Josep Soler i Sardà

Josep Soler i Sardà (25 March 1935 – 9 October 2022) was a Catalonian/Spanish composer, writer, music theorist, and one of the main Catalan members of the Generación del 51.

Soler i Sardà was born in Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, on 25 March 1935.

He studied composition and orchestration with Cristòfor Taltabull, and was also a pupil of René Leibowitz in Paris.

He refused this honour,[1] stating: "Aceptar el reconocimiento sería aceptar la autoridad del Gobierno español, y yo no quiero saber nada del ministro Wert ni del gobierno de Rajoy, porque a ellos no les interesa en absoluto ni la cultura ni la educación."

")The personal papers of Josep Soler i Sardà are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya.