ENSEMBLES 2024

OJPA - Alicante’s Youth Orchestra

THE COMMITMENT TO INSPIRE THE FUTURE

The OJPA was born to encourage the training of young musical talents. And that objective means being very clear about one thing: training musicians means educating people. Send them values, ideas and commitments in a didactic way that not only encourages them to be better in their discipline: also in their daily lives. For this reason, the OJPA is more than just a simple orchestra: it is a fundamental stage in the lives of many people. A meeting point where young people from all over the province share experiences and dreams with a fundamental common denominator: their passion for music. The fifteen years of history of the OJPA are full of special moments that speak of the strength of the project and its ability to place its participants in environments and situations capable of boosting their talent and career. Since its creation, the OJPA has made concert tours throughout Austria, the Netherlands, Germany and France, participating in the most prestigious Music Festivals in Europe: Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Germany, SCL-Summa Cum Laude Festival in Vienna , FIJO- Alicante International Youth Orchestra Festival, etc. In 2019, the Orchestra in charge of performing the Concert organized by the CEV in the presence of His Majesty King Felipe VI. In Madrid, our Orchestra was the group in charge of closing the Cruce de Caminos 2019 days in the presence of Nicholas Negroponte and Mario Vargas Llosa. From 2013 to 2019 it has been the host of the International Youth Festival of the Province of Alicante (FIJO)

Francisco Maestre

Conductor

Principal Conductor and Artistic Director from 2009 of the Orquesta de Jóvenes de la Provincia de Alicante (OJPA) and Artistic Director of the Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Orquestas de Alicante (FIJO). Received formal training and development in Spain from Maestros Yaron Traub, Dima Slobodeniouk and José De Eusebio, and for three consecutive years, was selected to participate in the Annual Programme for Conductors in Saint Petersburg, Russia by Maestro Alexander Polyanichko. Has conducted the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia, Youth Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Palermo Classica Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the Region of Murcia, National Youth Orchestra of Thailand, National Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Turkey, Youth Orchestra of Rome, National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Chile among others. He works and continues to collaborate with musicians like Shlomo Mintz, Sergei Redkin, Edicson Ruiz, Carla Leurs, Rusanda Panfili, Paye Srinarong, Sofia Vasheruk, Rexa Han, Àlex Garrobé, Alfredo Ferre, Andrei Chestiglazov, Ignacio Rodes, José Sempere, Maite Alberola, María Eugenia Antúnez, Marcelo Guzzo... Since 2012, he has directed the Teatro Monumental de Madrid, and participated in the most prestigious music festivals in Europe, like the Music Festival of Schleswig-Holstein (SHMF), Festival Palermo Classica, Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Orquesta de Alicante and Summa Cum Laude Youth Music Festival of Vienna, from where he gained the First Prize for the Symphony Orchestra category in 2015, 2017 y 2018. His commitment to contemporary music and composers led him to conduct the premiere in Spain of the Concert for Double Bass & Orchestra by R. Martinsson together with the soloist Edicson Ruiz of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlín, and the premiere in Europe of the Ópera: “Oh My Son”. In July 2014, he premiered “Libertadores” of Óscar Navarro and the Concert for Guitar and Orchestra of the composer Simone Iannarelli at the Festival Internacional de Guitarra “José Tomás”. For the 2024-2025 season he will perform Concerts with different Orchestras that will take him to visit the main Halls of China, Russia, Italy, Austria, Czechia...

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Additional Concerts Program