UNIÓN MUSICAL LIRA REALENSE DE REAL DE MONTROY (Valencia)

Director:
FEDERICO CUEVAS MARTÍNEZ

Band profile

EThe band traces its history back to 1893 when it was founded under the baton of Cosme Bonet Reige. Its most important directors since then have been: Octavio Montserrat Chapa, Abdón Campos, Jose Maria Cervera Lloret, Vicente Galdón, Jose Perpiña, Liberto Benet, Miguel Morella Asins, and Miguel Jorge Cervera.
The band won first prize in the CIFESA pasodobles contest of 1951 and won rounds in the provincial contests of 1974 and 1976. It also won the Carcaixent pasodobles contest in 1974.
With arrival in 1993of the current director, Federico Cuevas Martínez, the band re-entered a successful stage and won two prizes in the 2000 Cullera national contest. The band currently has 75 musicians and 50 students in its school.

Director profile

Federico Cuevas Martínez was born in Moncada (Valencia) and began his studies at the local musical centre. He later enrolled at the Valencia conservatory where he qualified as a music teacher - specializing in saxophone - and finished his studies in harmony. He has participated in many international courses in saxophone, and orchestral management. He studied under Francisco Chasañ, Miguel Llopis, Lluís Sanjaime, Francesc Fort Fenollosa, Pablo Sánchez Torrella and Rafael Talens. Since 1989, he has taught at the Maestro Palau school in Moncada and the Alfara del Patriarca band. Since being named director of the band and the band school in 1993, he has gone on to win several prizes.