Spanish composer, orchestra conductor, pianist and teacher. He was born on October 5 of 1887 in Barcelona ​​and died on October 29 of 1972 in the same city. Son of Juan Ardèvol, and Rosario Miralles. He was the father of the composer José Ardévol Gimbernat. He started his musical studies at an early age in the Escuela Municipal de Música of Barcelona, where he won a first prize at the age of 5. He studied piano with Cecilia Rodoreda and Carles Vidiella.

Between 1901 and 1904, he was in charge of the Orfeó Nova Catalònia. In 1910 he married Josefina Gimbernat Ferré. He was in charge of the Orfeó Canigó until 1912, and of the Capilla de Música of San José de Calasanz until 1915. As an orchestra conductor, he offered the complete "Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments" by Johann Sebastian Bach at the Palau de la Música; and in 1916, a concert as a tribute to Enrique Granados. He founded and directed from 1917 the Institut Musical Acadèmia Ardèvol, where he created the Orquesta da Camera Ardèvol, and the Board of Trustees for the organization of concerts and lectures. That same year he formed the Ardèvol Trio, which later became Ardèvol Quartet, together with Ferran Guerín, Ferran Pérez Prió and Gracià Tarragó. In 1923, he received the special mention in the National Composition Contest of Madrid for "Cuarteto en Sol menor"; and two years later, the first prize for "Líricas". In 1925, he congratulated Manuel de Falla in a letter for his success at the Palau de la Música, and for the homage to him held later, which he was unable to attend. Due to the existence of the International Exposition of Barcelona, he composed "Sinfonía Exposición" in 1929. Throughout these years he published articles in the magazines "Iuventus" and "La Música".

In 1938 he was appointed piano teacher at the Liceo's Conservatory, a position he abandoned after the Spanish Civil War came to an end. He won via public examination the position of director of the Music School of Gijón in 1947, where he worked until 1949, the year in which he returned to Barcelona. In 1953 he was awarded the Premio Ciudad de Barcelona for "Trío Arts Devotissimus", an honour he received again in 1957 for "Suite sinfónica". Among his last works, it is worth mentioning "Siluetas" (1960) or "Pequeño Concierto" (1970). He was also renowned for his teaching career, having written "Tratado de técnica musical" (1923), and "Estudios rítmicos, polirrítmicos y politonales" (1939), among other theory texts.