Arimany has always performed as a soloist artist, but he has shared the stage with leading figures, such as
Jean-Pierre Rampal,
Maxence Larrieu,
Aurèle Nicolet Constantine Orbeliani,
Victor Pikaisen,
Janos Rolla,
Jean-Jacques Kantorow,
Nicanor Zabaleta,
Marielle Nordmann,
Mischa Maisky Victoria de los Angeles,
Roland Pidoux and
Claudio Scimone. His work as a performer of international stature has led him to play in major concert halls, such as the
Chicago Symphony Center, the
Washington Library of Congress,
Carnegie Hall in New York
Boston Symphony Hall, the
Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, the
Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the
Beethoven House in Bonn, the
National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, the
Palais Auersperg in Vienna, the
Beijing Concert Hall, the
Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, the
Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the
Teatro Real in Madrid, the
Rudolfinum and
Smetana Theatre in Prague, the
Gasteig in Munich, the
Liederhalle in Stuttgart, the
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the
Salle Pleyel and
Salle Gaveau in Paris,
Suntory Hall and
Bunka Kaykan in Tokyo, and the
Konzerthaus in Vienna. Arimany has also travelled around the world and been invited by leading international groups, such as the
Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra,
China National Symphony Orchestra, Bach Orchestra Stuttgart,
Moscow Chamber Orchestra,
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester,
European Union Chamber Orchestra, I Virtuosi Italiani,
Czech Philharmonic Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Philharmonia Virtuosi New York, New American Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Virtuosi di Praga Chamber Orchestra, Franz Liszt Orchestra
Budapest, Arthur Rubinstein Chamber Orchestra Polonia, Israel Sinfonietta, Ensemble Orchestral of Paris, and his flutes. The one with the greatest emotional value, which he uses in concerts, is the iconic WS Haynes gold flute.
Musical research Beyond his extensive work as an interpreter, Arimany has devoted much of his activity to study, recover and spread the work of great forgotten composers. The popularity of the great masters often casts talented disciples and contemporary artists into obscurity. In the words of Arimany, "I am still very interested in the music of the great composers who worked 'around' those who are now better known". When, in 1986, he submitted a project to edit
Bach's pieces for flute to a German label, it was received without interest, since many recordings of this author existed already. Arimany's response to this rejection was to team up with soloists
Alexander Schmoller (
cello) and Michael Gruber (
harpsichord) to review and select virtually unknown pieces practically by German disciples of the Thuringian master. The challenging recovery project culminated in the 1986 release of the album
Virtuose Flötenmusik der Bach-Schüler by the German Motette record label (
Wiesbaden). concerts with the
English Chamber Orchestra His special interest in finding Catalan composers who had written for the flute led him to highlight the work of
Joan Baptista Pla (
Balaguer, 1720–1762), a contemporary of Mozart who travelled throughout Europe, few works of whom have survived. In early 1990, the musicologist Joseph Dolcet found original sheet music by Pla in Germany, which Arimany incorporated into his repertoire together with other material by Pla and his brother
Manuel Pla. He later recorded two CDs, one with Jean-Pierre Rampal and the
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra with works by Joan Plan, and another with three concerts with the
English Chamber Orchestra. At the end of 2020 he published a compilation of all the work for flute by the brothers
Albert Franz Doppler and
Karl Doppler, the result of his research for conservatories and libraries in Europe started in 2007. The result is 12 CDs with 97 pieces, 64 of which are first recordings. Arimany had performed Doppler music at his concerts with
Rampal in the 1990s, and once the research began he released two CDs with pieces for two flutes in 2010 and 2012. ==Discography==