The Association's origins are connected to the emergence of Torrevieja itself, with the first specific reference to it dating back to 1842; however, it was in 1927 when the Association was constituted under the name that it still has to this day.

Maestros Banegas, Escámez, Albaladejo, Casanovas and Carchano created the Band, and it was Roberto and Matías Trinidad, together with Bernardo Perez, who founded the Music School.

Since 1998, Jaime Belda Cantavella has led the Band, winning the following prizes:

• FIRST PRIZE AND HONORABLE MENTION in the XXIX Alicante Provincial Wind Band Contest.
• FIRST PRIZE AND HONORABLE MENTION in the XXII Wind Band Contest of the Autonomous Region of Valencia.
• FIRST PRIZE in the CXVII INTERNATIONAL WIND BAND CONTEST "CITY OF VALENCIA"
• FIRST PRIZE AND HONORABLE MENTION in the XIII Villa de Leganés National Wind Band Contest.
• FIRST PRIZE in the XVII National Wind Band Contest "City of Murcia".
• FIRST PRIZE and SPECIAL JURY PRIZE in the LX National Wind Band Contest "City of Cullera".
• SILVER MEDAL and WORLD RUNNER-UP at the KERKRADE WORLD MUSIC CONTEST (HOLLAND) 2009 in the CONCERT BANDS First Division.

The Band has performed in various concert halls, including: the Valencia Palau de la Música, the Barcelona Auditorium, the Albacete Municipal Auditorium, the Murcia Auditorium, and those in Salamanca and Asturias.

The Torrevieja Music Association Band has recorded various CDs, including one released by RTVE Música. It organizes, together with the Torrevieja Town Council, the Wind Band Music Composition Contest "City of Torrevieja" and it also performs the winning pieces.

In 1994, the Torrevieja Music Association received the "Diego Ramírez Pastor Prize", the highest local honor.


BIOGRAPHY OF THE CONDUCTOR

Jaime Belda Cantavella

Jaime Belda Cantavella was born in Font de la Figuera (Valencia) and began his musical training in the Font de la Figuera "La Lira" Music Association.

He completed his studies, gaining the highest qualifications possible, in Saxophone, Piano, Counterpoint and Fugue, Composition and Orchestra Conducting at the Madrid Royal Conservatory of Music. He later went on to perfect his training in France and Germany. The teachers who most influenced his musical training are D. Deffayet, a saxophone teacher at the Paris Conservatory, and the orchestra conductor, E. García Asensio.

As a saxophonist he has been a member of the Infantry Band of the Madrid Navy and has played as a soloist in the Spanish National Orchestra.

As a wind band conductor he has led the Infantry Band of the Cartagena Navy and has won the highest prizes in prestigious national and international contests with the Font de la Figuera "La Lira" Band, the Llíria "Primitiva" Band, the Cartagena "Sauces" Music Association Band and the Torrevieja Music Association Band. He also participated in the management of the Federation of Musical Societies of the Autonomous Region of Valencia during the 2004-2005 season.

His work as an orchestra conductor has been focused on the Youth Orchestra of the Murcia Region, which he has conducted for almost fifteen years at important meetings and events held in Spain and various European countries such as Germany, Belgium, Holland and Italy.

He was the director and founder of the Symphony Orchestra of the Villena Chapi Theatre (Alicante) and he has conducted the Murcia Region Chamber Orchestra, the Murcia Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Belarus State TV and Radio Company.

His work has earned him a place in the book "Great Orchestra Conductors" by Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich (Alianza Ed. 1991).