Orchestral conductor

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“Estellés has conducted really successfully in every way. He has shown his elegance, his mastery of euphonic space, an anticipated upbeat pulse, the expression in his left hand, attention to detail at the entrances and a natural rhythm with the baton…” El Mundo, Spain.

José Luis Estellés enjoys a truly polyhedral career, in which he has combined his activity as orchestral conductor, soloist and pedagog with a rare equal

strength. As a clarinet soloist he has performed in Europe, USA, Mexico and Japan in collaboration with many of today’s most celebrated string quartets, instrumentalists and singers, and has recorded for the labels Turtle Records, Emergo Classics, Audiovisuals de Sarria, Anacrusi, Verso, Kairos, IBS Classical and Naxos. He has been Artistic Director of Musikene, and is very much sought after to give masterclasses all over the world. He has been a jury member at competitions Musikwettwerb ARD (Munich) and Aeolus Bläserwettbewerb (Dusseldorf) and CIBM in Valencia (Spain). In 2007 he was Artistic Director of Cameralia - International Academy and Festival Chamber Music of Galicia. He became solo clarinetist of the City Orchestra of Granada in 1991, working also with other Spanish orchestras, as well as in England, Belgium and Germany.

José Luis Estellés naturally extended his performing experience to his talent in orchestral conducting. At first, he worked closely with many Spanish Youth Orchestras orchestras and since its public debut in year 2000 with the Youth Orchestra of Andalucía he has performed in Spain, Belgium, France, England, Bulgary and Mexico. His conducting spans the symphonic genre, the opera and he is very devoted to today’s music, paying special attention to both the new and neglected Spanish repertoire. He was founder and Artistic Director of TAiMAgranada (2002-2008). He has worked with many different soloists including: Ute Lemper, Elisabeth Atherton, Mary Carewe, Katharina Rikus, Juan Manuel Lumbreras, José Ferrero, Manuel Lanza, Ana María Sánchez, Spanish Brass, Luis González, Javier Bonet and the Trio Arbós.

In recent years, José Luis Estellés has guest conducted orchestras and ensembles like London Sinfonietta, Orquesta de Extremadura, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Barcelona 216, Musikene Sinfonietta, Taller Contemporáneo de Salamanca, Ensemble Instrumenta de Oaxaca (Mexico), the Youth National Orchestra of Spain, Jove Orquesta Nacional de Catalunya and Tenebrae Vocal Ensemble of London, amongst others. In his role as soloist-conductor, he has also performed with the Orchestra of Extremadura, TAiMAgranada, Utopia Chamber Orchestra, I Solisti di Perugia and The Soloists of London. In 2014 had a successful debut in Granada’s International Festival, conducting Zender’s ‘Schuberts Winterreise’.

José-Luis Estellés has premiered works by composers Ramón Lazkano, Alfons Conde, Juan Cruz Guevara, Jorge Fernández Guerra, José García Román, Tomás Garrido, Simon Holt, Hideki Kozakura, Francisco Lara, Nuria Núñez, Luis de Pablo, Pablo Sorozábal and Mercedes Zavala, and has given first performances in Spain of works by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Sofia Gubaidulina, Simon Holt, Hans Werner Henze, Xenakis, Torres Maldonado, Magnus Lindberg, Toshio Hosokawa, Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamsy Davies. He conducted also the premiere of Adsum, http://www.joseluisestelles.com http://www.facebook.com/jlestelles

historic first public performance of a symphonic work completely generated by a computer program, the Computer Iamus.

José Luis Estellés was Director of Orchestral Studies in Musikene (2003-2009), and launched in 2009 the world premiere and recording of Pablo Sorozábal’s only opera, “Juan Jose”. ('Recording of great historical significance' - CD Compact). In addition, he has recorded seven CDs, including world first recordings of works by Guridi, de Pablo, Lazkano, Edler, Bordes, Colomer and Bacarisse, as well as pieces by Mozart, Arriaga and Brahms / Schoenberg and a DVD recording of ‘Introitus' by Sofia Gubaidulina.

His last two successful recordings have been Juan José Colomer’s ‘Naturaleza humana’ (Concerti for brass instruments) featuring soloists Spanish Brass, Luis Gonzalez and Javier Bonet with the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, for the collection 'Spanish and Latin American Music’ (Verso-Fundación BBVA label), and also ‘Bacarisse Conciertos’ comprising neglected piano, violin and cello concerti by Spanish composer Salvador Bacarisse (IBS Classical), conducting the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga and members of Trío Arbós as soloists. (Awarded ‘Melómano de Oro’).

Some reviews [...] “…the conductor’s job is praiseworthy with a work as complex as this. José Luis Estellés showed a clear and precise idea of Zender’s score. The wonderful performance Estellés gave us of this particular Winter Journey, a gift that left all the delighted audience on a warm summer night.” [...]

Granada Hoy, June 2014. Youth National Orchestra of Spain. Zender/Schubert.

“Estellés, extraordinary clarinetist who is increasingly taking hold in his role as orchestral conductor, gave life to the score with a natural recreational sense …”

Scherzo Magazine, April 2013. Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga. Iamus/Davies/Núñez/Kats-Chernin

“Tremendous concert. The orchestra was conducted with complete mastery by José-Luis Estellés. He demonstrated a serene leadership, ductile and at one with the instrumental body”.

Diario de Cádiz, January 2011. Youth National Orchestra of Spain. Nuñez/Ginastera/Beethoven/Ravel.

“With his version of this piece, José Luis Estellés demonstrated that his ability as a soloist runs a close second to his mastery as an orchestral conductor.”

Granada Hoy, September 2009. Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Cruz Guevara/Schoenberg/Beethoven

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CD Recordings (conductor)

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WOLFGANG A. MOZART Serenade nº 10 Gran Partita KV361 J. C. ARRIAGA - RAMÓN LAZKANO Oberture ‘Los esclavos felices’ [FWR] Musikene Wind Ensemble José Luis Estellés, conductor MUSIKENE 2006

LUIS DE PABLO La patum [FWR] RAMÓN LAZKANO Eriden [FWR] AURÉLIO EDLER-COPES Abismo y silencio - Homenaje a Chillida [FWR] CLAUDE DEBUSSY - LUIS DE PABLO Lindaraja [FWR] CHARLES BORDES Rhapsodie Basque, op. 9 [FWR] Musikene Sinfonietta · Musikene Symphony Orchestra E. Ponce, cello · F. Ardanaz, piano · José Luis Estellés, conductor MUSIKENE 2007

JESÚS GURIDI Mirentxu, Preludio / Albada “Canta el gallo tempranero / Leyenda vasca [FWR] / Saison des Semailles - Le soir [FWR] J. BRAHMS (A. SCHOENBERG) Quartet in g minor op. 25 Musikene Symphony Orchestra José Luis Estellés conductor MUSIKENE 2006

PABLO SOROZÁBAL Juan José, opera in three acts [FWR] Musikene Symphony Orchestra M.Lanza · A. Mª Sánchez · J. L. Sola · S. Orfila... José Luis Estellés conductor MUSIKENE 2009

JUAN J. COLOMER Viñetas sinfónicas, for trumpet & orchestra [FWR] Naturaleza Humana, for horn, horn choir & orchestra [FWR] La devota lasciva, for brass quintet & orchestra [FWR] Orquesta Ciudad de Granada Luis González · Javier Bonet · Spanish Brass - Luur Metales José Luis Estellés director VERSO 2014

SALVADOR BACARISSE: CONCERTOS Concierto en La menor para violoncello y orquesta, op. 22 (1935) [PGM] Capricho concertante para violín y orquesta, op. 70 (1952) [PGM] Concierto para piano y orquesta nº 4 en Re mayor, op. 88 (1953) [PGM] Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga José Miguel Gómez violoncello · Cecilia Bercovich violín · Juan Carlos Garvayo piano José Luis Estellés conductor IBS Classical Gold © 2016

ALFONS CONDE NO-DO (The Beckoning) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [PGM] Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra José Luis Estellés director MOVIESCORE MEDIA © 2009

Premières

[WP] World premiere [SP] Spanish premiere [FP] French premiere [CD] CD recording

[FWR] First world recording [BSO] Original Soundtrack (Film)

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (arr. R. Lazkano) Oberture “Los esclavos felices” [WP] [CD] [FWR] Salvador Bacarisse Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in A minor op. 22 [WP] [CD] [FWR] Salvador Bacarisse Capricho concertante op. 70 for violin and orchestra [CD] [FWR] Salvador Bacarisse Concerto no. 4 for piano and orchestra in D op. 88 [CD] [FWR] Sir Harrison Birtwistle Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum [SP] Charles Bordes Rapsodie Basque, for piano & orquesta op. 2 [CD][FWR] Juan José Colomer La devota lasciva, for brass quintet & orchestra [CD, FWR] Juan José Colomer Viñetas sinfónicas, for tumpet & orchestra [CD, FWR] Juan José Colomer Naturaleza humana, for horn, horn choir & orchestra [CD, FWR] Iamus Computer Adsum [WP, first public performance of a piece totally generated by a computer] Alfons Conde The Beckoning (NO-DO) [BSO] [CD] Juan Cruz Guevara Gánosis [WP] Juan Cruz Guevara Senderos de la Memoria [WP] Tansy Davies Streamlines [SP] Aurélio Edler Abismo y silencio (Homenaje a Chillida) [CD][FWR] Jorge Fernández Guerra La esfera de Pascal, for vocal ensemble and chamber orchestra [WP] José García Román Memoria de cristal [WP] José García Román Sexteto de estío, versión revisada [WP] Tomás Garrido Memorias de la noche [WP] Sofia Gubaidulina Introitus [DVD][SP] Jesús Guridi Saison de Semailles (La siembra) [CD] [FWR] Jesús Guridi Leyenda vasca [CD] [FWR] Simon Holt A Knot of time [WP] Simon Holt Canciones [SP] Simon Holt …era madrugada [SP] Simon Holt Lilith [SP] Simon Holt Sparrow night [SP] Toshio Hosokawa Variations [SP] [FP] Elena Kats-Chernin Heaven is closed [SP] Hideki Kozakura N.A.M.I. die Welle [WP] Francisco Lara Kammerkonzert [WP] Ramón Lazkano Eriden [CD][FWR] Magnus Lindberg Red House [SP] Nuria Núñez Hierro Donde se forjan las quimeras [WP] Luis de Pablo La Patum [CD][FWR] Luis de Pablo / C. Debussy Lindaraja [CD][FWR] Silvestre Revueltas ‘La noche de los mayas’  (suite de Paul Hindemith) [SP] Pablo Sorozabal Juan José, (ópera) drama lírico popular en tres actos [WP][CD][FWR] Javier Torres Maldonado El suspiro del ángel [SP] Hans Werner-Henze Ragtimes & Habaneras [SP] Iannis Xenakis Anaktoria [SP] Mercedes Zavala El libro de la almohada [WP]

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