Biography:

Joan Vinyals Giménez-Coral ( Barcelona , ​​June 18 , 1958 – January 4 , 2022 ) 1 ​2​ was a Spanish musician and guitarist , composer and music producer .

Artistic career

Vinyals started playing the guitar self-taught at the age of seven. His music draws on styles as diverse as rock , blues , jazz or funky . He studied music theory and piano at the Barcelona Conservatory of Music and, later, he received classes from musicians such as Sean Levitt , Richie Beirach , Dave Liebman and John Abercrombie . He graduated from the Higher School of Music of Catalonia (ESMUC) with a higher degree in jazz. He was also a guitar teacher for more than twenty years at the Taller de Músics of Barcelona. He wrote the soundtracks for films such as First Play and Pirate , for television shows and participated in plays, such as Hair .

As an author he has three solo albums: Vil·la Blauet (2004), Res no és Igual (2017) and Estol de blaus (2022), as a guitarist he worked with various groups and musicians as different as The Driffters , Louisiana Red , Yoko Ono , Los Rebeldes , Companyia Elèctrica Dharma , Pau Riba , Gato Pérez , Laura Simó , Carme Canela , Alex Warner , Víctor Bocanegra , Gerard Quintana , Freddy Fingers Lee , Big Mama , Névoa or Dani Nel·lo . In recent times he was the leader of his own band: Joan Vinyals & 2Moons , and was the guitarist for Juan Perro’s group (Santiago Auserón) for twelve years, performing with him on Spanish, American and European stages ( Juan Perro ).

One of his last public events was on October 21, 2021, participating in the presentation of the song and video clip Som natura! , in defense of the Bajo Llobregat Agricultural Park and against the expansion of the Barcelona -El Prat Airport. Joan Vinyals was in charge of the musical direction of the song, in which Lluís Llach and Gerard Quintana a Suu , Pep Sala , Natxo Tarrés , Lídia Pujol , Sicus Carbonell , Sílvia Comes , Jofre Bardagí , Joan Fortuny and Lluís Fortuny provided vocals . Carme Canela , Sara Pi , Marc Martínez or Montse Castellà . Vinyals, was one of the founders – and honorary member – of the Catalan Academy of Music, died on January 4, 2022 due to COVID-19 . 3 ​4 ​5

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