FIRST SECTION - Friday 10th July Plaza de Toros 20.30 h Compulsory piece: “Chamber Symphony nº 1” by José Suñer Oriola Sociedad Musical “La Artística” de Chiva (Valencia) Conductor: Francisco Carrascosa Miguel Pasodoble: “Las Arenas” by Manuel Morales Martínez Free choice: “Memorias de un Hombre de Ciudad” (1.- Amanecer en la Ciudad. 2.- Máquinas y hombres. 3.- 10:30 Intermezzo. 4.- Máquinas. 5.- Sueños. 6.- Vuelos Nocturnos. 7.- Amanecer en la Ciudad) by Luis Serrano Alarcón Banda de Música de Getafe (Madrid) Conductor: Francisco Aguado Martí Pasodoble: “De la Villa y Corte” by Ignacio Hidalgo Free choice: “Soleriana” by Carlos Suriñach Ateneu Musical i Cultural de Albalat de la Ribera (Valencia) Conductor: Saúl Gómez Soler Pasodoble: “Cielo Andaluz” by Pascual Marquina Narro Free choice: “Wait of the World” (1.- And now the children lead. 2.- Remembering the future. 3.- Awaiting the past) by Stephen Melillo The Blasorchester Neuenkirch-Willisau (Suiza) Conductor: Isabelle Ruf-Weber & Hervé Grélat Pasodoble: “El Gato Montés” by Manuel Penella Free choice: “Asgard” Sinfonía nº 1 by Teo Aparicio Barberán Guest Band: Banda Municipal de Barcelona Conductor: Salvador Brotons Programe: “Juny” (Sardana) by Juli Garreta “Fantasia sobre temes de Serrano” by Ricard Lamote de Grignon “Dansès Fantàstiques” (Ensueño i Orgía) by Joaquín Turina “La revoltosa” (Preludi del II acte) by Ruperto Chapí La Banda Municipal de Barcelona wants to honour to this program to the Composer José Serrano in the centenary of the premiere of Valencia’s Hymn, and the Composer Ruperto Chapí in the century of his death.

Sociedad Musical “La Artística” de Chiva (Valencia) HISTORY OF THE BAND From its foundation in 1850 until the creation of the current Music Association in 1973, the band carried out its activities under the auspices of various organizations and institutions. Among the many conductors that the band has had, the following are particularly worthy of note: Roberto Sáez Cambres, Rafael Rosell Cebrián, Vicente Alonso Brull, Juan Manuel Alarcón García, Luis Serrano Alarcón, with special mention of their honorary conductors: Domingo Vela Alcaina and Luis Antonio García Navarro, who was Artistic and Music Director of the Teatro Real in Madrid until his recent passing and who started his career in the band. Since 2004 the band has been led by Maestro Francisco Carrascosa Miguel. Their many prizes include: four first prizes in the Requena Contest; first prize in Gandía and Ribarroja del Turia competitions; and second prize in Cullera. In the Valencia Band Contest, they won first prize and the conducting prize in the second division in 1958, and second prize in 1984 and 1998. In 2006 they won first prize in the first division of the Villa de Altea International Contest. They have been awarded the Bunyol D’Or [a special merit award given for outstanding participation in Fallas, the most important Valencian festival]. In 1989 they recorded a concert for Radio Nacional de España and they travelled to Poland to give concerts in Bytom and Gliwice. The following year they completed a tour of France and took part in the International Festival in Le Havre. Every year they participate in various festivals, and in November 1997 they were special guests at the Loures International Festival (Lisbon) in Portugal. They have given many concerts in the Valencia Concert Hall, some of them with their Polyphonic Choir. Currently the band is made up of 110 young musicians. Antonio López Igual has been President of the Music Association since 1990. BIOGRAPHY OF THE CONDUCTOR FRANCISCO CARRASCOSA MIGUEL Francisco Carrascosa was born in Buñol (Valencia). He began his studies in solfège, the clarinet and piano in the “La Artística” Music Association School and the “San Rafael” Conservatory in Buñol. Later he went on to study at the Joaquín Rodrigo Superior Conservatory of Music in Valencia where he studied under Luis Sanjaime and gained his advanced teaching diploma in the clarinet with distinction. In 1997 he was admitted to the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music to specialize in clarinet studies under Henrie Bok. From 1994 to 1998 he was the bass clarinet soloist in the Valencia Region Youth Orchestra (JORVAL). He has completed courses in orchestra conducting with the renowned conductors Enrique García Asensio, José María Cervera, Henrie Adams and Miquel Rodrigo. He has also taken various courses in Musical Pedagogy, Psychology, History and Analysis. In 2008 he received a degree in Orchestra Conducting from the Royal School of Music in London. He was the principal conductor of the Buñol I.B. from 1992 to 1994, Director en 1998 de la Sociedad Musical “La Paz” de Siete Aguas. Desde 1994 hasta el año 2001 es director titular de la banda juvenil de la Sociedad Musical “La Artística” de Buñol. and in 1998 he was the conductor of the Siete Aguas “La Paz” Music Group. From 1994 to 2001 he was the principal conductor of the youth band of the Montroy “L’Armonia” Music Association and in 2004 he was the conductor of the Chiva “La Artística” Music Group where he led the symphony band and the operetta performance group. With this group he won first prize in the first division of the 2006 edition of the Villa de Altea Contest. Since 2003 he has acted as the conductor of the Youth Orchestra of the Buñol “La Artística” Music Association. In 2008 he conducted the Mediterranean Orchestra. In 1998, through public examination, he became a member of the National Association of Secondary Education Teachers of Music

Banda de Música De Getafe (Madrid) HISTORY OF THE BAND The Getafe Band was launched in May 1984 to take part in local celebrations of patron saints’ days. From its beginnings, the conductor Francisco Aguado Martí has brought together amateur musicians from Getafe and its neighboring towns, and trainee young musicians who have come from the recently founded music school. Today, Getafe has a professional conservatory as well as a Municipal Music School. Our main activity is the encouragement and promotion of music in Getafe, with the indispensable support of the local council, bringing solemnity to various official and social events, giving concerts in fiestas, local neighborhoods, regional organization meetings, the University, etc. In addition, our group has also created concert series for spring, for festivals, and for the celebration of Saint Cecilia’s day, where everyone can enjoy our music and that of the other bands that accompany us. Today, and since the band’s launch, our performances are usually held in the Federico García Lorca Theater in Getafe. However, we also perform in other local venues, and give concerts around the Valencia Region and in other autonomous regions upon request. The Getafe Band has taken part in various national contests such as those in Campo de Criptana, Leganés and La Senia, where we have won several prizes and above all the satisfaction of a job well done. We have also participated in the fifth season of concerts organized by RNE [Spanish National Radio] in the Valencia Concert Hall and the recording of a CD of the event with the RTVE label. We continue to perform our music for both our own enjoyment and that of others, with a constant awareness that bands are delicate groups, susceptible to various problems: so we have to make every effort to keep the band going, continue to train its members and make the lives of those that listen to us a little more pleasant. BIOGRAPHY OF THE CONDUCTOR FRANCISCO AGUADO MARTÍ Francisco Aguado was born in Picassent, Valencia. He began his musical studies in the local Artistic Musical Association and later went on to the Valencia Superior Conservatory of Music. Having finished his studies in Valencia, he moved to Madrid where he advanced his musical training in the Madrid Royal Superior Conservatory of Music. He was a clarinet teacher in the Óscar Esplá Superior Conservatory of Music in Alicante for two years. Since 1975 he has been the teacher of the Madrid Municipal Symphony Band and, as a member of this group, he was awarded the Fine Arts Medal by the Ministry of Culture. In 1983, as part of a Getafe Local Council initiative, he organized the town’s music project, creating the Band, the Municipal Music School and Youth Orchestra. Later, the Municipal Music School became the Professional Conservatory, of which he was the Director until 1989. As the conductor of the Getafe Band and Youth Orchestra he has taken part in numerous national contests, as well as directing a broad music program and other projects.

Ateneu Musicali Cultural de Albalat De la Ribera (Valencia) HISTORY OF THE BAND The Ateneu Musical i Cultural is a music association in Albalat de la Ribera. The town belongs to the Ribera Baixa region, close to Valencia, and has a population of about 3,500 people. The Ateneu was founded in 1872 and until 1943 the band was municipal. This year saw the beginning of a more intense musical period. The band experienced a resurgence after 1976 under the direction of Maestro Vicent Granell i Alonso. First he founded the school for trainee musicians, and then he made a significant purchase of new instruments. With this conductor the band won the following prizes in the CIBM City of Valencia: second prize in the second division in 1980, second prize in the third division in 1982 and the prize from the Department of Culture of the Valencia Regional Government for the best performance of the free-choice piece. In 1999, under the direction of Maestro Josep Escandell i Vila, the band won second prize in the first division of the Provincial Band Contest and first prize in the second division of the CIBM, both in Valencia. However, it was in the 2001 edition of the CIBM where the band achieved greatest recognition, winning first prize and a commendation with the maximum score (400 points) from the jury, thereby gaining a privileged place in Spanish band history. In 2003 the band won second prize in the first division of the CIBM. The band’s concert activities abroad are also worthy of note. In 1987 the group went to Germany to take part in the Eurotref festival. However, it has been in France where the band has given most of its foreign performances, in towns such as Le Havre, Montchanin, Bergerac and Mozac. BIOGRAPHY OF THE CONDUCTOR SAÚL GÓMEZ SOLER Saúl Gómez Soler nace en Ontinyent en 1982. Comienza sus estudios de percusión en el conservatorio de Ontinyent y los finaliza en el Conservatorio Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo de Valencia, con la calificación de excelente. Saúl Gómez Soler was born in Ontinyent in 1982. He began his percussion studies in the Ontinyent Conservatory and went on to complete them, with distinction, at the Joaquín Rodrigo Superior Conservatory of Music in Valencia. He has studied band conducting with José Rafael Pascual Vilaplana and in the ISEB in Trent (Italy) with Jan Cober. He also studied orchestra conducting in the Liceu Superior Conservatory of Music in Barcelona with Manel Valdivieso, Antoni Ros Marbà, Jordi Moria and Salvador Mas.. He is currently studying composition in the Joaquín Rodrigo Superior Conservatory of Music in Valencia. He has conducted various bands and choirs. Currently he is the Director of the Albaida Centre Musical Primitiva and the Albalat de la Ribera Ateneu Musical i Cultural. He was chosen to be the Assistant Conductor of Berlin’s Julius Stern Institute Orchestra for the premiere of Ricardo Llorca’s opera, Las Horas Vacías. He has also composed several works for bands, choirs, instrumental groups and the theater In 2003 he received the Argelaga rising star award from the journalists of Vall d’Albaida In 2007 the FSMCV awarded him the Euterpe prize for the composition of festival music. Recently he has won the Joan Baptista Basset culture prize from the ACPV and the first prize for composition in the Francesc Cerdà contest.

The Blasorchester Neuenkirch-Willisau (Suiza) HISTORY OF THE BAND The Neuenkirch-Willisau Wind Orchestra is a symphonic wind instrument group which contains every wind and percussion instrument. It is among the best first category Swiss symphony bands. Annual concerts are an important part of the group’s typical activities.. It is among the best first category Swiss symphony bands. Annual concerts are an important part of the group’s typical activities. In addition to regular concerts of symphonic wind music, they also perform concerts and collaborations with choirs and prestigious soloists or undertake projects with other towns. Taking part in events and contests in Switzerland and abroad is also part of the Neuenkirch-Willisau Wind Orchestra’s program The band participated in the MID EUROPE festival in Schladming, Austria and in the Flicorno d’oro in Garda, Italy. The group also participates frequently in ecclesiastical events. The band’s musicians are all from the two towns that give it its name, Neuenkirch and Willisau. Prizes won in the last 15 years: first prize in the first division of the Interlaken Festival of Federal Music; first prize in the Swiss Wind Band Festival in Interlaken; first prize in the first division of the Berne Provincial Music Festival; first prize in the Days of International Music Festival in Grenchen; first prize in the first division of the Fribourg Federal Music Festival; second prize in the Days of International Music Festival in Grenchen; second prize in the Flicorno d’oro International Music Contest in Riva del Garda; first prize in the first division of the Berne Provincial Music Festival; first prize in the first division of the Lucerne Federal Music Festival; first prize in the first division of the Provincial Music Festival in Grison; and second prize in the first division of the Waadt Provincial Music Festival. BIOGRAPHY OF THE CONDUCTORS ISABELLE RUF-WEBER / HERVÉ GRÉLAT In 1989 Isabelle Ruf-Weber received her diploma in conducting with distinction and a diploma in flute teaching. She continued her studies at the University of Michigan (USA), where she took conducting as her main subject. She has also completed advanced training in orchestra conducting with Sylvia Caduff in Lucerne. Her roles to date include: conductor of the Neuenkirch-Willisau Wind Orchestra; management of the Sursee Municipal Theater; principal conductor of the Baden-Württemberg Landesblasorchester (Germany); Artistic Director of the Swiss National Youth Orchestra; and conductor of the renowned La Landwehr Orchestra of Fribourg. She is also involved in the teaching and advanced training of conductors and jurors. In this role she has been giving classes in the Trossingen Academy (Germany) since the autumn of 2006. She also works in different music universities as a specialist. Isabelle is a much-solicited jury member for conducting and music competitions In 2005 the International Confederation of Musical Societies (CISM) appointed her the Acting President of the Music Commission. In 2007 she became a member of the Swiss Commission of Wind Music (SBV). Hervé Grélat: studied the horn with Claudio Pontiggia in the Chaux-de-Fonds Conservatory, gaining his teaching diploma in 2004. Between 1997 and 2000 he studied Wind Orchestra Conducting with Pascal Favre and Orchestration with Jean Balissat in the Lausanne Conservatory. In 2003 he won second prize in the Bergen European Conductors’ Competition (Norway) and in the Swiss Conductors’ Competition in Baden. In 2004 he studied Orchestra Conducting with Johannes Schlaefli in the University of Zurich.. In 2007 he received his diploma in Orchestra Conducting. His current roles include: conductor of the Neuenkirch-Willisau Wind Orchestra; conductor of the Brass Band Kirchenmusik Flühli; conductor of the Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland; and conductor of the Jurassien Chamber Orchestra.

Banda Municipal De Barcelona (Barcelona) HISTORY OF THE BAND The Barcelona Municipal Band was founded as a wind and percussion orchestra in 1886 following in an age-old tradition of music groups that, since the Middle Ages, have performed in significant Town Hall events. 1915 to 1939 was one of the Barcelona Municipal Band’s most glorious periods under the direction of Joan Lamote de Grignon, who consolidated the group and successfully established its place in the city. Since then, the Barcelona Municipal Band has come a long way and will soon celebrate its one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary It has resided in different areas of the city, it has been led by different batons, and in this new era it looks forward to a future replete with challenges. Currently it is the resident group of the city Auditorium, where it delivers a regular concert season, and Salvador Brotons has been its chief conductor since 2008. Under his direction, the band seeks to broaden its range by performing newly-composed works and by consolidating their classical repertoire. Their desire to take their music outside the city has also acquired a new prominence with their performances all over Cataluña, or those such as the concerts they gave last autumn in Tenerife and those they will soon give in Valencia.. The band, that gives more than 100 performances a year, has a significant presence in Barcelona and centers its activities on the Auditorium season, performances in different neighborhoods of the city, in schools and in the Grec Festival, and taking part in all official municipal events. Their concert activity includes training sessions, thematic programs, collaborations with soloists and directors, and an extensive list of projects that keep the city’s most traditional music group up to date BIOGRAPHY OF THE CONDUCTOR SALVADOR BROTONS I SOLER Salvador Brotons was born in Barcelona. He studied the flute with his father and in the Barcelona Conservatory of Music, where he gained his advanced qualifications in the flute, composition and orchestra conducting. His teachers included Antoni Ros-Marbà, Xavier Monsalvatge and Manuel Oltra. In 1985 he received a Fulbright Scholarship and went to the USA where he obtained his Doctorate in Music from Florida State University. From 1977 to 1985 he was the solo flautist in the orchestra of the Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu and a member of the Barcelona City Orchestra from 1981 to 1985. He has composed more than 110 works, mostly orchestral and chamber, and has won more than 15 competition prizes, including the 1977 National Spanish Orchestra Prize; the 1980 Jove d’Or prize; the City of Barcelona Prize in 1983 and 1986; the 1986 Southeastern Composers League Award; the 1987 Madison University Flute Choir Composition Award and the Reina Sofia Composition Prize in 1991. He has received numerous composition commissions including: the two-act opera Reverend Everyman, Sonata da Concerto for trumpet and band, Conmemorativa for orchestra, Concert per a Flauta i Orquestra, the two-act operetta Abans del Silenci, Concert per a Guitarra i Orquestra, Essentia Vitae, the Septet Pradera 1950, Oda a Verdaguer, the children’s opera El Mercader de Somnis, Concierto Trobadoresc for cello and orchestra, Requiem Trio, Concert per a Percussió i Cordes, Concert per a Viola i Cordes, Intrèpida for orchestra, and MissaBrevis. He has been a member of the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, and principal conductor of the Oregon Sinfonietta, the Mittleman Jewish Community Orchestra and the Portland State University Orchestra. He has been the chief conductor of the Ciutat de Palma Balearic Symphony Orchestra and the Vallès Symphony Orchestra. From 1991 he has been the principal conductor of the Vancouver Symphony. As a guest conductor he has led: Radio Praga, the National Symphony Orchestra of South Africa, Israel’s Raanana Symphonette and Kibbutz Orchestra, the Moscow Virtuosi, the Blue Lake Festival Orchestra, the Columbia Symphony, the York Symphony Orchestra, the Tallahassee Symphony, the I Pomeriggi Musicale of Milan, the Seattle Philharmonic, the RTVE Orchestra, the Barcelona Symphony and Cataluña National Orchestra, Simon Bolívar of Venezuela, the Montevideo Philharmonic in Uruguay, the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra in Germany, and the most prestigious orchestras in Spain. . Since 2001 he has been a teacher of orchestra conducting and composition in the Cataluña Superior School of Music.

FIRST SECTION

Sociedad Musical “La Artística” de Chiva

Banda de Música De Getafe

Ateneu Musicali Cultural de Albalat De la Ribera

The Blasorchester Neuenkirch-Willisau

Banda Municipal De Barcelona