Álvaro Albiach
conductor
principal guest conductor of the 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
Orquesta de Extremadura. An act of faith
Anton Bruckner. Symphony nº 5 in B flat Major. Leopold Nowak revision
February 13th. Badajoz, Palacio de Congresos, 2oh
February 14th. Mérida, Palacio de Congresos, 20h
Celebrating the Future. New Year’s Concert
Selection of zarzuela excerpts
ÁNGELES BLANCAS, soprano
ALEJANDRO ROY, tenor
Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela
Antonio Fauró, musical director
January 4th, 2025
Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid
Granada Guitar Festival. Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
I Albéniz / J. Rueda. From Iberia suite: Evocación, Triana, el Puerto
G. Ligeti. Romanian concerto
A. García Abril. Cantos de Pleamar
J. Rodrigo. Aranjuez concerto
Pepe Romero, guitar
Juli 25th. Auditorio Manuel de Falla
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.