COR DE CAMBRA AMALTHEA

The Amalthea Chamber Choir was founded in Valencia in 1989 and, since then, has developed an outstanding career dedicated to the dissemination of chamber choral music. It was directed by Dulce Vila until 1996, by David Gálvez until 2014 and, since then, by its current director, Marta Marmol.

Throughout his career, Amalthea has participated in numerous events and musical productions in Valencia and has toured Spain, Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. This evening, the last country participated in three editions of the prestigious International Monteverdi Choir Festival in Esztergom-Vác-Budapest, in 2002, 2005 and 2011.

Among his most notable projects are the production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, participation in the absolute premiere of the opera Narayantan by Rafael Mira at the Ensems Festival and various productions at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia. These include the premiere of the oratorio Philistaei in Jonatha dispersi, with Octavio Dantone and Accademia Bizantina, as well as the operas Iphigenia in Tauride by Gluck, with Plácido Domingo, and Rossini's Italian in Algiers.

His career has been recognized with numerous awards. In 2022 won the First Prize and the Audience Prize in the III National Choral Competition for Medieval and Renaissance Music Arnotegui. In 2023 won Second Prize in the Fira de Tots Sants de Cocentaina Choral Competition and, in 2024, Second Prize in the XXI Antonio José de Burgos National Choral Competition.

CORAL JOVE DEL CONSERVATORI DE SANT CUGAT

The Youth Choir of the Conservatory of Sant Cugat was founded in 2018, giving continuity to the existing choral line in the same conservatory of Sant Cugat del Vallès and is made up of singers from among 20 and 25 years old, students or former students of the conservatory.

His recent achievements include: first prizes in the “52nd Ejea de los Caballeros Choral Competition” in 2026, in the “XXII Antonio José National Choral Competition (Burgos)" in 2025, in the “III City of Granada Choral Contest” in 2025, in the "II Choral Contest of Binissalem" in 2023 and in the “Villa de Avilés Choral Competition” in the editions of 2022 and 2018.

The Choir regularly performs concerts in the conservatory and in nearby towns.. She has been invited to perform in the Sacred Music Cycle of the Monastery of Sant Cugat, in the Academy of Fine Arts from Sabadell, in it Small Palace of Music, in the Church of Pi in Barcelona, ​​in the Music Cycle of the UB and in the main hall of the URV of Tarragona. The choir has recently been invited to the 12th international reencuentro of Persian youth choirs (France).

In 2024, The conservatory's choral project has won the Maria Teresa Giménez Award for the promotion of young choral singing.

The director is Raimon Romaní, Higher degree in composition and orchestra conducting.

AURUM

Founded on 2012, Aurum is the female choir of LDO project. It is made up of women from 15 participate, many of which have been part of the children's choir Peques LDO or currently sing in the mixed choir LDO. The rest of the members share a deep passion for choral music.

Born with the aim of laying a bridge between the children's choir and the adult, Aurum has evolved to become a coral formation with its own identity and reference in the national and international scene, Thanks to its innovative proposal and its high artistic quality.

The choir is distinguished by its constant search for sound excellence, by exploration of wide vocal and aesthetic diversity. In addition, Aurum undertakes to establish an emotional bond with the public, through carefully designed programs for each occasion, capable of generating a unique and memorable experience.

Awards and awards

• 60.º International Polyphonic Competition Guido D’Arezzo (Italia, 2012): 1.º Renaissance music award, 2.º Prize in folklore and special jury award for the Best Conduction.
  
• 46.o Choir of Toulouse (the Basque Country, 2014): Two 3rd awards in the categories of polyphony and folklore.

• IX International Choral Competition City of Rimini (Italia, 2015): 1.º Prize in Sacra Music and 3rd Prize in the category of Equal Voices.
  
• 62.º International Havana and Polyphony Contest of Torrevieja (Alicante, 2016): Honor mention in the habaneras category.
  
• 70.º International Polyphonic Competition Guido D’Arezzo (Italia, 2022): 2.º Award en Sacred Music, 3.º Prize in profane music and public prize.
• 31.o International Music Festival of Cantonigròs (Catalonia, 2013): 1.º Award in the Female Choirs category.
• 46.º Ejea Choral Competition of the Knights (Aragon, 2017): 3.º Award.
• 54.º Sailor Song Contest of San Vicente de la Barquera (Cantabria, 2023): 1.º Award, Audience Award and Award for Best Barqueña Work.
• 44.o Choral Contest Fair of All Saints of Cocentaina (Alicante, 2024): 1.º Award and Award for Best Direction.
• 44.o Choral Contest Fair of All Saints of Cocentaina (Alicante, 2024): 1.º Award and Award for Best Direction.
  The choir is directed by Elena Rosso.

FERRUM

Directed by Marco A. Garcia de Paz, Ferrum is the male bass choir of the Golden Lion Project. Initially founded at the end of 2019 and paralyzed by the pandemic, reborn in 2024 with the purpose of enriching the choral palette of the project and reinforcing its formative dimension. His work focuses on the interpretation of repertoire for equal voices, both classic and contemporary, exploring the richness and depth of the low register.

In 2024 won Second Prize in the San Vicente de la Barquera Sailor Song Contest and participated in the opening concert of the season 2024/2025 from The Golden Lion. In 2025 won the First Prize of the 51st
Ejea Choral Competition, in addition to the “David Tellechea” Popular Award, awarded by the public. This recognition gave him access to 26 National Choral Singing Grand Prize 2026.
With the passion for choral music as a driving force, Ferrum develops its own distinctive sound, in line with the search for artistic excellence that defines the El León de Oro Project.

CORO NUBAH

Nubah Choir, directed by Alberto Palacín, is a choral project established in Granada and made up of more than thirty young people passionate about choral music, whose objective is to develop a choir of high artistic and cultural value.

Since its foundation in 2022, It has garnered numerous recognitions in national and international competitions.:
First Prize and Audience Prize in the National Competition
“Antonio José” Choirs from Burgos (2022); First Prize in the “Villancicos de Molina” Choral Contest (2022); Second Prize in Polyphony, Third Prize in Habaneras and Public Prize at the Torrevieja International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest (2023); Second Prize and Audience Prize in the Fira de Tots Sants Choir Competition in Cocentaina (2024),
Second Prize at the Granada Choral Competition (2025) and the Third Prize at the Villa de Avilés Choral Competition (2025).

Besides, participated in the 14th European Youth Choir
Basel Festival, strengthening its international projection.
His artistic proposal covers a wide repertoire, from the Renaissance to contemporary creations, and is characterized by the search for new scenic and musical languages. Among his most representative projects are “Dhimmah Hispánica: “Songs of coexistence in medieval Iberia”, proposal that revisits music and texts from the three cultures from the perspective of young Andalusian composers, and “Friend of the wind”, a tribute to the life of Federico García Lorca that links tradition and innovation.
Nubah Choir combines artistic excellence, training dimension and dissemination vocation, becoming an ambassador of the Andalusian youth choral movement.

Nuria Fernandez Herranz

Born in Donostia in 1973, His activity focuses on composition and teaching, mainly in the subjects of Musical Language and Choir and in her functions as deputy director of the Francisco Escudero Professional Conservatory of Music in San Sebastián, Spain.

Very involved in the Basque choral scene, She is currently the president of the Confederation of Choirs of the Basque Country.

Regarding your activity outside the Basque Country, Eva Ugalde is regularly invited as a member of the jury in national and international composition competitions..

In recent years he has taught masterclasses focused on both the interpretation of their own music and the composition (European Seminar for Composers in Italy, International Festival of Latin American Women's Choirs in Argentina…), as well as conferences on composition and women. (Composition from a female perspective, University of Valencia, Conversation of women composers, online).

Several national and foreign choral groups have recorded their production, among them Alaia Ensemble from Madrid (www.alaiaensemble.com), who under the direction of Daniel de la Puente recorded a monograph in 2018 con 12 of his most emblematic pieces. More recently, the German group Singer Pur included his work “Heartland” en su CD Among Whirlwinds, a work dedicated to women composers that won the Opus Klassik prize 2022 in the choral recording category.

Among her most recent projects is the premiere of the work for female choir and organ “Suite ADN”, which took place at the National Auditorium, her participation as a guest conductor in the Annual Assembly of the National Network of Directors and Choirs of Mexico or her collaboration with the Euskadiko Orkestra as a specialist trainer for the inclusive cantata “Logelan Logale”.

His music is available on
www.cm-ediciones.com, www.evaugalde.com, and on platforms like Spotify or YouTube.

Josep Robert Sellés i Camps

Es director de coro y orquesta, además de compositor, con una trayectoria destacada en el ámbito de la música coral y sinfónica. Licenciado “With Distinction ” en Dirección de Orquesta por la Royal Schools of Music de Londres, también posee los títulos superiores de Dirección de Coros y Guitarra, habiendo obtenido el Premio Extraordinario en ambas especialidades.

Su formación en composición incluye estudios con Javier Darias y Amando Blanquer, ampliados con figuras como Luis de Pablo, Cristóbal Halffter y José Luis Turina, inter alia. Además de su formación musical, es Diplomado en Ciencias Empresariales por la Universidad de Alicante y ha completado el Máster en Estética y Creatividad Musical por la Universidad de Valencia. A lo largo de su carrera, ha dirigido diversas agrupaciones, recogiendo importantes premios en certámenes nacionales e internacionales. Al frente del Cor de Cambra Discantus, ha conseguido galardones como el Primer Premio absoluto en el Certamen Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonía de Torrevieja, además del premio “José Hodar” a la mejor dirección. También ha sido director de la Sociedad Ateneu Musical Contestana, obteniendo la Mención de Honor en el Certamen Internacional de Bandas Ciudad de Valencia.

He has directed several symphonic-choral works, among which it is worth highlighting: “Carmina Burana” dec. Orff,
“Magnificat” and “Gloria” from A. Vivaldi, “Magnificat” de G.B.. Pergolesi, “Magnificat” of J. RuYer,
“Gloria” of J. RuYer, “Requiem” by W.A. Mozart, “Mass in Buenos Aires” by M. Palmeri, “The
Armed Man – A Mass of Peace”, “Requiem” y “Stabat Mater” de K. Jenkins, “Mother was standing” the S.
Dobrogosz, "Requiem" by G. Fauré, “The Messiah” by G.F.. hands, “Requiem of Solace” de K.A.
Arnesen, entre otras.
As a composer, ha sido reconocido con premios como el “José Alarcón 2024”, el “Manuel Parada 2017”, el Premio de Composición Coral Matilde Salvador y el Primer Premio en el Concurso
de Composición de la Federación de Coros de la Comunidad Valenciana (FECOCOVA) , consolidando
su aportación al repertorio coral. Es el Director Artístico del Certamen Coral Fira de Tots Sants en Cocentaina, uno de los concursos corales con mayor trayectoria del panorama nacional y por donde han pasado las mejores entidades del país. Este concurso forma parte del Gran Premio Nacional de Cant Coral.

Ha sido jurado en prestigiosos certámenes corales nacionales e internacionales, como el Certamen
Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonía de Torrevieja, Candas, Royals, Cocentaina or Novelda, así
como en concursos de composición en Alcoy, Callosa d’en Sarrià y la propia FECOCOVA.
En el ámbito pedagógico, ha sido profesor de dirección coral en los cursos de la Federación de Corazones de la Comunidad Valenciana (FECOCOVA) y es el fundador y director de ARSIS MUSIC 21,innovador proyecto formativo para coralistas y directores. At the moment, es director del Cor de Cambra Discantus y de la Agrupación Vocal Eduardo Torres de Albaida, manteniendo un firme
compromiso con la difusión y evolución del canto coral.

Montserrat Rios Hevia

Nacida en Tarragona se inicia en el mundo musical gracias a su padre, el cantante tarraconense Bernardo Rios. Realiza estudios de guitarra y canto en el Conservatorio de Tarragona con Isabel Bargalló y Dolors Aldea. También fue alumna de Eduardo Sainz de la Maza.
Cantando en el Coro Aleluia de Tarragona, descubrió su pasión por el canto coral y realiza cursos de iniciación organizados por el Orfeó Lleidatà que van
culminar con los estudios superiores de canto coral realizados en el Conservatorio Superior de Ginebra con el maestro Michel Corboz. Paralelamente realiza cursos de dirección de orquesta en Francia e Italia con Ernst Schelle y Jacques Bodmer.

In 1991 crea la coral de la Universidad Rovira i Virgili con el que ha participado en concursos nacionales e internacionales.

Since 1996 a 2002 es la directora titular de la coral Cármina de Barcelona, ​​coro colaborador de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Catalunya. Durante este período tuvo la oportunidad de preparar grandes obras del repertorio sinfónico-coral para grandes directores como Lawrence Foster, Christian Zacharias, Ton Koopman, Arturo Tamayo, Salvador Mas, Salvador Brotons, Eliano Inbal, Franz-Paul Decker, Edmond Colomer,
inter alia. Ha sido profesora de cursos de dirección organizados por la FCEC y otras federaciones corales. Regularmente es invitada como miembro de jurado de concursos de canto coral.
Profesora de música en la Universidad Rovira i Virgili de 1991 a 2020, actualmente sigue trabajando por el canto coral.

Joan Company

(St. John, Mallorca) es reconocido como el director fundador de la Coral Universidad de las Islas Baleares (1977-2023), la cual ha dirigido ininterrumpidamente durante 46 años y con la que consiguió importantes reconocimientos artísticos tanto en las Islas como en la península y en el extranjero. Cabe destacar: la creación de las corales filiales (diez agrupaciones); premios en importantes concursos corales (Toulouse, Atenas…); actuaciones en las principales salas de concierto de España y en importantes festivales de Europa y de América; colaboraciones con las orquestas más importantes de España y Europa; grabaciones discográficas; divulgación del patrimonio coral de las Islas…; con el grupo Poema Harmónico -coral filial de la Coral UIB- realizó la grabación de la Misa de Pau Villalonga (+1609), primer Maestro de Capilla de la Catedral de Mallorca.

Since 1999 until 2022 fue el director artístico del Coro de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (OSG), con el que preparó un extenso y variado repertorio sinfónico-coral (entre otras, todas las sinfonías de Mahler), operístico (Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini) ya capilla, que permitió al Coro de la OSG participar en ambiciosos montajes artísticos de alto nivel, and, a su vez, creó un proyecto coral con los Niños Cantores de la OSG (2000) y el Coro Joven de la OSG (2005). Actualmente es director honorario.

Entre otros ha dirigido: Orfeón Donostiarra, National Choir of Spain, Spanish Radio Television Choir, Choir of the Community of Madrid, Coro da Camera Italiano…; en el 51º Festival Internacional de Canto Coral de Barcelona, ​​dirigió en el Palacio de la Música Catalana la obra El mirador, para coro y orquesta, by Josep Villa. Ha estrenado obras corales de D. G. artes, J. Bust, J. Dominguez, J. the same, A. Martorell, B. Quetglas, T. Quetglas Rock, A. Parera Fondo, U. Praulin, C. Reda, J. L. Turin, J. Vila, etc. También, con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Baleares, ha estrenado obras de A. Martorell, J. Martorell, B. Samper y J. Valent.

Entre otros, ha dirigido la Orquesta Sinfónica de Asturias, Reina Sofía Chamber Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Spain (de la que fue director asistente en la producción de La Atlántida de Falla), Orquesta de la Universidad de Portland (Oregon, EE.UU.), Camerata Anxanum (Italia), Ormera Además ha colaborado con directores como: T. Pinnock, Victor Pablo, S. But, J. Pons, F. P. Decker, P. Mielgo, A. Hermus, A. Zedda, A. Ros Marban, C. Hogwood, M. A. Gomez Martinez, P. Mielgo, K. Penderecki, N. Santi E. Inball, D. Slobodeniouk, L. Maazel…

Licenciado en Historia General, estudió dirección coral con P. Cao, M. Cabero y O. Martorell. Profesor de música de instituto (siendo el número 1 de su promoción, 1985). Fundó la Partituroteca y Centro de Documentación Musical de la UIB y también fue fundador, director y profesor de los Cursos Internacionales de Música de la UIB (1977) y de las Colonias Musicales de Verano en Baleares (1995). Ha publicado, en libros, enciclopedias y revistas especializadas, numerosos estudios y artículos sobre música y músicos de Baleares. También ha colaborado con instituciones musicológicas españolas y extranjeras.

Eva Ugalde Álvarez

born in Donostia in 1973, His activity focuses on composition and teaching, mainly in the subjects of Musical Language and Choir and in her functions as deputy director of the Francisco Escudero Professional Conservatory of Music in San Sebastián, Spain.

Very involved in the Basque choral scene, She is currently the president of the Confederation of Choirs of the Basque Country.

Regarding your activity outside the Basque Country, Eva Ugalde is regularly invited as a member of the jury in national and international composition competitions..

In recent years he has taught masterclasses focused on both the interpretation of their own music and the composition (European Seminar for Composers in Italy, International Festival of Latin American Women's Choirs in Argentina…), as well as conferences on composition and women. (Composition from a female perspective, University of Valencia, Conversation of women composers, online).

Several national and foreign choral groups have recorded their production, among them Alaia Ensemble from Madrid (www.alaiaensemble.com), who under the direction of Daniel de la Puente recorded a monograph in 2018 con 12 of his most emblematic pieces. More recently, the German group Singer Pur included his work “Heartland” en su CD Among Whirlwinds, a work dedicated to women composers that won the Opus Klassik prize 2022 in the choral recording category.

Among her most recent projects is the premiere of the work for female choir and organ “Suite ADN”, which took place at the National Auditorium, her participation as a guest conductor in the Annual Assembly of the National Network of Directors and Choirs of Mexico or her collaboration with the Euskadiko Orkestra as a specialist trainer for the inclusive cantata “Logelan Logale”.

His music is available at www.cm-ediciones.com, www.evaugalde.com, and on platforms like Spotify or YouTube.

Rafael Sánchez Mombiedro

Studied Piano, Harmony, Counterpoint, Composition and Direction of Choirs, obteniendo Premios de Honor en Armonía y Composición. Amplió sus estudios de Dirección Coral con Carl Hofgset, Corina Campos and José Manuel Tife, and those of Composition with Antón García Abril.

He has extensive experience as a choir director.. Fundó el Orfeón “Manuel Palau”, with which he won awards in Torrevieja and Avilés, y fue, asimismo, director titular del Coro Universitario “Sant Yago” of Valencia. He has conducted concerts in France, Germany, Italia, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Canada, United States and South Africa. Fue director musical y de atelier de Millenium Sacrum y Millenium Pace, festivals held in Valencia in 1999 and 2001. Between 2003 and 2008 He was principal director of the Choir of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Moved by the interest in the renewal of the classical choral repertoire, in 2003 created NEOVOCALIS, grupo con el que, desde su fundación, difunde ampliamente la literatura coral de los siglos XX y XXI.
As a composer, posee un importante catálogo de obras corales. Among his awards are the “Juan Bautista Comes” Choral Composition Prize. 2001 from Segorbe, el Premio “Paco LLácer” de Composición Coral en las modalidades de coro infantil (2001) and mixed choir (2010 and 2017) y el II Premio “Jesús García-Bernalt” de la Universidad de
Salamanca (2026).

Between 1990 and 2005 ejerció como profesor en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Torrent (Valencia). Ocupó la cátedra de Dirección de Coro (2010-2015) en el Conservatorio Superior de Música de Valencia, centro en el que, from 2016, es catedrático de Improvisación y Acompañamiento. Es doctor en Música por la Universidad Politécnica de
Valencia, profesor en el Máster de Dirección y Pedagogía Coral de la Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (BIND) and, from 2027, profesor en el Máster de Formación Permanente en Música Sacra de la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (UPSA).