Andreu Jacob

Andreu Jacob Martinez Foglietti (born 1971) known as "Andreu Jacob" is a Catalan composer. Andreu Jacob works in such musical genres as classical and contemporary music, jazz, flamenco and other musical styles. He has a wide experience in media, television, studio recordings and movies. Besides he is a gifted multi-instrumentalist musician, producer and arranger.
Biography.
Born in 1971 in Barcelona , Catalonia (Spain) Andreu was brought up in a poor family that lived in the Raval neighborhood. Jacob showed a great interest in music at the age of 9. He began his musical studies at the "Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo in Barcelona". A year later he made his first musical performance at the"Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo". At the age 14 he started to work with the Catalan guitarist Max Sunyer. During their cooperation, Andreu learned to play (drums, guitar, trumpet, piano, lute...) by himself. Andreu also studied and worked with a famous Spanish musician Salvador Niebla, later creating with him a creative tandem.
Andreu took the 1st place in the prestigious 75th Composer's Festival Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Besides he studied carpentry in Barcelona and architectural acoustics in France. In 1990 he published his first work. At the age of 23 he participated in a prestigious international jazz festival in Krakow, Poland and also in Zamosc.
In 1995 at age 24, Andreu got his first sponsorship from the international company Paiste, agreement expiring in 2007 after accepting the proposal to work with his new sponsor Zildjian. Since 2001 Andreu Jacob is considered to be one of the most prestigious musicians. He participates in all kinds of filmmakers tests, demonstrations of musical organizations, manufacturers. He is a headliner in different well-known art magazines and newspapers. Andreu cooperates with such famous brands like: "Zildjian", "Evans","Tama", "Soundart", "Casio", "PRK Percussions", "Music Distribución", "Musicmania", "Ventamátic", "Directworld", "Adagio", "Native Instruments", "Clavia"", "Steinberg," "Propellerhead", "Phantom sound", "Microfusa", "MI7".
He participate in many different jazz festivals and international musical seminars in (Germany, England, Portugal, Poland, Spain, France, Sweden, Norway...). Andreu Jacob made numerous concerts in different cities - (New York, Berlín, Porto, Lisboa, London, Barcelona, Madrid etc.)
Andreu performed and gave various Master Classes and conferences"" in music conservatories, and music schools =, in many prestigious international music schools. During his career he cooperated with world-class musicians: Chano Domínguez, Miguel Poveda, Guadiana(cantaor), Geir Jhonson Max Sunyer, Albert Bover, Salvador Niebla, Jordi Bonell, Alicja Satrurska, The Great Resonance Choral (Poland), Michael Grossman, Maksim Dedikov, Errol Woiski, Miles Griffith, Rob Stillman, Choral Zangensemble SLAVA (Netherlands), Chema Vilchez, Marina Albero, Juan Gómez "Chicuelo",Jordi Gaspar. Also he worked with famous literary poets like: , José María Herranz, Luis Antonio de Villena y María Esperanza Párraga among the highlights.
At this moment, A. Jacob is working in projects with famous graphic artists such as: Thomas Dodd, Peter Gric, Gottfried Helnwein, Ian Brodie, Laurie Lipton, Lara Zankoul, Peter Coulson, Alex Timmermans, Tommy Ingberg, Brooke Shaden, Bjørn Tore Manuel Emanuelson, Viviana González ...
In 2012 he moved to Sweden to continue his work. A year later Andreu Jacob moved to Norway where he lives up to now. There he created own company
Works.
Andreu Jacob has written and published numerous works. 
As an arranger Andreu Jacob has worked with many different artists. He is an author of soundtracks for such movies as: настоящий-сценарий / The Real Screenplay © 2018 (Russia), Innocent MARA © 2018 (Sweden), SANCTUARY © 2017 (Sweden / Norway), Humans © 2017 (Sweden), EXUVIA © 2019 (Canada), Lili ser Dig © 2018 (Sweden), THE GREAT HUMAN CRIME © 2019 (Sweden), LOVE © 2018 (Norway), Brinn Som Solen © 2018 (Sweden), ""Laura esta sola" de Lauren Films (2003), "La memoria de los peces" de Manga Films (2004), "Glamour sex" de Coco Films (2003), "Private Château" de Private Films 2005, 
"El mar no es azul" de Manga Films (2005), "Arcus de Biart" de Manga Films (2004), "La entrega" de Bert Palmen (2004) o "Buhos"" de Plimlico Artworkz (2003).
Own records.
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Soundtracks.
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