Josep Caballé Domenech
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Josep Caballé Domenech (Barcelona, 1973) is a Spanish musician
and conductor
. He is the Music Director of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra.
percussion, singing and violin and took conducting lessons with David Zinman and Jorma Panula at the Aspen Music Festival,Sergiu Comissiona, and also at Vienna’s University of Music and Scenic Arts.
Josep Caballé-Domenech was principal guest conductor of the Norrköping Symphony from 2005–07, and has appeared numerous times as guest conductor at the Aspen, Texas and Wintergreen summer festivals.
Mr. Caballé-Domenech made his opera debut at Barcelona’s Liceu conducting performances of Mozart’s Così fan tutti. Subsequent productions at the Liceu include Haydn’s Il mondo della luna, Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Granados’s Maria del Carmen, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. He has also led Liceu productions at the Savonlinna Festival and at La Fenice in Venice. Mr. Caballé-Domenech has conducted Le nozze di Figaro at the Stuttgart State Opera, Tosca, Carmen and Le nozze di Figaro at the Vienna Volksoper, La Bohème at Lisbon’s Teatro São Carlos, and a highly acclaimed production of Luisa Fernanda at the Theater an der Wien with Plácido Domingo in the principal role.
Musician
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and conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
. He is the Music Director of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra.
Biography
Josep Caballé Domenech was born in Barcelona, Spain, into a family of musicians. He studied piano,percussion, singing and violin and took conducting lessons with David Zinman and Jorma Panula at the Aspen Music Festival,Sergiu Comissiona, and also at Vienna’s University of Music and Scenic Arts.
Conducting career
He has conducted orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic in London, Tonhalle Zurich, WDR Cologne, Swedish Radio Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, DeutschesSimfonieOrchester Berlín, Munich Radio Orchestra, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra in Milan, Trondheim Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, and OFUNAM México, among others.Josep Caballé-Domenech was principal guest conductor of the Norrköping Symphony from 2005–07, and has appeared numerous times as guest conductor at the Aspen, Texas and Wintergreen summer festivals.
Mr. Caballé-Domenech made his opera debut at Barcelona’s Liceu conducting performances of Mozart’s Così fan tutti. Subsequent productions at the Liceu include Haydn’s Il mondo della luna, Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Granados’s Maria del Carmen, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. He has also led Liceu productions at the Savonlinna Festival and at La Fenice in Venice. Mr. Caballé-Domenech has conducted Le nozze di Figaro at the Stuttgart State Opera, Tosca, Carmen and Le nozze di Figaro at the Vienna Volksoper, La Bohème at Lisbon’s Teatro São Carlos, and a highly acclaimed production of Luisa Fernanda at the Theater an der Wien with Plácido Domingo in the principal role.