ASOC. MÚSICO-CULTURAL "MAESTRO FALLA" DE PADUL (Granada)

Director:
RAFAEL BALLESTEROS GARCÍA

Band profile

This comparatively new band began in 1995 under the baton of Rafael Ballesteros García. The band has strived to make classic music easily accessible to the public.
It participated in the Andulusian regional band competitions held in Chauchina in 1997, 2000, and 2001. In 1997, the band worked together with the 'Coral Santa María la Mayor' in Padul to produce Mozart's Misa de la Coronación - under the direction of Juan Paulo Gómez Hurtado. This production culminated in concerts in two city churches and an auditorium in Granada.
In the same year, the band gave a recital of zarzuelas under Aniceto Giner Arranz and with the soloists Coral Morales, José Zapata, Enrique Castro and Higinio Femández. The band also participated in the Salobreña band competition.
A year later, Aniceto Giner led the band to win first prize in the B section of the Andulusian regional band competition held in Ronda.
Between 1999 and 2000, Ángel López Carreño led the band to win second prize in the Andulusian regional contest, as well as win first prize in the third section (less then 50 players) of the Murcia band contest. The band also played at the Granada conservatory and took part in the first course for directors held at Chauchina under Enrique García Asensio.
In 2001, it won second prize in the first Madrid zarzuela contest under the direction of Rafael Ballesteros García. It also won third prize in the second section of the Murcia national competition under Rafael Ballesteros García.

Director profile

Rafael Ballesteros García was born in Barcelona in 1972. He began his studies at the Victoria Eugenia conservatory in Granada - where he studied oboe under Miguel Quirós Parejo. He also studied harmony and counterpoint with Enrique Rueda. He has been director of the Maestro Falla band since its creation. He teaches music in a secondary school.