Obra: "Polifemo AV 39"
(Obra de encargo)
He
was born in Silla near Valencia in 1973 and studied at the conservatories of
Valencia and Murcia – graduating in trumpet, musical theory, transposition and
accompaniment, composition and instrumentation, counterpoint and fugue,
harmony, as well as piano teaching. He obtained three honorary mentions from
the Conservatorio Superior de Valencia; third prize in the ‘Isaac Albéniz’
association chamber music competition in Murcia; a composition diploma of
honour from the eighth TIM in Rome; and the ‘Ciudad de La Laguna’ choral
composition prize. He is currently reading composition, musicology, and choral
direction under R. Ramos, J. Mª. Vives, and E. Cifre.
He
has undertaken advanced composition studies with B. Ferneyhogh, R. Liñán, L. de
Pablo, P. Guajardo, and C. Cano; as well as directing studies with E. García
Asensio, P. Sánchez Torrella and M. Hernández Silva, and trumpet studies with
G. Touvron, M. Benterfa, Á. Millán, D. Prosser, J. Willbraham, and V. Campos.
His compositions
have been played at the Festival Internacional ‘Aujord'hui musiques’ in
Perpignan; the XV Festival Internacional de Orquestas Jóvenes de Murcia; the
VII Festival Internacional de Metales of Verona, Vicenza, and Mantova;
‘Serenates Musicals’ in Valencia at the IX, X y XII Encuentros de Compositores
in Valencia; the Certamen de Bandas de la Comunidad Valenciana (1999), and the
XXII Encuentro Coral ‘Ciudad de La Laguna’. He has been commissioned by
Valencia council for the Certamen Internacional de Bandas ‘Ciudad de Valencia’
(2001), as well as soloists: G. Touvron, J. M. Gómez de Edeta, E. Chuliá, A.
Cambres, V. López, M. Miján, S. Herrero, and D. Bourgue. One of the trumpet works written for D. Bourgue
was selected as an obligatory piece for the 23rd competition. His works have
been interpreted by the Orquesta Ciutat d'Elx; the Orquesta Sinfónica del
Conservatorio Superior de Murcia; the municipal symphonic bands of Madrid;
Valencia; and Pamplona; as well as the quintets Luur Metalls and Iberbrass; the
quartets Español de Trombones; Ars Musicandum; and Equale. The Spanish Brass Luur-Metalls
has recorded a commissioned work and his works have been recorded for Radio
France, Radio Clásica, Cadena Ser, R9, and TVE. Some twenty of his works have
been published in Paris (Gerard Billaudot and Internacional Music Diffusion);
in Bulle, Switzerland (BIM, Brass Bulletin); in Valencia (Piles); and in Murcia
(Mariano Bo). He is a director of COSICOVA (Valencian Association of Symphonic
Composers) and a member of SGAE.
He
was director of the Banda Sinfónica del Conservatorio Superior de Murcia, and
since 1995 has been director of the Banda Sinfónica de la Sociedad
Artístico-Musical de Picassent. With this band he has appeared in various
occasions at the Palau de la Música in Valencia; the L'Auditori in Torrent; the
Altea Certamen; the Vienna and Innsbruck festivals; and the eighth ‘Ciudad de
Murcia’ contest, where the band won first prize. He has also directed the
instrumental group ‘Tetragrama’. He taught trumpet and piano at the following
conservatories: Profesional de Soria; Superior ‘Manuel Massotti Litte’ de
Murcia; and the Municipal de Silla. He currently teaches at the IES ‘Enric
Valor’ in Silla.
He
was solo trumpeter in the Orquesta Internacional of the XXV Festival ‘Music
Meeting’ Espinho-94 (Portugal); the Orquesta de la Región de Murcia; and the
orchestras of the Conservatorios Superiores of Valencia and Murcia (performing
in Milan, Udine, Craiova, Bucharest and Graz). He is a member of various
chamber groups and in 1995 performed as concert pianist in the Valencia Palau
de la Música.
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