Joan Terol Amigó

Joan Terol Amigó is a musician from Reus (Catalonia), born in 1985. He is very connected to the musical scenes of Barcelona, Berlin and Amsterdam. Currently, his main projects are Xavi Torres – A Kind of Beethoven, Chamber9, The BvR Flamenco Big Band, Pere Bujosa Trio, Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colors, Néstor Giménez Quintet, Henk Kraaijeveld, Bernard van Rossum Quartet, Collectif Trytone.

During his musical career he had the opportunity to play as a sideman of jazz icons such as Benny Golson, Lee Konitz, Jorge Rossy, Jesse Davis, Maria Schneider, Grant Stewart, Dena DeRose, Joe Magnarelli, Perico Sambeat, Aruán Ortiz and Carla Cook. He also had the chance to play with prominent  musicians of the Dutch jazz scene like Ben van Gelder, Joris Roelofs, Reinier Baas, Benjamin Herman, Jasper Blom and Miguel Rodríguez, and also from the Catalan and Spanish jazz scenes: Andrea Motis, Marco Mezquida, Joan Monné, Albert Bover, Raynald Colom, Marc Miralta, Ignasi Terraza, Llibert Fortuny, Horacio Fumero, Mario Rossy, Eladio Reinón and Bob Sands.

Following the musical steps of his older brother Pau Terol, an amazing jazz pianist, in 2003 Joan moved to Barcelona to continue studying music, first at L’Aula de Música Moderna i Jazz and later at the ESMuC. In 2011 he decided to move to Amsterdam to pursue a master degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and, once finished, Joan Terol Amigó established himself in the capital of the Netherlands for over 8 years. After moving to Berlin, eager to be inspired by a new city, country and musical scene he is currently back in Spain.