July 12 - 11:30h

Palau de la Música. Sala Iturbi

ATENEU MUSICAL I D'ENSENYAMENT BANDA PRIMITIVA DE LLÍRIA

Winner of the Honorary Division of the 137th International Wind Band Contest Ciutat de València 2026.

July 13 - 10:00h - 13:00h

Conservatori Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo de València. Room 109

BAND ORCHESTRATION WORKSHOP

Speaker: José Miguel Fayos Jordán

July 14 - 11:00h - 13:00h

Conservatori Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo de València. Room 109

ROUND TABLE WITH THE COMPOSERS OF THE COMPULSORY PIECES

Moderate by José Miguel Fayos Jordán

July 14_th - 19:00h

Palau de la Música. Sala Rodrigo

ROUND TABLE: EL CIBM A 3 BANDES (THE CIBM FROM 3 PERSPECTIVES)

Moderate by Miguel Vidagany Gil

FREE DIVISION - July 15 - 17:00h

Palau de la Música. Sala Iturbi

Participating Bands

LITHUANIAN SYMPHONIC WIND ORCHESTRA (LITHUANIA)

Conductor: Karolis Variakojis

• - Warm-up piece: "Four Forces" by Žibuoklė Martinaitytė
• I.- Gravity
• - Free-choice piece: "Give us this day" by David Maslanka
• I.- Moderately Slow
• II.- Very Fast
• - Free-choice piece: "Blue Shades" by Frank Ticheli

PENTAMUSA WIND ORCHESTRA (ITALY)

Conductor: Salvatore Crimaldi

• - Warm-up piece: "A tubo! (Marcia Sinfonica)" by Ernesto Abbate
• - Free-choice piece: "Poema Sanférmico" by José Vicent Egea Insa
• - Free-choice piece: "Danze Macedoni" by Luciano Feliciani
• I.- Allegro (More Sokol Pie)
• II.- Adagio (Makedonsko Devojche)
• III.- Allegro (Ej more Doncho Meraklija)
• IV.- Presto (Dimna Juda)

Guest Band

GHENT UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE (BELGIUM)

Conductor: Dimitri Bracke

Program:

• - "Colorado Rockies" by Rossano Galante
• - "Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun" by Dirk Brossé (arr. Johan De Meij)
• - "Eastbound" by Oliver Waespi

DIVISION THREE - July 16 - 17:00h

Palau de la Música. Sala Iturbi

Compulsory Piece

• - "ASSUR", by Sara Galiana

• I.- Overture
• II.- The Normans
• III.- Ilduara

Participating Bands

BANDA MUSICALE "ISOLA DI PROCIDA" (ITALY)

Conductor: Francesco Trio

• - Warm-up piece: "Certamen Levantino" by Pascual Marquina Narro
• - Free-choice piece: "Danzas españolas" by Luis Serrano Alarcón
• I.- Petenera
• II.- Zortziko
• III.- Jota

UNIÓ MUSICAL LA NUCIA (ALICANTE)

Conductor: Ramón Lorente Yáñez

• - Warm-up piece: "Santjoaneries" by Ferran Campos Valdés
• - Free-choice piece: "Vesuvius" by Frank Ticheli

BANDA DE BULLAS (MURCIA)

Conductor: Víctor Manuel Rodrigo García

• - Warm-up piece: "Pepita Greus" by Pascual Pérez Choví
• - Free-choice piece: "Sallub" by Ferrer Ferran

AGRUPACIÓN ARTÍSTICO MUSICAL DE TAVERNES BLANQUES (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: David Tarín Díaz

• - Warm-up piece: "Fani Blanch" by David Rivas Domínguez
• - Free-choice piece: "Príncipe de los ingenios" by Martínez Gallego

ORCHESTRA FIATI MARIA SS DI CUSTONACI (ITALY)

Conductor: Alessandro Vinci

• - Warm-up piece: "Sivigliana" by Adolfo Di Zenzo
• - Free-choice piece: "Lexicon of the Gods" by Rossano Galante
• I.- Perseus: slayer of Medusa
• II.- Penthos: the spirit of grief
• III.- Zeus: God of sky and thunder

CENTRE ESTUDI MUSICAL D'ALMÀSSERA (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Vicent Rioja Torres

• - Warm-up piece: "Como las propias rosas" by Valentín Ruiz Gómez
• - Free-choice piece: "Terra de reis" by Pere Sanz Alcover

Guest Band

SOCIETAT MUSICAL BARRI DE MALILLA (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Borja Martínez Alegre

Program:

• - "Benicadell" by Joan Enric Canet Todolí
• - "Evolutions for Winds" by Marco Pütz
• - "Symphonic Essay" by James Barnes
• - "Danza Colorista" by Rafael Mullor Grau
• - "Himno y Marcha Triunfal de Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi (arr. Marco Somadossi)

DIVISION TWO - July 17 - 16:30h

Palau de la Música. Sala Iturbi

Compulsory Piece

• - "LEYENDAS DEL BOSQUE", by Enrique Cárcel Villalba

• I.- El despertar de las almas
• II.- Criaturas fantásticas
• III.- El reino oculto

Participating Bands

BANDA DE MÚSICA LA LIRA DE CHESTE (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Javier Enguídanos Morató

• - Warm-up piece: "Isabel Catalá Fort" by Gustavo López Aceituno
• - Free-choice piece: "Cantus Laetus" by David Gillingham

SOCIEDAD MUSICAL DE CEHEGÍN (MURCIA)

Conductor: Rafael González García

• - Warm-up piece: "Carmesina" by Manuel Morales Martínez
• - Free-choice piece: "The Eruption" by Pimpanit Karoonyavanich

UNIÓ MUSICAL DE PAIPORTA (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Luis Miguel Moncayo Olivares

• - Warm-up piece: "Vicente Monerris" by Jesús Ufano Cervantes
• - Free-choice piece: "Pinazo" by Saül Gómez Soler

STUDENTEN HARMONIE ORKEST TWENTE (THE NETHERLANDS)

Conductor: Ronny Buurink

• - Warm-up piece: "Tercio de Quites" by Rafael Talens Pelló
• - Free-choice piece: "Pleiades" by Alex Poelmann

SOCIEDAD MUSICAL SANTA CECILIA DE CHELVA (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Bram Sniekers

• - Warm-up piece: "Vicenta la Chavera" by Fran Amado Vera
• - Free-choice piece: "Rebroll" by Salvador Brotons i Soler

ASSOCIACIÓ BANDA SIMFÒNICA DE REUS (TARRAGONA)

Conductor: Juan Ramon Reverté Reverté

• - Warm-up piece: "Tercio de Quites" by Rafael Talens Pelló
• - Free-choice piece: "La Rosa del Desierto" by Martínez Gallego

Guest Band

UNIÓ MUSICAL D'ALAQUÀS (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Mikael Celda

Program:

• - "MarMar" by Manuel Morales Martínez
• - "Tres Peces per a Banda" by Xavier Martínez
• - "Extreme Make-Over" by Johan de Meij

DIVISION ONE - July 18 - 10:00h

Palau de la Música. Sala Iturbi

Compulsory Piece

• - "ARLEQUÍN", by Ernesto Aurignac

• 0.- Introducción
• I.- Hola Don Benetó
• II.- Tragedia y fantasía
• III.- Hipocondría y redención
• IV.- Comedia final

Participating Bands

AGRUPACIÓN MUSICAL SAN INDALECIO (ALMERÍA)

Conductor: Manuel Antonio Horcas Cerezo

• - Warm-up piece: S.I. “La Cañada” by Francisco José Pérez Cruz
• - Free-choice piece: Sinfonía nº 7 "Mediterraneum" by Andrés Valero-Castells
• I.- Cuna de civilizaciones
• IV.- Praderas de Posidonia

SOCIEDAD MUSICAL SANTA CECILIA DE REQUENA (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Enrique Sapiña García

• - Warm-up piece: "Música y vinos" by Manuel Morales Martínez
• - Free-choice piece: Sinfonía nº 1 "Tierra de vinos" by Pedro Salinas Robles
• I.- La magia de la fermentación
• II.- Los albores del vino. La solana de las Pilillas
• III.- El cava
• IV.- 1845-2024 El mar de bobal

UNIÓ ARTÍSTICA MUSICAL DE MONTROI (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Jerónimo Castelló Mañes

• - Warm-up piece: "Josefa Ferris" by Raúl Carrión Ferris
• - Free-choice piece: "Homenaje a Joaquín Sorolla" by Bernardo Adam Ferrero
• I.- El crit del palleter
• II.- Pescadoras valencianas
• III.- Sol de la tarde
• IV.- Las grupas

DIVISION ONE - July 18 - 17:30h

BANDA SINFÓNICA ASSOCIAÇÃO RECREATIVA E MUSICAL AMIGOS DA BRANCA (PORTUGAL)

Conductor: Paulo Martins

• - Warm-up piece: Agostinho Martins, “O Carteiro” by Teo Aparicio-Barberán
• - Free-choice piece: "Las hijas de Eris" by Luis Serrano Alarcón
• I.- Anfilogías (la disputa)
• II.- Pseudea (la mentira)
• III.- Macas (la batalla)
• IV.- Algea (lamento final)

SOCIETAT MUSICAL "LA PRIMITIVA" DE RAFELBUNYOL (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Ximo Tarín Micó

• - Warm-up piece: "A mi madre" by Roque Baños López
• - Free-choice piece: "Metamorfosi" by Ximo Tarín Micó

Guest Band

BANDA MUNICIPAL DE BARCELONA

Conductor: José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana

Program:

• - "Lux Ex Machina" by Marc Timón
• - "La sega, quadre simfònic" by Joaquín Zamacois Soler (arr. Lluis Oliva, adapt. Jordi Leon)
• - "Cançó d'amor i de guerra" - zarzuela suite by Rafael Martínez Valls (arr. Joan Alfonso, rev. Eduard Betes)

HONORARY DIVISION - July 19- 10:00h

Palau de la Música. Sala Iturbi

Compulsory Piece

• - "RESSORGIR", by Francisco Zacarés Fort

• I.- ... amb germanor i solidaritat (Tribute to the volunteers)
• II.- Lament (In memoriam) (Tribute to the victims)
• III.- ... com el Fènix (Tribute to all those affected)

Participating Bands

UNIÓ MUSICAL DE TORRENT (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Frank De Vuyst

• - Warm-up piece: "La utielana" by Luis Serrano Alarcón
• - Free-choice piece: Third Symphony "Jalupe" for wind orchestra by Luis Serrano Alarcón
• I.- Desde un lugar demasiado lejano
• II.- Collage de las noches locas
• III.- La única inmortalidad que tú y yo podemos compartir

SOCIETAT MUSICAL LIRA CASTELLONERA (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Sergio Navarro Bonaviña

• - Warm-up piece: "Las Arenas" by Manuel Morales Martínez
• - Free-choice piece: Sinfonía nº 5 "1925" by Martínez Gallego

SOCIETAT MUSICAL L'ARTÍSTICA MANISENSE (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Manuel Godoy

• - Warm-up piece: "Música y vinos" by Manuel Morales Martínez
• - Free-choice piece: "Sinfonía nº 2" by Christopher Rouse (arr. Francisco Carrascosa-Miguel)
• I.- Allegro
• II.- Adagio (In memoriam Stephen Albert)
• III.- Allegro

HONORARY DIVISION - July 19 - 17:30h

SOCIETAT MUSICAL INSTRUCTIVA SANTA CECÍLIA DE CULLERA (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Marcel Ortega Martí

• - Warm-up piece: "Tercio de Quites" by Rafael Talens Pelló
• - Free-choice piece: Sinfonía nº 3 "Aquae Flaviae" by Martínez Gallego

SOCIETAT MUSICAL D'ALZIRA (VALÈNCIA)

Conductor: Teo Aparicio-Barberán

• - Warm-up piece: "Societat Musical d'Alzira" by José Grau Benedito
• - Free-choice piece: Sinfonía nº 5-bis "A la patria" by Gennadi Chernov (adapt. Francisco Carrascosa-Miguel)
• I.- Preludio: Crónica dramática
• II.- Scherzo-Toccata
• III.- Obeliscos por todas partes
• IV.- Tema triunfal

Guest Band

BANDA SIMFÒNICA MUNICIPAL DE VALÈNCIA

Artistic director: Cristóbal Soler

Program:

• - "Scheherazade, Op. 35 (symphonic suite)" by Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov (arr. Carlo Balmelli). Solo violin: Néstor Luciano Casalino
• I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
• II. The Legend of the Kalendar Prince
• III. The Young Prince and The Young Princess
• IV Festival at Baghdad
• - "Himno a Valencia", (from "La bien amada") by José Padilla Sánchez
• - "Himne de la Comunitat Valenciana" by José Serrano