barcelona, Carles&Sofia Piano Duo, and Vicenç Prunés, among others.
He has collaborated as a composer, orchestrator, or arranger in numerous venues such as the Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona), L'Auditori [Sala Oriol Martorell] (Barcelona), Slovak Radio Studio 2 (Bratislava), Gdańsk Archcathedral (Poland), Sala Verdi (Milano), Auditorio Manuel de Falla (Granada), L'Atlàntida de Vic, Auditori Palau de Congressos de Girona, Teatre Auditori de Granollers, Abadia de Montserrat, Santa Maria del Pi (Barcelona), and "Casal del Metge" Concert Hall (Barcelona), among others; and in several music festivals.
He has recorded for KNS Classical and part of his music is published by Ficta Edicions.
In 2021, he was awarded the 1st Prize at "Musica Sacra Nova" International Composers' Competition. As a result, he was premiered by the Polski Chór Kameralny (Gdańsk, Poland) and, within the following seasons, he will be published by Schott Music (Germany), and he will collaborate with "Jauna Muzika" Choir (Vilna, Lithuania), and Trinity College Choir (Cambridge, UK).
Awards and Recognitions
Postgraduate "La Caixa" Foundation Fellowship (Spain-USA)
Joe and Alice Harnell Scholar for Screen Scoring (USA)
Harry Warren Endowed Scholarship (USA)
1st Prize at XVII International Composers' Competition "Musica Sacra Nova" (Europe)
Two prizes at IX International Choral Composition "Catalunya" Awards (SPA)
Finalist at IV International Gil Soundtrack Award (Spain)
1st Prize at "La Sardana de Stravinsky" Composition Competition (Spain)
Distinction at International Composition Competition "AERCO: My First 50 Years" (ITA)
1st Prize at II International Composition Competition "Benvingut Socias" (Spain)
1st Prize at I Choral Composition Competition "Joan Maragall" (Spain)
