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Our
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Carlos obtained teaching degrees in piano, theory, harmony, counterpoint and composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in Madrid. In 1988 he moved to London to study at the Royal College of Music, where he completed post-graduate studies in composition, with Anthony Milner and Timothy Salter, as well as conducting with Christopher Adey, and obtaining a teacher’s diploma (theory and composition), ARCM. He then went on to study conducting in Vienna for three years with Jacques Delacôte. In the Czech Republic he has conducted the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic and Marienbad Symphonic Orchestras and has also recorded a programme under the title Spain in the Romantic Germanic Opera with the Pilsen Radio Orchestra. In 1993 he became assistant conductor and chorus master of the Earls Court arena production of Carmen, with which he travelled to Zurich, Munich and Berlin, working with José Carreras, Simon Estes and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus. He has been an assistant to Jacques Delacôte, John McCarthy, Simon Joly and Terry Edwards, and has worked as a specialist interpreter to Harry Cristophers, during masterclasses in Granada, Spain. He
studied singing at the Escuela superior de Canto, Madrid, where he also
worked as an accompanist. In London he has sung as a soloist in recitals
and the operas Anna Bolena, La Traviata and Un ballo in maschera and has
collaborated with Midsummer Opera in their production of Rossini's La
donna del lago. He studied with Andrew Downie and is currently studying
with Jean Hornbuckle. In 1995 he founded the chamber choir Coro Cervantes, under the auspices of the Instituto Cervantes. He teaches choral and orchestral conducting regularly since 1999 at the Conservatoire of Celaya, Mexico, and since 2002 at the Conservatoires of Trujillo and the National Conservatoire in Lima, Peru. He is Music Director and a member of the jury of the Trujillo International Singing Competition, Peru. As a conductor, in 2001 he collaborated with Blackheath Opera - in their production of Frank Bridge's opera The Christmas Rose-, the London Gay Symphony Orchestra and the Camden and Kingsway Symphony Orchestra. He has had several articles published and works premiered in Madrid and London and translates for EMI Classics and Naxos. During 2000 and 2001 he has been Festival Assistant of Spitalfields Festival, in London, and since 1998 he is Assistant Secretary of the Iberian and Latin American Music Society, ILAMS. He conducted a masterclass in autumn 2001 on Spanish and Latin American vocal repertoire at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. He teaches vocal and operatic repertoire at the City Literary Institute, London. In September 2004 Carlos conducted the London Siymphony Orchestra in a new recording of Spanish composer Antón García Abril. In December 2004 Carlos conducted for the first time the National Choir of Spain, and in March 2005 he made his debut conducing them at the National Auditorium in Madrid. In September 2005 Carlos made his debut conducting the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra in Havana, in a programme of opera overtures and arias with soprano Bárbara Llanes, which was repeated in Coro (Venezuela) with the Falcón Symphony Orchestra a week later. In November 2005 Carlos took up his role as Music Director and Member of the Jury of the Rosario International Singing Competition www.vocesliricasrosario.com.ar (Argentina) and conducted the closing gala concerts with the SODRE Symphony Orchestra in Montevideo (Uruguay). In June 2006 Carlos returns to Peru to conduct the Peruvian National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the National Conservatoire and to continue his work promoting young operatic talent in the continent.
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