About
Manel Valdivieso is the Artistic Director of the JONC since 2001.
Born in Barcelona, he studied music at the Escolania de Montserrat and the Conservatories of Badalona and Barcelona. He completes his training studying analysis with Benet Casablancas and conducting with Antoni
Ros-Marbà.
He has directed the main Spanish orchestras such as La Coruña, Granada, Tenerife, Madrid (National, Symphonic and RTVE), Bilbao, Castilla y León, Santiago de Compostela, Cordoba, Seville, Principality of Asturias, Malaga,
Baleares, etc. At the same time, he has developed a successful operatic career that has led him to debut, among others, at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Real de Madrid, the National Opera of Korea (Seoul) and the Opera of
Washington DC with titles such as L'Elisir d'Amore, Barber of Seville, Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor, Il Trittico, Madam Buterfly, Il Trovatore, Turandot, Tosca, The Turn of the Screw and others.
He has recorded different record projects for Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, TV3-Catalunya Música and Columna Música, most of them focusing on the work of current composers.
In spite of the strong international impulse of its recent activity, it has always maintained a close contact with the musical reality of our country, collaborating and participating decisively in many new professional projects promoted by sets of young or newly created profiles such as Girona XXI , Murtra Ensemble, Chamber Music, Cervera Chamber Orchestra, Baroque Catalan Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Granollers and many others.
Among its recent activities, there are numerous presence in the Stage of the Frankfurt-Oder Symphony (BSOF-Germany), BOS (Bilbao Symphony Orchestra), OFM (Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra), OCG (Orquesta Ciudad de Granada ), ORTVE and the Chamber Orchestra of Geneva (Switzerland).
He has been the headmaster of the Orchestra Direction at Musikene from 2010 to 2013 and is currently a professor at the Superior Conservatory of the Liceu (Barcelona).