About
Born in Villanueva de Castellón (Valencia), Josep Fuster studied at the Superior Conservatories of Valencia and Barcelona with professors V. Romero, J. Talens Sebastià, J. Panyella and J. Tordera.
He is professor of clarinet and chamber music at the Superior School of Music of Catalonia (ESMUC) since the year of its creation, and of the Barcelona and National Symphony Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC) since 1993.
He has been invited to play with different symphony orchestras (National Orchestra of Spain, New American Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Chamber Orchestra of the Teatre Lliure, Mediterranean Camerata Orchestra, Cadaqués Orchestra, and National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra) with concerts tours in Germany, France, Holland, Italy, the United States, and Japan.
In the field of camára music, he is co-founder of the groups Harmonia Quintet de Vent, Barcelona 216, Diabolus in Musica, Trio Cervelló, (with Sahan Pillai, viola and Enrique Bagaria, piano), and Kammart Ensemble. His long career in this field has led to the collaboration with numerous renowned groups and performers such as the Glinka Quartet, Quartet Quiroga, Orpheus Quartet, Soloists of Ibercàmera, and the pianists Albert Atenelle, Eulàlia Solé, Xavier Dolç, Angel Puig, Astrid Steinschaden, Dolors Cano, and others. With Isabel Hernández, piano, he has recorded the virtuoso music CDs for clarinet and piano, vol. I, II, III and IV, the two Sonatas by Brahms, and Tribute to Weber and Rossini.
He has recorded works for clarinet by the composer Jesús Rodríguez Picó, premiered the Quintet of the Sala de Llevant for clarinet and string quartet by Xavier Benguerel, Clarinet Concertino by Jordi Cervello, Concerto for Clarinet "Luces del Alba" by Zulema de la Cruz, and Fantasia for Clarinet, Strings, and Small percussion by Juan Medina, works that have been dedicated to him.
He has made different recordings for Catalunya Música, RNE, Radio France and the Dutch Radio, as well as for the record labels Hyades Arts, Stradivarius, Ediciones Moraleda, Anacrusi Contemporánea, Columna Música, and Ars Harmónica. His two recordings of the quintets for clarinet and string quartet by Mozart, Weber, Krommer, Bärmann, Spohr, and Reicha with the Glinka Quartet have received the highest praise from international critics.
