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Josep Vicent

Chief Conductor at ADDA Simfònica Orchestra. Artistic & Music Director at ADDA  Alicante since 2006 

Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Argovia Philharmonic in Switzerland. Music Director with La Fura dels Baus since 2014. 

Resident Conductor of the Berlioz Festival (France). 

 

GRAMMY® and Latin GRAMMY® nominee, and two-time winner of the Spanish Music  Academy Awards (2024). A musician with a wide-ranging and prestigious international  career. His communicative ability and renowned interpretative energy, combined with  deep artistic commitment, have brought him to conduct multiple ensembles such as the  London Symphony, the Paris Chamber Orchestra, the New World Symphony Miami, the  Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Liverpool Philharmonic, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the  Royal Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, the Metropol Orkest, the  Residentie Orkest, the Orquesta Nacional de España, the Orquestra Simfònica de  Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, the Orquestra de València, as well as the national  orchestras of Belgium, Chile, Brazil, and France. 

 

Recent engagements include collaborations with the Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, the  WDR Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Orchestre National d’Île  de France, the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic, the Slovak Philharmonic, the Oulu  Symphony Orchestra (Finland), the Columbus Symphony (USA), the Orchestra  Sinfonica di Milano, and the Filarmonica Toscanini, among others. 

 

He was Artistic Director of Slagwerkgroep Amsterdam, the Xenakis Festival, Chief  Conductor of the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the  Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra for 15 years, with which he toured extensively  across four continents. 

 

With ADDA Simfònica, in a truly brilliant trajectory over recent seasons, he has  undertaken tours in Germany, Spain, France, Slovenia, and Japan, recorded more than  20 albums, and his live broadcasts can be found on Medici TV, Mezzo TV, and Filmin,  among other platforms. 

 

He conducts productions in prestigious theatres and festivals worldwide, including: the  Rouen Opera, the Teatro Colón, the Teatro Real, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, La Monnaie,  the Leipzig Opera, the Mariinsky Theatre, the Teatro de la Maestranza, the Atrium, and the Teatro Arriaga, among others. 

 

He has been honoured with the National Jeunesses Musicales Award, the “Ciudad de  Valencia” Arts Award, the Óscar Esplá Award, the IMPORTANTES Award from Prensa  Ibérica, the Cultura COPE Alicante Award, the MIN Award for Best Classical Album, and  several Melómano de Oro distinctions. 

 

His extensive discography is available on Deutsche Grammophon, Aria Classics, and  Warner Classics. 

 

Josep Vicent is an Ambassador for the Culture of Peace Foundation and Ambassador of  the City of Alicante.