Spanish National Orchestra
The Orquesta Nacional de España (Spanish National Orchestra) is a symphonic orchestra that is based in Madrid, Spain.[1]
History
Although the orchestra originated as of 1937, during the Spanish Civil War,[2] it was legally founded in 1940,[3] by the merging of Pérez Casas' Filarmónica and the Orquesta Sinfónica of Enrique Fernández Arbós.
The first official concert of the newly founded orchestra was in March 1941 at the Teatro Maria Guerrero in Madrid conducted by eminent Portuguese conductor Pedro de Freitas Branco (1896-1963). The principal conductors of these first years of the orchestra were Ernesto Halffter, José María Franco, Enrique Jordá, Eduard Toldrà and Jesús Arámbarri, until the designation of the first principal conductor of the orchestra, Bartolomé Pérez Casas. After his death the new principal conductor was Ataúlfo Argenta, who was in the orchestra from 1945 as the keyboard instruments player.[4]
Principal conductors
- Bartolomé Pérez Casas (1942–1947)
- Ataúlfo Argenta (1947–1958)
- Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1962–1978)
- Antoni Ros-Marbà (1978–1981)
- Jesús López-Cobos (1984–1989)
- Aldo Ceccato (1991–1994)
- Josep Pons (2003–2011)
- David Afkham (2014–)[5]
2014-15 roster
Source: The Spanish National Orchestra's official website
| Concertmasters | Mauro Rossi, Birgit Kolar, Ane Matxain |
| First Violins | Jesús León, José Enguídanos, Krzysztof Wisniewski, Ángel Alonso, Laura Calderón, Antonio Cárdenas, Jacek Cygan, Yoomim Chang, Kremena Gancheva, Raquel Hernando, Ana Llorens, Luz Moreno, Elena Nieva, Rosa Núñez, Stefano Postinghel, Mar Rodríguez, Georgi Vasilenko |
| Second Violins | Joan Espina, Laura Salcedo, Javier Gallego, Mario Pérez, Manuel Ambroa, Nuria Bonet, David Cañete, Carlos Cuesta, Amador Marqués, Gilles Michaud, Alfonso Ordieres, Roberto Salerno |
| Violas | Cristina Pozas, Lorena Otero, Virginia Aparicio, Carlos Barriga, Roberto Cuesta, Dolores Egea, Paz Herrero, Julia Jiménez, Pablo Rivière, Dionisio Rodríguez, Gregory Salazar |
| Cellos | Miguel Jiménez, Ángel Quintana, Mariana Cores, Enrique Ferrández, Adam Hunter, José Mañero, Nerea Martín, Josep Trescolí |
| Double-basses | Antonio García, Ramón Mascarós, Luis Navidad, Pablo Múzquiz, Bárbara Veiga |
| Flutes | Juana Guillem, José Sotorres, Ángel Angulo, Antonio Arias-Gago, José Oliver |
| Oboes | Víctor Ánchel, Robert Silla, Vicente Sanchís, Rafael Tamarit, Ramón Puchades |
| Clarinets | Enrique Pérez, Javier Balaguer, José Tomás, Carlos Casadó, Eduardo Raimundo |
| Bassoons | Enrique Abargues, Vicente Palomares, Miguel Alcocer, Miguel Simó, José Masiá |
| Trumpets | Manuel Blanco, Adán Delgado, Vicente Martínez |
| Horns | Salvador Navarro, Rodolfo Epelde, Javier Bonet, Carlos Malonda, Salvador Ruiz |
| Trombones | Edmundo Vidal, Carlos Matamoros, Enrique Ferrando, Jordi Navarro, Francisco Guillén |
| Tuba | Miguel Navarro |
| Harp | Nuria Llopis |
| Percussion | Juanjo Guillem, Rafael Gálvez, Pascual Osa, Félix Castro, Pedro Moreno |
See also
- Madrid Symphony Orchestra
- Community of Madrid Orchestra
- National Auditorium of Music
- RTVE Symphony Orchestra
- Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra
- Teatro Real
- Teatro Monumental
- Zarzuela
References
- ↑ "Orquesta Nacional de España". Columbia Astists Management Inc. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ↑ "Orquesta Nacional de Espana OCNE". Askonas Holt. Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ↑ Luis Mario Fraile. "Orquestas en España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ↑ Luis Mario Fraile. "Orquestas en España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ↑ Rubén Amón: «David Afkham: 'La cultura es nuestra identidad'», El Mundo, 16 February 2015