Pol Requesens Roca (Igualada, Catalonia, 1990) had a childhood with a remarkable musical environment. At the age of 10 he joined the Escolania de Montserrat, where he studied oboe, piano, organ and singing. There he had the opportunity to work with conductors such as Pierre Cao, Kirill Petrenko or Mstislav Rostropovich.
Once his time in Escolania was over, he returned to Igualada, where he followed his musical studies at the local conservatoire. During those years, he continued singing and playing in several choral and instrumental ensembles, and began exploring the world of composition. In 2009 he was accepted in the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona), specializing in Musical Theory and Composition.
He graduated in 2013 with the project Dies Irae, the everlasting sequence. During this period, he studied composition with professors Bernat Vivancos and Agustí Charles and worked with Mauricio Sotelo, Daniel Ott, José Maria Sánchez Verdú, Pedro Alcalde, Aureliano Cattaneo, Thomas Noll, Stefano Gervasoni, among others. He has received masterclasses from Salvatore Sciarrino, Klaus Huber, Sofia Gubaidulina and Barbara Hannigan, among others.
Between 2018 and 2020 he expanded his composition skills doing a Master in Composition in the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Willem Jeths and Wim Henderickx, finishing his studies with the thesis Introduction to Phonetics and Voice Timbre. The effect of the use of phonetics in compositions for vocal ensemble and its application in my own music.
Recognized and awarded, Pol Requesens’ music has been performed around the Catalan Countries, Germany and the Netherlands by ensembles such as Cor de Cambra Francesc Valls (Choir of Barcelona’s Cathedral), Escolania de Montserrat, VEUS Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió, Bach Collegium Barcelona, Cor de Cambra Anton Bruckner, Cor de Cambra de Granollers, Coral Càrmina, Orquestra de Cambra de Granollers, Orquestra Terrassa 48, several young choirs and orchestras of Catalonia and many soloists.