Spanish National Orchestra

The Orquesta Nacional de España (Spanish National Orchestra) is a symphonic orchestra that is based in Madrid, Spain.[1]

History

Although the orchestra originated as of 1937, during the Spanish Civil War,[2] it was legally founded in 1940,[3] by the merging of Pérez Casas' Filarmónica and the Orquesta Sinfónica of Enrique Fernández Arbós.

The first official concert of the newly founded orchestra was in March 1941 at the Teatro María Guerrero in Madrid conducted by eminent Portuguese conductor Pedro de Freitas Branco (1896–1963). The principal conductors of these first years of the orchestra were Ernesto Halffter, José María Franco, Enrique Jordá, Eduard Toldrà and Jesús Arámbarri, until the designation of the first principal conductor of the orchestra, Bartolomé Pérez Casas. After his death the new principal conductor was Ataúlfo Argenta, who was in the orchestra from 1945 as the keyboard instruments player.[4]

Principal conductors

2014–15 roster
ConcertmastersMauro Rossi, Birgit Kolar, Ane Matxain[6]
First violinsJesús León, José Enguídanos, Krzysztof Wisniewski, Ángel Alonso, Laura Calderón, Antonio Cárdenas, Jacek Cygan, Yoomim Chang, Kremena Gancheva, Raquel Hernando, Ana Llorens, Luz Moreno, Elena Nieva, Rosa Núñez, Stefano Postinghel, Mar Rodríguez, Georgi Vasilenko
Second violinsJoan Espina, Laura Salcedo, Javier Gallego, Mario Pérez, Manuel Ambroa, Nuria Bonet, David Cañete, Carlos Cuesta, Amador Marqués, Gilles Michaud, Alfonso Ordieres, Roberto Salerno
ViolasCristina Pozas, Lorena Otero, Virginia Aparicio, Carlos Barriga, Roberto Cuesta, Dolores Egea, Paz Herrero, Julia Jiménez, Pablo Rivière, Dionisio Rodríguez, Gregory Salazar
CellosMiguel Jiménez, Ángel Quintana, Mariana Cores, Enrique Ferrández, Adam Hunter, José Mañero, Nerea Martín, Josep Trescolí
Double-bassesAntonio García, Ramón Mascarós, Luis Navidad, Pablo Múzquiz, Bárbara Veiga
FlutesJuana Guillem, José Sotorres, Ángel Angulo, Antonio Arias-Gago, José Oliver
OboesVíctor Ánchel, Robert Silla, Vicente Sanchís, Rafael Tamarit, Ramón Puchades
ClarinetsEnrique Pérez, Javier Balaguer, José Tomás, Carlos Casadó, Eduardo Raimundo
BassoonsEnrique Abargues, Vicente Palomares, Miguel Alcocer, Miguel Simó, José Masiá
TrumpetsManuel Blanco, Adán Delgado, Vicente Martínez
HornsSalvador Navarro, Rodolfo Epelde, Javier Bonet, Carlos Malonda, Salvador Ruiz
TrombonesEdmundo Vidal, Carlos Matamoros, Enrique Ferrando, Jordi Navarro, Francisco Guillén
TubaMiguel Navarro
HarpNuria Llopis
PercussionJuanjo Guillem, Rafael Gálvez, Pascual Osa, Félix Castro, Pedro Moreno

See also

References
  1. "Orquesta Nacional de España". Columbia Astists Management Inc. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  2. "Orquesta Nacional de Espana OCNE". Askonas Holt. Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  3. Luis Mario Fraile. "Orquestas en España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  4. Luis Mario Fraile. "Orquestas en España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  5. Amón, Rubén (16 February 2015). "David Afkham: 'La cultura es nuestra identidad". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. "Componentes: Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España". The Spanish National Orchestra's official website (in Spanish). I.N.A.E.M. Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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