Banda Sinfónica de la FSMCV HISTORY OF THE BAND In 2000, the Federation of Musical Societies of the Autonomous Region of Valencia (FSMCV) decided to relaunch a project whose roots can be traced back to the Federation's original "Youth Band". After the success it enjoyed in 2001, the year in which it was reformed, the Federation Youth Wind Band was established on a stable footing with the aim of giving its members experience of working under the direction of excellent conductors and with large wind band repertoire, as well as performing in the best concert halls. All this, together with the opportunity to get to know and spend time with other young musicians in rehearsals, motivates the Band's members to continue with their musical studies and participating in their own music association's band. In short, the Youth Wind Band is another service which the FSMCV offers its members and which benefits its associated musicians and music groups. The Band's members are musicians aged between 18 and 28 who belong to music associations which are members of the FSMCV and who have completed at least five years of professional training. The Band currently has 110 positions. The Band has given concerts in the most famous concert halls and theaters in the Valencia Region, as well as in the Auditorio de la Región de Murcia, Auditorio de Santiago de Compostela, Auditorio de Tenerife and the Teatros del Canal de Madrid. They have also performed abroad, in the Casa de la Cultura de Carpentras (2011, France), and at the World Music Contest in Kerkrade (2013, Holland). The Band's repertoire has always been dominated by the works of Valencian composers from all eras. However, they also perform works by contemporary European and American composers, as well as the great classics, whose transcriptions for wind band have been included in their concert programs. In the 2014 season, the FSMCV Youth Wind Band is conducted by Daniel Ferrero Silvage. BIOGRAPHY OF THE CONDUCTOR Daniel Ferrero SilvageDaniel Ferrero Silvage started his musical training in the Centro Musical "José Melchor Gomis" in Ontinyent with his father, Jose Mª Ferrero Pastor, and the Franciscan musicologist Vicente Pérez-Jorge. He continued his studies in the Valencia Superior Conservatory of Music with Jose Rosell, Luis Blanes Arques, Amando Blanquer Ponsoda, Eduardo Montesinos, Jose Mª Vives, Eduardo Cifre and Manuel Galduf, among other, gaining his advanced qualifications in trumpet, harmony, composition, instrumentation, choir conducting and orchestra conducting. He has attended conducting classes with Manuel Galduf, Bernardo Adam Ferrero, Roberto Forés and Antonio Ros Marbà.From 1987 to 2000 he was principal conductor of the Banda Unión Artística Musical of Ontinyent, with which he won first prizes in the Cullera and Elda contests, a third prize in Campo de Criptana, and a second prize in the International Wind Band Contest "City of Valencia". From 2001 to 2005 he conducted the Banda de la Sociedad Filarmónica Alteanense, with which he won a second prize in the 2001 "City of Murcia" Contest, and the Gold Medal with Honorable Mention at the 15th World Music Contest de Kerkrade in 2005. In 2008 he was the guest conductor at the 4th Piaget "Estagio de Orquestra de Sopros" at the Mirandela and Viseu University campus in Portugal. In 2010 the Federation of Musical Societies of the Autonomous Region of Valencia awarded him the Euterpe Prize for festival music composition. He has made several recordings for the Alberri Soart label and for RNE (Palau Concert Cycles). He currently teaches trumpet at the Cullera Professional Conservator and since 2005 he has been the conductor of the Banda Unió Musical of Alberic, with which he has won prizes in the wind division of the Vila de Altea International Contest in 2009 and in the Honorary Division of the International Wind Band Contest "City of Valencia" in 2007, 2011 and 2013. |
