TEACHERS

José María Ortí Soriano
Trumpeter

He was born in Torrent (València), where he began his first musical studies at the age of 8. He entered the Conservatorio Superior de Música de València (Valencia Conservatory of Music), to start studying the trumpet. Later, he moved to Madrid to pursue higher studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music, with an exceptional career and the highest qualifications, crowned with the Extraordinary Fine Career Honor Award. At the same time, he was taught by Vicente Lillo, who always had a special interest in his preparation.

He then travelled to Paris to further his studies with Maurice André and Pierre Thibaud, performing as a soloist in the Organ Hall of the National Conservatory of Music. From then on he attends numerous international trumpet courses (with the American trumpeter James Stamp). He was trumpet soloist of the National Orchestra of Spain for more than forty years and a Professor of the Royal Superior Conservatory of Music of Madrid, and later, of the "Joaquín Rodrigo" Superior Conservatory of Music of Valencia.

He owns the "Gold Medal of Fine Arts" and the "Knight's Cross of the Order of Civil Merit" awarded by H.M. King Don Juan Carlos. He is named "Insigne of Valencian music" by the Valencian Music Academy. He is the favorite artist of the city of Torrent, where he has a street dedicated to him and likewise, he was awarded the "Gold Medal". Commissioned by the City Council, he composed the Anthem of Torrent.

Manuel Blanco Gómez Limón
Trumpeter

Born in 1985 in Daimiel (Ciudad Real), Manuel Blanco began his trumpet studies very early with Mr. Martín Baeza Rubio and Mr. José María Ortí Soriano. Currently, he also receives musical advice from the International Concert Artist Reinhold Friedrich, showing these three teachers a special interest in his human and professional preparation.

He has won several competitions such as the Ciudad de Xátiva, Calviá, Mogente, Jeju (South Korea) … but his great international achievement came after winning the 1st prize at the prestigious ARD Music Competition in Munich in 2011, obtaining the highest rating of the history of the competition. This award has only been granted to two other trumpet players in its 62 editions before Manuel Blanco, Maurice André being the first to win it in 1963. Blanco is considered his legitimate heir. Since 2006 he has been the principal trumpet of the National Orchestra of Spain.

He has worked as a solo trumpet in first-class orchestras such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Radio France Philharmonic, Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester, European Youth Orchestra, Berlin Staatsoper, Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic, Mozart Bologna Orchestra, Orchestra Teatro alla Scala Milà, Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome, etc. Along with directors such as Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Lorin Maazel, Christoph Eschenbach, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Yuri Temirkanov, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Gustavo Dudamel, Andris Nelsons, Josep Pons, Juanjo Mena, David Afkham, Pablo Heras-Casado, George Pehlivanian, Markus Bosch, Antonio Méndez, Andrés *Salado, Martin Baeza-Rubio, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, etc.

As a concert performer, he has performed with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Chamber Orchestra, Jeju Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata XXI, Philarmonisches Orchester Würzburg at Mozarfest, Chapel Symphonic Orchestra (St. Petersburg), Hofer Symphoniker, Niederrheinische Sinfoniker, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, Mining Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Spain, Navarra Symphony Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Valencia Municipal Orchestra, etc.

José Antonio García Sevilla
Trumpeter

He has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Spain (JONDE) and the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester (GMJO), whose artistic director was Claudio Abbado, touring much of Europe under the baton of prestigious conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, and C.M. Giulini. His latest collaborations have been with the National Orchestra of Spain, the City of Granada Orchestra, the City of Palma Orchestra, the Berlin State Opera (with Daniel Baremboin as director), the Madrid Municipal Band, the Albacete Municipal Band, the Vallés Symphony Orchestra, the Bilbao Symphony, Cadaqués Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra, and Valencian Community Orchestra, with Lorin Maazel as conductor.

He is a professor at the Madrid Royal Conservatory of Music and Director of the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts at the Alfonso X El Sabio University.

José Manuel Escobar Belmonte
Trumpeter

He finished his studies at the "Joaquín Rodrigo" Superior Conservatory in Valencia with the teacher J. Ortí, obtaining honors. He furthered his studies at the Brass Academy Alicante with the teacher Rudi Korp. He has collaborated on numerous occasions with the Valls Symphony Orchestra, the Murcia Symphony Orchestra, the Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Marinsky Theater Orchestra, the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Spain, the Freixenet Orchestra of the “Reina Sofía” Higher School of Music”, Orchestra of the Palau de les Arts, among others. He has belonged to the Youth Orchestra of the Region of Murcia, the Youth Orchestra of the Generalitat Valenciana, the J.O.N.D.E. (Youth National Orchestra of Spain), and Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. He is currently a professor at the Superior Conservatory of Castilla-La Mancha, an assistant professor at the Brass Academy Alicante, and the Alfonso X El Sabio University. He belongs to the ADDA Symphony Orchestra.

Luis Arias Fernández
Trumpet repertoire pianist

He was born in Madrid. He began his musical studies at the age of six at the CEDAM academy and later at the Ferraz Professional Conservatory of Music with R. Pareja and J. Rovira. She completed his training at the Madrid Royal Conservatory of Music with Ana Guijarro and for four years at the Reina Sofía School of Music with Galina Eguiazarova, Marta Gulyas, and Luis Fernando Pérez, receiving the support of different institutions such as Ibercaja, Fundación Albéniz, AIE, Musical Youths of Madrid or the Community of Madrid.

During these years he has had the opportunity to receive advice, among others, from musicians such as Ferenc Rados, Joaquín Soriano, Mikhail Voskresensky, Claudio Martítnez-Mehner, Peter Donohoe, Radovan Vlatkovic or Jacques Zoon. He is regularly requested to collaborate with all kinds of musicians and ensembles, having performed in the main venues on the national scene such as the National Music Auditorium, Teatro Real, Canal Theaters, Palau de la Música de Barcelona, ​​Edgar Neville Auditorium, and abroad, in countries like Mexico, France, Israel, Germany, Sweden, or Serbia.

For years he has been working intensively as a teacher. He has worked at the Pablo Sarasate Conservatory in Pamplona and the Castilla León Superior Conservatory of Music. He currently combines his concert activity with teaching at the Aragón Higher Conservatory of Music and the Reina Sofía Higher School of Music.

GUEST TEACHERS

Jesús Sánchez Martínez
I and II FIT XIXONA

He studied with the teachers María Suárez Bricio and Mª Teresa Untoria, graduating as Senior Piano Teacher and Solfeggio Teacher. He completed his training with teachers like Ferenc Rados, Almudena Cano, Gonzalo Trevijano, etc. He has performed, both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles in several venues nationwide. He has served as a master repeater in operas such as "Don Pasquale" or "Dido and Aeneas".

He has a long career as a pianist accompanying dance, as well as a repertoire in several conservatories in the Community of Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha. He is currently a professor at the Superior Conservatory of Music of Castilla-La Mancha and the Faculty of Music of Alfonso X El Sabio University.

Jonathan Müller
III FIT XIXONA

Jonathan Müller studied music at the Karlsruhe Musikhochschule with Professor Reinhold Friedrich. At the same time, he completed his training with various master classes given by renowned trumpet players such as Håkan Hardenberger (Malmö), Kristian Steenstrup (Aarhus), Klaus Schuhwerk (Basel), Jouko Harjanne (Helsinki), Hannes Läubin (Munich), Luis González (Barcelona) and Uwe Koeller (Graz).

Jonathan has won the “Jugend musiziert” competition several times. Also in 2006, he won the first prize and special prize at the “Carl-Schröder” competition in Sondershausen (Thuringia). In 2010 he was the only trumpet player to reach the third round of the German national contest “Deutscher Musikwettbewerb” and due to this, he was awarded a scholarship by this organization and made various recordings. Also in 2011, he was the only German trumpeter to reach the third round of the renowned ARD competition. He was also awarded scholarships by foundations such as the “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes” or the “Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben”.

Regarding orchestral experience, Jonathan was trained in different young orchestras such as the young orchestra of his region, Baden-Württemberg, the young orchestra of Germany, and the Gustav Mahler young orchestra. In this way, he became a member of the Mozart orchestra, under the direction of Claudio Abbado. He has also collaborated with orchestras such as the hr-Sinfonieorchester, the NDR-Sinfonieorchester, the BR-Sinfonieorchester, and the National Orchestra of Spain, among others. Since 2013 he has been a trumpet soloist in the prestigious Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra.

His experience as a soloist has led him to give concerts with orchestras such as the Nürnberger Symhoniker, the Staatskapelle Halle, the Thüringer Symphoniker, the Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz / Reichenbach, the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, the Münchner Kammerorchester or the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.

Óscar Fernando Trujillo Gómez
IV FIT XIXONA

Trumpet professor at the University of Caldas, director of the Redemptorist Conservatory, Bachelor of Music (Universidad de Caldas), Master of Music with an emphasis on trumpet (EAFIT), trumpeter, composer and conductor.

He began his studies in the Caldas Bands Departmental Program. He has received training in Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Brazil. Granted by the Mazda Foundation for art and science.

His compositions have been winners in the Paipa National Band Contest (2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021), Pedro Ignacio Perilla National Band Contest (Anapoima-2014), Ramón Jaramillo Jurado National Band Contest ( Rionegro-2015), National Contest of Unpublished Music for Band (San Pedro - 2017), Festival of Colombian Andean Music Mono Núñez (2018). His arrangements and compositions have been performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, Zaragoza Wind Ensemble, Dominican Philharmonic Orchestra, Youth Symphony Orchestra of El Salvador, Orléans Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band of the University of Wisconsin, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Totó la momposina, Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogotá, Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, Symphony Orchestra of Caldas, among others.

He was a member of the Kanna Jazz Brass ensemble with which he recorded two record productions and was the winner of the National Festival of the Hall. Semifinalist in the II Eric Aubier Latin American Trumpet Competition. He was a trumpet professor at the Technological University of Pereira and principal trumpet of the Caldas Symphony Orchestra for 15 years.

In 2019 he toured Europe with his group 5 pa'l mundo that included a recital at the Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona. The concert program was fully integrated by works of his authorship.

As a conductor, he has performed with the Caldas Symphony Orchestra, the Manizales Municipal Band, the Universidad de Caldas Symphonic Band, the Universidad de Caldas Brass Ensemble (a group he founded) and the Redemptorist Conservatory Symphonic Band (which he conducts until the date).

He has been a soloist with the Caldas Symphony Orchestra, CIMA International Music Festival, Manizales Municipal Band, Puerto Rico Music Conservatory, Caldas Chamber Orchestra, Valle Departmental Band, Caldas University Symphony Band, International Festival of music from Manizales, among others.

He is currently a trumpet professor at the University of Caldas, director and founder of the Redemptorist Conservatory and director of the 5pa'l mundo ensemble with which he has made two record productions with works he authored. In addition, he continuously collaborates in various musical training processes in different regions of the country and Latin America.

Reinhold Friefrich
V FIT XIXONA

Since winning second prize at the ARD in Munich in 1986, Reinhold Friedrich has played on the world's best stages. His repertoire ranges from the most contemporary pieces for solo trumpet to the first music composed for the origins of that instrument, such as the baroque trumpet or the key trumpet. He made his debut at the Berliner Festwochen playing Luciano Berio's Sequenza X and in 1994 at the Musikverein in Vienna performing Joseph Haydn's Key Trumpet Concerto. He has been Principal Trumpet of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra since its founding and Artistic Director of the Festival's Brass Ensemble.

 

He has played with the Capriccio Basel formation, the Orchestra of the Champs Elysées or the Vienna Academy with period instruments. He has also premiered works by composers Wolfgang Rihm, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Rebecca Saunders, Hans Werner Henze, Nicolaus A. Huber and Adriana Hölszky. The breadth of his repertoire is demonstrated by the concerts Eirene by Herbert Willi and Nobody knows of trouble I see by Bernd Alois Zimmermann (an ECHO Classic-awarded record).

 

As a soloist, he has performed with groups such as the Berliner Barock Solisten, the Stagione Frankfurt, the Vienna and Basler chamber orchestras, the Bamberger and Vienna symphonies, the Radio France Philharmonic, the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Concertgebouw, the de la BBC and all of the ARD. He has also performed under the baton of Claudio Abbado, Semyon Bychkov, Dennis Russell Davies, Peter Eötvös, Reinhard Goebel, Martin Haselböck, Philippe Herreweghe, Christopher Hogwood, Eliahu Inbal, Krystjan and Neeme Järvi, Dmitri Kitajenko, Sir Neville Marriner, Ingo Metzmacher , Jonathan Nott, Kazushi Ono and Hans Zender, among others. His recent collaborations with chamber musicians include artists such as Eriko Takezwa (piano), Robyn Schulkowsky (percussion), Martin Lücker and Sebastian Küchler-Blessing (organ). Since its founding in 2013, he has played in the group L' éventail de Jeanne with Claudio Bohórquez (cello), Sascha Armbruster (saxophone) and Eriko Takezawa (piano).

He has given concerts in Japan, Mexico, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, and Switzerland with ensembles such as the Lucerne Festival String Ensemble, the Berliner Barock Solisten, the Jenaer Philharmonie, and the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen.

His latest engagements include concert no. 2 from Brandenburg with the Philharmonie Baden-Baden, with whom he was also artist in residence, directed by Sir András Schiff. In May 2017, he premiered the concert written for him by Benjamin Yusupov. At the request of the Royal Academy in London and the Julliard School in New York, he advised as an artistic expert on the recording of a record and the organization of concerts around the work of Giovanni Gabrieli.

He will also play, together with Dorothee Mields, with the Leipzig Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, as well as with the Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vallès Philharmonic, the Israel Camerata and the Taiwan Symphony. With the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra he will premiere the composer HK Gruber's Aerial trumpet concerto.

His many records illustrate the comprehensiveness of his work, among them are, with ECHO Classic, the Russian Trumpet Concertos, with the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Mathias Mueller, a record with the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam conducted by George Benjamin , the first recording, with Coviello Classics, of Christian Jost's “Pieta” trumpet concerto and, with Sony, concerto no. 2 from Brandenburg with the Barock Solisten from Berlin under the baton of Reinhard Goebel.

Reinhold Friedrich is Professor at Karlsruhe, in Hiroshima (Japan) and Honorary Professor at the Royal Academy in London. He gives master classes all over the world and among his former students there are many professors (at the universities of Hannover, Paris, Essen, Detmold and Budapest) as well as artists in the best orchestras in the world (Berlin, Munich, Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Leipzig, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Moscow, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro). He is currently a professor of the IF International Foundation Trumpet Chair at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía.

Eriko Takezawa
V FIT XIXONA

Eriko Takezawa was born in Hiroshima (Japan) and studied in Germany with Naoyuki Taneda and Wolfgang Manz. She passed her concert exam with distinction in 1995, and later, completed her education with masterclasses taught by J. Uhde, E. Picht-Axenfeld, D. Kraus, and S. Dorenski.

Prizes at international competitions followed, including the first prize at the international piano competition in Ostuni (Italy) in 1994. This success led to a busy concert schedule, playing at music festivals and concert stages in Europe and Asia, such as the Schwetzingen Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the Lucerne Festival.

Eriko Takezawa is a popular chamber music partner of renowned wind soloists such as Reinhold Friedrich, Sergio Azzolini, Ingo Goritzki, Renate Greiss-Armin, and Thomas Indermühle, as well as a permanent fixture in the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. For many years, she has also been one of the most sought-after accompanists for international competitions and concert projects.

She has been extraordinarily successful as a soloist around the globe with Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1.

She was equally successful in 2014 with Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and with Benjamin Yusupov's "Listen to our Cry" at its premieres in Israel and Germany.

Eriko Takezawa worked as repetiteur at the Musikakademie Basel and lecturer at the Jyske Music Conservatory in Aarhus, Denmark. She has also taught at the MUSIKENE conservatory in San Sebastián and at the Hochschule der darstellenden Künste in Frankfurt. She is currently repetiteur at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe and her coaching workshops are in high demand.

The media praise her lightness, technical brilliance, and captivating musicality which enchant her audiences time and again.

Her numerous award-winning recordings, such as her CD "Mysteries", in collaboration with Simon Höfele (Deutscher Schallplattenkritikpreis 2018), also bear witness to her outstanding musical career.

MUSICIANS
COLLABORATORS

World-class musicians who have passed through
this Festival as collaborators and/or teachers

Adda Simfònica

Symphony orchestra of the Foundation of the Valencian Community-ADDA resident in the Auditorium of the Diputación de Alicante. His surprising career together with the regular maestro Josep Vicent has generated enormous national and international repercussions due to the quality and energy of his sonorous personality.

ADDA•SIMFÒNICA works with guest conductors such as maestro Valery Gergiev, Christian Lindberg, Anu Tali, Jurjen Hempel, Yaron Traub, Carles Magraner, Juan Carlos Lomónaco among others, and with soloists such as Javier Perianes, Ramón Vargas, the Labèque Sisters, Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, Maria João Pires, Pacho Flores, Ángeles Blancas, Denis Kozhukhin, Stefanie Iranyi, José Antonio López, Juan Floristán, Damián Martínez, Joan Enric Lluna, Ginesa Ortega, Marina Heredia, Joaquín Achúcarro, Adolfo Gutiérrez...etc.

Michael Nyman, David Mora, Per Egland, Jesús Mula, Ximo Cano, J. Vicent Egea and Nicola Campogrande have written works for the formation.

His recording project has been praised by specialized critics, obtaining the distinguished Melómano de Oro for his work “Music for Emotions”.

ADDA•SIMFÒNICA maintains an extensive audiovisual production activity, and its discography can be found in Warner Classics, Aria Classics, Discmedi, IMM Klassik...

Recently, he made his German debut together with his Chief Conductor, Josep Vicent, in the imposing Funkhaus hall in Berlin, the largest and most sophisticated recording studio in the world.

Josep Vicent
Director

Spanish musician with an exciting and unique career, who has led some of the most prestigious symphony ensembles in Spain and the world: London Symphony Orchestra, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Paris Chamber Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Radio from Holland, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Kiev Orchestra, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Royal Theater Orchestra, New World Symphony Miami, National Symphonies from Belgium, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil... and almost all Spanish symphony ensembles, being a regular guest teacher with the Symphony Orchestra of Barcelona and National of Catalonia, Orchestra of Valencia, National Orchestra of Spain...

Since 2015/16 Josep Vicent is the Artistic and Musical Director of ADDA and Principal Director of ADDA Simfònica. He was also Principal Conductor of the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra and the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra (The World Orchestra) from 2005 to 2015, with whom he toured fifteen times on four continents.

Musical Director with the acclaimed operatic / theater formation "La Fura del Baus" since 2014, he was also Artistic Director of the Xenakis Festival, the Festival Nits de la Mediterrània and the internationally acclaimed Amsterdam Percussion Group.

He was an assistant to maestro Alberto Zedda and awarded the International Musical Youth Performance Award, the 2013 "City of Valencia" Arts Award and the "Oscar Esplá" City of Alicante Award. He is an international ambassador designated by D. Federico Mayor Zaragoza for the Culture of Peace Foundation.

Laura Daganzo

Laura Daganzo Morales, carries out her entire professional career in Spanish Dance, with Mariló Uguet. She has been part of the National Ballet of Spain, in addition to collaborating with numerous internationally prestigious Spanish dance and flamenco companies and tours as a solo dancer throughout the world.

She decided to open new fields in the world of Dance and dedicate part of her time to teaching. This is why she continues with her pedagogical training until she obtains a Bachelor's Degree in Dance Pedagogy. She always felt the responsibility and the duty to transmit to the new generations what she was able to experience in her day with her best teachers.

Fighting for another of her dreams to come true, she was born, Academia "Yo, Bailo", an educational project designed to bring Dance closer to anyone who wants to enjoy this wonderful art. There are already three offices that it has in Madrid and of which it is its director.

Rubén Freire Bermúdez

He was born in Vilalba in 1980. He began his musical studies of music theory and trumpet at the age of 8 with Pepe Guntín Mate in the Vilalba Music Band and later in the Conservatory with José Rodríguez Ramos, trumpet soloist of the Municipal Band of Coruña. At the age of 18, he moved to the CMUS of Coruña where he obtained the title of Professor with Andrés Vales and later he entered the CSM of Valencia and obtained the title of Superior Professor with the highest qualifications from the hand of José María Ortí Soriano.

Since 1997 he has been invited to participate with orchestras such as the Youth Orchestra of the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia, the JONDE, the EUYO, the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia, and the National Orchestra of Spain. He has participated in courses with professors such as Juan Carlos Alandete, Vicente Martínez of the ONE, Phil Smith of the New York Philharmonic, Fred Mills (Canadian Brass), or Tamas Valency of the Berliner Philharmoniker.

In 2003 he passed a competitive examination for a position in the Music and Performing Arts Teachers' Association and, since then, he has worked in the Music Conservatories of Puertollano (Ciudad Real) and Orense.

Joan Castelló
Percussionista

He finished his musical studies at the Jesús Guridi Superior Conservatory in Vitoria, where he obtained the End of Degree Award. At the same time, he completed the Post-Degree in “Neopercusión”, a center specialized in percussion in Madrid.

He has taken advanced courses and master classes with internationally renowned professors such as L. H. Stevens, E. Sejournee, T. Adams, D. Samuels, or C. Lamb, as well as the advanced course of contemporary music with Juanjo Guillem and the Jazz and Orff-Schulwerk course with Doug Goodkin at the University of Alcalá.

In 2002 he won the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe (YMFE) international competition in the marimba specialty.

As an orchestral musician, he has collaborated with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, the Gran Canaria Philharmonic, the Madrid Symphony, the Community of Madrid Symphony, Spanish Radio Television, the Principality of Asturias Symphony, and the Spanish National Orchestra, touring Spain, Germany, Vienna, Prague, England, Mexico, Finland, Slovenia, France, China, United Arab Emirates, and the USA.

As a soloist, he has played at the most important festivals in Spain such as Escena Contemporánea, Decimoquinta Musical, Festival de Alicante, Otoño Soriano, and the International Percussion Conference in Paris.

He is currently a member of the Neopercusión group and a professor at the KATARINA GURSKA Superior Music Center. Besides, he is also a Professor of the National Orchestra and Choir of Spain.

Pablo Martín Caminero
Contrabaixista

Pablo Martín Caminero (Vitoria-Gasteiz 1974) finished his classical double bass studies at the Vienna School of Music in 1999. After this formative stage, he moved to Madrid where he began his professional career as a performer, composer, producer, etc.

The diversity of musical styles in which he moves has led him to collaborate with artists and projects of various genres such as Ultras High Flamenco, Abe Rábade Trío, Jorge Pardo, Gerardo Núñez, bandArt, Hippocampus, Chano Domínguez, Niño Josele, Rocío Molina, Enrike Solinís, Rosario La Tremendita, and a long list of flamenco, jazz, classical and baroque projects.

At the same time, this versatility encourages him to compose music for movies and advertising campaigns since 2006.

He has released 4 albums to date: 'Doméstica' (BOST, 2005), 'El Caminero' (BOST, 2011), 'O.F.N.I.' (BOST, 2014), and 'Salt al void' (BOST, 2016).

In quintet format, although sometimes adapted to a quartet or trio, this double bass player develops a repertoire of his songs where he expresses his musical vision based on two intimately united pillars: jazz and flamenco.

He has given life to the show 'Double Bach' together with the choreographer Antonio Ruz, in which he interprets 2 J. S. Bach suites in pizzicato, accompanied by the contemporary dancer Melania Olcina. ‘Double Bach’ premiered at the 2016 Almagro Classical Theater Festival. He has also collaborated with Antonio Ruz as a composer in the production of the National Ballet of Spain's ‘Electra’.

In 2018, the project ‘Flamenco Standards’ was born, from which they published their Volume 1 and which will be followed by other volumes. In a quartet formation, together with Rycardo Moreno (guitar), Enrique Rodríguez 'Enriquito' (trumpet), and Marc Miralta (drums), the band develops a repertoire of songs by flamenco authors treated as standards on which they improvise.

He currently continues with his intense musical activity through his band, as well as with concerts by 'Flamenco Standards', 'Delirium Tremens’ by Rosario la Tremendita, 'Enrike Solinís & Euskal Barrokensemble', Abe Rábade Trío, and he is also preparing the composition of his fifth album as a leader.

Enriquito Rodíguez Quartet

Enriquito, trumpeter with a flamenco soul who has become one of the great references of new national flamenco.

Flamenco and Jazz already form a genre in itself that has been established over the last decades, when the concern of pioneers such as Pedro Iturralde, Paco de Lucía, or Miles Davis himself shaped this revolutionary combination.

Since then, there have been many artists who have identified with this style and have marked a before and after in the consolidation of this genre, such as Jorge Pardo.

However, few trumpet players have entered the world of this flamenco-jazz fusion. We can highlight the figure of the great Miles Davis and his famous Saeta, which according to the great Enrique Morente was on a par with those of Caracol, Vallejo or La Niña de los Peines.

"Davis's arrow is on a par with those of Caracol, Vallejo or La Niña de los Peines" - E. Morente

A VERY FLAMENCO TRUMPET

Enrique Rodríguez 'Enriquito', is a trumpeter. composer and musician who in a very short time has risen as an indisputable figure of the new generation of young flamenco jazz players. At just 18 years old, the artist collaborated on various recording projects with flutist Jorge Pardo, who has been his main influence and guide on this path of musical experimentation.

The innate talent and the spectacular evolution of his sound make Enriquito consolidate himself as an artist at the level of great jazz musicians, embarking on the search for his own sound universe.

THE EVOLUTION OF YOUR SOUND

The artist has carved out a career full of successes in which he has had the opportunity to work alongside great artists and fill the stages with the most flamenco aroma and jazzy touch that characterizes him.

In 2005, after collaborating with Jorge Pardo in various concerts, Enriquito established himself as an international benchmark for Jazz, flamenco and traditional and improvised music, winning the Best European Musician award from the French Jazz Academy. He has been part of popular bands such as 'Canteca de Macao', 'Chambao', 'Juanito Makandé' and C.Tangana.

He has four albums behind him: 'I take off my hat' (2011), 'Alcudia' (2014), 'Contrarreloj' (2017) and his latest work 'Fuentes y manantiales (2020) where he surrounds himself with a solid group of trusted players.

Giralda Brass

Giralda Brass is a chamber music group that already has more than 6 years of experience, whose purposes are to promote chamber music by showing it in all its concerts. He has performed concerts throughout the Andalusian territory as well as part of the national territory, giving as an example the participation in the SBALZ festival organized by Spanish Brass in Valencia, the inauguration of the Cartuja Center theater (Seville), the participation on several occasions with the city council of Seville in its musical cycles, the participation with the international Soloist "Adam Rapa" in one of his concerts in Seville, Etc...

It has several awards in recent years; 3rd National prize in the Valeriano Machí Esparza brass quintet contest (Valencia) and 1st International Brass Quintet prize, in the “Burke & Bagley” contest organized in Seattle (Washington), as well as being finalists in the National contest of Chamber Music “Abate Marchena” (Seville).

They have received continuous advice from great professionals, including: Spanish Brass, German Brass, Belgian Brass, Benjamin Moreno, Fabio Brum, Jorge Javier Giner, Vicente López, Manuel Busto.

Giralda Brass, belongs to the "Candelight" concert network in Seville since October 2020 and to the concert network organized by the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra since July 2020.

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