“When music means
everything for you, stop being a
work and it 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 upcoming concerts will take him to conduct in Germany, Poland, Spain and the United States.
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, and with Maestros Aldo Ceccato, E. García Asensio, Helmuth Rilling, Seiji Ozawa and Bernard Haitink, among others.

At the age of 20, he was a member of the National Orchestra of Spain and the European Youth Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Claudio Abbado.

In 2000 he created the Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía, of which he is currently Artistic and Musical Director, an institution that has been consolidating as a benchmark for 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 performed the TVE program El Conciertazo, conducted 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 Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, United Kingdom, Italy, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile, Poland 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, Orquesta Sinfónica Las Colinas, (Dallas), Orquestra I Promeriggi Musicali de Milán, etc. He has directed opera productions such as Turandot, Otello, La Boheme, Nabucco, Norma, 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 National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, and received the Cultura Viva Award in the category of ‘Music’ for his contribution to the maintenance and dissemination of Spanish Music. He conducted the concert offered at the UN headquarters in New York for the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

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

agenda

CONCERTS

21/05/2023

Location: Madrid (Spain)

Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid

Program: Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight Of The Rose), Op. 59 Suite (R. Strauss), Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!, K. 418 (W.A. Mozart), Nehmt meinen Dank, K.383 (W.A. Mozart), Carmina Burana (C. Orff).

03/06/2023

Location: Madrid (Spain)

Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid

Program: Piano Concerto No. 1 (P. I. Tchaikovsky), Symphony No. 9 (L. V. Beethoven).

11/06/2023

Location: Madrid (Spain)

Orchestra: Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid

Program: Selection of zarzuela works such as: La del Manojo de rosas, El Barberillo de Lavapiés, La del soto del parral, Luisa Fernanda….

20/10/2023

Location: Olsztyn (Poland)

Orchestra: SymphonyOrchestra of the Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic

Program: coming soon

19/01/2024

Location: Rudolstadt (Germany)

Orchestra: Thüringer Symphoniker Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Orchestra

Program: ‘Los esclavos felices’ Overture (Arriaga), Spanish Symphony (Lalo), La vida breve and Amor Brujo (Falla)

20/01/2024

Venue: Thüringer Landestheater in Rudolstadt (Germany)

Orchestra: Thüringer Symphoniker Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Program: ‘Los esclavos felices’ Overture (Arriaga), Spanish Symphony (Lalo), La vida breve and Amor Brujo (Falla)

MASTERCLASSES

05 a 09/07/2023

Place: C.C. Eduardo Úrculo all day.

 

Contact

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+34 917 321 255