EDUARDO CIFRE GALLEGO
Born in Villanueva De Castellón (Valencia). At the Higher Conservatory of Music of Valencia he obtains piano degrees, harmony, orchestral composition and conducting. Pensioner from the Provincial Council of Valencia, in 1967 moves to Bonn (R.F.A.) to expand directing studies with Volker Wqngenheim, also studying with Sergio Celebidache and Igor Markeewich. Take musical pedagogy courses in Hungary. Of 1957 a 1972 He was director of the Santa Cecilia de Cullera Musical Society. He was a teacher and deputy director of the Valencia Municipal Orchestra. Since 1972 until December 1997 He was Principal Director of the University Choir of Valencia. He is a full Professor by opposition of Choral Direction of the Higher Conservatory of Music of Valencia. He has performed at the head of important Spanish and foreign orchestras such as Sinfónica, Classic, Conservatory and Municipal of Valencia, R.T.V.E. Symphony Orchestra, Mallorca, Murcia and Merida (Venezuela), Chamber of the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Municipal Band of Madrid and Valencia etc.. He has directed soloists such as: Jose Iturbi, Victor Martin, P. García Chornet, Reine Flachot, E. Matesqui, Filiberto Estrela, Mario Monreal, Juan Alos, Joaquin Soriano, Leopoldo Querol, A. Leon Ara, E.Hartle, Nicole Afriat, Linda Rusell, Wendolin Bradley, Linda Armstrong, etc. He has directed concerts in: France, Swiss, Austria, Portugal, Germany, Italia, Hungary, India, Filipinas, Venezuela, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, in addition, at the Royal Theater in Madrid, Cultural Center of Manila, Olympia Hall in Rome, Listz Hall in Budapest, Gubelkian Lisbon Foundation, etc. Also in the weeks of Cuenca, Avila, Murcia, etc. At Compostela Music Festivals, Aix-en-Provence, etc. He has premiered numerous works by Carl Orff in Spain, Shostakovich, Bruckner y Prokofiev, as well as a cappella works by contemporary composers. He has taught orchestra and choir conducting courses in Venezuela and Spain. He has published a choral anthology and various LP recordings.,s of Valencian baroque, castle folklore, carols, etc. As well as recordings for TVE, RNE and several European television stations. He has been the Musical Director of the 1st, 2th and 3rd International Choir Festival (F.I.C.U.) held in the city of Valencia in 1992, 1994 and 1996. Has won awards, as : First and Second National Choir Prize in the years 1952, 1959 with the Orfeón de Villanueva de Castellón, Direction Award and Silver Medal in the Special Section of the Valencia International Competition, Gold Medal at the International Festivals of 1960 and 1964 in Narbonne (France), Cultural Center Manila-Filipinas 1979, University of the ULA Mérida-Venezuela 1995, Labor University of Cheste-Valencia 1997, University Choir of Valencia-Spain 1997 and first prizes in the VIII and X International Competition of University Choirs Pardubice (Czechoslovakia) 1984-1988. Euterpe Award 2004 of the Federation of Bands of the C.V.. Hermes Award 2006 of the Regional Federation of Safor Bands. He is honorary Director of the Musical Instructional Society “Sta. Cecilia” from Cullera, Primitive Setabense of Xátiva, Gandía Artistic Circle, “Lira Castellonense” Musical Society of Villanueva de Castellón, Polyphonic Orfeón of Benimaclet and Orfeó Borja of Gandía. In the year 1997, He was awarded the Silver Medal of the City of Valencia, in recognition of their 54 years of dedication to music.