Curriculum



Eighteen years promoting classical and contemporary music The Cadaqués Orchestra was founded in 1988 as the Cadaqués Festival’s resident orchestra, and made its debut with the participation of Victoria de los Ángeles and Alicia de Larrocha. Made up of professional musicians from throughout Europe, the orchestra convenes regularly to participate in important series and festivals in Spain and abroad, and it has developed a reputation for performing programs with a flair for matching better known works from the symphonic repertory with other, more innovative works, especially rediscoveries of important pieces from the musical heritage of Spain and premieres of works by contemporary composers. Gianandrea Noseda and Sir Neville Marriner as principal conductors Its principal conductor at present is Gianandrea Noseda, winner of the 1994 International Conducting Competition organized by the Cadaqués Orchestra every two years. Sir Neville Marriner is its principal guest conductor, and usually is conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Philippe Entremont. Ainhoa Arteta and Jesús Rueda are the orchestra's resident artists. Llorenç Caballero is the Artistic Director of the orchestra since 1990. Commitment to new composers The Cadaqués Orchestra has co-produced Xavier Montsalvatge's opera Babel 46, and has commissioned and premiered works by Joan Guinjoan, Rueda, Luis de Pablo, Salvador Brotons, Jesús Torres and Montsalvatge. It has also revived works by older composers such as Doménec Terradellas, Ferran Sor, Ramon Carnicer, Manuel Pla, Josep Duran and J.C. Arriaga.				Alicia de Larrocha, Victoria de los Angeles, Teresa Berganza, Pepe Romero… In its relatively short existence, the orchestra has been conducted by such masters as David Robertson, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, George Pehlivanian, Robert King and Anthony Pay, among others, and has played with soloists such as Paco de Lucía, Rafael Orozco, Jean Françaix, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Narciso Yepes, Pepe Romero, Rafael Punyana, Viktoria Mullova, Michel Camilo, Jordi Savall, Silvia Markovici, Montserrat Caballé and Teresa Berganza. It has taken part in productions alongside singers such as Joan Pons, Sumi Jo, Roberto Alagna, Barbara Hendricks, Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta, Simon Estes and Josep Bros. Recordings The orchestra has made several recordings with Paco de Lucía, Noseda, Entremont, Vasily Petrenko and Marriner, among others. Recently, together with TRITÓ Discography, it has presents a compilation of the most popular tales of the history "La Corxera Juganera". International Tours In 2002, the orchestra toured Asia and in 2005 made its debut in USA and in the Festival de Música de Santo Domingo. Last March 2006 performed in the main Japanese cities.