ALBERT ALCARAZ
The Spanish-French composer and conductor Albert Alcaraz is one of the main musicians of his generation. He has directed different premieres at the most prestigious festivals and cycles, and frequently acts as a jury in various contests and competitions, and as principal guest conductor of orchestras and choirs.
He also develops a teaching activity by giving seminars, conferences and workshops (Santander, Alicante, Valencia, Murcia, Badajoz, Albacete, Bilbao, Huesca, Oviedo, León, Valladolid, Málaga, Granada, Madrid, Segovia, Valencia, Lyon, Paris, Montpellier, Toulouse, Roma, Naples, London, Dublin…)
Composition awards in Catalonia, the Basque Country, Cantabria, Extremadura or Valencia, His works are performed by groups from all over the world (Spain, Italia, France, Ireland, Great Britain, Swiss, Mexico, Cuba, Portugal, Denmark, Hungary, Belgium, Türkiye, USA, Belarus, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Greece, Finland, Sweden, China, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Slovenia, South Africa, Filipinas, Australia…)
His music is published in Valencia, Catalonia, the Basque Country, France, Ireland, Slovenia, Germany and USA, with more than 50 publications, especially for choir. Some of them registered in Spain, Argentina, USA, Great Britain, Germany, Latvia, Belarus or Italy, and performed under the direction of musicians such as Hans-Christoph Rademann, Carlos Fernandez, Jean-Marie Puissant, Thomas Morgan, Edith Copley, Jaejoon Lee, Fidel Calalang, Xie Mingjing, José Antonio Sainz, Nestor Zadoff, Javier Busto or David Lawrence.
After studying piano, violin, singing and composition in the Alicante conservatories, Murcia and Valencia, and History and Teaching, He obtained a Master's degree in Conducting at the University of Geneva where he studied with Laurent Gay and Celso Antunes and then his Doctorate in Music..
Besides, She expanded her training in different international courses with teachers of the stature of Elena Obratszova, Marimi del Pozo, Isabel Penagos, Jose Peris, Andrew Parrot, Ton Koopman, Emmanuel Krivine, Michel Corboz…and frequently works with professionals like Nir Kabaretti, Ottavio Dantone, Yves Abel, Stefano Ranzani, Mikhail Yurovsky…
Author of different books and publications, He is guest conductor of different choirs and orchestras, and he is director of the Murcia Baroque Orchestra (OBM) and artistic director of the Mediterranean Institute of Choral Singing (INMECC).