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Salvador Brotons Dr. Salvador Brotons was born in Barcelona
into a family of musicians.
He studied flute with his father and continued his studies at the
Barcelona Conservatory of Music, obtaining superior titles in flute,
composition and orchestra conducting. His professors include, among others,
Antoni Ros-Marbà (conducting), Xavier Montsalvatge (composition) and
Manuel Oltra (instrumentation). In 1985 he was awarded with a "Fullbright"
scholarship and moved to the United States where he obtained his Doctorate
in Music from the Florida State University. From
1977 to 1985 he was principal flute in the Orchestra of the Liceu in
Barcelona, and also a member of the Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona. Brotons
has received many commissions, among which are his opera in two
acts Reverend Everyman (the Florida State University, 1989), Sonata
da Concerto for trumpet and band (University of Wyoming, 1992), Commemorativa
for orchestra (RTVE Orchestra, Spain), Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
(Conferenza dil Mediterraneo, Sicily-Italy, 1997), the musical in two acts
Before Silence (Generalitat de Catalunya, 1998), Concerto for
Guitar and Orchestra (Cervantes Foundation of Warsaw, Poland-1999),
the Woodwind Quintet Essentiae Vitae (University of Arizona,
2000), the Septet Prada 1950 (Pau Casals Summer Music Festival,
France, 2000), the Ode to Verdaguer (City of Vic 2001) and the
children’s opera El mercader dels somnis – the Dreams’ dealer (UNICEF
2002), the
Cello
Concerto (Eurocongres, 2003), the Requiem
Trio (Nova York, 2004), Concert
for Double Percussion and Strings (Raanana Synphonette, 2005), Concerto
for viola and strings (Festival Música Española, 2006), Intrèpida
for orchestra (Siemens, 2007), Missa
Brevis (Cor Vivaldi, 2008). Several
of his pieces have been published and recorded in CDs in Europe and the
USA under labels such as EMI, Auvidis, Albany Records, Claves, RNE, etc.
Salvador Brotons was Assistant Conductor of the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra (1986-1987), and Music Director and Conductor of the Oregon Sinfonietta (1990-1993), the Mittleman Jewish Community Orchestra (1989-91), and the Portland State University Symphony Orhestra (1987-1997). He also taught counterpoint, orchestra conducting, music history and music literature at Portland State University. He
has been the Conductor and Music Director of the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra (WA) since 1991. He has also been the Conductor
and Music Director of the Vallès
Symphony Orchestra (1997-2002) in his native Barcelona and the Balearic
Islands Symphony Orchestra in Palma de Mallorca (1998-2001, 2009).
He is on the faculty of the Escola
Superior de Música de Barcelona, where he teaches orchestra
conducting and composition. In 2002, he received the “Florida State
University Alumni Award” for his professional achievements. Brotons
has been invited to guest-conduct many orchestras around the world.
He has had guest-conducting assignments with the Radio Prague
Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of South Africa, the Raanana
Symphonette and Kibbutz Orchestra in Israel, the Moscou Virtuosi, the Blue Lake Festival
Orchestra, the Columbia Symphony, the York Symphony Orchestra in
Pennsylvania, the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, I Pomeriggi Musicali of
Milano/Italy, Simon Bolivar in Venezuela, the Filharmónica de Montevideo
in Uruguay, the Orchestre des
Guides in Belgium, the Wuppertal Symphony in Germany, and with the most prestigious Spanish orchestras. Currently he is combining an intense schedule as orchestra conductor with composition commissions. From September of 2009, he will become the Music Director of the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears Ciutat de Palma. |
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