The Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the 46th edition of the prestigious International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors in 1999 marked the starting point in the career of Alvaro Albiach (Llíria – Valencia, 1968), and right after came his debut in front of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse at the Halle aux Grains. Since then he has developed an intense career with invitations in major orchestras including the Wiener Kammerorchester, NDR Radio Philharmonie Hannover, Trondheim Symphony, Orchestre d’Auvergne, Flemish Radio Orchestra, Würtembergische Philharmonie, Orchestre National de Lyon and Spanish major orchestras (Orquesta Nacional de España, ORTVE, Sinfónicas de Tenerife, Galicia and Barcelona, Ciudad de Granada, etc.).
Between 2012 and 2021, he was the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Orquesta de Extremadura, to which he continues to be linked as Principal Guest Conductor. With them he has developed an extensive concert activity and projection of the group, of which it is worth mentioning the opera performances at the Festival de Mérida, the concerts at the Auditorio Nacional de Música, as well as the first recording of the orchestra for SONY Classical.
In 2022 he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquestra de València.
Alvaro Albiach combines his concert activity with a significant presence in opera, having worked in theaters and festivals such important as Teatro Real in Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Rossini Festival in Pesaro, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Comunale in Treviso, Schleswig Holstein Festival, Festival de Granada, Peralada Festival, Summer Festival of El Escorial, Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo, Villamarta Theatre in Jerez or at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid among others.
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