Ferrer Ferran

Biography

Fernando Ferrer Martinez, known professionally as Ferrer Ferran (b. 4 April 1966, Valencia, Spain), is a Spanish composer and musician.

At the age of 15, he had already been awarded first prize for piano and percussion performance. Subsequently, he studied at the Conservatory of Music of Valencia where his main composition teacher was Jef Penders. He earned a degree in chamber music and accompaniment, as well as a prize for composition and orchestra direction at the Royal Academy of Music in Britain.

Ferrer Ferran performs in his native country as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist of great soloists. He works with several symphony orchestras and leads a parallel career as a composer, pianist and orchestra leader. He also teaches at the Conservatory of Music in Valencia. He is the composer of numerous compositions for various instrumental genres, including chamber orchestra and wind ensemble, among others. Most of the world premieres of his works were performed by renowned ensembles, and several of his compositions were chosen as exhibits at prestigious competitions and festivals. His works have been published by houses in Spain, France, and the Netherlands. Mr. Ferran has been honored with many awards for composition, including that of the Young Musicians' Association of Spain.

He is Conductor of Honor for the Banda Primitiva of Paiporta and head for the Wind Orchestra “Allegro” in Spain, as well as the conductor for the Symphonic Band “Ateneo Musical” in Cullera. He is also artistic conductor with the Provincial Band of Ciudad Real, Senior Professor with “Corso Biennale in Direzione di Banda” in Aosta (Italia) and Chief Guest Conductor with the Symphonic Band “Simón Bolívar” of Venezuela, acting also as a piano soloist and conductor of “Allegro Centro Musical”. For eight years he was vice president of the Association of Valencian Symphonic Composers and member of WASBE.

Prof. Ferran held the Composition Cathedra at the Higher Music Conservatory of Castellón for 20 years and is currently a professor at the Professional Music Conservatory of Valencia specializing in composition, musical accompaniment, language, theory of music, and orchestra.

Works for Winds

Adaptable Music

Sonatur (Flex instrumentation) (2016)

All Wind Works

24 Horas Deportivas (2019)
Abu Simbel (2009)
Al Centenario (1998)
Algemiz
Ave Fénix (2020)
Bravo, mestre! (1999)
Canto a Unicef
Castelo do Inferno
Ceremonial
Comic Overture (2001)
Concert per a Orquesta de Vents I Procussió (2008)
Concert No. 3 (2013)
Concierto del Simún (1998)
Concha Manzana (2018)
Consuelo Ciscar (2003)
Côte d'Or (1999)
Desert Storm. See: Tormenta del Desierto
Don Pajarita
Dragut el Pirata (2018)
Echo de la Montagne (2003)
El Bosque Mágico (2002)
El Brillo del Fénix (2020)
El Coloso (2011)
El Ingenioso Hidalgo (2005)
El Misteri del Foc (2007)
El Principito (2010)
El Quijote (2015)
El Rugir del Kimbo
El Siervo de Yahvé (2010)
Els Pecats Capitals (2004)
En Un Lugar de la Mancha (2003)
A Fairy Tale (2009/2012)
Fuegos del Alma (2014)
The Great Spirit (2010)
Hydra Concerto (2001)
IVAM (2007/2010)
Jesús Chover (2019)
Jordi Mayor (2019)
Juana de Arco (2005)
Jungla (2006)
Junta Local Fallera de Cullera (2021)
La Cuidad Sumergida. See: The Submerged City
La Fallera (2017)
La Inmortal (2000)
La Passió de Crist (2001)
La Rodana
La Sombra del Cruzado (1997)
La Torre de Hercules
Las Aventuras del Principito (2010)
Los Barbas (2012)
Manolo Morla (2013)
Mar i Bel (2000)
Marta Alandete (2017)
Miticaventura (2002)
Musica i Poble (2000)
Nelo el Sorlí (2014)
O Camiño das Animas en Pena
Olé Toronto (1998)
Patricia Sanz (2022)
Peter Pan (2016)
Piccole Note (2016)
Pinocchio (2007)
Red Dragon
Roberto Forés (2014)
Salomón (2006)
Santa Claus (2019)
Sonatur (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
The Submerged City (2000)
Symphony No. 1. See: Tormenta del Desierto
Symphony No. 2. See: La Passio de Crist
Symphony No. 3. See: The Great Spirit
Symphony No. 4. See: El Coloso
Tormenta del Desierto (1999)
Tyrannosaurus Rex (2012), from Bestiarium
Xiquipirris
Youth Funky (1998)

Resources

Alston, Brenton F. "Els Pecats Capitals." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 889-897. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.
Ferrer Ferran, personal correspondence, April 2018
Ferrer Ferran website
Ferrer Ferran, Wikipedia Accessed 23 September 2017
Rand, Catherine A. "Jungla." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 723-730. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.