Every summer, the Aguere Chamber Orchestra comes to life as the resident orchestra of the Aguere International Music Festival, created specifically to accompany the orchestral conducting course. Under the baton of guest conductor Borja Quintas , this ensemble—made up of young talents and professional musicians from the Canary Islands—becomes a lively, engaging learning platform committed to the artistic development of new generations. Over several days of intensive work, students perfect their technique and musicality directly in front of the orchestra, in a challenging and collaborative environment. The result of this process is what we share with the public today: a concert that not only celebrates music, but also the growth, effort, and enthusiasm of those who dream of conducting it.
Directors
Carlos Arrabal (Málaga) is the principal conductor of the Santa Cecilia Band, with which he won the award for best performance at the Villa de Olivares Competition. He also directs the Ubi Caritas choir and has been principal conductor of the Voces de Viñeros vocal ensemble. He currently teaches orchestra at the Javier Perianes Professional Music Conservatory in Huelva and has been invited to conduct municipal bands and ensembles in Málaga and Fuengirola.
Joris Decolvenaer (Etterbeek, Bélgica) is principal conductor of various ensembles in Belgium and India, including the Bombay Chamber Orchestra. He trained in Lille and Brussels and has won prizes in international competitions such as the Danube Conducting Competition. He has conducted orchestras in more than ten countries and was a violinist with the Belgian National Orchestra and a member of the Zerkalo Quartet. He is currently a violin professor at the Kronberg Academy (Germany).
Alberto Granados Reguilón (Madrid) is a multidisciplinary artist dedicated to conducting, composing, and performing. He trained in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and the Katarina Gurska Orchestra. His works have premiered in Europe, the United States, and Asia by leading ensembles such as Klang Forum Wien and Atlas Ensemble. He is the director of the Coral Polifónica de Parla and regularly collaborates with the Orquestra Ciudad de Getafe. He is also a professor of sonology and has taught workshops at institutions such as RESAD and La Joven.
Xaime Irisarri Izquierdo (Vigo) is the founder and director of the Ensemble Orquesta de Cuatro Caminos and a graduate in Conducting from the Katarina Gurska School of Music, where he studied with Borja Quintas. He is currently assistant conductor of the Joven Orquesta Leonesa and has worked with groups such as OSRTVE and OSPA, conducting in the country's leading auditoriums. Founder of the Joven Festival Sacro, he is constantly active in opera, choral music, and contemporary repertoire. As an instrumentalist, he trained as a clarinetist with Cristo Barrios.
Luca Pop (Madrid) trained in orchestral and choral conducting at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón, where he worked with Borja Quintas, Miquel Rodrigo, and Elena Ruiz Ortega. He was artistic director of the OSUZ and the Coral Delicias during the 2023/24 academic year and has conducted groups such as the Pardubice Philharmonic, the Joven Orquesta Leonesa, and the WYD Orchestra. He was also a soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass and was a member of the CSMA Choir.
Juan Ignacio Perea Caballero (Seville) studies conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW), where he is a student of Andrés Orozco-Estrada. He has worked as an assistant on productions at the Teatro de la Maestranza and the Barenboim-Said Foundation, and is the founder and director of Camerata Galante. He has conducted orchestras such as the MAV of Budapest, the Zahir Ensemble, and the Joven Orquesta Leonesa, and also sings as a baritone with the Wiener Singverein.
Miguel Pérez Cabirta (Vigo) began his musical training at the age of six as an accordionist. He is currently studying conducting at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón with Borja Quintas, Carlos Ocaña, and Nikoleta Popova. At the school, he has conducted various groups, including orchestras, bands, and choirs, and actively collaborates with the Camarata Ramón y Cajal.
Ignacio Tólcheff (Madrid) is a pianist with Arturo Soria and Musical Arts Madrid. He founded and directed the Boheme Youth Orchestra between 2020 and 2022 and is currently studying conducting at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. He has worked as a teacher at the Introduction to the Batuta Workshop and leads the Iberian Strings project, supported by the Instituto Cervantes.
PROGRAM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pavane for a Dead Princess (1899)
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Siegfried Idyll (1870)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18 in C minor (1900-1901)
*Versions for chamber orchestra
Guest soloist:
Guillermo Castellano , pianist
Born in Granada in 2004, he began his piano studies at the age of 5 at the "José Lidón" School of Music and Dance in Béjar (Salamanca) with Professor Agustín Sastre. Three years later, he entered the "Padre Antonio Soler" Integrated Music Center in San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid) under the tutelage of Professor Javier Pozas Tarapiella, where he completed his Professional Piano Studies in 2022 with Honors in piano and chamber music, respectively. During these years, he studied and regularly attended classes with Professor Miguel Ángel Ortega Chavaldas, professor at the Conservatory of Music of Aragon. In April 2022, he was admitted to the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where he is currently pursuing advanced piano studies under the direction of Professor David Kuyken. He is also a student and scholarship holder at the Musikakademie Liechtenstein, where he studies with Professor Milana Chernyavska.
In 2021, she received First Prize in the "Ciudad de Sevilla" International Competition and Third Prize in the "CIM Padre Antonio Soler" Soloists Competition. Later, in 2022, she received First Prize in the Albacete Provincial Council National Competition and Third Prize in the Ciudad de Don Benito National Competition.
In 2023, he received an Honorable Mention at the Princess Christine Concours (Netherlands). In March 2024, he received First Prize and two special prizes at the 43rd National Piano Competition "Ciudad de Albacete," organized by Juventudes Musicales. Since then, he has been included in the catalog of the Juventudes Musicales Spain Music Network and has been invited on various tours throughout Spain.