David Moliner
Biography David Moliner
David Moliner
Born in 1991 in Cuenca, Spain, David Moliner studied with Pascal Dusapin at the Haute École de Musique de Genève and with Jörg Widmann at the Universität der Künste and Barenboim Said Academy in Berlin.
Early in his career, Moliner began to develop a compositional aesthetic that has enabled him to pioneer new genres and to invent new forms. He has been implementing this aesthetic, which he calls “dynamism,” in a series of works titled Eglogas, Masquerades, Mystiques, Estructuras, Entes and Esoterics. “Dynamism” originates from Moliner’s experience as a percussionist who, like singers, uses the body to make music. His transition from performance to composition took place within this context. Moliner’s formal compositional ideas are rooted in gestures and movements he first learned as a percussionist.
Orchestral and chamber music figures prominently in Moliner’s oeuvre to date, which is published by Universal Edition. His instrumental compositions have a strong theatrical element, expressing a dramaturgy that emphasizes the physical aspect of music.
Moliner’s works have been performed by such orchestras as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Valencia Symphony Orchestra, ADDA Sinfònica, Spanish Youth National Orchestra, as well as by such ensembles as the SWR Vokalensemble, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Recherche or Plural Ensemble. He has worked with soloists such as Carolin Widmann or Éric-Maria Couturier and with conductors such as Simon Rattle, Peter Eötvös, Matthias Pintscher, Marcus Creed, Alexander Liebreich or Fabián Panisello. Moliner also enjoys a close association with such soloists as the clarinetist/composer Jörg Widmann, for whom he has written a concerto; Moliner in turn has performed Widmann’s music as a percussionist.
As a percussion soloist, Moliner has performed at such concert venues as the Konzerthaus Berlin, Philharmonie Berlin, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the KKL Luzern, the Philharmonie Paris, Harzburger Musiktage, Bachtage Rostock or the Guggenheim Bilbao.
Among the distinctions Moliner has garnered are first prize at the Vibraphone Competition of the Italian Percussion Arts Society, the Universität der Künste Berlin Composition Prize commission and the Roche Young Commissions Award presented by Lucerne Festival.
