“When music means
everything to you, it stops being a job
job and becomes your life.”

Biography

Pascual Osa stands out as a versatile conductor with extensive experience in all types of repertoire, whether classical, symphonic, opera or zarzuela. He combines orchestral conducting with his work as conductor and professor of the Master in Orchestral Conducting at UNIR University. Founder of the Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid more than 20 years ago, he combines his position as conductor of this group with his international engagements. His next concerts will take him to conduct in Germany, the United States, Mexico, and Poland.

Spanish, born in Siete Aguas (Valencia). He studied percussion, composition and orchestral conducting at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, obtaining the Extraordinary End of Career Award in orchestral conducting. He completed his training at the Universität der Kúnste in Berlin, perfecting his skills with the Maestros Aldo Ceccato, Enrique García Asensio, Helmuth Rilling, Seiji Ozawa and Bernard Haitink.
When he was only 20 years old, he was a member of the National Orchestra of Spain and the European Youth Orchestra, under the baton of Maestros Jesús López Cobos and Claudio Abbado, respectively.
In 2000 he created the Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía, of which he is currently Artistic and Musical Director.
This institution has been consolidating as a reference of classical music in Spain and stands out for having its own season at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid.
During its nine years of broadcasting, the Orquesta Filarmonía and Pascual Osa recorded the TVE program “El Conciertazo”, directed by Fernando Argenta. He has been Professor of Orchestra Conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid and is currently Director and Professor of the Master in Orchestra Conducting at the International University of La Rioja, UNIR. He has conducted throughout Spain and abroad: in Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile and the United States.
He has conducted important ensembles such as the Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquesta de la Radio Televisión Española, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, London Philharmonic, New World Orchestra (Mexico City), Thuringia Symphony Orchestra (Rudolstadt), Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (Dallas), Orquestra I Promeriggi Musicali (Milan), among others.
He has conducted opera productions such as Turandot, Otello, La Boheme, Nabucco, Norma, Cosi fan tutte, La Vida Breve, Carmen or La Traviata, among others; and zarzuela: La Rosa del Azafrán, La del Soto del Parral, La del Manojo de Rosas, Doña Francisquita and Luisa Fernanda, among others.
He was awarded the “Exemplary Spaniard” prize by the Community of Madrid for his contribution to Spanish Music thanks to his Season at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid.
He received the Cultura Viva Award in the category of ‘Music’ for his contribution to the maintenance and diffusion of Spanish Music.
On the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York, he was invited to conduct the commemorative concert offered at the United Nations headquarters in New York. In 2023 he was awarded the Gold Medal for Artistic Merit by the Group for Art and Culture in New York.

Since 2021, he has been living between Munich and Madrid.

agenda

2024-2025 SEASON

17/10/2024

Venue:National Music Auditorium of Madrid (Spain)

Orchestra:Filarmonía of Madrid Orchestra and Choir

Program: Symphony No. 2 in C minor ‘Resurrection’ (G. Mahler)

19/10/2024

Venue: Paco de Lucía Auditorium (Alcobendas, Spain)

Orchestra: Orquesta de Cámara Filarmonía de Madrid

Program: Serenade for Strings (Schubert), Simple Symphony (Britten), Symphony in C for Strings (Vivaldi), Divertimento for Strings in D Major K. 136 (Mozart)

24/11/2024

Venue: National Music Auditorium of Madrid (Spain)

Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid

Program: Sinfonia Concertante for Wind Instruments in E-flat major (W. A. Mozart), Requiem Mass in D minor (W. A. Mozart)

11/12/2024

Place: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Spain)

Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid, Ballet Clásico Español Filarmonía

Program: Christmas Concert.
Selection of works by Dvorak, Bach, Breton, Mascagni, Puccini, etc.

21/12/2024

Venue: Auditorio Joaquín Rodrigo (Las Rozas, Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid Program: Christmas Concert.
Selection of works by Dvorak, Bach, Breton, Mascagni, Puccini, etc.

27/12/2024

Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmonía de Madrid, JAC Ballet Company Program: Vienna in Madrid.
Selection of the best works, waltzes and polkas, of the Strauss family.

28/12/2024

Venue: Teatro Auditorio Ciudad de Alcobendas (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmonía de Madrid, JAC Ballet Company Program: Vienna in Alcobendas.
Selection of the best works, waltzes and polkas of the Strauss family.

02/01/2025

Venue: Auditorio Joaquín Rodrigo (Las Rozas, Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmonía de Madrid Program: New Year’s Gala.
Selection of the best works, waltzes and polkas of the Strauss family.

03/01/2025

Venue: Teatro Auditorio de Cuenca (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmonía de Madrid, JAC Ballet Company Program: New Year’s Concert.
Selection of the best works, waltzes and polkas of the Strauss family.

05/01/2025

Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid Program: Harry Potter: Music from the ‘Harry Potter’ saga, with works by Williams, Hooper, Desplat and Doyle.

25/01/2025

Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid.
Spanish Classical Ballet Filarmonía. Program: Anthology of Zarzuela: Works by Barbieri, Chueca, Bretón, Chapí, etc..

01/03/2025

Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid.
Program: Concerto nº5 for piano and orchestra, ‘Emperor’ (L. V. Beethoven), Nänie Op.
82 (J. Brahms), The Song of Destiny, Schicksalslied, Op.
54 (J. Brahms).

11/03/2025

Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid Program: Broadway in Concert.

23/03/2025

Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid.
Program: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op.
92 (L. V. Beethoven), Polovtsian Dances (A. Borodin), Overture 1812, Op.
49 (P. I. Tchaikovsky)

11/04/2025

Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid Program: Requiem (G. Verdi)

08/05/2025

Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid.
Program: Symphony nº1 in C major (L. V. Beethoven), Symphony nº9 in D minor ‘Choral’ (L. V. Beethoven)

08/06/2025

Venue: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Spain) Orchestra: Orquesta, Coro y Escolanía Filarmonía de Madrid.
Program: Concerto No. 2 in B minor for double bass and orchestra (G. Bottesini): Concerto nº2 in B minor for double bass and orchestra (G. Bottesini), Carmina Burana (C. Orff).

MASTERCLASSES 23/24

From 11/29 to 12/01/2024

From 04/07 to 07/07 of 2025

Location: Madrid (Spain)

 

MASTER IN ORCHESTRA CONDUCTING – Universidad Internacional de la rioja, UNIR

Next calls: November 2024 and April 2025

Location: Madrid (Spain)

 

Contact

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