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Albert
Argudo
Member
of the Jury
ALBERT
ARGUDO. Born in Barcelona (1945). He studied the violin, composition
and orchestra conducting and had great academic success. He
was guided under professors such as Toldrá, Massiá,
Zamacois, Montsalvatge and Ros Marbá, among others.
In his strong links with the music of this city, he has been
violinist in the most important orchestras and also a teacher
of harmony, musical analysis, chamber music and orchestra conducting
in several educational centres.
He has also composed music for the cinema, theatre and television.
He has conducted different instrumental and vocal groups. The
work he carried out with the Ateneo Barcelones Chamber Orchestra,
founded in 1974, deserves a special mention. Closely linked
to the world of opera he regularly conducted at the Great Lyceum
Theatre where he performed for the first time in 1974.
He was the lead conductor of the Municipal Band of Barcelona
between 1980 and 1993, with which he performed nearly a thousand
concerts all of which had a great public and social impact
on their audiences.
In 1981 he was named associate conductor of the City of Barcelona
Orchestra and with which he still conducts.
He is always being invited to conduct the most prestigious
orchestras in Spain (National Orchestra of Spain, Spanish Chamber
Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestras of: Castilla and Leon, Bilbao,
Seville, Malaga, Valencia, La Coruña, etc.). Likewise
the Municipal Bands of Madrid, Alicante, La Coruña,
Valencia, the Military Bands of Valencia and Barcelona as well
as prestigious bands such as those from: Liria, Cullera, Buñol,
etc., from within Valencia and also works with soloists of
international renown such as Montserrat Caballé, Alfredo
Kraus, Narciso Yepes, etc., and has performed many premieres
and first auditions of some of the most important Spanish composers,
pieces, which in many cases have been dedicated to him.
He is the founding conductor of the Vallés Symphonic
Orchestra, where he was responsible for the artistic activity
from 1987 to 1993. He has performed more than 200 concerts
with this association and in 1992 won the National Prize of
Music awarded by the Catalonian Council.
Albert Argudo has a long history that ranges from multiple
performances at the most important festivals and concert series,
to recordings, radio and television work and opera productions.
He currently composes these activities with the professorship
of Orchestra Conducting at the Superior Municipal Conservatorium
of Barcelona.
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