1983
Miguel Franco abandons his studies of Science at the University of Murcia to devote himself exclusively to music. Later
on participates as a bassist in the Murcia Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Spain, where he meets the masters Felix
Lavilla, Ferran Sala, Agustín León Ara and Scott Rawls, who, after hearing his first compositions, is encouraged to follow a career
as a composer.
1984
November 10
Premiere of Entretanto, op.1, unaccompanied for viola in the Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, North Caroline, USA by the American violist Scott Rawls.
1985
February
Music for La celada fuente, a play by Fuensanta Muñoz Clares directed by César Bernard and premiered at the Romea Theater, in Murcia.
March 30.
Premier of Remote Variations No. 1, op 2, for cello and piano, in the Auditorium of the Unión Artística Musical in Buñol, Valencia, by the cellist Amparo Lacruz and the pianist Luis Rego.
1986
November 10
Premiere of Entretanto, op.1, unaccompanied for viola in the Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, North Caroline, USA by the American violist Scott Rawls.
1985
February
Music for La celada fuente, a play by Fuensanta Muñoz Clares directed by César Bernard and premiered at the Romea Theater, in Murcia.
March 30.
Premier of Remote Variations No. 1, op 2, for cello and piano, in the Auditorium of the Unión Artística Musical in Buñol, Valencia, by the cellist Amparo Lacruz and the pianist Luis Rego.
1986
March
2nd Prize award of the VI Young Composers Contest (1985) of Juventudes Musicales de
Barcelona for the piece The rescued childhood op 3, for voice and piano.
April 20.
Premiere of Trio-sonata, Op 5, for flute, oboe and piano at the VI International Festival of Youth Orchestras in Murcia, in the Auditorium of the Conservatory of Music "Masotti-Little" by the Trio of Debrecen, Hungary.
April 20.
Premiere of Trio-sonata, Op 5, for flute, oboe and piano at the VI International Festival of Youth Orchestras in Murcia, in the Auditorium of the Conservatory of Music "Masotti-Little" by the Trio of Debrecen, Hungary.
…he shows a natural
sense to design and distribute the
music. The work liked very much and was much applauded.
Octavio de Juan. Diario La Verdad, Murcia.
April 21, 1986.
music. The work liked very much and was much applauded.
Octavio de Juan. Diario La Verdad, Murcia.
April 21, 1986.
August 12.
Premier of The rescued childhood op 3, for voice and piano, based on poems by Chumilla Carbajosa (1961), at the Grec Festival '86, with Mehumi Tani, soprano, and Manuel Garcia Morante, piano.
1987.
April.
The British soprano Sarah Fulgoni records the song cycle The childhood rescued , op 3, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
May
The pianist Rodderick Barrand records the work Entretanto, op 10, for piano, as part of the soundtrack of the Chumilla Carbajosa’s film The dialed number.
Premier of The rescued childhood op 3, for voice and piano, based on poems by Chumilla Carbajosa (1961), at the Grec Festival '86, with Mehumi Tani, soprano, and Manuel Garcia Morante, piano.
1987.
April.
The British soprano Sarah Fulgoni records the song cycle The childhood rescued , op 3, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
May
The pianist Rodderick Barrand records the work Entretanto, op 10, for piano, as part of the soundtrack of the Chumilla Carbajosa’s film The dialed number.
1988
March 6.
Premiere of Introduction and pasodoble No. 1, Op 8, for double-bass and piano, at the Howard Building in Cambridge, England, sponsored by the Downig College Music Society, with Chris West, double-bass and Philip Walsh, piano.
1989
February.
Music for the film The dialed number, directed by Chumilla Carbajosa and produced by Elias Querejeta, and premiered at the Alcalá. CinemaPalace in Madrid.
June 8
Premiere of Introduction and pasodoble No. 1, Op 8, for double-bass and piano, at the Howard Building in Cambridge, England, sponsored by the Downig College Music Society, with Chris West, double-bass and Philip Walsh, piano.
1989
February.
Music for the film The dialed number, directed by Chumilla Carbajosa and produced by Elias Querejeta, and premiered at the Alcalá. CinemaPalace in Madrid.
June 8
The violist Jane Cordell performs Entretanto, Op 1, for unaccompanied viola in a recital at the
Royal Northern College of Music of Manchester, UK.
1990
March 16.
Premiere of Chumillesca, op 18, for brass quintet, in the Church of Veracruz de Segovia with the Brass Quintet of the OSRTVE.
October 10.
Premiere of Sonatina, op 13, for unaccompanied marimba in the Bachzaal of the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, Holland, performed by Lourdes Vicente de Vera.
1991
August 8.
Premiere of Sonatina, op 23, for unaccompanied timpani, in the VIII Percussion Meetings of Xixona , Alicante, performed by Enrique Llopis.
March 16.
Premiere of Chumillesca, op 18, for brass quintet, in the Church of Veracruz de Segovia with the Brass Quintet of the OSRTVE.
October 10.
Premiere of Sonatina, op 13, for unaccompanied marimba in the Bachzaal of the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, Holland, performed by Lourdes Vicente de Vera.
1991
August 8.
Premiere of Sonatina, op 23, for unaccompanied timpani, in the VIII Percussion Meetings of Xixona , Alicante, performed by Enrique Llopis.
September 18.
Premiere of Entretanto, op 10, for piano, performed by the Bulgarian pianist Mariana Gurkova.at the Nicolas Salmerón Cultural Center of Madrid.
October 7.
Premiere of Entretanto, op 25, for unaccompanied cello in the 3rd Festival of Contemporay Music of Barcelona, ??with the Serbian cellist Suzana Stefanovic.
1992
March 29
Premiere of the Partita No. 1, Op 26, for piano, in the Kamermuzieckcentrum De Suite in Amsterdam, Holland, by the Dutch pianist Roderigo Robles de Medina.
October
Music for the film The promised Hell, directed by Chumilla Carbajosa.and premiered at the Teatro Romea, in Murcia.
1993
April 4
Premiere of Suite No. 2, Op 31, for twelve percussionists at the Romea Theater in Murcia, in the XII International Festival of Youth Orchestras, performed by the Tabir Percussion Ensemble,l directed by Enrique Llopis.
Premiere of Entretanto, op 10, for piano, performed by the Bulgarian pianist Mariana Gurkova.at the Nicolas Salmerón Cultural Center of Madrid.
October 7.
Premiere of Entretanto, op 25, for unaccompanied cello in the 3rd Festival of Contemporay Music of Barcelona, ??with the Serbian cellist Suzana Stefanovic.
1992
March 29
Premiere of the Partita No. 1, Op 26, for piano, in the Kamermuzieckcentrum De Suite in Amsterdam, Holland, by the Dutch pianist Roderigo Robles de Medina.
October
Music for the film The promised Hell, directed by Chumilla Carbajosa.and premiered at the Teatro Romea, in Murcia.
1993
April 4
Premiere of Suite No. 2, Op 31, for twelve percussionists at the Romea Theater in Murcia, in the XII International Festival of Youth Orchestras, performed by the Tabir Percussion Ensemble,l directed by Enrique Llopis.
… The ‘Suite’ provides a particularly sensitive ttreatment
of this type of set. Liked the
work and the author had to collect
on stage the deserved applause.
on stage the deserved applause.
Octavio de Juan. Diario La Verdad, Murcia.
April 7, 1993.
April 7, 1993.
June 15.
Premiere of Entretanto, op 34, for unaccompanied oboe, performed by Carlos Alonso Castelló at the Manuel de Falla Hall of the Conservatory of Music in Madrid. .
Premiere of Entretanto, op 34, for unaccompanied oboe, performed by Carlos Alonso Castelló at the Manuel de Falla Hall of the Conservatory of Music in Madrid. .
December 11.
Premiere of Third Chamber Fantasy,
op 37, at the San Juan Bautista Cultural Center of Madrid, performed by Tabir Percussion Ensemble,
directed by Enrique Llopis.
