Schedule for An evening of organ music: Juan de la Rubia 2022

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Ferencz Liszt
Organist: Juan de la Rubia

Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

Juan de la Rubia

Prize-winner at international competitions

Juan de la Rubia was born in Valencia in 1982. He studied organ, piano and harpsichord at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica in Valencia, the Escuela Superior de Musica de Cataluna in Barcelona, the Universitat der Kunste in Berlin and the Conservatoire National de Toulouse. In the course of his studies he won numerous prizes; he has studied under Vicent Ros, Oscar Candendo, Michel Bouvard and Montserrat Torrent. Juan de la Rubia has also studied improvisation under Emilio Molina and Wolfgang Seifen and taken master classes from Daniel Roth, Bernhard Haas, Enrico Viccardi, Olivier Latry, Wolfgang Zerer and Ton Koopman.

In 2002 Juan de la Rubia won first prize at the Concurso Permanente de Juventudes Musicales de Espana and began his career as a concert musician. He has performed at the most prestigious music venues in Spain as well as in Germany, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Palestine, the Philippines and Equatorial Guinea.
Juan de la Rubia has won prizes at many organ competitions in Spain (Santiago de Compostela, 2002; Valencia, 2003; Barcelona, 2004) and was awarded first prize by the Real Academia de Bellas Artes in Granada.

His repertoire covers all ages, but his own particular interest lies with Bach and the Romantic composers who wrote for symphony organ.
Juan de la Rubia performed as an improviser at the inaugural ceremony for the organ at the Auditorio de Tenerife alongside the acclaimed German organist Wolfgang Seifen, and he also performed at organ inaugurations in La Vall d`Uixo, Castellon, Galdar, Madrid and Palma de Mallorca.
The organist also performs contemporary music. He has given premiere performances of works by contemporary composers at the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, at the Cathedrals of Leуn and San Sebastian and at the Ensems contemporary music festival in Valencia. Juan de la Rubia works with many acclaimed music ensembles, among them the Grup Instrumental de Valencia, the Chorus and Orchestra of Valencia, Madrid Camerata, the National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra, the Royal Filarmonнa de Galicia, the Kammerorchester Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach and the Joven Orquesta Nacional de Cataluсa.

The organist`s performances have been broadcast by Radio Clasica, RNE, Catalunya Musica and RTV Slovenia. He has recorded four discs of organ music by Spanish and French composers from the Romantic era as well as works by contemporary composers.
Since 2005, the maestro has taught improvisation at the Escuela Superior de Mъsica de Cataluсa.