Ferran Gorrea i Muñoz, a Spanish saxophonist and improviser based in Zurich, is distinguished by his commitment to contemporary music, classical repertoire, and free improvisation.
Winner of several international first prizes, he has performed at prestigious festivals and venues across Europe and Asia.
A graduate of COSCyL and the Zurich University of the Arts, he has been a JLV Sound ambassador since 2021.
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Ferran Gorrea i Muñoz is a Spanish musician, saxophonist, and improviser based in Zurich, Switzerland.
He has a highly versatile profile, with a strong commitment to contemporary music and composers of the current generation, while integrating into his work the most renowned works of the traditional saxophone repertoire, as well as transcriptions ranging from the Baroque to the Romantic periods.
Free improvisation also occupies an important place in his artistic personality. Guided by renowned percussionist and improviser Lucas Niggli, Ferran has developed his own musical language in this field.
As an active chamber musician, he has been a member of numerous ensembles such as the Zurich Saxophone Collective, 2.13 SAX, D’Addario Saxophone Ensemble, Slapsus Quartet, and Sigma Project Ensemble.
He has performed at festivals such as Zurich meets Seoul (South Korea), the 18th World Saxophone Congress (Croatia), Mallorca Saxophone Festival (Spain), Ensems (Spain), and Sax & the City (Switzerland), as well as in prestigious venues such as Het Concertgebouw (Netherlands), Tonhalle Maag (Switzerland), and Auditorio Nacional (Spain).
He won First Prize and a Recognition Award at the ZHdK Contemporary Music Competition (2019, 2018). Between 2017 and 2020, he received support from the Valencian Institute of Culture (IVC). In 2016, with the Slapsus Quartet, he won First Prize at the Juventudes Musicales de Ávila and Ciudad de Salamanca Chamber Music Competitions.
Having graduated from COSCyL (Salamanca) in 2017 with the Extraordinary Bachelor's Degree Award, he earned a Master of Arts in Music Performance from the Zurich University of the Arts (2020) and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy in the class of saxophonist and conductor Lars Mlekusch.
Since 2021, Ferran Gorrea has been a JLV Sound Ambassador.
