BIOGRAPHY




HE IS ONE OF THE ORCHESTRA CONDUCTORS WITH ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE MUSICAL CAREERS THAT CAPTIVATES AND EXCITES ALL TYPES OF AUDIENCES.
HIS MUSICAL REPERTOIRE COVERS ALL KINDS OF STYLES, FROM BAROQUE TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC.
HE IS NOTED FOR THE INTENSITY OF HIS INTERPRETATIONS OF THE GREAT CLASSICS AND HIS ABILITY TO APPROACH THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, BOTH IN THE SYMPHONIC AND LYRICAL GENRES, INFECTING HIS MUSICAL VITALITY TO THE AUDIENCE AT EVERY CONCERT.
CURRENTLY, HE IS THE PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR OF THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.
HE HAS CONDUCTED PRESTIGIOUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS SUCH AS THE RTVE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE VALENCIA ORCHESTRA, THE MURCIA REGION SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE EXTREMADURA ORCHESTRA, THE ADDA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE CASTELLÓN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE ALBACETE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE INEGALE YOUNG ORCHESTRA, THE ANDORRA OPERA ORCHESTRA, THE OPERA 2001 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE VALENCIA COMMUNITY YOUNG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, THE ELCHE CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE LLÍRIA CITY ORCHESTRA, THE NEW PROFESSIONALS ORCHESTRA (LONDON), THE JENA PHILHARMONIC (GERMANY), THE “OLTENIA” CRAIOVA PHILHARMONIC (ROMANIA), THE MUNICIPAL SYMPHONY BAND OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, THE MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, ETC.
HE STUDIED PIANO AT THE “OSCAR ESPLÁ” HIGHER CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IN ALICANTE AND ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING AND CHORAL CONDUCTING AT THE “JOAQUÍN RODRIGO” HIGHER CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IN VALENCIA, ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST GRADES.
HE CONTINUED HIS PERIOD OF MUSICAL REFINEMENT, EXPANDING HIS STUDIES IN ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING IN LONDON WITH MASTERS NEIL THOMSON AND JOHN FARRER, AND IN WEIMAR (GERMANY) WITH MAESTRO JORMA PANULA.
BEING ONE OF THE YOUNGEST ORCHESTRA CONDUCTORS IN HIS COUNTRY, DANIEL ABAD CASANOVA, STARTED PERFORMING NUMEROUS CONCERTS IN MULTIPLE SPANISH CITIES.
HE HAS DIRECTED AND WORKED WITH PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SOLOISTS SUCH AS MANUEL AUSENSI, ANTONIO GANDÍA, SIMÓN ORFILA, JUAN MANUEL CAÑIZARES, PAQUITO D’RIVERA, CARMEN ROMEU, HAOCHEN ZHANG, AISHA SYED, ANTONIO SERRANO, ANDREAS PRITTWITZ, RUBÉN SIMEÓ, ITURVIDES VILCHEZ, JOANA JIMÉNEZ, ABRAHAM CUPEIRO, PALLAVI MAHIDHARA, ETC.
AMONG HIS REPERTOIRE, BOTH OPERATIC AND ZARZUELA, ARE PERFORMANCES SUCH AS GIULIO CESARE, CARMEN, L’ELISIR D’AMORE, THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, LA REVOLTOSA, THE WEDDING OF LUIS ALONSO, ETC.
HIS UNEASE WHEN IT COMES TO INNOVATING IN THE CLASSICAL MUSIC SCENE HAS LED HIM TO UNDERTAKE LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND WARMTH FROM THE AUDIENCE.
AMONG THESE PROJECTS, WE FIND “CLÁSICAS,” IN WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THE VALENCIA ORCHESTRA, SINGER SOLEDAD GIMÉNEZ AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS SUCH AS IVÁN MELÓN LEWIS, YOEL PÁEZ, AND HARUYOSHI MORI, THEY CREATED A SYMPHONIC PROJECT HIGHLIGHTING THE VALUE OF WOMEN AS COMPOSERS, WITH SYMPHONIC ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY HIMSELF AND IVÁN MELÓN LEWIS OF WORLDWIDE POPULAR SONGS COMPOSED BY WOMEN.
HE HAS DIRECTED IN THE LAST EDITIONS OF THE TEMUDAS FEST (THEATRE, MUSIC, AND DANCE) IN LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, IN EVENTS THAT HAVE GATHERED MORE THAN 4000 PEOPLE.
AT THE 2019 DELESTE FESTIVAL EDITION, HE CONDUCTED THE SYMPHONIC CONCERT OF THE VALENCIA ORCHESTRA ALONGSIDE THE INDIE-ROCK BAND SECOND, FOR WHICH HE ALSO ARRANGED THE SYMPHONIC VERSIONS OF SEVERAL TRACKS FROM SECOND’S LATEST ALBUM, ANILLOS Y RAÍCES.
TOGETHER WITH THE UNEQUALLED YOUNG ORCHESTRA, AN ORCHESTRA FORMED BY 90 MUSICIANS AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 25, HAS CARRIED OUT THE “FIESTA” PROJECT IN WHICH THEY PERFORM SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE OF SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC, CREATING AN INTERACTION AND FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN THE ORCHESTRA AND THE AUDIENCE.
IN HIS COMMITMENT TO CONVEYING THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC AND ITS BENEFITS IN ALL AREAS, HE CREATED, TOGETHER WITH NEUROBIOLOGIST AND CONSULTANT FERNANDO BOTELLA, THE SHOW “THE MESSAGE OF MUSIC,” WHICH THEY PERFORM IN VARIOUS AUDITORIUMS ACROSS SPAIN.
IN 2019, TOGETHER WITH JOURNALIST DAVID BLAY, HE PUBLISHED THE BOOK “THE TIGHTROPE WALKER’S JOURNEY,” A FABLE ABOUT BALANCE IN LIFE, PROFESSION, AND ART, PUBLISHED BY GUANTE BLANCO.
