Arnau Brichs is a composer, pianist and electronic producer. The Barcelona-based artist creates music that explores a wide range of expression: from intimate piano and synthesizer melodies to the expansive sounds of the orchestra. His classically-rooted music, always evolving in the stage as well as in the studio, integrates acoustic instruments with electronics.

He studied music composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London as an ABRSM scholarship holder with Rubens Askenar and Helen Grime, graduating first-class honours. He has been awarded international prizes such as the "PRIX ÉLAN 2024" (France) – where he won the three prizes of the competition: jury, orchestra and public, "WCSMS Promising Young Composers Competition" (USA) or the "Eric Coates Prize" (UK).

The musical software he has developed for his own projects has proved to be widely popular within the online community. His music has been performed by groups like the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France (Paris), the Uusinta Ensemble (Time of Music Festival in Finland), the Locrian Chamber Players (NYC, USA), the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (Switzerland), the London Contemporary Soloists or the Flying Carpet Festival (Kurdistan).

He started his pianist career by being mentored by revered jazz musicians Marina Albero and Chano Domínguez, as well as classical studies with Mireia Datzira at the IEA Oriol Martorell school in Barcelona, and later at the Purcell School of Music in London. He has performed solo acts in venues like the Ateneu Barcelonès, Fundació Joan Miró (Festival Lluerna), CaixaForum Barcelona (Festival Microconcerts), UTOPIA 46 or the International Music Festival of Cadaqués. 

Future events include an artistic residency in IRCAM in Paris, which will lead to the premiere of a new work for oboe, orchestra and electronics with Orchestre national d’Île-de-France.

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