INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS
Banda Simfònica De La Unió Musical D'Alaquàs HISTORY OF THE BAND The tradition of music in Alaquás goes back to the middle of the nineteenth century when there were three bands among the town's 2,500 inhabitants. Although the band was founded in 1895 it was in 1950 when it established itself as the "Unión Alacuasense Musical". In 1999 the association translated its name into Valencia: "Unió Musical d'Alaquàs". The band's most important prizes in the Valencia CIBM are those from 1952 to 1963 when they won ten consecutive prizes, the most important of which are: first prize in Division Two in 1955; first prize in Division One in 1961 and 1962; second prize in Division One in 1982; first prize in Special Division B in 1984; second prize in Special Division B in 1987; second prize in Division One in 2000; and third prize in the Special Division in 2002. Other prizes include: first prize in the televised TVE contest "Nueva Gente" in 1988; first prize in the 9th Elda Festival Music Contest in 1994; second prize in the Altea Contest in 2003; and first prize in the 5th Torrevieja CIBM in 2011. They have given concerts as a guest band throughout Spain, including tours in Galicia, Andalucia and Extremadura, and also in European countries such as France, Hungary, Portugal, Belgium and Italy, giving a convert in the Amilcare Ponchielli Theater in Cremona. In April 2010 they completed a concert tour in Argentina, performing in Buenos Aires and San Juan. Today the symphony band is made up of young musicians in training who are studying for intermediate and higher level professional qualifications in music. The association also has a music school with more than 400 pupils. The president of the board of directors is Eleuterio Fernández Lozano and the band's director is Enric Parreño Moratalla. BIOGRAPHY OF THE CONDUCTOR Enric Parreño MoratallaEnric Parreño Moratalla was born in Alaquàs.He began studying music in the Unió Musical of Alaquàs. He went on to the Conservatories of Torrent and Riba-roja, the Barcelona Superior Conservatory and the Valencia "Joaquín Rodrigo" Conservatory. He studied trombone and bass saxhorn with Ramón Herrero, Rafael Tortajada and Salvador González, and attended master classes with Enrique Ferrando, Roger Beherend, Robert Child, Steven Mead, Mel Cubertson and Cristian Lindber. He studied conducting with Juan Luis Martínez. He completed his training in conducting with Denise Ham, Josep Pons, Salvador Mas, Jesús López-Cobos and Norbert Nozy, among others. In 2007 he received a diploma in conducting from the Vienna Master Courses at the Konservatorium Wien University with Jörg Bierhance and Salvador Mas Conde. In 2009 he took part in the international master class in Berlin, taught by Michael Jurowski, where he conducted the Berlin Philarmonische Kammerorchester. In 2010 he was selected to take part in the 10th Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition. He has conducted in Italy, France, Germany, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Spain. He has worked with all kinds of music ensembles, including the Zaragoza Province Wind Band, the Berlin Philarmonische Kammerorchester, Estil Concertant, the Buenos Aires Symphony Band, the Murcia Region Orchestra and the Dominican Wind Orchestra. He has also accompanied numerous soloists, such as Adolfo García, Armin Rosin, Cristhian Ibáñez, Eduardo Sandoval, Germán Murcia and Eloy Marqués. He is currently the director of the Centro Profesional de Música of the Unió Musical of Alaquà, where he also teaches. He conducts the Banda de Poblats Marítims (Valencia), the Kamareta Musicale, the Symphony Band of the Unió Musical of Alaquàs, and the Caucana Wind Orchestra (Colombia). |
