Bio
Albert grew up in Vilafranca del Penedès (a medium-sized yet rural town in Barcelona province) in a family with neither a musical background nor any particular predilection for classical music. His earliest musical experiences were very negative, being endlessly bullied at age 10 by his music teacher for his inability to play the recorder.
At that age, every schoolchild was expected to learn the basics of playing a plastic recorder, but he was apparently tone-deaf. At 14, however, he had a much more likeable teacher, David Miret, who rekindled his love of music and eventually discovered that his difficulties stemmed from a defective recorder. After rediscovering that music could actually be enjoyable, he began piano lessons at 16 with local teacher Assumpta Breda.
At 18, he started commuting daily to Barcelona to study engineering and was forced to abandon all formal musical training. During that period, he began teaching himself music theory from books and made his first tentative attempts at composition at 19. Since then, he has continued autonomously, becoming a completely self-taught composer.
His musical style is rooted in classical forms and proportions, with a strong emphasis on melody. He strives to maintain a balance between emotion and intellectual rigour. He believes that humour is, unfortunately, an oft-neglected aspect of music and enjoys blending “high” and “low” art.
His harmonic language draws inspiration from French Impressionism, Slavic Neo-primitivism, and jazz. Some of his favourite composers include Schubert, Ravel, Bartók, Prokofiev, Poulenc, and Kapustin.
His works have been performed in Europe and the United States, and his YouTube channel has amassed more than 2,600 subscribers. Since 2025, he has also served as a Secretary of the Association of Catalan Composers.
Nowadays, he is based in Barcelona, balancing his passion for composing with his work as an industrial engineering consultant and a university lecturer at his alma mater.
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Awards
V Orfeó Català Competition (Barcelona, 2025) — Best composition in Catalan (Els Reis)
II Saad Haddad Prize (New York City, 2024) — Finalist (Rondò all’Americana)
Ensemble for These Times Call for Scores (San Francisco, 2024) — Winner (Piano Sonata)
Premiere Project Festival of Choral Arts Initiative (California, 2024) — Selected composer fellow (A Morning)
Bartók World Competition (Budapest, 2024) — Finalist (Sonatina No.2)
VII Sant Antoni Competition (Barcelona, 2022) — Winner (Roses)
II Cors Joves Competition (Barcelona, 2020)