MASO, JORDI

Jordi Masó was born in Granollers (Barcelona, Spain). He studied at the Conservatory there with Josep M. Roger, at the Barcelona School of Music with the pianist Albert Attenelle, and at the Royal Academy of Music of London with Christopher Elton and Nelly Akopian, graduating in 1992 with the DipRAM, the highest distinction of the academy.

He has won first prizes in many national and international competitions in Spain and has performed extensively in most European countries in piano recitals and in chamber music concerts. He is regularly invited to play with the most important Spanish orchestras.

Jordi Masó´s wide repertoire, covering all periods and styles, with special emphasis on music of the twentieth century, has brought first performances of many piano works written for him by the foremost Spanish composers. He has recorded over forty discs, acclaimed by the most important publications. His recordings include the 1993 world première recording of the complete works for piano of Roberto Gerhard (Marco Polo 8.223867), four discs with the complete piano music by Frederic Mompou (Naxos 8.554332, 8.554448, 8.554727, 8.554727), the complete piano music by Padre Donostia (8.557228), two recordings with music by Josep Soler (Marco Polo 8.225235 and 8.225083), the complete piano works by Joaquim Homs (Marco Polo 8.225099,  8.225236 and 8.225294) and two discs with works by Déodat de Séverac (Naxos 8.555855) and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Naxos 8.555856). He is recording the complete piano music by Joaquín Turina and Xavier Montsalvatge for Naxos. He has also recorded for other major companies.

He is piano professor at the Granollers Conservatory and at the Esmuc (High Music School of Catalonia), and since 1996 he has been a member of the contemporary music group Barcelona 216. In 2008 he was awarded the ARAM (Associate of the Royal Academy of Music).

For further information please visit www.jordimaso.com.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
CASABLANCAS, B.: Piano Music (Maso)	8.570757
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Cipressi / Il raggio verde / Epigrafe / Cantico	8.555856
CINEMA CLASSICS 2003	8.556696
DONOSTIA: Basque Preludes / Nostalgia	8.557228
GERHARD: Piano Music (Complete)	8.223867
GRANADOS: Piano Music, Vol. 10 - In the Village	8.570325
HOMS: 7 Impromptus / 2 Soliloquies	8.225099
HOMS: Music for Chamber Orchestra	8.570306
HOMS: Piano Sonata No. 1 / Remembrances / Three Envocations	8.225236
HOMS: Piano Sonata No. 2 / Presences / 9 Sketches	8.225294
MASO, Jordi: Catalan Piano Album (The)	8.570457
MOMPOU, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Maso) - Cancons i danses / Charmes / Scenes d'enfants	8.554332
MOMPOU, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Maso) - 12 Preludes / Suburbis / Cants magics	8.554448
MOMPOU, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 3 (Maso) - Paisajes / Impressions intimes / Variations	8.554570
MOMPOU, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 4 (Maso) - Musica Callada / El Pont / Muntaya	8.554727
MOMPOU, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 5 (Maso) – Perimplinada / Ballet / Glossa y fantasia sobre Au Clair de la lune	8.570956
MONTSALVATGE, X.: Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Maso) - 3 Impromptus / 3 Divertimentos / Sonatina para Yvette / Recondita Armonia	8.570744
MONTSALVATGE, X.: Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Maso) - El Arca de Noe / 5 Ocells en Llibertat / Concierto de Albayzin	8.570756
PIANO (Eternal)	8.572179
SEVERAC: Cerdana / En Languedoc	8.555855
SOLER, J.: Nocturnes	8.225235
SOLER, J.: Piano Sonata No. 3 / Partita	8.225083
TURINA, J.: Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Maso) - Fantastic Dances / Gypsy Dances / 3 Andalusian Dances	8.557150
TURINA, J.: Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Maso) - Romantic Sonata / Fantasy Sonata / Magical Corner	8.557438
TURINA, J.: Piano Music, Vol. 3 (Maso)- Seville / Spanish Women / Women of Seville	8.557684
TURINA, J.: Piano Music, Vol. 4 (Maso) - Ninerias / Miniaturas / Jardins d'enfants	8.570026
TURINA, J.: Piano Music, Vol. 5 (Maso) - Cuentos de Espana / Recuerdos de la antigua Espana / Siluetas	8.570370
TURINA, J.: Piano Music, Vol. 6 (Maso) - Ritmos / Fantasia italiana / Fantasia sobre 5 notas / Fantasia cinematografica	8.572141
TURINA, J.: Violin and Piano Music - Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / El poema de una sanluquena / Variaciones clasicas / Euterpe (Leon, Maso)	8.570402