Álvaro Albiach
conductor
principal guest conductor of the Orquesta de Valencia and Orquesta de Extremadura
Press and testimonials
From dream to ecstasy
“A great version that demonstrates once again how Álvaro Albiach is a great conductor and how the RTVE Orchestra is capable of growing and rounding off performances to remember”.
Spanish Radio Orchestra
Teatro Monumental, Madrid
Works by Fernández. Alamà, Strauss and Scriabin
Tomás Marco
Scherzo
Álvaro Albiach conducts Orquesta de Valencia with Josu de Solaun
“Álvaro Albiach is an honest, rigorous, gifted and effective conductor. He doesn’t mess around with nonsense or demagogy. He gets to the point. A podium worker determined to serve the music and chisel it in its substantive essence”.
Orchestra of Valencia
Teatre Principal, Valencia
Works by Dvorak, Strauss and Ligeti
Justo Romero
Beckmesser
Maestro a "mezza voce"
“It was a masterly performance, in which Albiach was at his best with exquisite and vibrant conducting, full of morbidity, rhythmic sense and symphonic entity”
Orchestra of Valencia
Palau de les Arts Auditorium, Valencia
Works by Montesinos, Giner, Serrano, Ibert and Ravel
Justo Romero
Scherzo
Music and noise
“Albiach had just left an unappealable record of his mastery as a conductor”
Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra
Palau de les Arts Auditorium, Valencia
Music by Colomer, Bizet and Dvorak
Justo Romero
Scherzo
From dawn to sunset
“Albiach’s work is admirable”
Nacional de España Orchestra
Jan Lisiecki, piano
Auditorio Nacional, Madrid
Music by Díaz de la Fuente, Felix Mendelssohn and Gustav Mahler
Tomás Marco
Scherzo
The pull of the spanish
“Albiach appeared to be a firm and clear conductor with a solidly established and clearly conveyed concept”
Nacional de España Orchestra
Rafael Aguirre, guitar
Auditorio Nacional, Madrid
Music by Isaac Albéniz, Joaquín Rodrigo, Richard Strauss and Manuel de Falla
Rafael Ortega Basagoiti
Scherzo
Between French and German
“Albiach gave a great concert and proved that he is a first-rate conductor”
Nacional de España Orchestra
Auditorio Nacional, Madrid
Music by María de Pablos, Joaquín Turina, Conrado del Campo and Richard Wagner
Tomás Marco
Scherzo
In a valencian universal tone
“Albiach is a competent, conscientious conductor with a lot of professional experience and know-how”
Orquesta de Valencia
Xavier Torres, piano
Teatro Principal, Valencia
Music by Francisco Llácer Pla and Felix Mendelssohn
Justo Romero
Beckmesser
Concerts
Orquestra Simfònica de Castelló. Spring Season
Gaetano Brunetti. Symphony in c minor L321
Richard Strauss. Oboe concerto TrV292
Dmitry Shostakovich. 10th Symphony in e minor Opus 93
Robert Silla, oboe
22th April. Auditori de Castelló
Orquesta Joven de Andalucía. Spring Meeting
Daahoud Salim. Concerto for saxophone and orchestra. World Premier
Gustav Mahler. Das Lied von der Erde
David Alonso, saxophone
Alejandro del Cerro, tenor
José Antonio López, baritone
April 9th. Teatro Villamarta, Jerez de la Frontera
April 10th. Teatro de la Maestranza, Sevilla
Gulbenkian Música. Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Don Giovanni, overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Piano concerto in B flat K 595
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Symphony in g minor K 550
Raúl da Costa, piano
March 9th. Gulbenkian Auditorium, Lisbon. 20h
March 10th. Gulbenian Auditorium, Lisbon. 19h
As conductor
The authenticity of the message, the involvement of the orchestra and making the audience part of it is my goal as a director.