Jorge Orozco

Jorge Orozco

Biografía


M
r. Jorge Orozco was born in Valencia on 11 May 1961. When he was 9 years old he started studyng music at the Sociedad Coral El Micalet. It was there that Francisco Nacher introduced him to the guitar. He furthered his studies under Antonio Galindo y Rosa Gil at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo in Valencia, where he received the Grand Priz upon graduation. In 1985 Mr. Orozco majored in guitar. In the same year he obtained a degree in psychology from the University of Valencia. Some of of the most relevant prizes he has received are: Josefina Robledo, 1985; Unión Musical Española in the XIV edition of the Eduardo lopez Chavarri Competition, 1986; Best Spanish Player in the XXII edition of the International Guitar Competition Francisco Tárrega, 1988.

Mr. Orozco has further studied under following masters: Andrés Segovia, Alirio Diaz, José Tomás, Abel Carlevaro, Leo Brouwer, Jorge Cardoso, David Russell, José Miguel Moreno, Roberto Aussel, Roland Dyens and Manuel Barrueco.

His teaching and concert activities have taken him from Spain to France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Poland, Romania, Morocco, Turkey, Argentina, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, the Philippines an Japan.

He has performed as an invited guest whit the Orchestra of Valencia, Grup Contemporani of Valencia and the Orchestra of the Romanian Radio Television. He has also performed under the Conductors Cesar Cano, Leo Brouwer, Shunsaku Tsutsumi, Manuel Galduf, Joan Cerveró, Enrique Garcia Asensio, Gheorghe Costin, Lalo Schifrin, Michael Legrain, Mikel Kamen and Miguel Angel Lopez Martinez.

In 1992 performed the premiere at the Palau de la Música in Valencia, of the first ever computer written concert for guitar, orchestra and computer synthetisizer, entitled "Ise Monogatari III", by the Valencia composer Enrique Sanz.

He has recived dedicated pieces by Farncis Kleynjans, Mario Gangi. Cesar Cano, Enrique Sanz, Rafa Mira, Javier Santacreu, José Luis Silvaje and Madays Andino.

In the year 2000, Mr Orozco embarked on a research on the life and works of the Valencian guitar player and composer Estanislao Marco (1873-1954) after most his original manuscripts were found in a flea market in Valencia. His concerts have been presented at Casa de Valencia in Madrid; Sala Ateneo, Madrid; International Guitar Festival "Regino Saez de la Maza" in Burgos; International Guitar Festival "Andres Segovia" in Linares; Ciclo de Guitarra "Guitarrisimo", Munich (Germany) Academia de España in Rome (Italy); Festival "Mauro Giuliani", Bari (Italy); Sala Lutowlasky in Warsaw (Poland); International Guitar Festival in Lublin (Poland); International Guitar Festival in La Habana (Cuba); Sala Dolores, Santiago de Cuba (Cuba); Festival of Arts and culture in Manila (Philippines); Winter Festival in Bordeaux (France); Instituto Cervantes in Toulouse (France); Music Conservatory in Lyon (France); Instituto Cervantes in Paris (France); Pushkin Museum in Moscow (Russia); Marmara University, Istambul (Turkey) ; International Guitar Week in Guanajuato (Mexico); "Guitar of the World" Festival in Argentina; College of Music, Mahidol University (Thailand)...
Mr Orozco teaches at the Conservatorio Profesional de Musica of Torrent and his is Artistic Director of the International Guitar Festival "Ciudad de Torrent".


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