JOSÉ FRANCISCO SÁNCHEZ
Conductor
Spanish conductor and oboist of great experience and sensitivity, with a charisma on stage and his way of transmitting music that makes each concert unique, always managing to fill all the auditoriums and garnering excellent criticism.
Professor of oboe courses and masterclasses throughout Spain, professor of oboe and chamber music at prestigious conservatories, he has done an enormous amount of work, currently having oboe students all over the world as oboe teachers, or as oboe soloists of the most important orchestras. He was also oboe soloist in the Chamber Orchestra of Ciudad Real, Symphony Orchestra of Murcia, Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, collaborating with conductors such as Vladimir Spivakov, Enrique García Asensio, José María Cervera Collado, and with soloists such as Montserrat Caballé, Narciso Yepes, Aaron Rosand, making numerous tours and recordings.
Graduated in conducting from the Royal Schools of Music in London (LRSM), he has been Artistic Director and Principal in the Symphony Orchestra of Torrevieja OST von 2008 bis 2025. Starting the project with only a small chamber group and without any financial resources, he has managed to the Symphony Orchestra of Torrevieja as a reference for all citizens who reside in Torrevieja, which always fill the capacity in the International Auditorium of Torrevieja, with capacity for 1500 people, in his concerts. In addition to his performances, he got the award “Premio Diego Ramirez Pastor 2023”.
Guest conductor in prestigious Spanish and world orchestras: Symphony Orchestra of Murcia Region (Spain), North Czech Philharmonic Teplice (Czech Republic), Szolnok Symphony Orchestra (Hungary), Euro Sinfonietta Wien (Austria), Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini (Italy), Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo (Italy), Young Symphony Orchestra of México City University (México), Orquesta Filharmonica Pomorska de Bydgoszcz (Poland), Vratsa Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria), Orquestra de Câmara de Cascais e Oeiras (Portugal), Academic Symphony Orchestra of the North Caucasus Philharmonic of Kislovodsk (Russia), Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Germany), Aromsa Oda Orkestrasi (Istanbul) and collaborating with soloists such as Eteri Lamoris, Barnabás Kelemen, Mireia Pintó, Meehae Ryo, Pedro Carneiro, Oksana Solovieva, Yunie Eunyoung Son, Stefan Kropfitsch, Daniel Casares, Maria Solozobova, Elena Denisova, Misha Quint…
He has performed in the main spanish and world venues: Palau de la Música in Valencia, Teatro Real in Madrid, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Smetana Hall in Prague, Great Liszt Hall in Budapest, Haydn Hall in the Palace Esterhazy Eisenstadt (Austria), MuTh Konzertsaal (Vienna Boys’ Concert Hall), Palazzo del Pio Cortile d’Onore de Carpi in Modena (Italy), Teatro dell’Opera del Casino di Sanremo (Italy), Great Hall Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico City (Mexico), Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz (Poland), Senhora da Boa Nova Auditorium in Estoril (Portugal), Sala A. Skryabin in Kislovodsk (Russia), Gran Sala Tonhalle in Zürich (Switzerland), Syreyya Opera House Istanbul (Türkiye)…
Currently he is professor at the Murcia Conservatory of professional Music, and Conductor of Orquesta de Flautas Casanovas and of the la Casanova Orquestra.